2008 Archive - DE Extended

Here you'll find every update in 2008 since The Dreamersedge's relaunch. It was a generally good year for fans of movie reviews and career articles.

2008-12-29

Happy holidays! As promised, I'm updating incredibly early this week. To celebrate Christmas, here's a comic strip featuring Hope, the new Go to You Room girl. You'll be seeing more of her in the coming year:

Comic Strip: Santa Interrupted

2008-12-22

I apologize for the slight delay. I'll make up for it by posting early next week.

This week's update features a review of Danny Boyle's new film, starring Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanay Chheda, and Dev Patel as the same person as well as Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto, and Anil Kapoor as other people:

Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

2008-12-15

This weekend saw the release of The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of Robert Wise's 1951 science-fiction classic, which, for the record, I find grossly overrated.

The new movie is directed by Scott Derrickson and stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, and John Cleese. He's a review I wrote for AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008-12-08

Battle your addiction to excrutiating paperwork! This week's article gives advice on how to balance your work and video game time:

AskMen.com: Twelve Steps for Recovering Workaholics

2008-12-01

The latest instalment in the largely unnecessary Transporter series opened last Wednesday.

This week's update features a review of the brainless action flick, starring Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Robert Knepper, and François Berléand:

Movie Review: Transporter 3

2008-11-24

It's been some time since I've dug into the mail bag, so here's the latest entry in the DE Expressions section:

Mail from September and October 2008

2008-11-17

Tomorrow is the sixty-ninth birthday of one of Canada's most influencial contemporary authors, Margaret Atwood.

To celebrate the occasion, let's take a look at her short story Rape Fantasies, originally published in 1977:

Literary Essay: Courting Disaster

2008-11-10

It's hardly Halloween anymore, but after all those scary movie reviews, I thought I'd be interesting to mention a true horror of modern economy. Here's a short blurb I wrote months ago for the AskMen.com keyword feature. Yes, I know. I have a perverse sense of humour:

AskMen.com: Real Estate

2008-10-27

Halloween Month continues!

This week's update features the last horror flick review of the month. It's of Lamberto Bava's Italian cult classic Demons, starring far too many actors to list here:

Halloween Reviews Part III: Demons

2008-10-20

Halloween Month continues!

This week's update features a review of the third instalment in the marginally popular Urban Legends franchise. The straight-to-video horror flick stars Kate Mara, Robert Vito, and Lillith Fields:

Halloween Reviews Part II: Urban Legends Bloody Mary

2008-10-13

The new DE celebrates Halloween Month!

This week's update features a review of Dark Ride, starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, and Dave Warden. The movie was an official selection of the 2006 "8 Films to Die For" Festival. It must've been a bad year:

Halloween Reviews Part I: Dark Ride

Star Wars Episode III: Who's Your Daddy?

2008-10-06

The new computer-animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuted this weekend. I didn't bother watching it, but here's a look at what could've been:

Star Wars Episode III Pitches

Finally, I declare October Halloween Month. Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting new reviews of horror films, but here's an old favourite to get us started:

Halloween Reviews Prelude: High Tension

2008-09-29

In case you've missed all the promotional spots on television, Iron Man is coming out on DVD this Tuesday.

To celebrate the occasion, this week's update features a review of Jon Favreau's super-hero epic, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges:

Movie Review: Iron Man

2008-09-22

Discover how to get through the fall season's office rush! Here's an important tip. Don't try to start your laptop using telepathy:

AskMen.com: Survive the Three-Month Crunch

2008-09-15

This week's update features a special edition of DE Expressions with guest stars from the X-Men comics series:

Mail from July and August 2008

2008-09-08

A generic blurb to introduce links! This week's update features the first of my keyword blurbs for AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: Promotion

2008-09-01

It's Labour Day, which means all you're getting this week is a new section archiving a collection of uncredited texts I wrote for AskMen.com:

Assorted Keywords

2008-08-25

Learn how to stand out from the crowd at a job fair! Here's another article I wrote for AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: Career Fair Survival Guide

2008-08-18

Learn the true language of job advertisements! This week's update features another article from AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: Decipher Job Postings

2008-08-11

This week's update features a review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. I wanted to release it a few weeks ago, but there was no space in the schedule. Besides, from the box office gross, I don't think anyone minds.

The hardly awaited sequel stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, and Billy Connolly:

Movie Review: The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008-08-04

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is coming out this Friday, so I thought now would be a good time to post a review of the first flick. It's actually quite good.

The movie stars Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, and Amber Tamblyn:

Movie Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

From X to XXX: Sex Scandal at the Xavier Institute!

2008-07-28

X-Month concludes!

