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ArieS Mar 21 | Apr 19 In the fictional

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world of the wizard Harry Potter, muggles are people who have no magical powers. Because of their deficiency, certain sights may be literally invisible to them, and certain places inaccessible. I’m going to boldly predict that you Aries people will lose at least some of your muggleness in the coming year. A part of your life where you’ve been inept or clueless will begin to wake up. In ways that may feel surprisingly easy, you’ll be able to fill a gap in your skill set or knowledge base.

it remains a symbol of lavish wealth and high civilization. Set on 26 acres, it has 700 rooms, 67 staircases, 6,000 paintings and 2,100 sculptures. The grounds feature 50 fountains and 21 miles of water conduits. And yet the word “Versailles” means “terrain where the weeds have been pulled.” Prior to being built up into a luxurious centre of power, it was a marsh in the wilderness. I nominate it to be your inspirational image for the coming year, Leo: a picture of the transformation you will begin.

And Health. It concluded that if every American avoided eating cheese and meat one day a week, emissions would be lowered as much as they would be by removing 7.6 million cars from the roads. This is the kind of incremental shift I urge you to specialize in during 2012, Sagittarius – whether it’s in your contribution to alleviating the environmental crisis or your approach to dealing with more personal problems. Commit yourself to making little changes that will add up to major improvements over the long haul.

tAuruS Apr 20 | May 20 On January 15,

Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 A guy named

cApricorN Dec 22 | Jan 19 Suzan-Lori

1885, Wilson Bentley photographed his first snowflake. Over the course of the next 46 years, he captured 5,000 more images of what he called “tiny miracles of beauty.” He was the first person to say that no two snowflakes are alike. In 2012, Taurus, I suggest that you draw inspiration from his example. The coming months will be prime time for you to lay the foundations for a worthy project that will captivate your imagination for a long time – and perhaps even take you decades to complete.

geMiNi May 21 | Jun 20 In her memoir

Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education Of A Reluctant Chef, Gabrielle Hamilton suggests my horoscopes were helpful to her as she followed her dream to create her New York City restaurant, Prune. “I killed roaches, poisoned their nests, trapped rats, stuffed their little holes with steel wool and glass shards,” she wrote, “while my girlfriend... walked through the place ‘purifying’ it with a burning sage smudge stick and read me my Rob Brezsny horoscopes in support.” I would love to be of similar service to you in the coming months, Gemini, as you cleanse whatever needs to be cleansed in preparation for your next big breakthrough. Let the fumigation, purgation and expiation begin!

cANcer Jun 21 | Jul 22 In 1992, 30,000 Americans signed a petition asking the governor of Hawaii to change the name of Maui to Gilligan’s Island. Fortunately, the request was turned down, and so one of the most sublime places on the planet is not now named after a silly TV sitcom. I’m urging you to avoid getting swept up in equally fruitless causes during the coming months, Cancerian. You will have a lot of energy to give to social causes and collective intentions in 2012, but it will be very important to choose worthy outlets that deserve your intelligent passion and that have half a chance of succeeding. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 The Palace of Ver-

sailles once served as home for French kings and their royal courts and was the hub of the French government. To this day

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George Reiger is a certifiable Disney freak. He has covered his skin with 2,200 tattoos of the franchise’s cartoon characters. If you plan to get anything like that much thematic body decoration in 2012, Virgo, I recommend that you draw your inspiration from cultural sources with more substantial artistry and wisdom than Disney. For example, you could cover your torso with paintings by Matisse, your arms with poems by Neruda and your legs with musical scores by Mozart. Why? In the coming months it will be important for you to surround yourself with the highest influences and associate yourself with the most inspiring symbols and identify yourself with the most ennobling creativity.

Parks is a celebrated American playwright who has won both a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. During the time between November 2002 and November 2003, she wrote a new short play every day – a total of 365 plays in 365 days. I think you could be almost as prolific as that in 2012, Capricorn. Whatever your specialty is, I believe you will be filled with originality about how to express it. You’re also likely to have the stamina and persistence and, yes, even the discipline necessary to pull it off.

LibrA Sep 23 | oct 22 In the Classical Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, the word teocuitlatl literally meant “god poop.” It was used to refer to gold, which was regarded as a divine gift that brought mixed blessings. On the one hand, gold made human beings rich. On the other, it could render them greedy, stingy and paranoid. So it was potentially the source of both tremendous bounty and conflict. I suspect that in 2012, Libra, you will have to deal with the arrival of a special favour that carries a comparable paradox. You should be fine – harvesting the good part of the gift and not having to struggle mightily with the tough part – as long as you vow to use it with maximum integrity. Scorpio oct 23 | Nov 21 What spell

piSceS Feb 19 | Mar 20 One of Alexander

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would you like to be under in 2012? Be careful how you answer that; it might be a trick question. Not because I have any interest in fooling you, of course, but rather because I want to prepare you for the trickiness that life may be expressing in your vicinity. So let me frame the issue in a different way. Do you really want to be under a spell – of any kind? Answer yes only if you’re positive that being under a spell will help you manifest your biggest dream. And please make sure that whoever or whatever is the source of the spell is in the service of love.

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the Great’s teachers was Aristotle, who was tutored by Plato, who himself learned from Socrates. In 2012, I’d love to see you draw vital information and fresh wisdom from a lineage as impressive as that, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you need much more than a steady diet of factoids plucked from the internet and TV. You simply must be hungry for more substantial food for thought than you get from random encounters with unreliable sources. It will be time for you to attend vigorously to the next phase of your lifelong education.

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Fashionable weddings Famous British kates Middleton and Moss went head-to-head for the title of most fashionable wedding this year. the former’s over-the-top televised do was royally english, with its cast of morning-coated and fascinatortopped guests, while the latter’s more intimate and bohemian countryside ceremony was still impressive and star-studded enough to earn the coveted cover of september’s Vogue magazine.

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Lady gaga image-maker Nicola Formichetti unveiled his first collection for the international label Mugler in January, but he wasn’t the only editor who caught the designer bug in 2011. Flare fashion director Elizabeth Cabral created a faux-snakeskinsoled, high-heeled sandal for aldo that landed on lots of trend-conscious feet last april. and stylist George Antonopoulos’s Object collection for Danier was so well done that even trained, working actual designers gave him props.

Arthur Mendonça as far as designer comebacks go, we’ve rarely witnessed a warmer reception

Loblaws for a runway return than the relaunch of the arthur Mendonça label last March. held in the under-construction ballroom of toronto’s trump tower, the show was a glam mix of bias-cut dresses in gunmetal sequins, slick leather trenches and sharp suiting that instantly returned him to the top of Canada’s evening wear heap.

Loblaws it says something about toronto’s consuming priorities that out of all 2011 retail openings (including J.Crew and intermix), the store debut that drew the biggest crowd was the launch of Loblaws’ newest, the Maple Leaf gardens mega-store. the company’s fashion interests are growing, too, as Joe Fresh crossed the border to begin its U.s. expansion in new york City.

Salvage design Fine antiques are, well, fine, but scanning the year’s store Of the Week columns, it’s easy to see that toronto prefers the look of rough-around-theedges salvaged curiosities. the Chief Salvage Co., Mrs. Huizenga and Blackbird Vintage Finds all caught our shopping fancy in 2011, while clothing retailers like The Future of Frances Watson and Oliver Spencer incorporate the reclaimed look into their boutiques.

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When a grainy cellphone video of John galliano in the middle of an anti-semitic rant at a Paris café was leaked to the press, the fallout wasn’t surprising. the designer was charged by police and quickly dismissed from his job. the fashion industry itself never seemed quite as shocked, though, and quickly focused on conspiracy theories about the scandal having been a set-up and who, oh who, could ever replace him as head of the house of Dior?

topshop arrived in Canada over a year and a half ago with a shop-in-shop at Jonathan and Olivia on Ossington. then it launched again this summer with a mobile store parked in a lot at Queen and Peter. the Brit style brand opened a third time in October with its first freestanding store at yorkdale Mall. People love the merch, but here’s hoping the debuts are done.

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For a few short weeks earlier this year, the avenue (theavenueshow.com), a web-based reality show about toronto’s cutthroat fashion biz starring the makeup-mad Gregory Gorgeous, a temper-mental model named Jessica and a journalism school student/ editor-in-chief called arta captured the attention of a small sliver of the city’s style twitterati. those who indulged are both embarrassed and proud to admit they did, and the rest are hoping there’s not a second season in the works.

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the style world was smitten with fashionista closet-snooping site TheCoveteur.com when it launched in early 2011, featuring a combination of quirky styling and slick images. But once we all started to read the gushy copy that accompanies photos of the wardrobes of nyC fashion types and t.O. socialites (“nothing says glam like a man doing nip/tucks in Margiela,” they said about plastic surgeon Trevor Born), it became obvious that the site is as much an exercise in ass-kissing as it is a document of worthy wardrobes.

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“there’s something romantic about the idea of a starving artist,” responded a rep for yet another emerging-designer award launched last summer when i asked her why no cash prize was attached to the Canada-wide competition. i bet our hardworking design community would beg to differ. Luckily, so does the Toronto Fashion Incubator, which finally announced that its own new Labels winner will score $25,000 of philanthropist Suzanne Rogers-sponsored cash this coming april.

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The perfect restaurant? A low-key location far off the eaten track, 26 comfortable seats, romantic lighting and a reasonably priced locavore carte – perfectly grilled Grace Meats flank steak finished with flaky sea salt and truffled emulsion followed by feather-light gnocchi in Gorgonzola cream and boozy bourbon pannacotta – from publicity-shy chefs Damon Clements and Daniel Usher. So what if they don’t take reservations? Show up at any hour other than prime-time Friday and Saturday night and you won’t need one.

Technically, Francisco Alejandri’s Mexican take-away in Kensington Market isn’t even a restaurant, since it doesn’t have basics like tables and chairs. Or plates, for that matter. Little concern, considering the ex-Scaramouche and Torito cook’s dazzling attention to detail. Brilliant flavours and rock-bottom prices – seven bucks for an astonishingly sweet tomatillo salad piled with crumbled queso fresco, avocado and hellishly hot piquin peppers? – make the occasional weekend lineups bearable.

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Come this time next year, Toronto will be knee-deep in kimchee, trying to keep up with NYC superstar chef David Chang’s two new Momofuku restaurants in the yet-to-open Shangrila Hotel. Sorry, Mr. Chang, but brothers Leeto and Leemo Han got there first with a playful tapas card – pulled pork shoulder tacos, pickled pears with Stilton – that’s as clever as it is delish.

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No question that this stylish café in the 519 Community Centre has the best intentions, helping disadvantaged kids gain entry-level experience in the resto biz. But who could have predicted that its efforts would be this tasty – bone marrow brûlée, perfectly executed quiche, braised duck papardelle – and this inexpensive?

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Susur Lee’s Shang in New York City might have tanked (blame the recession, or a menu that focused on sushi, of all things), but his latest rebranding finds Mr. Lee at his most accessible yet. Goodbye, $400 tasting menus. Hello, $7 cheeseburger spring rolls.

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In previous best-of roundups, we’ve always countered with the year’s awful offerings, punning that these were the Wurst. Coincidentally, two of 2011’s bottom-feeders feature sausage. At WVRST (609 King West, at Portland, 416-703-7775, wvrst. com), we couldn’t finish gag-worthy currywurst – aka cut-up wieners in curried ketchup, the poutine of Germany – while Paul Boehmer’s flatbread tarte flambée topped with sausage and hot dog mustard at Bohemian Gastropub (571 Queen West, at Portland, 416-361-6154, thebohemiangastropub.ca) came with the warning “Wurst pizza ever.” Got that right.

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Weeknd 1 The Mod Club, July 24

After more than a decade of hibernation, Mangum, indie rock’s J.D. Salinger, stepped out of hiding to play a two-night stand at trinity St. Paul’s church. It was an apt setting for the reclusive leader of Neutral Milk Hotel, one of the 90s’ utmost cult bands. And though he attempted to remove himself from his pedestal, the crowd watched in hushed silence, awed to hear songs they never thought they’d get to hear live.

