Alice in Wonderland Directed by: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway Release date: Mar. 5, 2010

Performances

While the characterization of Alice by Mia Wasikowska was nothing groundbreaking, it was one of the most solid performances of the film, simply because Burton chose not to rely on one of his favourite actresses or a recognizable celebrity in general.

“I’m just glad it wasn’t Dakota Fanning or Lindsay Lohan,” said third-year English and...

Bedouin Soundclash’s frontman performed at the Starlight last night

For Bedouin Soundclash frontman Jay Malinowski, this past year has been one of many firsts.

Malinowski not only completed his debut solo album Bright Lights and Bruises, but on March 3 he launched his first solo tour in Peterborough.

Last night, Malinowski made a stop...

If you follow my column, you will recall my adoration of all things Oscar. Naturally then, this past weekend, I powered through the last few movies that I needed to see, composed all my “year end” and prediction lists, and sat down to watch the movie-lovers’ Super Bowl: the 82nd annual Academy Awards.

Now, as much as I love the show itself, last year’s re-imagining of what the Oscars should be wound up being quite mediocre in my mind. There...

It is rare to see the Theatre Auditorium packed with students ready to watch a play written and performed by relatively inexperienced actors, and it is even more rare that the stage becomes a mechanism for academics generally allocated to the classroom.

This past weekend, the Anthropology 101 class took the stage to present three showings of the aptly-titled ethnographic theatre production OMG! The production attempted to call attention to the impact of technology on our daily lives.

The students...

Rapper Lil Wayne avoids prison ... yet again

Last week, rapper Lil Wayne, who had his sentencing for gun-possession charges delayed in February to have his diamond-encrusted teeth (and numerous cavities) repaired, had his hearing postponed yet again because the courthouse caught fire.

Is it too much to assume that the self-proclaimed “greatest rapper alive” could be in cahoots with the “greatest dentist alive” and now the “greatest arsonist alive”?

–Mike Lakusiak

New Radiohead tracklist appears on the Internet

Radiohead...

The band tells The Cord about their upcoming tour

Our Lady Peace has become one of those permanent fixtures in Canadian music culture that fans will always remember for their stand-out albums.

The Toronto-based quartet has changed members a few times over their career that spans 18 years and seven studio albums.

Their biggest...

From five to 10

Undoubtedly one of the most unique features about this year’s Academy Awards is the opening up of the best picture category from five films to 10, a move back to the original number prior to 1944.

For film studies co-ordinator and associate professor Philippa Gates, the change seems to be driven by a desire to not only be inclusive but to increase viewership.

“It was definitely an interesting political move on the part of the...

Last Friday, the Undergraduate Film Studies Symposium took place for the first time at Laurier. The film symposium is an academic forum for film students to present papers with the intention of receiving feedback, generating discussion and sharing ideas.

The three-hour event was divided into two sections, each followed by a question and answer period. The first half of the symposium featured papers with focus on auteur theory, such as through the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, Rob...

This past week, Waterloo’s Princess Cinema screened the Academy Awards short film nominees, undoubtedly an under-exposed corner of the film world. Staff Writer Sarah Murphy reviews the animated shorts and Staff Writer Mike Lakusiak reviews the live-action shorts.

Animated nominees

A Matter of Loaf and Death Directed: Nicolas Schmerkin 2.5/4

Nick Park continues the saga of everybody’s favourite clay duo, Wallace and Gromit with A Matter of Loaf and Death.

The 30-minute piece sees Wallace abandon his typical infatuation...

iTunes sells ten billionth song

Apple’s digital music sales service iTunes has sold its ten billionth mp3 file. A 71-year-old man from Georgia bought Johnny Cash’s “Guess Things Happen That Way” last Thursday, winning a $10,000 iTunes gift certificate and a personal call from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

The service, which sold over a million songs in its first week back in 2003, sold a billion songs by 2006.

The fact that someone over 70 is attached to this story...

On Feb. 4, the band was awarded the $1000 prize

After a year-long battle of the bands, beginning on Oct. 30, musicians Funk in the Oven were announced as the victors.

A-Team’s annual Last Band Standing (LBS) came to a close on Thursday, Feb. 4.

The competition’s champions were announced after beating out 11 other...

Staff Writer Anne Donahue discusses the reasons we don the clothes we do

Looking around the sea of jogging pants, athletic wear and other “student-uniform” ensembles, you’re bound to see something that’s come to define our demographic: labels.

This is not meant in the capacity of “jock”, “hipster”, “skater” or any other subculture (though I’m sure you...