‘La La Land’ Is Delightful, Satisfying

La La Land

La La Land

Big deal Hollywood musical film La La Land is making all sorts of film critics swoon at the notion of romantic old school sing-dance movies.

Sarah, the half of Team Risky Fuel who doesn’t think such movies are stupid, calls the film “gorgeous, often delightful, and quite satisfying.”

To read her review of it head over to Consequence Of Sound by clicking here.

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Eddie Alvarez, The (Kinda) Real Rocky

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez

Asian World Of Martial Arts, one of the publications Sarah writes for, is big on actually putting support behind professional and emerging combat athletes.

One of the highest profile of these fighters is UFC’s Eddie Alvarez.

Sarah wrote a profile on Alvarez for the site in advance of his UFC 205 fight.

To read about it click here.

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Manifesto Supports Toronto’s Hip-Hop Culture

Manifesto

Manifesto

One of the marquee hip-hop events on the Toronto event calendar that isn’t 100 per cent OVO/Drake-ified is the announce fall concert/event series Manifesto.

Manifesto caps each fest with a free concert at Yonge-Dundas Square that matches up-and-coming locals with huge international stars.

I interviewed Manifesto chair Che Kothari in the lead up to this year’s event for Samaritan Mag.

To find out what his vision for Manifesto’s future is, click here.

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TIFF 2016: ‘Arrival’ Elevates Sci Fi

Arrival

Arrival

One of Sarah’s favourite films she saw at TIFF 2016 was Denis Villeneuve’s sci fi epic, Arrival.

She says the film reveals “however briefly and however elusively, some truth about what inspires us to do what we do.”

To read her review of the film head over to Consequence Of Sound by clicking here.

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Jeet Kune Do’s Influence On Hollywood

Trainer Yip Man with Bruce Lee

Trainer Yip Man with Bruce Lee

When Bruce Lee began teaching Hollywood actors his brand of the martial art Jeet Kune Do there was no way he could have predicted that it would still be a popular form of training today.

And yet, it is.

Sarah wrote about the martial arts form’s continued relevance in a piece for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read it click here.

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