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Rent a Bike................................................................. 5Graf ti Festival Woes............................................... 8Top 8 Poutines......................................................... 14Midievel Guys.......................................................... 16Concert List............................................................. 19Blog Watch............................................................... 21Polytechnique Film................................................. 24

Monthly Props (Reviews):Restaurants.............................................................. 15Music........................................................................ 19Clothing.................................................................... 20Movies...................................................................... 27Games....................................................................... 28Night Scene.............................................................. 29

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Rent a BikeThis week, Montreal launched there BIXI bike sharing pro-gram. For $78 dollars, you can get a yearly pass that will eventually give you access to a few thousand bikes all over the island. With the pass, you can pick up any bike, ride it anywhere for 30 minutes free of charge, after that, there is a dollar or so fee for each addi-tional hour.

The project is in its early phases at this point with just a few stations in key cycling locations such as downtown, plateau, and Saint-Henri.

The whole project is quite green, with the rental stations being solar powered (this is nothing new to Montreal, as all parking meters around the city are solar powered and have been for years).I am curious to see how the system succeeds. Cit-ies such as Amsterdam have free bicycle rental programs that are widely utilized. However, I wonder if it wouldn’t be cheaper for these individ-uals seen as potential customers to simply spend that 78 dollars on a bike of their own. Used bikes are fairly easy to come by. One may argue that if you are stuck somewhere without a bike, having access to a BIXI could be bene cial.

I guess we’ll see.

Montreal had been seeing an strong increase in car traf c as people slowly moved toward the suburbs. In the past year or so, this trend has reversed as gas prices have risen (gas up here is traditionally much more expensive than in the States).

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Popular festival is feeling the heat as city continues its war on graf ti.

Graf ti artists and connoisseurs of hip hop culture from around the world gather in Montreal for the annual Under Pressure Graf ti Convention at Foufounes Élec-triques. But despite the increased respect graf ti art has gained in recent years, Under Pressure founder and organizer Sterling Downey says that, of late, the city of Montreal has been putting the pinch on local artists as well as his event.

“We’re kind of like the bastard children of the community, because we’re promoting this culture in a legal and public context,” Downey says. “But at the same time, because we’re so high pro le, it’s easy to point the nger and blame us [for graf ti problems].”

Founded in 1996 by Downey and a friend as a way to educate the public about graf ti art and com-bat its negative image in the media, UP has grown into a local institution. This year’s lineup features more than100 artists and 30 DJs, including hip hop legend Kool Herc, who will be per-forming on the free outdoor stage.

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In 2005, the week before the 12th edition of the Under Pressure Graf ti Competition, the city an-nounced a $1-million graf ti clean-up plan. In explaining the need for the program, executive com-mittee member and Plateau borough mayor Helen Fotopulos linked graf ti with gang activity.

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The following year, Downy received a phone call from a city of cial who suggested they might be interested in sponsoring UP again, but they had a problem because it cost the city over $30,000 to clean up afterwards, seem-ingly blaming Downey for unrelated graf ti in the surrounding neighbourhood.

“It was ridiculous. You can only blame me for what happens the day of, and even then only within a certain area,” says Downey, pointing out that the costs of dealing with vandalism and other criminal acts associated with other, larger festivals is far greater than anything that might be caused by UP.

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A week before last year’s event, Marcel Tremblay, the executive committee mem-ber responsible for services to citizens, announced a proposed by-law banning the sale of spray paint to minors. The proposal wasn’t adopted, which is just as well ac-cording to Downey. “In graf ti, it’s cooler to steal paint if you’re a young kid.”

“As an administration, we’re not against [graf ti],” says Tremblay, citing a number of graf ti mural projects the city is involved with. He adds, however, that many older Montrealers and tourists feel threatened by graf ti. “Our preoccupation is to have a city that is secure and clean.”

According to Tremblay, the city, which spends $6.5-million an-nually to ght graf ti, isn’t interested in sponsoring UP again, but would like to work with the organizers in youth outreach and education.