No one has ever had a debut gig like the Weeknd. Not only did this show sell out almost immediately (even though tickets were only sold at one clothing store), but desperate fans lined up in front of the Mod club at the break of dawn the day of the show, and media all over the world paid close attention. The pressure OVO fesT was intense, and Molson AmphiAbel Tesfaye theatre, July 31 certainly A look at the lineup of looked nervofficial and surprise ous as he apguests at Drake’s proached the second annual OVO mic, but when fest tells you why this the entire had to be in the top crowd sang 10: Stevie Wonder (!), along at the top of Rick Ross, Nas, Lil The Weeknd their lungs to his Wayne, the Weeknd and J. first line, his eyes went Cole all graced the stage. But wide and you saw him sudat the end of the day, the show was denly understanding that he was makall about Drake – and Toronto itself. ing history. ZAcH SlootSKy

Jay-Z & kanye WesT ghOsTface killah 4 Air Canada Centre, Nov7 Sound Academy, December 2 ember 23 and 24 Given the strength of their Watch The Throne collaborative album and their respective solo catalogues, it’s no surprise that Jay-Z and Kanye West’s tour was one of the most memorable of the year. Isn’t it nice when the artists at the top of the charts actually deserve it?

As thrilling as her innovative guitar heroics were (including crowd surfing while laying down a blazing solo), the real standouts of the show were her spectacular voice and strikingly unique songwriting.

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Merrill Garbus can make the audience at a sold-out show so quiet that you can hear a beer being opened at the back of the room, yet she can also inspire applause louder than the club’s sound system. Her unique looping-pedal-based performances are among the most spiritually cathartic experiences you’ll ever have in a bar.

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about running out of them, or of energy, for the next two and a half hours.

Blake 10James Lee’s Palace, May 14

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pJ harVey Let England Shake (Vagrant)

No surprise that Polly Jean Harvey’s 10th studio album won the Mercury Prize (her second win so far). It’s sonically inventive, lyrically rich and a richly visceral experience. It’s also one of the strongest albums about war ever recorded, and neatly avoids all the clichés associated with the subject. Few artists have been able to surprise audiences so consistently over as long a period as she has.

the Weeknd House Of Balloons (independent)

No Toronto musician has ever experienced as meteoric a rise to fame as the one the Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) pulled off this year. We can’t even think of an international artist, for that matter and, certainly, no one in the world has ever pulled off anything like this without a label behind them, or without giving a single interview. House Of Balloons stunned both the rock and urban worlds with the quality of its music alone, and Tesfaye’s refusal to play the music-industry game has forever rewritten the rules.

Given the success of his debut studio album, Thank Me Later, you can’t really call Take Care a comeback. But it certainly feels like a return to the extraordinary early promise Drake showed on the So Far Gone mixtape (which he rightly considers his first real album). It’s quite a feat to pull off rapping about feeling insecure, but Drake makes it sound easy. It also helps that his protege, the Weeknd, is singing brilliant hooks all over the record and his mostly hometown team of producers are all at the top of their game, too.

iVer 5 Bon Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

This year was the tipping point for Justin Vernon, better known to his ballooning audience as Bon Iver. He spent the last couple of years nonchalantly wedging his foot in the mainstream’s door via the Twilight 2 soundtrack and Kanye West’s last solo album. In June, Bon Iver

his quietly moving second LP made for a number-2 Billboard 200 debut – impressive for a guy on an indie label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with a record with the softness of a cloud and the emotional weight of a wrecking ball.

Vincent 6 st. Strange Mercy (4AD)

It’s hard to say what stands out more on Strange Mercy – the unsettling explosions of highly inventive guitar sounds, the expressive gasps and wails of Annie Erin Clark’s distinctive voice, the gracefully restrained electronic rhythms and tones or the strangely old-fashioned songwriting. Remove any of them and this would still be a strong contender for year-end lists, but as a complete package it demands recognition.

Gillian Welch 7 The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony) Gillian Welch and her partner, Dave Rawlings, spent eight years trying to write a follow-up to 2003’s Soul Journey, and the end result features not a single superfluous note or misstep. The Harrow & The Harvest finds the Nashville-based Americana musicians in excellent form, their superbly wrought narratives eking out equal meas-

ures of naked sorrow and dark introspection alongside sparse arrangements and some of the most heart-busting choruses Welch has ever given us.

hardcore faithful, but since when has following rules and living up to expectations been considered transgressive?

8 sloan The Double Cross (Outside)

While the musical arrangements on Destroyer’s newest album are as smooth as a recently Zambonied skating rink, Dan Bejar’s lyrics are witty and acerbic, providing the perfect contrasting accompaniment. Sophisticated and, for lack of a better world, adult, Kaputt evokes a nighttime world similar to the one Dean Wareham explored on Luna’s Penthouse album. In a year as rich in music as this one, Kaputt stands out for its ambition and tenacity.

We readily admit we didn’t see a latecareer resurgence coming from this Canrock quarter, but Double Cross makes a most convincing and expectation-defying case. It reminds you of all the reasons you dug Sloan back in the 90s: four uniquely talented and idiosyncratic songwriters cohesively delivering catchy rock with smart lyrics. Though its title slyly nods to the band’s age, Double Cross hardly sounds like a group nearing its end.

10 destroyer Kaputt (Merge)

Fucked up 9 David Comes To Life (Matador) If any hardcore band could pull off an ambitious rock opera concept album involving meta-narrative plot devices and unreliable narrators, it’s Fucked Up. If you removed Damian Abraham’s torn-vocalcord screaming, it wouldn’t even qualify as punk, which might be a problem for the more devout

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Originally, the collaborative album by rap leviathans JayZ and Kanye West was billed as the casual product of some fun in the studio (see Otis). But as the seasons changed, Watch The Throne grew in scope until it had a fucking gold cover designed by the creative director of Givenchy. The resulting record was an obnoxious postrecession toast to success over grand, museum-worthy production.

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FEIST DRAKE 7 Metals (Arts & Crafts) Take Care (Young Money/ 4 Universal)

JENNIFER CASTLE 9 Castlemusic (Flemish Eye)

TIMBRE TIMBER 10 Creep On Creepin’ On (Arts & Crafts)

For a musician thought of primarily as a nice-guy rapper, Drake sure inspires polarized reactions. Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that he’s changed the hip-hop game and has a voice that’s uniquely and proudly Torontonian.

Castlemusic is a concise, subtle and unpretentious stoner country album that rises above ones by higher-profile local roots acts due to the strength of its songs and the hypnotic beauty of Castle’s quivering voice.

The album title says it all. Creep On Creepin’ On is one of the most gleefully dark roots-inspired albums ever and opens a window onto Timber Timbre’s transition from solo project to intriguing full-fledged band.

This far into the iPod era, it takes guts for a musician to deliberately make an album with no obvious singles. But if you have an attention span of longer than three minutes, you’ll see that the immersive and cohesive Metals is pure gold.

What does it say when one of the hottest new acts in the world puts out his music for free, doesn’t have a publicist, has never played a gig outside Ontario and gets as much love from indie blogs like Pitchfork as from hip-hop mags like Complex? It says he’s very, very talented.

SANDRO PERRI 5 Impossible Spaces (Constellation)

You might notice that David Comes To Life beats Drake’s Take Care on the local albums list but loses to it on the albums of the year list. How? After studying the numbers, it seems that nearly all NOW music contributors like Fucked Up enough to give them a vote in this category, whereas the more divisive Drake got consistently stronger rankings in both categories, but from fewer writers.

Feel It Break (Paper Bag) 3 AUSTRA

Many NOW contributors thought Austra, like Fucked Up, put out one of the best local discs of the year, but democracy is messy, so the group lost ground in the international list due to what can best be described as music-critic vote-splitting. An exceptionally strong debut.

International success has left this house-music group relatively invisible locally – they’ve been touring constantly for the past year. But the secret to their sound is how successfully they sum up the unique history and mood of underground dance music in Toronto, and it’s a flavour the world is lapping up.

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SLOAN 6 The Double Cross (Outside) It feels weird to call the former Halifax powerpop band “local,” but the East Coast’s loss is Toronto’s gain. Bands this deep into their careers shouldn’t still sound this good, yet this is easily one of Sloan’s best discs yet.

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FUCKED UP 2 David Comes To Life (Matador)

If the buzz around this remarkable disc continues to grow, the days of thinking of Perri as a “musician’s musician” will soon be a distant memory. It’s exceedingly rare for music this smart to also be so immediately rewarding and enjoyable.

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livery, excellent in any language. This one’s in French. 5 DRAKE, Take Care (Republic) Smooth, sexy and skilful, Toronto’s Drizzy is a superstar for a reason. 6. JIM CUDDY, Skyscraper Soul (Warner) Canadian crooner loses his heart and finds his big-city soul.

1. BON IVER, Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) Magnificent, epic and still sometimes painfully personal. 2. THE BLACK KEYS, El Camino (Warner) Hooky, greasy, straight-ahead rock from world-beating band. 3. SCREAMING TREES, Last Words: The Final Recording (Universal) Mark Lanegan band’s lost 1999 album steals the show with psych-rock delights.

7. THE JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO, At The Crossroads (Universal) Channelling jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Carter makes his influences sound fresh. 8. KANYE WEST AND JAY-Z, Watch The Throne (Universal) Hip-hop superstars come together for an uneven disc that stuns at its best. 9. TOMMY STINSON, One Man Mutiny (Done to Death) Replacements bass player – also Guns N’ Roses replacement bass player – unleashes moody solo pop gem.

10. BEASTIE BOYS, Hot Sauce Com4. COEUR DE PIRATE, Blonde (Grosse mittee, Part Two (EMI) Killer beats Boîte) Beautiful songs and dreamy de- from some of the best in the business.

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Gorgeous, dreamlike explorations of futuristic folk. 5. JAMES BLAKE James Blake (Universal) An unlikely amalgamation of experimental music, post-dubstep and tear-jerking balladry. 6. TUNE-YARDS W h o k i l l (4AD) A daring reimagining of protest music. 7. PJ HARVEY Let England Shake (Island) Polly Jean is still blowing our minds 20 years into her formidable career.

1. SANDRO PERRI Impossible Spaces (Constellation) A T.O. treasure delivers a heartbreakingly beautiful album. 2. THE WEEKND House Of Balloons (independent) An extraordinary debut that’s changing the rules of R&B. 3. ST. VINCENT Strange Mercy (4AD) A strange and intoxicating mix of menace and romance. 4. BON IVER Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

8. GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds) Fifty years of pop music thrown into the blender to create a surprisingly cohesive sound. 9. DRAKE Take Care (Universal) An introspective and existential rethinking of mainstream hip-hop. 10. AZARI & III Azari & III (Turbo) A seductive house-music tribute to the highs and lows of after-hours party life.

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Revival (783 College), Friday (December 23) Hip-hop mega-party.

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approach made the Atlanta metal giants’ songs hit even harder.

6. FEIST, Metals (Arts & Crafts) Metals 1. GILLIAN WELCH, The Harrow & The establishes a dark, intimate, dynamic mood that never falters. Harvest (Acony) Stirring, languid folk that’s classic Welch but more uplifting. 7. KATHRYN CALDER, Bright & Vivid (File Under:Music) Bold, intelligent 2. ST. VINCENT, Strange Mercy indie pop borne of familial grief. (Merge) Inventive guitar sounds and the strongest songs of Annie Clark’s career. 3. LOUISE BURNS, Mellow Drama (Light Organ) Deceptively simple, with breezy, classic pop melodies that keep you coming back. 4. BON IVER, Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) Bon Iver’s transition from insular folk to ambitious nine-piece blew more than a few minds.