To celebrate the release of Uncanny X-Men #500 last week, here's a shocking exposé from the Super-Hero Tabloid:

Super-Hero Tabloid: From X to XXX: Sex Scandal at the Xavier Institute!

2008-07-21

X-Month continues!

This week's update features a review of X-Men: The Last Stand, starring Shawn Ashmore, Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Ben Foster, Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Vinnie Jones, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Dania Ramirez, Rebecca Romijn, Aaron Stanford, and Patrick Stewart. Wow, that's a lot of people:

Movie Review: X-Men: The Last Stand

2008-07-14

X-Month continues!

This week's update features a review of X2: X-Men United, starring Shawn Ashmore, Halle Berry, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Kelly Hu, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Aaron Stanford, and Patrick Stewart:

Movie Review: X2: X-Men United

2008-07-07

X-Month begins!

This week's update features a review of X-Men, starring Halle Berry, Bruce Davison, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Tyler Mane, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Ray Park, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, and Patrick Stewart:

Movie Review: X-Men

2008-06-30

Job interviews that make you go, “Hmm”! I was wonderering what kind of picture the article would get. I was expecting a photograph of Tom Cruise holding forth a Hubbard electropsychometer, but this works too:

AskMen.com: Signs You Don't Want the Job

2008-06-23

I'm digging into the mail bag early in order to clear the schedule for X-Month, so here's the latest edition of DE Expressions:

Mail from May and June 2008

2008-06-16

This week's update features part two of our exploration of Ernest Hemingway's Hills like White Elephants.

This week's update features a brief essay discussing the short story's ending:

Literary Capsule: Last Drinks

2008-06-09

It's been a while since our last literary analysis, so the next two weeks' updates will focus on Ernest Hemingway's Hills like White Elephants.

Let's start with an essay discussing the use of setting in the short story:

Literary Essay: Environmental Concerns

2008-06-02

Career fields in which to meet beautiful women! The feminist in me is cringing, but I like to think I snuck in a bit of message in there:

AskMen.com: Top 10 Babe-Rich Industries

2008-05-26

Learn how to have fun without losing your job! The champagne in the picture looks kind of flat. In fact, I bet it’s just apple juice. That party is lame:

AskMen.com: Office Party Survival Guide

2008-05-19

Discover the five rules to being a good boss! This week's update features another article from AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: Timeless Management Laws

2008-05-12

This week's update features a review of Lucky 13, an awful romantic comedy of which no one's ever heard. I realize this may seem utterly pointless, but this is my website, and I'll waste it as I please, thank you very much.

The straight-to-DVD movie stars Brad Hunt, Harland Williams, and Lauren Graham:

Movie Review: Lucky 13

2008-05-05

This week's update features the return of DE Expressions after a three year hiatus due to threats from homophobic Batman fans:

Mail from March and April 2008

2008-04-28

Presenting the Donald Trump survival guide! This week's update features an article from AskMen.com giving advice on how to deal with a bad supervisor:

AskMen.com: Manage a Bad Boss

2008-04-21

Find out how to get served over the phone! This week's update features my first article published over at AskMen.com:

AskMen.com: How to Deal with Customer Service

2008-04-14

Starting next week, I'll be posting links to some of my work over at AskMen.com, so I'm opening a new section on this here website:

AskMen.com Articles

2008-04-07

In case you've missed all the promotional spots on television, Iron Man is coming out on DVD this Tuesday.

To celebrate the occasion, this week's update features a review of Jon Favreau's super-hero epic, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges:

Movie Review: Rocky IV

2008-03-31

Canadian Literature Month concludes!

This week's update features an essay discussing three Canadian classics: Margaret Atwood's Lady oracle, Margaret Laurence's The Diviners, and Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes:

Literary Essay: Defining the Definers

2008-03-24

Canadian Literature Month continues!

For a change of pace, this week's update features an article I wrote when I worked as a Writing Assistant at Concordia University:

Reading Tips for English Literature

2008-03-17

Canadian Literature Month continues!

Let's resume our analysis of Ray Smith's Cape Breton Is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada by contrasting it with Fred Wah's Diamond Grill:

Literary Essay: The Canadian Identity and Other Oxymora

2008-03-10

Canadian Literature Month continues!

This week's update features part one of a discussion on Ray Smith's Cape Breton Is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada:

Literary Essay: Chaos Theory

2008-03-03

Canadian Literature Month begins! Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting a series of essays discussing various Canadian literary classics.

This week's essay focuses on Margaret Atwood's Rape Fantasies, originally published in 1991:

Literary Essay: Tracing a Yellow Brick Road

2008-02-25

The Dreamersedge is back!

This week's update features a re-edit of the top signs you grew up during the nineties:

DE Expressions: Teen of the Nineties

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