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For more imformation on the Under Pressure Graf ti Competition visit: www.UnderPressure.ca

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Here are eight greats: LA BANQUISE 24-7 poutine shrine with over 20 choices of toppings, including steamé hot dogs and smoked meat.

FRITES DORÉES Although the décor isn’t as quebecedlique as the Montréal Pool Room next door, the actual poute will blow your dome.

PATATI PATATA Tiny hamburgers and patatines with peppers and onions. All da way ben raide, ôstie.

DECARIE HOT DOG This tiny dump only serves hot dogs, french fries, and classic pou- tines. Dat’s it, dat’s all.

BELLE PRO Greasy fries, squeaky curds, glutinous sauce: these are the chains where les québecois go to get their lard on. (Not always good).

FAMEUSE OR RAPIDO These are the places for late-night poutines when you’ve been hanging on the dark side: St. Denis Street. CHEZ CLAUDETTE All-night dive frequented by trannies looking for a peppery pooty x. Inside tip: order freshly squeezed carrot-celery juice. Your doody bubbles will thank you in the morning.

Top 8 Poutines

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2 DOLLAR NOODLESType: AsianLocation: St. Laurent & Pins

Who hasn’t hit up 2$ noodles at 2 am while out on St. Laurent? This place is the de nition of a hole-in-the-wall/ on-the go res-taurant. Whether it’s the warm peanut sauce, charm of being served while standing on the sidewalk, or your blood alcohol level, $2 Chow Noodles has somehow become a staple in the diet of countless after party-ers of St. Laurent.

L’AVENUEType: BreakfastLocation: Mont-Royal E, Be-tween Andre & De Mentana

If you don’t know, now you know. L’Avenue is so good… “How good is it?”It’s so good that there is a line stretching almost half way down the block every Sunday from 11-1. This hipster break-fast joint/ funk-trendy nightspot is all the rage in the plateau scene. And you know how cool the plateau scene is, right? The menu is epic and is styled like a comic book, they serve a va-riety of mouth-watering break-fast meals, as well as a fully loaded lunch and dinner menu, including the biggest, most awestacular club sandwich I’ve ever had. Hit it up anytime, but prepare to wait.

BOUSTANType: LebaneseLocation: Crescant and De Maisoneuve

So it’s three in the morning and all that booz has your stomach begging for some late-night eats. Get to the northwest corner of Crescent and De Maisonneuve and wait in line for Lebanese food at its post-partying best. The vegetarian sandwich has been praised with good reason, but no one can deny Boustan’s shish taouks and falafels. Ask for extra nap-kins and don’t forget to pack a pocket full of mint candies for that garlic breath.

Monthly Props: Restaraunt ReviewsBy Alex OstroffPictures taken by Francisco Chanazionez

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Medievel GuysSometimes living in Mon-tréal is like living in a giant Medieval Times. Among the multitudes of dirty hippies and burnouts that congregate on the mountain every weekend, a certain subgroup stands out. On the metro, instead of an-noying you with huge bon-gos or sitars, they poke you in the back with giant foam swords and duct-tape maces. Instead of tie-dye and skirts over pants, they’re rocking mesh cowls and cross-gartered breeches. These people are the medievalists and they’re fuck-ing scary.

You can tell they’re serious because their wholesale com-mitment to looking ridiculous makes Norwegian black metal bands look like 12-year-old girls with mosquito-bite boobs. Anyone can do a nos-talgic look from some point in the 20th century, but it takes balls the size of watermel-ons to take things back to Ye Olde Schoole by spending weeks fashioning matching chain-mail armor, hand-carved wooden shields, and custom leather codpieces. It might look like these guys are just on some lame 12-sided die shit, but if you get close enough, it’s actually one big hardcore scary postapocalyptic trip

(those duct-taped swords actually have fucking steel rods in them). If you’re interested in seeing the medievalists in action, the Mountain on Sundays is your best bet, although a number of parks are hosting a poor man’s version at any given time.