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8. MIRACLE FORTRESS, Was I The Wave? (Secret City) An icy falsetto and emotional melodies soar over a rhythm-focused electronic foundation.

DYING FETUS, DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, IMPENDING DOOM, WRETCHED Metal

9. BRAIDS, Native Speaker (Flemish Eye) Densely layered, experimental take on art rock fuelled by Raphaelle Standell-Preston’s mesmerizing vocals.

CAT EMPIRE, TINPAN ORANGE Slacker Canadian Music

10. THE WAR ON DRUGS, Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian) Tom Petty5. MASTODON, The Hunter (Roadrun- esque Americana with a driving beat that’ll put a kick in your step. ner/Reprise) A more straightforward

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keith’S live preSentS...

Saturday december 31 nye • rootS alt country • $ 20.00 advance

elliott

brood (two sets: 11:15pm & 1:00am)

black aces + sunparlour players

tHurS january 5 • $ 6.00

FridaY january 6 • $ 7.00

SaturdaY january 7 • $7.00

KiNgs rye and silence

thom huhtala FaiNT space monster reflection tiger suit NubiaN

graydon james the heartbroken maladies of adam stokes bedlam ring february 16 lowlands pillow fights thurs january 26 @ horseshoe • $12.50 adv

Sat january 14 • $ 10.00

ladies of the canyon

other lives dune the DeviL slow club ema makes three

tues february 14 @ the drake • $12.50 adv

tHurS december 22 • $7.00

thurS

horSeShoe • $ 15.00 advance

Sun february 19 @ rivoli • $12.00 adv

tueS march 13 @ garriSon • $13.50 adv

santa cruz acoustic bluegrass punk

artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW december 22-28 2011

clubs&concerts

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Music Club Index, page 50, for venue address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

F = Festive event

How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, December 22 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Lady Kane. Bovine Sex cluB Psych Tongues, the New Stems, Formalists.

FcAdillAc lounge Cadillac Christmas party. clinton’S Still the King (with members of

Union Duke & the Show) (alt rock).

Hotel underground Holiday Showcase & Food Drive Torro Torro, ñ 84.85, Rilly Guilty, Jesse Bryans. FdrAke

drAke Hotel lounge Weekend Start-Up The Bootknives (rock) doors 10 pm. el MocAMBo Lickpenny Loafers, the Mercy Now, Mathew Brothers, Vesper Hours 9 pm. eMMet rAy BAr Alistair Christl & the Lonely (rockabilly) 9 pm. tHe gArriSon Road To CMW Talent Search: Supernova CapX, Jessica Speziale, Pat Canavan,Droogy D, Kingkade, the SillyLoopaz, the Dean Project 8 pm. glAdStone Hotel Melody BAr The Acidtones (reggae/funk) 9 pm. FgrAffiti’S Trason’s Holiday Get Together 7 pm. HeMingwAyS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 9 pm. Holy oAk cAfe Alianaris (Greek surf) 10 pm. FHorSeSHoe Holiday Drinkin’ Party San Sebastian, Goddamn Robots, the Organ Thieves, the Dirty Nil 9 pm. lAMBAdinA Freedubstar Reggae Showcase 8 pm. Flee’S PAlAce Punk Xmas Throwdown Bathurst Queens, Blue Bonnets, Take Drugs, Bourbon DK. FtHe PAinted lAdy Xmas Extravaganza Mary Margaret O’Hara, Rusty Mccarthy, Spookey Ruben, Pierson Ross, Friskey Brown, Jesus Priced and others 9 pm. tHe PiSton The Rest, Wax Mannequin, Fitness Club Fiasco, Martha Meredith, Distant Cousins 10 pm. FSilver dollAr Party Wallet Xmas Bash B17, the Lost Babies, Queen Licorice, Drunk Woman 9 pm. tHe SiSter Liquidaires, Shak Shak. Sound AcAdeMy Rick Ross (rap) doors 7 pm, all ages. SoutHSide JoHnny’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. FSuPerMArket Holiday Jam! Down by Riverside, the Thundermonks, Committed to Rhyme doors 9 pm. wHite SwAn R&B Rock Jam. wrongBAr Bishop Morocco, Dopes (Josh Reichmann), Little Girls 9 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AquilA uPStAirS Suitcase Sam (blues). ASPettA cAffe Open Mic Nite 7 pm. Blue Moon Firedance (drum and dance circle)

8 pm.

cAMeron HouSe Fedora Upside Down 10 pm, Corin Raymond 6 pm.

cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation

(country/folk/rock) 9 pm. dAve’S... on St clAir Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (country/folk/blues/rock) 9:30 pm. gAte 403 Mr Rick & the Biscuits (country) 9 pm. HugH’S rooM Bruce Skerritt & the Liamuiga Project 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Modern Field Recordings, Donovan Woods. lolA Brian Cober (solo acoustic blues) 9 pm.

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trAnzAc SoutHern croSS Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm.

underdown PuB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zach-

arin (roots/blues) 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

Art gAllery of MiSSiSSAugA Out & About Concert Series LUSH (cello) noon.

gAte 403 Bean Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. MetroPolitAn united cHurcH Noon At Met

Patricia Wright (organ) 12:15 pm. PreSS cluB Blake’s Electric Keyboard Boogietronica Ear Mural Blake Mackay, DJ Egghardt Fried, Ray Vincent 8 pm. rePoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex CD release Andrew Boniwell Group 9:30 pm, Alex Goodman Quintet 6:30 pm. Froy tHoMSon HAll Home For The Holidays The Canadian Tenors 8 pm. SoMewHere tHere Studio Entuziazm: Simfoniya Donbassa Soviet Avant-Garde Cinema screening Odradek (Andy Yue, James Bailey, Michelangelo Iaffaldano) (live accompaniment to film screening) 8 pm. trAne Studio Triology Remixed Part Three: Leonard Cohen Tribute The Sharon McLeod Fauxtet 8 pm. trAnzAc SoutHern croSS James McEleney (jazz) 10 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

Alice fAzooli’S SquAre one DJ Other Brother

Darryl (rocksteady/rock & roll/hip-hop/funk) 7 pm. Andy PoolHAll Flave The World DJs Lori J Ward & T Orlando (underground house/tech house) 10 pm. BlAck Moon lounge Sound Directions (electronica/house/disco) 6:30 pm to midnight. fly Rocket! DJ Sumation 10 pm.5 footwork The Junkies, the Roaches (Carlo Lio & Nathan Barato) doors 9 pm. goodHAndy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 inSoMniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). lolABAr DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk/soul/ R&B). PArtS & lABour Bangers & Thrash DJs Scoeb City & Chris Woodford (metal/punk) 10 pm. rivoli Pool lounge DJ Plan B (electrobeats/ disco). Frivoli Droppin Knowledge X Mas Fam Jam DJ James Redi 9 pm. SHAllow groove New Country Thursdays DJ Jonathan Demers 8 pm.

Friday, December 23 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Lady Kane. BlAck SwAn Antediluvian, Adversarial, Nu-

clearhammer, Befouled Serenity (black/death metal) doors 8 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Brazen Angelz, Voodoo Bunny, the Outbred Inlaws, DJ Vania. dorA keogH Tim Bovaconti Big Band (rock). el MocAMBo Breached, Citizen Hollow, Vanetta Ferrao 9 pm. eton HouSe Live From Limbo 4 pm. tHe flying BeAver PuBAret Name That Tune doors 7 pm. glAdStone Hotel Melody BAr Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 9 pm. grAffiti’S Paul Martin Rocks For Sick Kids Hospital 5 to 7 pm. HeMingwAyS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. FHorSeSHoe Christmas Sweater Party Jack Rollin Dandies, the North, the Sweet Mack, A Northern Drawl 9:30 pm. lee’S PAlAce Affinity, A Band Called Desire, the Real. rivoli Black Pistol Fire, the Dead Twenty Seven, DJ Smitty Cent 9 pm. rockPile Michael White & the White. Sound AcAdeMy Headstones, Spitfist doors 8 pm. SoutHSide JoHnny’S The Homeless (rock with a Latin tinge) 10 pm. FSuPerMArket The Annual Sleepy Mean Christmas Shindig!

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AquilA uPStAirS Voodoo Walters & the Rhythm Method (blues). cAMeron HouSe David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. cAMeron HouSe front rooM Kayla Howran 10 pm. cAMeron HouSe BAck rooM Miracle Whip evening. HigHwAy 61 SoutHern BArBeque The Little Naturals w/ Jake Chisholm 8 pm. FHugH’S rooM Christmas At Hugh’s Room

Jacob Moon, Ali Matthews & Mike Janzen. LULA LOUNGE Café Cubano & DJ Suave (salsa) 10 pm. PRESS CLUB This Is a Parade (folk) 10 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). UNDERDOWN PUB Kevin Myles Wilson (folk/roots rock) 10 pm.

10 pm.5

Natty, Outcast, DJ Wise Guy. FGOODHANDY’S Happy Holiday Soiree doors 10 pm.5 HOLY OAK CAFE We The People (funk/rock/soul) 10 pm. HOT BOX CAFE Big Spliff JodaC & Mike S 7 pm. INSOMNIA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Fawn BC (house/breaks). LAMBADINA Friday Night Expo DJ Red Out (live hip-hop/ R&B) 10 pm. LEVACK BLOCK BACK ROOM DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop). LEVACK BLOCK FRONT ROOM DJ Nerdvana. MAISON MERCER David Berrie. FNOCTURNE Jingle Beats Charity Show (hardstyle/eclecto). THE PAINTED LADY Anastasia Burlesque DJ Phantastic 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR STD DJs Isosceles & Stew Innes (openformat) 10 pm. RASPUTIN VODKA BAR Weight Lift DJs Weapon Keys, Dusty Metropolis (funk/funky house/disco). REVIVAL Doowutchyalike DJs Starting from Scratch, Spinbad, Scratch Bastid, Kardinal Offishall (host). RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Stu (rock/old school/Brit/electro/ classics/retro). THE SAVOY DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/old school) 10 pm. FVOGUE SUPPER CLUB Friday Night Lights: Feliz N’avi Dad Edition DJ Grouch, Sweet Touch Foundation, DJ Az, Dizzy D, DJ Feeelinz. FTHE VUE Fahward! The Festive Edition! The Battle Of The Kings Dr Jay & Eman, King Turbo (soca/reggae). WOO’S LOUNGE Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz doors at 10:30 pm.

ASPETTA CAFFE Crash! Radio (punk) 8 pm. BLACK MOON LOUNGE Sound Directions (electronica/

Saturday, December 24

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CITY HALL ROTUNDA Christmas Choral Concert All the

King’s Voices, Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus, Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Tower Brass 11:30 am. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Happy Hour Jazz Chicken Scratch 5 to 8 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Havana to Toronto 9 pm. GATE 403 James Brown Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm. FGATE 403 Christmas Concert Brownman Akoustic Jazz Trio 9 pm. FHELICONIAN HALL Definitely NOT The Nutcracker Ensemble Polaris 8 pm. REX Heavyweights Brass Band (New Orleans-style brass band) 9:45 pm, Sara Dell 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. FROY THOMSON HALL Home For The Holidays The Canadian Tenors 8 pm. ZIPPERZ/CELLBLOCK Roxxie Teraine’s Broadway Cabaret Roxxie Teraine and Adam Weinmann 7 to 9 pm.5

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

FANNEX WRECKROOM Holiday Cheers Dance Party

house/disco) 6:30 pm to midnight. FBUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE Very Mary Fuckin XXXmas DJ Triple-X (70s disco/80s new wave/Brit pop/00s electro).5 CASTRO’S LOUNGE DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/funk/R&B/ punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. CLINTON’S Purplelectricity Prince Party: 30th Anniversary Celebration of Prince’s Controversy DJ Doctor Baggie doors 10 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Edumacation DJ Fase, Dougie Boom (hip-hop) doors 11 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. FFLY Xmas Extravaganza DJ Shawn Riker doors 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Luv This City doors 10 pm. FOX & FIDDLE MANSION Sexy Swagg Fridays Suppa

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

FAQUILA UPSTAIRS Michael O’Grady’s Christmas Show (rock). FBOVINE SEX CLUB Orphans Christmas.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CADILLAC LOUNGE Country Matinee Mary & Micky (coun-

try) 2 to 5 pm.

