Author Archives: Aaron Brophy

5 Signature Coen Brothers Films

The Coen brothers

The Coen brothers

Most movie nerds worldwide are aware of the fact that the Coen brothers have a new film out called Hail Caesar.

It is very in-the-pocket Coens.

With this in mind, Sarah wrote a story identifying some of the films that represent the Coen’s signature style.

The catch? She did so while refusing to talk about their most iconic films like The Big Lebowski and No Country For Old Men.

The internet is having a hard time dealing.

To read the story go here.

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The Ugly Ronda Rousey Backlash

Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey

When former UFC champ Ronda Rousey lost her belt recently to Holly Holm there was an ugly backlash that had little to do with scrutiny about her actual performance in the fight.

Part old fashioned sexism, part schadenfreude, part kill-your-idols, once Rousey lost the knives came out.

It has not been a good for those holding the blades. It has also been a cautionary tale for other female fighters.

Sarah explained why in a piece for Fightland.

To read it go here.

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The Story Behind The Conor McGregor Beer

Conor McGregor beer

Conor McGregor beer

A pub in Dublin, Ireland called MVP and the Brewtonic brewery made a beer in honour of motor-mouthed UFC champion Conor McGregor.

If you’ve tried it, good for you. If you haven’t you’re shit out of lucky.

There isn’t going to be anymore apparently.

Sarah found out why — and why someone would create a McGregor beer in the first place — in a feature story for Fightland.

To read it go here.

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How To Lose Well: With Sage Northcutt

Sage Northcutt

Sage Northcutt

The UFC’s next big thing Sage Northcutt and his punchable perma-smile lost a match recently.

Coupled with former women’s champ Ronda Rousey’s recent vaporization, these defeats may be ugly for the UFC’s marketing team.

For Northcutt himself, though, an L may not be so bad.

Sarah explained why in a post for Asian World of Martial Arts.

To read it go here.

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Dudebox Gets Arcade Fire’s Win Butler To DJ Party

The scene at a previous Dudebox event

The scene at a previous Dudebox event

With the NBA All-Star Game/cultural circus dominating Toronto right now there are parties everywhere.

One of the few noble, affordable and super-cool ones happening tonight is the Dudebox party featuring DJ Windows 98, better known as Win Butler from Arcade Fire.

As cool as that sounds, the best part is probably the fact that 100 per cent of the profits from this party will go to the Kanpe charity.

I spoke to Dudebox organizer Daniel Tal about this for Samaritan mag.

To read the full story go here.

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