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Guns N’ Roses Chinese DemocracyGenre: Rock & RollLocation: St. Laurent & Pins

Let’s get right to it: The rst Guns n’ Roses album of new, original songs since the rst Bush administration is a great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record. In other words, it sounds a lot like the Guns n’ Roses you know. At times, it’s the clenched- st ve that made 1987’s perfect storm, Appetite for Destruction; more often, it’s the one sprawled across the maxed-out CDs of 1991’s Use Your Illusion I and II, but here compressed into a convul-sive single disc of supershred guitars, orchestral fanfares, hip-hop electron-ics, metallic tabernacle choirs and Axl Rose’s still-virile, rusted-siren singing. Axl Rose put so much time and effort into proving that he was super-talent-ed that the rest of humanity forgot he always had been. And that hurt him. This record may tank commercially. Some people will slaughter Chinese Democracy, and for all the reasons you would expect.But fuck critics, enjoy this album, and long live Rock & Roll.

R.E.MMurmur Deluxe EditionGenre: Alternative RockLabel: Hib Tone

Twenty- ve years later, the album that invented “alternative rock” still sounds great: anthemic on a bedroom scale, danceable but not robotic, experimental without being oblique. And Michael Stipe’s nasal muezzin-croon pulses with brooding emotion even when the lyrics are unintelli-gible. The bonus disc captures a 1983 Toronto club gig that strips Murmur’s sound bare. It’s sloppy but thrilling, with outbursts of Stipe’s unhinged vibrato and a perfect cover of “There She Goes Again,” by the Velvet Un-derground — patron saints of a sound that R.E.M. developed into something bigger and longer-lived than anyone would’ve guessed.

JUSTICEA Cross the UniverseGenre: ElectroLabel: Ed Banger

Unfortunately for Justice, the act’s “live” CD/ DVD sees release a few weeks after the blogosphere had a eld day with a photo that showed it playing ferociously on MIDI equip-ment—which was visibly unplugged. No matter, though. The Justice live show—like any proper nightclub party —is more about communal experience through music playback, as the crowd noise on this 18-track synth blitz proves. Just listen to those kids ll the silence with a singalong during “We Are Your Friends” or bust a gut cheering when the familiar sing-song refrain to the hit “D.A.N.C.E.” rst drops. Nearly every track here is from the French duo’s 2007 debut “Cross,” tweaked and sequenced for maximum rock concert-like impact. Does it upset the applecart of ethics of both DJ’ing and live performance? Absolutely. But hearing a crowd go wild for a kick drum has to do the dance community proud.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008Sage Francis, Rise Against at Olympia de MontrealRoyal Wood at Petit CampusThe Stan elds at Petit CampusSage Francis U de M

Friday, December 12, 2008Martha Wainwright at MetropolisChristina Martin at 3 minotsPriestess + guests at Sala RossaCOOL FEST '08 at La Brique

Saturday, December 13, 2008James Finnerty at Petit CampusBrise-Cul's Of ce Xmas Party at Casa Del PopoloDavid Francey at Cafe Campus

Sunday, December 14, 2008Christina Martin at Ye Olde OrchardRae Spoon + Wax Mannquin at Casa Del Popolo

Tuesday, December 16, 2008The Australian Pink Floyd Show at Centre BellK'Naan at MetropolisShadows Fall at MetropolisAvenged Sevenfold at Metropolis

Wednesday, December 17, 2008Misery Index, Soilent Green, The Black Dahlia Murder at NationalMatisyahu at Metropolis

Thursday, December 18, 2008Toxic Holocaust, Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow at Club Soda

Friday, December 19, 2008Bang Camaro at Sala RossaThe Night Marchers + guests at Sala Rossa

Bang Camaro + guests at LambiLes Temps Liquides + Baby Louve + Golden Collider at Bar y

