Raise the Hammer
List of contributors to Raise the Hammer, with a brief bio for each author and links to that author's articles.
Matthew is the RTH film and culture critic.
The Good The Bad And The Queen - Matt reviews the Self-titled album and the live show (The Kool House, March 11, 2007). Published Apr. 10, 2007
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) - Whether you're laughing or choking at Borat's dialogue, some sort of a reaction is coming out of you! Published Apr. 10, 2007
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005) - More an homage than a biography, I'm Your Man is essential if you're a Cohen fan, but is probably not the best place to start. Published Feb. 26, 2007
Sky Dragon Centre - Sky Dragon is one of the most valuable 'artistic' hangout areas this city has to offer. I can think of no better place to deliver one's message. Published Feb. 26, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Guillermo del Toro's world is the world of child - with hands ready to cover eyes and all. Published Feb. 9, 2007
Vice Guide to Travel (2006) - The Vice Guide to Travel is so refreshingly good that I feel like I'm catching up with a college ally who has matured past fourth year. Published Jan. 10, 2007
Jackass Number 2 - Please don't think Matt's a jackass because he reviewed this movie. Published Jan. 10, 2007
Art School Confidential and An Inconvenient Truth - Matt Van Allen reviews a new rental about greed, envy, rejection, acceptance, and love, and also a film about art school. Published Dec. 13, 2006
The Proposition (2005) - This gritty period piece explores the slavery and colonization of Australia's aboriginal people while hewing to the form of the great western. Published Nov. 23, 2006
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) - Despite some pulled punches, Mary Harron's comic-inspired biopic captures the naïve yet sultry mystery of the notorious pin-up model. Published Nov. 8, 2006
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Aerotropolis: Will It Fly? - Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at Mount Hope Community Hall, 3027 Homestead Dr., Mount Hope.
Can Harper Prorogue Parliament? (Dec. 3, 2008) - Given the paucity of Prime Minister Stephen Harpers options as Monday's confidence vote draws closer, pundits and analysts are coalescing around the conclusion that he will ask Governor Genera
Picking a Prime Minister: A Parliamentary Primer (Dec. 2, 2008) -
We will use all legal means to resist this undemocratic seizure of power.
-- Prime Minister Stephen Harper
With the Liberals and NDP agreeing to a coalition with the support of the B
Bratina: City Hall Plan Could Save $110 Million Over 20 Years (Dec. 2, 2008) - Councillor Bob Bratina, who has proposed that the City remain at Hamilton City Centre, is claiming that this move will cost only $50 million over the next 20 years, compared to $150 million to com
City Backs Down on Airport Development Size (Dec. 1, 2008) - Citizens at City Hall (CATCH) reports that the city has backed down on at least one aspect of its dispute with the province on the size of the Airport Economic Growth District (AEGD), a planned in
Same Old 'Traffic Trumps Everything' Thinking (Dec. 1, 2008) -
Apparently, the City Traffic department still doesn't get it.
After turning James and John into two-way streets that slowed traffic down, the city is now looking for ways to speed thing
Toronto Council to Vote on Corporate, Union Donations (Dec. 1, 2008) -
Toronto City Council has another opportunity today to decide whether to allow corporate and union donations to be proffered during municipal campaigns.
City Council has voted against such don