FEMMANUEL HOWARD PARK UNITED CHURCH Christmas Eve Ken Whiteley, Amoy Levy, David Wall, Ben Whiteley 6:30 pm. FTHE RUSTY NAIL Gary 17’s Christmas Open Stage Jam 8pm. TRANZAC Jamzac (folk) 3 pm.

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tion Julie Michels, MCC Choir 10:30 pm.

String Band 5 pm. old nick Elana Harte 7 pm, all ages. Fthe PAinted lAdy Boxing Day Open Mic 9 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEntAL

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

rex Nick Teehan 9:30 pm.

Rich.

Bovine sex cluB Moody Mondays Douglas

FFootWork Spoiled Rotten X-Mas Filthy

Sunday, December 25 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

FBovine sex cluB Orphans Christmas.

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

FcAmeron house Peter Garvey’s

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE Fairbanks Jr.

clinton’s Acid Flashback DJs Mark ‘Shuggy’ Oliver, A Place Called Bliss ñ (1980 house/acid/hip house/ 90s techno). crAWFord Mix Fix Mondays (Motown/funk/ dance R&B).

emBAssy BAr Pressure Drop Brendan Canning, Senor Vishal, Anousheh, Iron ñChristmas Orphanage Devin Cuddy 8 pm. Will, ñPressure Drop Crew (Guv’nor General,

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEntAL

FmAy roBinson BuildinG Blue room

Occupy Christmas: Pot luck party The Friendly Spike Theatre Band 1 to 4 pm.

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

FBlAck eAGle Yuletide Leather Bar party 8 pm. FFootWork Spoiled Rotten X-Mas Filthy

Rich, Anthony Attalla, Anthony D’Amico, Danny Nagels doors 10 pm. FtoWn tAlk BAr Yesterday Old School Party Xmas Edition Merciless Operation, DJ Ruggs, DJ Crash, DJ Basil.

Monday, December 26 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

cAstro’s lounGe Rockabilly Night 9 pm. drAke hotel underGround What’s In

The Box Music Festival Night One ñ Grandtheft, Buck 65, These Electric Lives, Robotman 8 pm.

drAke hotel lounGe Ride the Tiger (60s &

70s soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 10 pm. Fthe GArrison Boxing Day Special: Food Bank Benefit Proof of Ghosts, Sarah Green, NeGar, Erin Lang, DJ Tim McCready 9 pm. trAnzAc southern cross This Is Awesome (indie lounge music) 7 pm.

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

the locAl Bluegrass Mondays Hamstrung

Chuck Boom, Morningside 116) (ska/rocksteady/roots./dub/rub a dub/dancehall/calypso/soul/funk) 9 pm. FFootWork Old School Boxing Day Blowout The Stickmen, MC Flipside, Peter ‘The Greek’ Ivals, John E Hooker, Robb G, Grimace doors 9 pm. the ossinGton Ice & Yo (spooky styles). rePosAdo Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean. Fsound AcAdemy One Perfect Day DJs Piero C, Jr Ghost, Armd Kidd, Kubi, KTF, Milo, FourSquare, Frank 50, Raedar and others (5 rooms w/ 4 electronic sounds) doors 8 pm, all ages. stone lounGe Fabricated Neil Quigley doors 10 pm. FsuPermArket Boxing Day Jamm! What It Is! Kwame Younge & DJ Dave Campbell (house/soca/soul/reggae/hip-hop/ Afrobeat) 10 pm. tryst DJ Mikey J & DJ Aguero. WAterFAlls The Lion’s Den (reggae). FWronGBAr Boxing Day Blowout Benefit for Daily Bread Food Bank.

Tuesday, December 27 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

Bovine sex cluB Pink & Black Attack Poison Arrows, Loaded Dice, Freddy Fuck Up.

cAmeron house Friendly Rich 10 pm. cAstro’s lounGe Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation 8:30 pm.

drAke hotel underGround What’s In

The Box Music Festival Night Two ñ Sepalcure, Nautiluss, Exeter, Mymanhenri, Guerre 8 pm.

GArrison Boxing Day Special: Food Bank Benefit B17, Norvasia, Changñ A-Lang, More or Les, DJ Greg Ipp, James Mejia Fthe

9 pm.

holy oAk cAFe Yeah, You’re Right (funk/jazz) 9 pm.

horseshoe Nu Music Nite The Saints Are

Coming, the Reply, the River of Ghosts 9 pm. the Piston Dead Tuesdays 10 pm. suPermArket Dylan Murray 9 pm. trAne studio Kaysha Lee (reggae/soul/R&B) 8 pm.

Venue Index

Alice FAzooli’s squAre one 209 Rathburn W (Mississauga). 905-281-1721. AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. Andy PoolhAll 489 College. 416-923-5300. Annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. AquilA 347 Keele. 416-761-7474. Art GAllery oF mississAuGA 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905896-5088. AsPettA cAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. BlAck eAGle 457 Church. 416-413-1219. BlAck moon lounGe 67 Richmond W. 416-603-3100. BlAck sWAn 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. Blue moon 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868. Bovine sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. BrAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. Buddies in BAd times theAtre 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. cAdillAc lounGe 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. cAstro’s lounGe 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. city hAll 100 Queen W. 416-338-0338. clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. coBrA lounGe 510 King W. 416-361-9004. crAWFord 718 College. dAkotA tAvern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. dAve’s... on st clAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. dorA keoGh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. el mocAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emBAssy BAr 223 Augusta. 416-591-1132. emmAnuel hoWArd PArk united church 214 Wright. 416-536-1755. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497.

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

Annex Wreckroom Drummers In Exile (drum

and dance circle) 8:30 pm. cAmeron house Joanne Mackell (folk) 6 pm. cAstro’s lounGe Quiet Revolutions blueVenus (singer/songwriter showcase) 10 pm. dAkotA tAvern The Basement Revue Jason Collett (singer/songwriter) 10 pm. GAte 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrelhouse) 9 pm. GrAFFiti’s Michael O’Grady, Aaron Wilkinson, Gord Zubrecki evening, Max Marshall 5 to 7 pm. hot Box cAFe Hotbox Unplugged Open Stage/ Jam EvanB & JasonC 7 pm. huGh’s room Don Ross 8:30 pm. lAmBAdinA Acoustic Soul Tuesdays/Open Mic 8 pm. Fthe locAl Holiday Hoedown Will Gillespie, Sarah Greene (alt-country/folk-rock) 10 pm. Press cluB Toast n’ Jam Open Mic 10 pm. the rusty nAil Open Stage Jam Chad Campbell 9 pm. underdoWn PuB Eric Underdown & Noah Jones (country/blues) 8 pm.

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEntAL

AlleycAtz Swing Tuesdays Carlo Berardinucci & the Double A Jazz Swing Band. dominion on queen The Hot Club Of Corktown 8:30 pm. GAte 403 Stacey Sang Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. rex Rex Jazz Jam 9:30 pm, Abbey’s Meltdown 6:30 pm. roxton C’est La Vie (jazz trio) 9:30 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Drumheller (jazz) 10 pm.

eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the FlyinG BeAver PuBAret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. FootWork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. Fox & Fiddle mAnsion 1294 Liverpool. the GArrison 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. GAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GlAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. GoodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GrAFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. GrossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. heliconiAn hAll 35 Hazelton. 416-922-3618. heminGWAys 142 Cumberland. 416-968-2828. hiGhWAy 61 southern BArBeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. hirut Fine ethioPiAn cuisine 2050 Danforth. holy oAk cAFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hot Box cAFe 191A Baldwin. 416-203-6990. huGh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. insomniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. lAmBAdinA 875 Bloor W. 416-888-4607. lee’s PAlAce 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. levAck Block 88 Ossington. 416-916-0571. the locAl 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lolA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. lolABAr 1173 Dundas E. lulA lounGe 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mAison mercer 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777. mAro 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. mAy roBinson BuildinG 20 West Lodge Ave. metroPolitAn united church 56 Queen E. 416-363-0331. nAWlins JAzz BAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. nocturne 550 Queen W. 416-504-2178. old nick 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. the ossinGton 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161.

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

Andy PoolhAll 24K Hip-Hop Jam DJ Serious, Kaewonder, DJ Starting From Scratch, Muziklee Inzane, Big Jacks, Mensa, DJ Ariel and others 10 pm. crAWFord Drink & Destroy (punk rock). GoodhAndy’s Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 insomniA Soul Shakedown DJs Mikel BC & Rusty James. rePosAdo Alien Radio DJ Gord C.

Wednesday, December 28 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

Bovine sex cluB Jacques & the Valdanes. cAdillAc lounGe The Neil Young’uns. cAmeron house Devin Cuddy 10 pm, Kirsten Scholte 6 pm.

drAke hotel underGround What’s In The Box Music Festival Night Three Kids ñ & Explosions, Rouge, Paradise Animals, My Friends 9 pm.

Fthe GArrison Boxing Day Special: Food Bank Benefit The Mark Inside, Whale Tooth, AVH, DJ Michael Jof 9 pm. horseshoe Faint Reflection, New Age Soldiers, Stone Angel 9 pm. the locAl Dodge Fiasco (rock). the Piston CD release Kevin Hearn 9 pm. the Port Oscar Tango (power pop/rock) 10 pm. rivoli River Tiber, Down by Riverside, Tess Parks 8:30 pm. suPermArket The Blackheath Hounds, Crockstar, Betty Stew 9 pm. trAne studio The Funk Junkies (funk/jazz/ R&B) 8 pm.

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AquilA uPstAirs Julian Fauth (blues). cAstro’s lounGe Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 9 pm. clinton’s Laska Sawade, Grady Kelneck,

Sandra Tipping, Ben Kunder (folk/country) doors 9 pm. GrossmAn’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. hiGhWAy 61 southern BArBeque Sean Pinchin (folk) 7 pm. hirut Fine ethioPiAn cuisine Gary 17’s Open Stage Sebastian Agnello (eclectic) 8:30 pm. lulA lounGe Gary Morgan’s Pan Americana (Latin jazz) 8 pm. silver dollAr High Lonesome Wednesdays Crazy Strings (bluegrass jam) 9 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Songwriter Circle John Tielli, Drew Smith, Bob Wiseman, Magali Meagher 10 pm, Reel Bulgar Orchestra (klezmer/Celtic) 7:30 pm.

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEntAL

dominion on queen Corktown Ukulele Jam

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GAte 403 Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm, The Erica Romero Trio 5 to 8 pm. nAWlins JAzz BAr Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7 to 11 pm. the PAinted lAdy The Jessica Stewart Few, Ben Veneer 8 pm. rex Crusader Rabbit 9:30 pm, Griffith/Hiltz Trio 6:30 pm. someWhere there studio Cheryl O (violoncello) 8 pm. underdoWn PuB Jazz Night 10 pm.

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

BrAssAii Les Nuits DJ Undercover (house/hiphop/club anthems).

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the PAinted lAdy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. PArts & lABour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. the Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. the Port 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. Press cluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. rAsPutin vodkA BAr 780 Queen E. 416-469-3737. rePosAdo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. revivAl 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. rockPile 5555 Dundas W. 416-504-6699. roxton 379 Harbord. 416-535-8181. roy thomson hAll 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. the rusty nAil 2202 Danforth. 647-729-7254. the sAvoy 1166 Queen W. shAlloW Groove 559 College. 416-944-8998. silver dollAr 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. the sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. someWhere there studio 227 Sterling, unit #112. sound AcAdemy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. stone lounGe 783 College. suPermArket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. toWn tAlk BAr 616 Vaughan. 416-654-9161. trAne studio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. trAnzAc 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. tryst 82 Peter. 416-588-7978. underdoWn PuB 263 Gerrard E. 416-927-0815. voGue suPPer cluB 42 Mowat. the vue 195 Galaxy Blvd. 416-213-9788. WAterFAlls 303 Augusta. 416-927-9666. White sWAn 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. Woo’s lounGe 10 Dundas E, 4th floor. 416-977-9966. WronGBAr 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. ziPPerz/cellBlock 72 Carlton. 416-921-0066.