Saturday, December 20, 2008Janine Stoll at Centre Bell

Friday, December 26, 2008The Lost Fingers at Resto Bar

Monday, December 29, 2008Black Mystic + Saccidananda at Sala Rossa

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Le Vent Du Nora at Club SodaDestino Tenors at Lion d'Or

Wednesday, December 31, 2008Test at Olympia de Montreal

Friday, January 9, 2009Onerepublic at Metropolis

Tuesday, January 13, 2009Anberlin at StudioBetween The Trees at StudioMadina Lake at StudioThe White Noise Supremacists at Bar y

Wednesday, January 14, 2009Femi Kuti at Club Soda

Saturday, January 17, 2009Septic Flesh at MetropolisSatyricon at MetropolisCradle Of Filth at MetropolisThursday, January 22, 2009Paper Route at Divan OrangePassion Pit at Divan OrangeCale Parks at Divan Orange

Tuesday, January 27, 2009The Sleeping at Club SodaFuneral For A Friend at Club Soda

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Description An upperground streetwear boutique, art gallery another oor up in which they constantly host events for the shoppers. Artists such as ewok and akroe have their pieces shown in there. Great creative/commercial space. Products Menswear, womenswear, accessories, shoes, vinyl toys, magazines, dvds. Service Employees are bilingual and very friendly, will not hesitate to help you out. Always dipped in the freshest gear. Screen printed, exclusive run, paper, cord handled bags. Interior Half of the store is brick wall, the oor is a dark wood, good lighting, 2 chang ing rooms, music always playing [incuding out on the street], couch to chill on if your signi cant other is trying on different clothes. A couple of tvs playing various dvds/tapes Address 1021 Rue Sainte Catherine Ouest. Montreal, Québec H3B 1H1 Telephone +1 514 499 1021

Website http://www.offthehook.ca

Description When it come to kicks in montreal, no one comes close. montreal shop from the people who made sneakerheads. Products Shoes, shoes and shirts. big selection of rare and deadstock nike and adidas. Clientele Mostly montreal locals with the oca - sional tourist. Service Top notch service. the staff are sneaker- a-holics and know whats going on. more than willing to help the average person. Interior Simple and clean. mirrors under shoe racks show the sole. well lit and small. Address 3830 Boulevard St.-Laurent. Montreal, Québec. Telephone +1 514 8492359 Website http://www.getonthegoodfoot.ca

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Good Foot – Lower Plateauoff the hook – Downtown

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Highlights from the internet’s hottest blogs.

The new Visvim Kiefer-Hi 2 Tone has been released. The hi top sneaker comes in a series of colorways, mixing two brown and black tones on the upper in premium suede. A very solid release by Visvim - time-less silhouette with timeless colors and materials.

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ShoesVisvim Kiefer-Hi 2 ToneCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

Orchard Street Reebok Re-Up LuxCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

NYC brand Orchard Street worked on a capsule collection with Reebok. Today we can give you a rst look at a sneaker out of the collection, the Re-Up Lux. The sneaker comes with the lacing on the side, a grid pattern on the black upper and purple/turquoise outer soles. Pic via NYT.

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Nike Windrunner TR 2Courtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

Nike has released two new Windrunner TR 2’s in nice colorways. The classic running shoe comes in a white/black/grey colorway with two-color laces. The sneaker also dropped in a white/grey/red colorway. Both came out really clean, without looking boring at all, and are now available at JD.

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LidsNew Era “Melton Flipdown” CapCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

A nice new variant of the classic New Era 59Fifty cap has been re-leased - the Melton Flipdown Knit. It comes with a wool upper and knit ipdown part, keeping your ears warm this winter.

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Futura Laboratories Buffalo Work CapsCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

Futura Laboratories has re-leased a nice set of Buffalo Work Caps. They present two styles - plaid/ annel and in tartan check, each coming in two colorways.

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True SF “Cali” New EraCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

San Francisco’s True has produced some striking New Eras over the years. Their latest takes it direct to their home state, and riffs of the California ag. The hat releases this coming Saturday, November 15, and with it True has also prepared a selection of related garments.

