Name: Andy Sayers
Dateline: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Weblog: andythesaint.wordpress.com
Articles: 30
First Published: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Last Published: Friday, November 21, 2008
Andy Sayers is a technical writer from Canada, which automatically makes him funnier than people from other countries. When not writing about pop culture, he is consuming it alongside his loving wife.
Currently listing articles 30-1:
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Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married — A look at Jonathan Demme's new quiet masterpiece.
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Concert Review: Lucinda Williams - Calgary, AB (11-10-08)— Reviewing a stop on Lucinda Williams' most recent tour.
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DVD Review: L.A. Confidential (Two-Disc Special Edition)— One of the best movies in recent memory gets the special edition treatment.
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TV Review: Breaking Bad - Season One— Reviewing the first season AMC's stunning freshman drama following star Bryan Cranston's surprising Emmy win.
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Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time— Ranking the best movies adapted from the world of comics.
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DVD Review: The Shield - Season One— Guided by strong performances and a unique take on the cop show genre, The Shield delivers a promising first season.
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The 2008 Andy TV Awards— Forget the Emmys. Here's what this year's TV Awards would look like if I was the sole voter selecting the nominees and winners.
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Movie Review: Son of Rambow— A cute English indie that is long on charm but just short on execution.
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Movie Review: Tropic Thunder— The last thing the world needs is another Hollywood satire, but Hollywood continues to make them anyway.
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Movie Review: Joy Division (2007)— Grant Gee's documentary on the influential post-punk rockers is a must-see for fans, and a great introduction for non-fans.
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My Favourite Album for Every Year I've Been Alive— From Marquee Moon to Flight of the Conchords, my life in albums - one per year.
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Movie Review: Is The Dark Knight the Best Comic Book Movie of All Time?— I have plenty to say about the film, but still I hesitate.
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Concert Review: Aimee Mann at the Calgary Folk Music Festival, July 24— Aimee Mann delivers a beautiful set heavy on new material during her current tour stop in Calgary, Canada.
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Movie Review: WALL-E— With WALL-E, Pixar proves yet again that they're playing at a much higher level than all their competitors.
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Movie Review: Darfur Now (2007)— A well-meaning documentary on the ongoing genocide in Darfur that doesn't quite hit its mark.
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Movie Review: Revisiting Spider-Man 3— A year ago, I gave this movie a favourable review, and have been regretting it ever since.
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Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk is the Movie Fans Wanted Five Years Ago— Marvel reboots its Hulk franchise with a film more in line with fan expectations.
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DVD Review: Fantastic Four Extended Edition (2005)— Want to know why Marvel stopped trusting other studios and started producing their own movies? Here's exhibit A.
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Music DVD Review: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead: A Classic Album Under Review— A documentary look at The Smiths’ classic album has little to offer for anyone but the most obsessive fans.
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Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian— The second film in the series reveals a major problem for the franchise: its protagonists aren't very interesting.
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Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Perfectly Decent Yet Mostly Unnecessary— The latest Indiana Jones film is about what you'd expect from a summer blockbuster, but not quite what you've come to expect from the franchise.
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Music Review: Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us— Mates of State's fifth album continues both the duo's maturation process and its trademark fun indie pop music.
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TV Review: In Treatment - Season One— Examining whether or not the HBO's newest drama will put the network back on top of the pop culture zeitgeist.
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Movie Review: Iron Man Marks the Return of First-Rate Superhero Movies— Iron Man breaks the three-year drought of quality superhero films, kicking the 2008 summer blockbuster season off with a bang.
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Movie Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall — What keeps Forgetting Sarah Marshall from achieving its full potential are the things that are now familiar from Apatow productions.
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Movie Review: Stop-Loss (2008)— Despite that which Stop-Loss does well, overall it feels like a movie rushed out to highlight an issue before a solid story could be constructed
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Top 25 Characters from The Wire— A spoiler-free list selecting the top 25 characters in the history of HBO's superlative series, The Wire.
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Movie Review: Leatherheads— Neither George Clooney's nor John Krasinski's comedic chops are enough to make Leatherheads any more than a breezy, forgettable comedy.
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The Wire Redefines Series Television
— An overview of the complete series of The Wire, the greatest drama in the history of television.
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Movie Review: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)— ... we're left to appreciate some top notch textiles and awards-calibre art direction...
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