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Breezno, Room 303, Wes Bonaventure, Dirty Mex doors 10 pm.5 hot Box cAFe Hump Day Uncut The Man! (old school/R&B/hip-hop/dancepop/electro house) 7 pm. insomniA Bobby Thrust (old school). the ossinGton HumbleMania XXXI. rePosAdo Sol Wednesdays Spy vs Sly vs Spy. 3

THE DAKOTA TAVERN Fri Dec 23 10pm alistair christl w/ leon knight & the neon lights

TwiTTer.com/Thesneakydees booking@sneaky-dees.com

$3.25 BREAKFAST • MON - FRI 11AM- 4PM thursday dECEMBEr 22

OUTRO SUPERIOR:

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w/ ANTZ ONE, OMARI JABARI, DANA, DEVIN WILSON DJ MENSA, DJ APHILLYADED FrIday dECEMBEr 23

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w/ DJ ODIE OUDERKIRK & DAVE WICKLAND saturday dECEMBEr 24 + 25

closed EvEry MoNday

#Legends oF karaoke EvEry tuEsday

#mFoy

thu dec 22

psyCh tOngues

w/The neW STemS, FOrmalISTS fri dec 23

Brazen angelz w/Teenage X, The WarD

sat dec 24 & sun dec 25 Open regular hours

Orphans Christmas

The Pink & Black attack Presents

tue dec 27

pOisOn arrOws

w/lOaDeD DICe, FreDDY FuCk uP wed dec 28

JaCques & the Valdanes Sat dec 31

new Years eve w/ DJ Sir Ian Blurton

die mannequin

w/dearly BelOVed Jager Toast at midnight, Champagne & Bubbly available, party favours, & 3am last call. TICkeTS are $15 In aDVanCe 542 Queen St W • 416 504 4239 bovinesexclub.com • bovinebooking@gmail.com

B17, Queen Licorice

Drunk Woman

crazy strings

10pm

249 OssingtOn Ave (just north of Dundas) 416-850-4579 · thedakotatavern.com

moVes

meeko cheech

80’s/90’s hip hop party

Trematron, Juiceboxx

thursday dECEMBEr 29

LIFESTORY:MONOLOGUE #MFOY PRESENTS: BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR

The LosT BaBies

streetcats

#what’s poppin’

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Jason collett’s basement revue Wed Dec 28 10pm the Joyful sinners cD release Thu Dec 29 7-9pm fort york Fri Dec 30 10pm samantha martin & the haggarD Sat Dec 31 10pm new years eve w/catl

Tue Dec 27

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sTranGers, non-stop Girls

EvEry WEdNEsday

CD RELEASE

Sat Dec 24 Mon Dec 26

w/DJ Vania

thursday december 22

BaNGErs & thrash

dJs scoEB city & chris Woodford MEtal & PuNk - No covEr friday december 23

std:oMNi-GENrE Party dJs isoscElEs & stEW iNNEs friday december 30

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NeW YeaR’S eve Live Rock BaSh!

hanDcraFTs AND MOR E S, CONTESTSgreys LIST S, topanga, REVIEW w/ING WhitE Girl NyE

hiP hoP 1993-2012 - doors @ 9PM

dJs Patrick McGuirE, Josh MciNtyrE & GhEtto Gold Matt

NEW WavE NEW yEars

Jake Boyd Wes marskell

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dJ scott WadE (sMithfits) NEW WavE, BritPoP & PuNk MaiN floor at 11:30 $10 all NiGht - 4aM last call ComING SooN:

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nowtoronto.com REVI EWS , LISTI NGS, CONTESTS

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BlacK piSTol FirE w/The DeaD TwenTy Seven, DJ SmiTTy CenT

tue dec 27 | drs 8:30pm | pwYc ($5)

ThE TWiTTEr goNg ShoW!!!

TeenaGe kicks

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fri dec 23 | 9pm | $10

SKETchcomEDyloUNgE.com wed dec 28 | 8:30pm | free

DECEmBER 26 - 30_8Pm

w/Down By RiveRSiDe, TeSS PaRkS

BUCK 65

rivEr TiBEr thurs dec 29

hoTBoxx prESENTS fri dec 30 | 8pm | $6

FUcK NEW yEarS #2 feaTuRing

TiN STar orphaNS w/ ZaChaRy BenneTT (Solo) & fleeCe elveS

sat dec 31 | 9pm | $30 door $25 adv

Jadie kelly, Jacelyn holmes REVIEWS, LISTINGS,echo echo oLD enGLish, TESTS CON most People, eLecTroTank

rachael kennedy

cLeTus stone sparrows JuLY TaLk nicholas Doubleyou

The “B” squad Lava&ash, Les Frauleins

SEPALCURE

NAUTiLUSS + mORE

HOODED FANG KiDS & EXPLOSiONS + mORE

JUAN ATKiNS

DOLDRUmS + mORE

AND MOR E someTimes WhY

Built it To Break it scotty mack, David mcFarlane

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KEYS N KRATES BUmp N’ hUSTlE ★ ★ garagE 416 ★ ★ FooTpriNTS ★ Celebrate the beginning of 2012 with the sounds of ★

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Tickets available at Play de Record, Cosmos, Rivoli & online at

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TOm wRECKS + mORE

DRAKE STARDUST

NEw YEAR’S EVE w/ THE BOOTKNiVES + YOUR BOY BRiAN DOORS @9Pm_$35

COMING SOON

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NOW december 22-28 2011

New Year’s Eve guide

Compiled by Julia Hoecke

Parties 5=Queer night

Airship 37 Avion 37 New Year’s Eve party with

France-based house producer and DJ Fred Falke, Simon Jain and Kill Them with Colour. 7 pm. $40-$70 (fredfalkenye.eventbrite.com). 37 Parliament, studio 2. AlleycAtz Festive dinner menu offered, bubbly and party favours at midnight. The JamesKing Band plays and DJ Mike spins funk, house, R&B, reggae and more. Cocktails 6 pm, dinner 7 pm, dance 8:30 pm. Dinner & dance $75, dance only $30. 2409 Yonge. 416-4816865, alleycatz.ca. Annex Wreckroom Yes Yes Y’All NYE party. MC L.A! plays this queer hip-hop, R&B and dancehall jam. 9 pm to 4 am. Adv $15 (tickets at ticketpro.ca), $20 at the door. 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346, theannexwreckroom.com.5 ArcAdiAn court Singles party with dancing to top 40 and retro. Hors d’oeuvres, midnight toast, favours, prizes and more. 8 pm. 21+. Semi-formal dress code. $100 at the door, adv $59-$79. 401 Bay, 8th floor. 416-833-6154, clubzone.com. Atelier noir Social Gala NYE with house/ mashups and R&B by DJ Blind Method. Strict dress code. Early bird $40, $50 after. 510 King W. 416-214-9198, ateliertoronto.com. BAlmy BeAch cluB DJ Mike Harding, party favours, champagne and midnight snack buffet. 8 pm. $40. 1 Beech. 416-691-9962, balmybeachclub.com. BlAck eAgle Mr Black Eagle 2011 Connor hosts this laid back party with free champagne toast and good music. 9 pm. No cover. 457 Church. 416-413-1219, blackeagletoronto.com.5 Bovine sex cluB 20th Anniversary New Year’s Eve bash with rock giants Die Mannequin and Dearly Beloved. DJ Sir Ian Blurton, Jager toast at midnight, party favours and 3 am last call. Doors 9 pm. Adv $15 at the venue and at Shanghai Cowgirl (538 Queen W). 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239, bovinesexclub.com. BrAnt house Set menu for dinner, dancing, champagne toast and passed appetizers at this supper club. Upscale casual attire. Dinner and dance $85, dance only $40, reserve. 522 King W. 416-703-2800, branthouse.com. Buddies in BAd times theAtre DJs K-Tel and Triple-X spin top 40 club hits and retro faves. Performances by Cassandra and Donnarama and a midnight countdown. Doors 10 pm. $25. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.5 c lounge Old Hollywood Glamour party with resident DJ Fisher Pryce. Party favours and passed hors d’oeuvres included. Doors 9 pm. Style code in effect. $25 till Dec 26, $30 after. 456 Wellington W. 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca. cAdillAc lounge New Year’s Eve party with Johnny Z Karaoke and 70’s dance party. 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cAptAin John’s Spider Jones and his band, the Fabulous Web, entertain. Buffet dinner at 7:30 pm. Doors 6 pm. $75, purchase by Dec

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29. 1 Queens Quay W. 647-839-2854, captainjohns.ca. the centrAl Girl And Boy 90s Party NYE. Dance to 90s pop, indie, dance, rock and rap with DJs Cobain and Blossom. Doors 10 pm. Prince includes a champagne toast. $10. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586, thecentralbar.ca. centre of grAvity Trip The Light Fantastic NYE event with Ill-esha, Jacob Cino, Jonah K, T-Minus, Kadmon, Spazzmonk, Justin Cider, Medicineman, Jerus Nazdaq, Rollin’ Cash, circus performances by Zero Gravity Circus, belly dancing, intoxicating visuals and more. Doors 9 pm. Early bird $30 (Earth & Fire, 489 Queen W and Sideshow Cafe, 1300 Gerrard E), adv $40 tripthelightnye.eventbrite.com. 1300 Gerrard E. cirqlar.com/events/ticket-info. cherry colA’s rock n’ rollA’ Kyuss Lives plays this intimate party. Only 70 tickets available that include a meet & greet with the band. $200 (Rotate This, Cherry Cola’s). 200 Bathurst. cherrycolas.com. chevAl New Year at the Château Blanc. Midnight toast and passed appetizers. Doors 9 pm. Casual upscale attire. $40. 606 King W. 416-363-4933, uniqlifestyle.com. ciAo Wine BAr Three-course prix fixe menu. Party favours included. $70. 133 Yorkville. 416-925-2143, ciaowinebar.com. city nightcluB Three rooms with three sounds at this luxurious party. 10 pm. Adv $25. 296 Richmond W. clubzone.com. clinton’s DJs Bangs & Blush present Bowties & Party Dresses, a party with 60s pop, soul and rock & roll. 9 pm. $15 on sale at the venue. 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541, clintons.ca. cluB v Masquerade 2010 party, where masked faces are unveiled at midnight. Hors d’oeuvres, midnight champagne, masks and more. Dancing to top 40, hip-hop, house, R&B and mashups. Upscale event for mature clientele. 10 pm to 4 am. Stylish dress code. Advance $40, $50 later. 88 Yorkville. 416-9754397, clubzone.com. cn toWer The tower lights up for the countdown to 2012. Award-winning cuisine at the 360 Restaurant, plus Look Out, Glass Floor and Sky Pod observation levels open. Dinner reservations 416-362-5411. 301 Front W. cntower.ca. comfort zone DJs Deko-ze, Manzone & Strong, Joee Cons spins. From 4 am. 480 Spadina. 416-975-0909, comfortzonetoronto. com. courthouse Bollywood New Year’s Eve party with DJ K-Square and DJ Jiten spinning the best in Bollywood, bhangra, house & top 40. Midnight dhol session and party favours. Style code in effect. Doors 9:30 pm. Adv $30 (milati.com/nye). 57 Adelaide E. 416-2149379, liveatcourthouse.com. crocodile rock Affordable NYE party with low cover and inexpensive drinks. Party favours, ice luge, DJ Phil and midnight balloon drop. Three levels, two dance floors, roof-top patio. $25, adv $20. 240 Adelaide W. 416-5999751, crocrock.ca. dAkotA tAvern CATL play R&B at this New Year’s Eve party. $tba, on sale at the Dakota.