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Japan’s Pedalma a has launched a great new product - Pedal ID. It lets you choose pretty much all parts of a xed gear bike, which will then be created in a 1/9 scale model. There is lots of choice in terms of parts and colors and the outcome is de -nitely fun. Already before they offered a virtual tool to create a bike, but no product was involved. For the 1/9 scale models they got together with Yamamoto, one of Japan’s largest model toy makers.

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Pedal ID By Pedalma a - 1/9 Scale Bicycle Built-UpCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

AccessoriesKid Robot x Nooka WatchCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

Kidrobot got together with Nooka to work on a limited edition collabora-tive watch. The collaboration utilizes the popular Nooka Zub watch in black with the Zen-H style face along with the Kidrobot head logo printed in white on the watchband.

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Know1edge Fall/Winter 2008 CollectionCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

Hong Kong based brand Know1edge was always known for strong accesso-ries collections. That is no different this season, actually this seasons is stronger than usual. The accessories line grew a lot and especially the belt offering is very large now. Other accessories in the collection include bracelets, key chains, as well as a very nice line of leather goods.

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New Casio DataBankCourtesy of: www.HighSnobSociety.com

The classic Casio Databank got remixed and was given a new up to date look. Coming in four new color-ways, the watch comes in black, green, orange and white and features a check keyboard. The watches are hitting stores this week and will also be avail-able at Shoe Gallery (Miami) and Lead-ers 1354 (Chicago). We still remember as if it was yesterday, when the Casio Databank was actually a big deal, hav-ing a built-in calculator. Today, you can consider it a vintage watch.

Have a detailed look at all new color-ways of the Casio Databank after the jump.

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`Polytechnique’ gets $3.1 millionDetails about lm on 1989 Montreal mas-sacre hush-hush as Tele lm funding an-nounced.PETER HOWELL MOVIE CRITIC

A violent chapter in Canadian history is heading to the big screen in a top-secret production designed to minimize controversy.

Polytechnique, a lm by award-winning producer Don Carmody, dramatizes the Montreal Massacre of Dec. 6, 1989, in which 14 women were killed, and 10 women and four men were injured by deranged gunman Marc Lépine, who then

Marc Lepine. Sole Gunman of the Poly-technique Massacre December 6th, 1989.

took his own life.

The movie is titled for École Polytechnique, an enginering school af liated with L’Université de Montreal, where the tragedy occurred. The movie is in English.

Polytechnique has been lming in Montreal under tight security and a news blackout in recent weeks owing to public sensitivity about the 18-year-old event, which is still fresh in many minds.

No scenes are being lensed in École Polytechnique itself. Other colleges and a studio are stand-ing in for the school.

Producer Carmody, who is behind such hits as the Oscar-winning Chicago and the horror lm Silent Hill, declined to give details yesterday when reached by the Star.

“For fairly obvious reasons, we are not doing any press on Polytechnique in ad-vance of the release,” he said via email from a movie-location scouting trip.

“The lming has been completed. That’s all I’m prepared to reveal at this time.”

The movie has come out of the shadows resently with the announcement by Tele lm Canada, the federal cultural investor, that it is giving Polytechnique $3.1 million in production nancing.

That’s the largest sum out of the 10 production investments announced yesterday, and close to the $4 million maximum Tele lm can provide. Tele lm spokesperson Douglas Chow called the amount “pretty average” for a movie of this magnitude.

Polytechnique is directed and co-written by Denis Villeneuve, a Quebec lmmaker a Quebec lmmaker known for his visual air. When asked about his trip to Cannes Film Festival, where he showed off his sumptuous short, “Next Floor,” the director expressed his relief by taking a break from the editing room where he’s been labouring over “Polytechnique.“

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“It was a big relief for me to do this movie,” Villeneuve said of “Next Floor” during a recent interview.

