Articles by Thomas Quinlan

Beans

Shock City Maverick

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Beans, the most prolific member of now defunct avante rappers Anti-Pop Consortium, returns solo for a third time since the group’s three MC...

Shad

When This Is Over

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

It’s pretty impressive that Shadrach Kabango’s debut album was recorded with the proceeds from his first prize win in the solo male categor...

The Coup's Personal Politics

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The Coup got some unexpected notoriety after the cover of their fourth album, Party Music — which featured the duo of Boots Riley and DJ Pa...

Lucky Number Slevin

Paul McGuigan

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Lucky Number Slevin, which director Paul McGuigan admits may be the worst movie title ever, is a slick, fast-paced revenge flick that never...

Click

Frank Coraci

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Click is a big budget romantic comedy that plays up the romance way more than the comedy and has more success from its special FX than its...

The Benchwarmers

Dennis Dugan

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The Benchwarmers updates Revenge of the Nerds for the 21st Century, pitting inept losers against bullying jocks via baseball. In this case,...

District 13

Pierre Morel

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

District 13 is a stylish, kinetic action flick that takes a very real, contemporary social issue and imagines a possible future France wher...

The Coup

Reverb, Toronto ON - October 25, 2005

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

It's hard to believe, but October 25 marked the first Toronto appearance by Oakland, CA's commie rap crew the Coup, despite having already...