249 Ossington. 416-850-4579, thedakotatavern.com. dAnce cAve DJ Mr Pete. Doors 9 pm. Adv $12.50 (Ticketmaster, Rotate This, Soundscapes). 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416-8708000, leespalace.com. dim sum king Happy Endings party w/ Canblaster, Brenmar, MYD, Gingy, Milt Mortez spin. From 10 pm. 421 Dundas W, third floor. 416-979-8833. dolce sociAl The Social Ball. Doors 8 pm. $30. 647 King W. 416-361-9111, clubzone.com. dominion on Queen Red Hot & Blue New Year’s Eve with the Gary Kendall Band. Threecourse AAA prime rib dinner offered. Doors 7:30 pm, seating 8 pm. Show only doors 8:30 pm. $70 dinner & show, show only $25, reserve. 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893, dominiononqueen.com. dorA keogh Ginger St James performs for this soiree. 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804, allens.to/dora. douBletree By hilton Glamour & Glitz 2012 with dancing to the best in top 40, house, R&B, reggae and more in three ballrooms. Semi-formal event includes dinner, laser lights, balloon drop, midnight toast and many DJs. Dinner 8 pm, dance 10 pm. Dinner and dance $80-$120, dance only $45-$75. 655 Dixon. 416-898-3535, glamour2012.com. dovercourt house Swing And Blues Double Deck Ball with lindy hop on one floor, blues on the other. Up Jumped Swing performs. Swing beginner classes 8 to 9 pm, ball from 9:10 pm. Buffet supper, favours and midnight toast included. Tickets available at the door. $40, $45 with a class. 805 Dovercourt. swingtoronto.com. drAke hotel Stardust party where Studio 54 meets The Last Days Of Disco. Several options to choose from including a party in the lounge and at the Sky Yard with hors d’oeuvres and midnight toast from 9 pm, $35, after midnight $20. Three-course dinner $75, strolling cabaret dinner from 8 pm, $75, four-course dinner from 9 pm, $100. Hotel packages also offered. 6 pm to 3 am. 1150 Queen W. 416531-5042, thedrakehotel.ca. edWArd levesQue’s kitchen The Mike Skinner Trio plays this restaurant for diners from 5:30 to 10 pm. Reservations required. 1290 Queen E. 416-465-3600, edwardlevesque.ca. el mocAmBo Party with Sheezer, DJs Ben Fox (Dinosaur Bones) and Bobby Kimberly. $25 adv at Soundscapes. 464 Spadina. 416-7771777, elmocambo.ca. eton house Drunk on Sunday perform from 7 pm. $20. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. fly International DJ Micky Friedmann, DJ Shawn Riker and DJ Mike Vieira offer 10 hours of non-stop partying. 9 pm to 7 am. Adv $35, more at the door (wantickets.com/nye@fly). 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426, flynightclub. com.5 footWork NYE 2012 with DJs Green Velvet, Anthony D’Amico, Evan G, Ticky Ty, Casualties of Sound. 10 pm. Earlybird $30, online only), advance $40, more at the door (wantickets. com/footwork). 425 Adelaide W.

foundAtion room NYE12 party with DJs Spence Diamonds & Richniques spinning R&B, funk, soul, house and hip-hop. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and champagne toast. Early bird tickets $40, more later. Reserve. 19 Church. 416-364-8368, foundationroom.ca. fox & fiddle mississAugA Class & Style party with Kings of the Night All Stars spinning hiphop, top 40, club anthems, reggae, house and more. Cocktails 6 pm, dinner offered from 7 pm, dance from 9 pm. Dinner & dance $45, dance only $30, adv $20. 285 Enfield Place (Mississauga). 905-566-1355, ticketzone.com/ kingsofthenight. the gArrison Chronologic party with DJ Shit la Merde spinning dance music from 1890 to 2012 in chronological order. $20 (Rotate This, Soundscapes, Ticketweb). 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439, garrisontoronto.com. gAte 403 Jazz It Up party with the Real Time Jazz Ensemble. 9 pm. $10. 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930, gate403.com. glAdstone hotel Love Triangle party with three events in one venue: Jokers of the Scene w/ the Soul Proprietor of Bedouin Sound Clash, iDRUM and Runway Renee in the Ballroom, second floor Champagne Gallery and the Melody Bar. 10 pm to 4 am. $40 all parties, $50 dinner. Tickets at Gladstone, Rotate This, Soundscapes. 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635, gladstonehotel.com. goodhAndy’s Northbound Leather New Year’s Eve Fetish Party with DJ Jimi Lamort. Dress code attire includes leather, rubber, PVC, fetish sex wear, drag, lingerie and underwear, uniforms and gothic. Midnight champagne and party favours included. Doors 9 pm. $25 adv at northbound.com. 120 Church. 416-760-6514.5 grAffiti’s Annual New Year’s Day bash with the Sin City Boys. Doors 9 pm. $25. 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699, graffitisbarandgrill.com. the greAt hAll Paradise Ball at this all-inclusive exclusive party. Music provided by DJ 4 Korners, DJ Joe Ghost and DJ Just’N Kredible. Laser lights, midnight confetti explosions, free champagne, favours and cirque performers. $25 early bird tickets (http://tz.ae/772). 1087 Queen W. thegreathall.ca. guvernment/kool hAus Static party with international DJ Steve Aoki, DJs Thomas Gold and Mike Toast at Kool Haus. Magic party with 12 hours of non-stop dancing in the Guvernment. Static $65, Magic $40. 132 Queens Quay E. inktickets.com. hABits gAstropuB Mark Martyre entertains. Seven-course dinner and glass of bubbly offered. Doors 8 pm. $90. 928 College. 416-5337272, habitsgastropub.com. hArd luck BAr Irish New Year with the Mahones, Unbelievers and Take Drugs. Doors 8 pm. $25 (ticketscene.ca, Hard Luck facebook page, the Mahones website). 772a Dundas W. hardluckbar.com. hArd rock cAfe SummerAid Does NYE party with Rebel Emergency, Team Flow DJs, the Little Black Dress, Grizzy and CondoKrew. 9:30 pm. Adv $25, more later. 279 Yonge. ticketscene.ca/events/5393. hArlem Soulful Resolution New Year’s Party features soul food, soul music by DJ Solgroove, rum punch with dinner, midnight toast and party favours. 10 pm. Dinner and party $60, party only $30 (from 8 pm), reserve. 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920, harlemrestaurant.com. horseshoe Alt country band the Sadies and Daniel Romano play this annual party. Doors open 9 pm. $25 advance (Ticketmaster). 370 Queen W. horseshoetavern.com. hugh’s room Folk trio the Good Brothers play this party. 9:30 pm. $45-$47.50. 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604, hughsroom.com. insomniA Hip-hop, house and everything else with DJs Charles G & Parro. 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907, insomniacafe.com. lAtinAdA Latin-themed hot buffet, wine and midnight champagne toast. Dancing to a live Cuban band. Party starts at 9 pm, doors at 8 pm. $75. 1671 Bloor W. 416-913-9716, latinada.com. lee’s pAlAce Roots alt country party with folk rockers Elliott Brood. Two sets, 11:15 pm and 1 am. Doors 8:30 pm. Adv $20 (Ticketmaster, Rotate This, Soundscapes). 529 Bloor W. 416532-1598, leespalace.com. levAck Block NYE party with DJ Dougie Boom in the back room and DJ Code & Docnonstop spinning upstairs. Ol’ skool to top 40 and house. Prizes, giveaways and more. Doors 10 pm. Advance $20, $30 at the door (back room), $40 VIP wristband for second floor (tickets through PayPal via levackblock@ yahoo.com). 88 Ossington. 416-916-0571, levackblock.com. liBerty grAnd Grand 2012 with music by Baby Yu, Undercover, Richard Silas, Gabe Gal-

lucci, Walter Vice, Alonso Mendez & DJ Rouge. Buffet dinner offered. Complimentary champagne toast and party favours included. Dinner doors 8 pm, club doors 9 pm. Club tickets $60, $50 before Dec 20, dinner & club $100, $90 before Dec 20. 25 British Columbia. 416870-8000, ticketmaster.ca, grand2012.com. the locAl DJ Hott Pants rings in 2012. 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225, thelocalpub.ca. loft5eighty Voyeur New Year’s Eve party with Pleasurekraft playing. 9 pm. Advance tickets $50, $60 later. 580 King W. tktwb.tw/ VoyeurNYE. lolA New Year’s Bash with Jeff & the 4 Heads. 8 pm. No cover. 40 Kensington. 416-3488645. lulA lounge Salsa Party! Hilario Duran and Lula Salsa All Stars play this Latin party. Doors open 7 pm, salsa dance lesson at 9 pm, live music at 10 pm. $150 incl dinner, champagne toast, lesson and shows, $40 dancing only (incl bubbly at midnight). Reserve. 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307, lula.ca. mAison mercer Enchanté party with music by DJ Ramy vs David. Midnight toast and snacks. Doors 10 pm. Gentlemen 25+, ladies 23+. $60, adv $50. 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777, maisonmercer.com, clubzone.com. lA mAQuette Gala 2012 party includes a gastronomic five-course dinner, dancing w/ DJ Jerry Aaron, bubbly toast and favours. Two seatings. Formal attire. Reserve. $110. 111 King E. 416-366-8191, lamaquette.com. mAriposA cruise lines Toronto harbour dinner cruise on the Captain Matthew Flinders includes dinner buffet and a midnight toast. DJ dancing and cash bar. Boarding at 8 pm. $124.95. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-203-0178, mariposacruises.com. mAro Fantasia party with complimentary champagne toast and passed appetizers. Setmenu dinner offered. Dinner and dance $85, dance only $40. 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888, unilifestyle.com/nye12. mirAge convention centre Stars 2012 Caribbean New Year’s Eve with Biggz-Piggphat Promo, Mr Audio, DJ Navi, Junya Menace, KOS, Don San Juan, Soca 101 and others spinning soca, reggae, chutney, top 40 and more. Complimentary buffet from 9, favours and midnight toast. 9 pm. $75-$100, adv $50. 1917 Albion. clubzone.com. old mill inn Jazzy New Year’s with Heather Bambrick & the John Sherwood Trio performing. Hot & cold buffet offered from 7:30 pm, includes complimentary champagne upon arrival. Music from 8:30 pm. $120. Reservations required. 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-2072020, oldmilltoronto.com. old mill inn Vinyl 95.3 Solid Gold Dance party with Gord James playing disco/Motown and top 40. Glass of sparkling & hors d’oeuvres on arrival (7:30 pm), dinner from 8:30 pm. $150 (Reserve 416-207-2004). 21 Old Mill Rd. oldmilltoronto.com. old mill inn The Gala Celebration. Gourmet six-course dinner and dancing to band Ascension. Black tie welcome. $229 (Reserve 416207-2020). 21 Old Mill Rd. oldmilltoronto.com. operA house Fetish ball with DJ Paul Savage, DJ Osaze and DJ Warmuffin. Fetish or NYE elegant dress code. 9:30 pm. $40, adv $30. 735 Queen E. newyearsevefetishball.com.5 the ossington Love Handle New Year’s party with DJs Catalist & Famous Lee playing boogie and funk for dancing. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and champagne toast at midnight. 9 pm. Advance $15 from the venue. 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. the pAinted lAdy NYE Saturday Night with music by Salazar with Anastasia Burlesque. Deep fried funk, dirty disco, rock & roll, classic soul & Motown. Best of the new and the old, cute & sassy bartop burlesque Painted Lady Style. 10 pm. 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239, thepaintedlady.ca. pAlAis royAle The Imperial Ball. Doors 9 pm. Stylish dress. $60. 1601 Lake Shore W. 416533-3553, clubzone.com. pArts & lABour White Girl NYE party with DJs Patrick McGuire, Josh McIntyre & Ghetto Gold Matt spinning hip-hop. DJ Scott Wade (Smithfits) on the main floor after midnight playing new wave, Britpop and punk. 9 pm. $10. 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750, partsandlabour.ca. peridot Hungama 2012 party with DJ Guru & DJ Alfa spinning bhangra and Bollywood. Dhol performance by Dholi Tanveer. $30 (http://bit.ly/rMw20D). 81 Bloor E. 416-5157560, simplygaurav.com. phoenix concert theAtre Explosive NYE 2012 party with DJs Shane Percy, Mark Falco and Dwayne Minard. Go-go dancers, hot performers and midnight countdown. Doors 10 pm. $35 at the door, adv $30 (Priape, 501 Church). 410 Sherbourne. pitbullevents.ca.5