“(‘Polytechnique’) was a tough movie to make and for me going to Cannes is like a break.”

“Next Floor” tells the story of 11 pampered diners as they tear into mounds of elaborately prepared food. At rst, their consumption is quite civilized, but the intensity increases with each forkful until the oor is groaning menacingly beneath them.

Villeneuve wasnt the only one plagued with stress as a result of “Polytechnique.” The actors were faced with a different kind of stress.

Villeneuve said the lm’s subject matter still gives him nightmares and notes the crew and actors found it tough coping with the violence. The genial director calls the movie “maybe the most rewarding work I’ve done.”

The families of the 14 slain women did not participate in the project but gave it their approval.

“The worst thing in life is to lose a child,” Villeneuve said. “I did want to respect that.”

He didn’t lm at the Ecole polytechnique campus, although the production had permission to do so. Villeneuve said some characters are ctional.

“It is accurate with the events but I didn’t want it to be too close to reality out of respect for the victims and the

families. I want it to be a kind of poetic remembrance, not a docudrama.”

Gunman Marc Lepine is played by Maxim Gaudette, who appeared in the hit “Les 3 p’tit cochons” (“The Three Little Pigs”).

“He’s not the centre of the movie. The goal is not to explore his character,” Villeneuve said. “It’s more about the victims and the effects of the violence on them.”

“Polytechnique” was originally to be lmed in French only, but was ultimately shot simultaneously in English and French after a Toronto partner signed on with Quebec producers.

The project was initially turned down by the Quebec lm fund-ing agency SODEC and Tele lm Canada, which Villeneuve said made valid points about aspects of the script that needed polishing. Quebec and federal funding eventually came through“’Polytechnique’ is like ‘Apocalypse Now,”’ Villeneuve said, referring to the 1979 Vietnam war epic that is said to have given director Francis Ford Coppola a nervous breakdown.

A Tele lm press release summarizes Polytechnique in a single paragraph: “Between the horror of an unpredictable massacre and shattered destinies, the lm unfolds the tragedy experienced by the students attending the school. Through the shattered dreams and the incomprehensible gesture of a killer, Polytech-nique lifts the veil on the most tragic event that has occurred in Quebec.”

The Internet Movie Database supplies further details, including a 2009 release date, which would mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy.

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Monthly Props: Movie ReviewsBy Nik LarsenPosters Provided by Imdb.com

JCVDGenre: ComedyPlaying at: AMC Forum 22

This movie is by far the best movie I’ve seen with Van Damme. Not his best action movie, because it’s not what you expect from Van Damme. but hands down the best movie he’s ever made. Movie hero Jean-Claude Van Damme nds himself out of money, ghting for custody of his daughter and losing every good action role to Steven Sea-gal. In an attempt to escape, the aging star walks away from his shrinking spotlight and returns home to his na-tive Brussels. But when he is thrown into a real-life hostage situation, everyone sees a side of Van Damme they’ve never seen before as he takes on the police, battles the perpetrators and creates a media restorm that cap-tures the attention of the world.In my opinion this is the highlight of his career and it’s upsetting that this lm didn’t have a wider release, because I think would’ve found an audience.

Man on WireGenre: DocumentaryPlaying at: AMC Forum 22

Man on Wire is an exciting docu-mentary about Philippe Petit who, thanks to his friends, managed to sneak into the World Trade Center in 1974 and do a high-wire act between the Twin Towers.From the very start of the lm it pulls you in, this is an amazing story and Petit is an amazing person to document. Sure, he’s reckless and has a wild personality, but he’s fasci-nating to watch. This documentary plays like a classic heist lm. It’s lled with sus-pense and has many of those caper moments of mistakes that may ruin the entire job. Even though the nal outcome is already known, it’s still thrilling and you don’t know if they will pull it off.A well crafted lm that does a won-derful job of telling the story of one man’s dream and how he managed to make it a reality.

