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2026 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview

Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe  •  July 8, 2026 @ 8:18pm

It's official. The 51st Winnipeg Folk Festival is entirely sold out! We're talking single day tickets, full weekend passes, and every camping option available for the fest's 2026 edition running July 9–12. Yowza! I don't have official statistics yet to confirm the following statement, but I think this might be a new record.

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DVD Review: Game Over - The Complete Collection

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 28, 2005 @ 6:51am

The CGI animated series Game Over probably isn't a series a lot of you are going to remember.

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DVD Review: Lightning Bug

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 28, 2005 @ 6:40am

In the independent drama Lightning Bug, Bret Harrison stars as Green Graves, a tormented dreamer whose only aspiration is to become a horror film makeup artist. Graves' struggle to reach his goal is plagued by his unlucky mother, Jenny (Ashley Laurence), and his new highly-abusive stepfather, Earl (Kevin Gage).

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Interview: Tara Spencer-Nairn of Corner Gas and Rub and Tug

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  July 26, 2005 @ 12:00am

The name Tara Spencer-Nairn may not be familiar to many Canadians, but chances are her face is. Tara has appeared in a number of Canadian feature films as well as in guest-starring roles on TV shows Blue Murder, The Outer Limits, and Cold Squad.

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Review: Bad News Bears

Posted by: Tom Milroy  •  July 22, 2005 @ 11:59am

Every now and then, it's nice to watch a movie that doesn't really care about being politically correct. Bad News Bears is the most un-PC movie since Bad Santa, and wouldn't you know it, both star Billy Bob Thornton.

When is the last time a baseball movie featured a kid in a wheelchair playing in the outfield? That's right, never.

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Review: The Island

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 22, 2005 @ 11:59am

Could The Island be that Logan's Run remake we have all been waiting for?

The Island stars Ewan McGregor as Lincoln Six-Echo, a man who lives in a perfect, yet very strict, environment. His utopian world is filled with duties and routines which Lincoln begins to question.

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Review: Wedding Crashers

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 15, 2005 @ 11:59am

Perpetual bachelors John Beckwith and Jeremy Klein (Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn) have found a new way to have a lot of fun at someone else's expense â€" crash an unsuspecting wedding.

These two smooth operators pretend to be extended relatives or friends of the bride or groom and people don't seem to be the wiser.

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Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 15, 2005 @ 11:59am

Director Tim Burton is at it again.

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Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Posted by: Tom Milroy  •  July 15, 2005 @ 11:59am

This is not the first time Johnny Depp has been directed by Tim Burton. I hope it's not the last. The two work rather well together: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Sleepy Hollow, and now there's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The Roald Dahl novel has been done before on the big screen.

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Review: Murderball

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  July 8, 2005 @ 11:59am

Rivalries can be found in just about every sport. From baseball to basketball to hockey, and everything in between, a rivalry between two teams is often a driving component in the world of sports. Hell, there was even a nasty rivalry between two local high school teams here in Vancouver. In the world of wheelchair rugby the most heated rivalry is composed of the Americans and Canadians.

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Review: Fantastic Four

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  July 8, 2005 @ 11:59am

Marvel Comics' cosmic family blasts onto the big screen.

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