Poetry Jazz Cafe Live jazz, live DJ, bubbles and eats. 9:30 pm. Formal dress. $20. 224 Augusta. 416-599-5299, poetryjazzcafe.com. Pogue Mahone New Year’s Celebration with Celtic band Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped In Tradition at this party. Three-course dinner (8 pm), party favours and midnight champagne. 7 pm. $59.99 or $20 without dinner package. 777 Bay. 416-598-3339, poguemahone.ca. Port Credit Legion riverview rooM Blue Years Eve. Chuck Jackson, the Johnny Max Band, Shakura S’aida, John Mays and Suzie Vinnick play the blues. Doors 8 pm. $75 or 2 for $140. 35 Front N (Mississauga). 416-9029801, johnnymaxband@rogers.com. Qssis BanQuet haLL Dinner and DJ dancing. Midnight champagne and sweet table. Formal dress code. 6 pm. $55-$80. 3474 Kingston. 416-738-5170, nouvellesannes2011.com. red sandCastLe theatre New Year’s Eve gala naughty pantomime show Alice In Wonderbra and party. Meet Rob & Doug TweedledumASS, the Cheshire Pussy, the Dame Duchess Shanky and others. Adults only. DJ dancing after party. Tickets include a bottle of wine, charcuterie plate, favours, noisemakers and midnight champagne. $100 or $180 per couple. 922 Queen E. 416-845-9411, redsandcastletheatre.com. revivaL Lifetime NYE 2012 with two floors of non-stop, soul-infused R&B, hip-hop, reggae and more. Floor One has Lissa Monet, DJ Mensa, Ace Six and James Redi. Floor Two has Groove Institute, Junior Palmer, Dirty Dale and Stan Zeff. Dress fresh. Doors 9:30 pm. $25 early bird, $35 advance, more at the door (Cosmos Records, 663 Queen W, Soundscapes, 572 College, Play De Record, 357A Yonge, Livestock, 116 Spadina). 783 College. 416-535-7888, unitedsoul.ca. rex Grooveyard play funk, soul and R&B classics. Appetizers and midnight toast included. Doors 8:30 pm. $60-$65. 194 Queen W. 416598-2475, therex.ca. riChMond hiLL Centre for the PerforMing arts The Blackboard Blues Band rings in

2012. 10 pm. $32-$35. 10268 Yonge (Richmond Hill). 905-787-8811, rhcentre.ca. rivoLi Bump’N Hustle w/ Paul E Lopes & Mike Tull, Garage 416 w/ Blueprint & Moreno, and Footprints dance party w/ Jason Palma, General Eclectic and Stuart Li. Doors open at 9 pm. Adv $25 (milkaudio.com, Play De Record, Cosmos, Rivoli), $30 at the door. 332 Queen W. 416596-1908, rivoli.ca. roCkwood Masque 2012 party with DJ J.O.S. spinning house and electro alongside J Flash playing top 40, R&B and hip-hop. Includes masque and complimentary champagne toast. Strict dress code. Doors 9 pm. $35. 31 Mercer. 416-979-7373, nyetoronto.com. rosewater suPPer CLuB New Year’s Eve 2012 includes a fivecourse prix fixe dinner, party favours and live music by Take Note. Reservations required. $125. 19 Toronto. 416-2145888, rosewaterroom.com.

royaL Canadian Legion – BranCh 11 Roast beef dinner at 6:30 pm, music by Par 3 from 8 pm. Cold buffet at 10 pm with music by Allen James. $25 dinner, dance and buffet $15. 9 Dawes. 416-699-1353.

sheraton Centre ChurChiLL BaLLrooM Dream party w/ DJs

Baba Kahn, Ritz, Infamous, Whitebwoy, Soca Sweetness, Juk, Winedown, Dattabass, Sean Stealth, Celebrity Dru, Sikka Sound Crew and Mark Black providing the music. Three-course dinner offered, balloon drop and laser show. 10 pm. Dance $40, dinner and dance $75. 123 Queen W. 416-361-1000, sheratontoronto.com, clubzone.com.

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Viva Las Vegas glitzy party with music by ISC Nation and DJ Delirious, performance by Divagirls and midnight lightshow. Party favours, midnight dessert station and midnight toast included. Three-course dinner offered. 7 pm. Dance $80, adv $40-$60, dinner and dance $100. 123 Queen W. 416-361-1000, sheratontoronto.com, clubzone. com. shoeLess Joe’s king west New Year’s Eve Party in the Executive Lounge with DJ, hats, horns, whistles, champagne toast, midnight buffet. Semi-formal dress. Doors 8:30 pm. $50. 1189 King W. getinvited.ca.

siLver doLLar New Year’s Eve party with Indian Handcrafts, Teenage Kicks, Topanga and Greys and special guest DJs. Doors 9 pm. $12 (Rotate This, Soundscapes). 486 Spadina. 416763-9139, silverdollarroom.com. the sister Ready Steady Ring: A Mod New Year with Modraphelia fashion show, DJ Bobbi Guy and music of the Jam. 9 pm. $20, adv $15 (Rotate This, Soundscapes and Good Catch General Store). 1554 Queen W. 416532-2570, mitzis.ca. sound aCadeMy Massive NYE 2012 party in the Solarium with DJs Mord Fustang, Adventure Club, Charlie Darker and Conway. Doors 10 pm. $40 (Ticketmaster). 11 Polson. 416461-3625, sound-academy.com. sPa exCess New Year’s Eve includes a festive turkey dinner with all the extras served from 11:30 pm. Spa bathhouse w/ whirlpool, billiards and fully licensed lounge. Free. 105 Carlton. 416-260-2363, spaexcess.com.5 sPiCe route Ten-course Asian feast and dancing with DJ Nick Fiorucci. 7 pm seating $60, 9 pm $90. Party only after 10 pm, $25. Party favours included. Reservations required. 24+. 499 King W. 416-849-1808, spiceroute.ca. sPin toronto Doomsday New Year’s Eve party. NYE survival guide of ping-pong, drinks, snacks and DJs. Tables of 10 usher in the new year and extra players pay $25. Included is two bottles of sparkling wine, shooter bottle of tequila or Jägermeister or Jameson, one vat of punch loaded with vodka, rum or tequila and a case of beer. 10 pm. $1,250 per table, reserve jessica@toronto. spingalactic.com. 461 King W. 416-599-7746, toronto.spingalactic.com. stout irish PuB New Year’s Eve party with midnight champagne and party favours. 8 pm. $10, reserve. 221 Carlton. 647-344-7676, stoutirishpub.ca. suite 106 Black & White Masquerade Ball. DJ Starting from Scratch spins. Prizes for best mask. Black-and-white dress code in effect. 10 pm. $30. 106 Peter. 416-599-2224, clubzone.com. suite 106 Wetbar party with DJs Vesh and Flawless playing party anthems. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and party favours. Dress code in effect. Doors 9 pm. $25. 106 Peter. 416-599-2224, clubzone.com.

suPerMarket Do Right! New Year’s Eve Party with DJs John Kong, Circle Research and MC Abdominal. Dance to funk, disco, hip-hop and classics till late. Party favours offered. Doors 9:30 pm. Reserve for dinner. Advance tickets $20 (Play De Record, Soundscapes and the venue), $25 at the door. 268 Augusta. 416840-0501, supermarkettoronto.com. tattoo roCk ParLour Fight for your right to party! $25. 567 Queen W. 416-870-8000, ticketdriver.com. theatre Centre New Year’s Eve UK bass party with 16bit and Hydee. 10 pm. $30 (ticketweb. ca). 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, theatrecentre.org. this is London This Is Hollywood party with glitz and glamour of the stars with music by DJ Couture and Mark Vidovik. Doors 9 pm. $30 and more. 364 Richmond W. 416-8708000, thisislondonclub.com. thoMPson hoteL DJs Gary and Ryan play this party with events in the lobby, 1812, and Wellington rooms and rooftop. Hors d’oeuvres and glass of champagne on arrival. 9 pm. $200 includes rooftop access, adv $85 for all other areas (ticketweb.ca). 550 Wellington W. thompsonnye.com. tiMe nightCLuB Twelve NYE party with dancers, hors d’ouevres, favours, balloon drops, confetti and DJ LRS. 9:30 pm. $20. 81 Peter. 416-581-1118, timetoronto.com, clubzone. com. trane studio Blue Note New Year’s Eve. Celebrate with jazz by the Brownman Quartet and three-course dinner. Doors 6:30 pm. $65, adv $55, dinner packages available. 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. tranzaC The Elwins, Maylee Todd, Drumheller, Rouge, Moon King, Dr EW, Kite Hill, the Weather Station, Lisa Bozikovic, DJ Craig Dunsmuir and others perform. Doors 8 pm. Advance $13, $15 at the door (Rotate This, Soundscapes, Tranzac). 292 Brunswick. 416923-8137, tranzac.org. tryst Pop Champagne party with house, hiphop and top 40. Dress to impress. Strict style code. No hats/runners/athletic wear/baggy jeans/work boots. Adv $25, more later. 82 Peter. 416-588-7978, clubzone.com. uLtra Luxury indulgent Finale Ultra Privé party with gourmet prix fixe menu and dancing. Jojoflores spins. $50. 314 Queen W. 416263-0330, ticketdriver.com. veLvet underground DJ Joe spins the best in new rock, retro 80s & 90s, dance and hiphop. Party favours included. Doors 9 pm. $20 (Ticketmaster 416-870-8000, or at the club). 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. virgin MoBiLe Mod CLuB Two rooms and two sounds at this party featuring UK Underground with DJ MRK and Tigerblood, GTS in the loft spinning indie, electro, dubstep and rock. Champagne reception at 10 pm, favours and prizes included. Doors 9:30 pm. Sharp or smart dress code. $24 (Soundscapes, at the club and on-line at clubzone.com). 722 College. 416-588-4663, themodclub.com. vogue suPPer CLuB DJ Wristpect, DJ Illiment and DJ Feeelinz spin, comedian Trixx and others host. Semi-formal/formal dress code. Complimentary champagne and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner $80, dance $30-$40 adv, more at the door. 42 Mowat. 416-516-7777, voguesupperclub.com. the vue Venetian Gala party with DJs playing top 40, hip-hop, house, R&B and mashups. Party favours, midnight toast and hors d’oeuvres. 10 pm. $40, adv $30. 195 Galaxy Blvd. 416-213-9788, clubzone. com. watusi New Year party with four-course prix fixe menu including midnight champagne and favours. DJ Vania spins retro funk, Motown, 70s rock and soul. Dinner from 8 pm. $75, reserve. 110 Ossington. 416-5331800, watusi.biz. wiCked Mobster’s Ball. Three-course aphrodisiac dinner, live entertainment, dance and midnight champagne countdown. Dress code mobsters, burlesque, 1930s or dress to impress. 7:30 pm. Party & champagne $60 couple; dinner, show & party $99 couple. 1032 Queen W. 416-669-5582, wickedclub. com. wrongBar DJ Sneak and special guests. Doors 9 pm. Advance $30 (Rotate This, Soundscapes, online at wrongbar.eventbrite.com). 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677.