Synecdoche, NYGenre: DramedyPlaying at: AMC Forum 22

Kaufman’s work as a writer has always been unusual and fresh. (Adaptation, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich).S.N.Y drills straight into your psyche. Do you fear disease? Do you fear death? Do you fear losing the people you love? Do you fear growing older? Do you fear losing yourself? Watch this movie and watch all of these fears unravel and come true for one man in light speed.

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Monthly Props: Video Game ReviewsBy Michael DicastopoulosPosters Provided by IGN.com

Gears of War 2Genre: ShooterPlatform: XBOX 360

All the right elements are in place in this sequel to the popular third-person shooter that again pits Delta Squad against the Locust Horde: gor-geous visuals, intense action, cheeky humor. There’s even that crunching sound enemies make when you tear into them and perform horri cally gratifying execution moves. And it’s all incredibly fun.Graphically, the game isn’t hugely more impressive than the rst Gears, but the larger environments and more vibrant scenery certainly help.This game is excellent. No two ways about it. It has its rough patches for sure. So many of the big, hyped games have disappointed me this year, and it feels good to play a game that actually lives up to its promise. The game doesn’t try and wow you with “innovative” new ideas, nor does it try and rede ne what an ac-tion game is. It’s a big, dumb, gory shooting game.

World of Warcraft:Wrath of Lich KingGenre: RPGPlatform PC

With a growing number of competi-tor games invading its home turf, the latest expansion of World of War-craft still proves that it’s top dog in the realm of massively multiplayer online gaming.In case you have a life, and don’t know what how the game works, I will sum it up for you. World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). You interact, speak to (through your microphone), battle, and form alli-ances with players from around the world in the largest map in video game history.Initially newcomers can be over-whelmed. The game is at times highly complex and has a steep learning curve. But for those up to the challenge, this game offers huge satisfaction and endless playability for the casual through to hardcore player.

Little Big PlanetGenre: ActionPlatform: Playstation 3

In LittleBigPlanet Players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots - and use their character’s amazing abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers through-out the world via the Playstation Network.The graphics of the game, while somewhat simple in terms of tex-tures and what they actually are, are intensely detailed, the Sackboy looks like a real-life doll and the stickers and items you collect can range from realistic snapshots to abstract art pieces.It’s not perfect - - the controls could be tighter, automatically shifting between planes can be problematic, the editor isn’t quite as robust as you might hope -- but what’s there is nothing short of astounding. If you own a PlaySta-tion 3, you cannot miss this. If you don’t have a PS3 yet, this is the reason to get one.

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Blue Dog – PlateauCertain places are meant for the coolios and fashionistas of Montreal’s urban culture. Blue Dog is de nitely one of those. If you are a connoisseur of any sort of electronically enhanced music, hit up Blue Dog any night to hear the best mixes and chat with some of the coolest bartenders in town. Commercial cats won’t be found here, as Blue Dog is nestled in the heart of the Plateau.

Located on: St. Laurent and Rue Bagg

Monthly Props: Club ReviewBy Dave SchwizPhotos Provided by Malcolm Croitoru

Description A small, hip, funky, electro bar equipped with some of the hottest DJs in the city.

Music Skilled DJs who mostly spin electro and hip-hop (good hip hop), lot’s of fusion and mixes with classic songs (even 80s TV themes!) Clientele Home to the coolios and fashionistas of montreal’s urban culture. Mostly anglos, but de netly only for connoisseurs of any sort of electronically enhanced music. Commercial cats wont be found here, as Blue dog is nestled in the heart of the Plateau.

Blizzarts – Plateau

Service Very cool people behind the bar and turntables, quick service, people are personable and up to party with the clientele. Interior Not a huge bar. The front is a small vip area, not nessesarily for the Vips, yet for large groups who are down with buying bottles, even equipped with a bed! A bar with plenty of seating, no TVs for all you sportsfans. Dance oor is big and close to the turntables. Drinks Cheap!

Located on St. Laurent and Rue Bagg

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