All Ages aLL star interaCtive New Year’s Bowling Bash with bowling for four, two games each. Bowling shoes, special gift, comfort food, glass of bubbly at midnight included. Pool tables, cocktail lounges, jukeboxes and more. 6 & 10:30 pm reservations. $115 (reserve). 2791 Eglinton Ave E. 416-261-5011, allstarinteractive.ca. faMous PeoPLe PLayers New Year’s Eve Gala with a four-course gourmet meal with appetizers, special NYE show, DJ dancing and midnight toast. Reserve. Adults/seniors $124.95, students/child $69.95. 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org. Mississauga CeLeBration sQuare Limelight Block Party with young artists performing on two stages. Sean Pinchin, SEAM, the Selyne Maia Trio, Matt Zadkovich, Gabriela Rodgers, Dale Luarca, the iDENTiTY CRiSiS and others perform. DJs, dance, spoken word, graffitti art and more. 8 pm. Free. 300 City Centre. mississaugaartscouncil.com. nathan PhiLLiPs sQuare Citytv New Year’s Bash. Outdoor alcohol-free celebration with performances by Down with Webster, Howie D, Anjulie and others. Hosted by Gord Martineau, Tracy Moore, Kevin Frankish and Dina Pugliese. Festivities begin at 10 pm. Free. 100 Queen W. citytv.com. toronto zoo New Year’s Eve Family Countdown. Animal visits, keeper talks, a magician, Abbamania, Majinx Magic Show, the WotWots, Shrek and kid’s countdown. 5 to 8 pm. $20, child (4-12) $12, under 3 free. Meadow vale N of 401. 416-392-5929, torontozoo.com.

Comedy

Massey haLL Comedy extravaganza with stand-up by Steve Patterson, Frankie ‘Trixx’ Agyemang, Ryan Belleville, Claire Brosseau, Jay Brown, Darrin Rose, Kyle Radke, Graham Chittenden and host Andrea Martin. 7:30 pm. $39.50-$59.50. 178 Victoria. 416-8724255, masseyhall.com. yuk yuk’s downtown Bryan O’Gorman, Michael Gelbart and Allyson Smith entertain. Dinner 8 pm, show 10 pm. Includes champagne toast. Dinner & show $88, show only $50. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Theatre

Jane MaLLett theatre A Gypsy’s Fantasy New Year’s Eve. Dinner at the Hot House Café is followed by a performance of The Gypsy Princess and a champagne party to ring in the new year. From 5 pm. $145 plus performance ticket. 27 Front E. 416-3667723, torontooperetta.com. MysteriousLy yours... dinner theatre

Murder At Twilight: A Vampire Murder Mystery! In the deep South, modern-day vampires, old-school monsters and humans all try to get along. When the Reverend ends up dead, no one is above suspicion. Threecourse dinner, mystery, dancing, midnight toast and truffle. Doors 6:30 pm. $169, adv $149. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. roy thoMson haLL Bravissimo! Opera’s Greatest Hits. The Opera Canada Symphony perform excerpts from Tosca, La Traviata, Romeo And Juliet and others. 7 pm. $55$145. 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255, roythomson.com.

Spiritual

st LawrenCe haLL Kick off New Year’s Eve day at this World Healing event to create a “thought image” of healing for planet Earth. Music with Brent Titcomb, meditation by Eli Bay, a talk by Barbara Shreiner-Trudel and a candle-lighting ceremony. All ages. 6:30 to 8 am. Community breakfast to follow ($10). Free. 157 King E. universallightcentre.com. tao sangha Centre - wa da Ji teMPLe New Year’s Eve Candle Light. Buddhist Nembutsu chanting, candle-lighting for spiritual development and happiness for all. 6 pm to midnight, by the hour. All welcome. By donation, $10 suggested. 344 Bloor W, suite 607. 416925-7575, na-taosangha.com. 3

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ART BEST OF 2011 TOP 10 ART SHOWS

Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky’s Road Movie is both a subtle and a powerful political statement.

ELLE FLANDERS AND 1O’Born TAMIRA SAWATZKY Contemporary, Septem-

RABIH MROUÉ Prefix Institute, February 5 to April 23

Another artist who represents political conflict obliquely, Beirut-based Mroué, who’s also an actor and playwright, drew on archival material and his own charismatic persona in videos and an installation tracking his coming of age during the Lebanese civil war and experiences of his family and community. At once comic, self-deprecatRabih Mroué shows charisma on video.

ing and deeply affecting, Mroué’s eloquent voice came to us at the beginning of the Arab Spring thanks to the prescience of Prefix curator Scott McLeod. We look forward to hearing more from Mroué and other artists from the region as events unfold.

UN-HOME-LY Oakville Galleries, 3 November 27 to February 20 Curator Matthew Hyland used Freud’s concept of “unheimlich” (literally “un-home-ly,” usually translated as “uncanny”) to program international feminist art that twists ideas of domesticity, in works dating from the 70s to the present – from Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist to Paulette Phillips and Jin-me Yoon. Hyland not only made excellent art choices, but demonstrated how to mount an effective video group show, avoiding the crowded-multiplex feel and overwhelming run time of many such shows by selecting videos of varying lengths, different methods of presentation and a handful of complementary works in other media.

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As high-minded as the painters it covered, this endlessly fascinating exhibit took us into the New York School in a way that not only justified their vital place in the modernist canon but shed new light on their investigation into painting. From the 30s through the 70s, abstract expressionist painters did everything they could to radically distill what it means to put paint on a surface. This show made us grateful they did.

FELLINI: SPECTACU5 LAR OBSESSIONS TIFF Bell Lightbox, June 30 to September 18

This exhibit was as over the top as the man himself, with its attempt to recreate the Via Veneto and the excitement of Rome’s early 60s paparazzi culture. It also hit the right tone of surreal whimsy, blending artifacts with video footage and eerie sound montage, so viewing the show was like being immersed in a Federico Fellini film. Especially intriguing were the collections of the artist’s illustrated dream journals. It turns out he dreamed as ravenously as he created.

A young Torontonian based in the UK, Gilligan has developed increasing skill in applying the narrative conventions of episodic TV to strange and gripping video tales of economic life under late capitalism. Part of the Images Festival, Self-Capital, a 2009 work in which an ailing woman, Global Economy, undergoes psychotherapy, offered an apt metaphor for the financial meltdown. Digital technology is enabling artists like Gilligan to create polished, convincing videos that rival movie and television drama while having as an added bonus the freedom of gallery installations, where images can interact in multi-channel projections.

LAURA LETINSKY Stephen Bulger, April 7 to 8 30 Letinsky’s photographic still lifes are masterful studies of the metaphysical Mark Rothko’s No. 5/No. 22 rocked the AGO’s show of abstract expressionism.

ABSTRACT JULIE MOON 4 EXPRESSION- 6 Narwhal Art Projects, IST NEW YORK August 11 to September 4

Art Gallery of Ontario, May 28 to September 4

MUST-SEE SHOWS FART METROPOLE Gifts By Artists, to Jan 28. 788 King W. 416-703-4400. BARBARA EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY Prints: Bon A Tirer group show, to Jan 21. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110. BIRCH LIBRALATO Painting/sculpture: Cathy Daley and Ginette Legaré, to Jan 21. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. BULTHAUP Mixed media: Deborah Moss, to Jan 7. 280 King E. 416-361-9005. CLINT ROENISCH Painting: Dorian FitzGerald, to Jan 3. 944 Queen W. 416516-8593. DANIEL FARIA GALLERY Chris Curreri, to Jan 7. 188 St Helens. DRAKE HOTEL That Was Now group show, to Feb 6. Painting: Maya Hayuk, ongoing. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. GALLERY 44 Photos: Ian Willms, to Jan 5. 401 Richmond W, unit 120. 416-979-3941. GLADSTONE HOTEL Pink Pearl group show, to Jan 8. Textiles: Amanda McCavour, to Jan 29. Textiles: Hard Twist 6 – Obsession group show, to Jan 29. 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Painting/ photos/prints: Suzanne Nacha, Clare

still life tradition. Her images are most compelling in the way they reframe everyday things as objects of intense contemplation. In this show, Letinsky managed to break through the neutral rigour that informs so much of current contemporary photographic still life. Instead, she’s created something passionate and present.

GILLIGAN 7 MELANIE JANNICK InterAccess, April 1 to May 7 DESLAURIERS 9 Show & Tell Gallery, October 21

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The Toronto duo pull no punches in their activism but take a subtle yet powerful approach to depicting Mideast conflict in their art. Road Movie caps a great year – work in the AGYU’s Centre for Incidental Activisms and photos from their What Isn’t There project, documenting sites of vanished Palestinian villages, featured at Beit Zatoun and as the MOCCA courtyard mural for Contact. Part of TIFF’s Future Projections, Road Movie was screened as a six-channel video installation on three imposing “walls” – one side for Israelis, the other for Palestinians – that made a moving (in both senses) political statement out of the simple act of driving around the West Bank.

with frou-frou and lacy kitsch, creating a witty marriage of opposites too odd and arresting to ignore. This type of ungainly beauty draws from several contemporary sources while remaining archly independent. Moon’s objects seem familiar and confounding in equal measure.

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Samuel and Astrid Ho and others, to Dec 31. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. KATHARINE MULHERIN Video installation: John Dickson, to Dec 31. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. LA PARETE Canadian Modernist Artists group show, to Dec 31. 1086 Bathurst. 416533-8292. FONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL Ontario Craft 11 members show, to Dec 30. 990 Queen W. 416-925-4222. P|M GALLERY Painting: Amanda Clyne, to Jan 28. 1518 Dundas W. 416-937-3862. SCRAP METAL Read All Over group show, to May 1. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin. 416588-2442. TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY Textiles: Household Notions group show, to Jan 28. 3148 Dundas W. 647-270-7903. TORONTO IMAGE WORKS Photos: Shawna Eberle, to Jan 14. 80 Spadina. 416-7031999. TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN Jed Lind, to Sep 30. 115 King E. 416-515-9658. WORKSHOP Textiles: Stitches: Suzhou Fast Forward, to Feb 1. 80 Bloor W, lower concourse. 416-925-1323.

Moon’s porcelain sculptures mixed amorphous, vaguely prurient shapes

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA Eat Drink Man

Woman, to Dec 22. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Chagall And The Russian Avant-Garde, to Jan 15($25, stu $16.50). General Idea, to Jan 1. Constructing Utopia: Books And Posters From Revolutionary Russia, to Jan 15. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1. Francisco Goya y Lucientes and James Gillray, Dec 24Apr 15. Songs Of The Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, to Apr 29. Painting: Jack Chambers, to May 13. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art; The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BURLINGTON ART CENTRE Black + White = Gray, to Jan 22. Gino Lorcini, to Jan 29. 1333 Lakeshore (Burlington). 905-632-7796. CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES A World Of Music: Celebrating 90 Seasons With The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, to May 31. 255 Spadina Rd. 416-397-0778. DESIGN EXCHANGE Designers In The Classroom, to Jan 17 (pwyc). Design Exchange

Awards, to Feb 26. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Beatriz Olano and Magdalena Fernández, to Jan 28. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART The Tsars’ Cabinet: Russian Decorative Arts, to Jan 8. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-5868080. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION In Focus: Photographing The Alberta And Montana Frontier; Lomen Brothers, to Jan 8. Jack Chambers, to Jan 15. Norval Morrisseau and others, to Jan 31. $15, stu/srs $12, free Oct 1-2. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-8931121. MOCCA Ineffable Plasticity: The Experience Of Being Human; Human/Nature, to Dec 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Sculpture/prints/drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-7591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Hyper Spaces, to Mar 4 (Centennial Square, 120 Navy). Chris Kline, to Feb 19 (Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E, Oakville). 905-844-4402. ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE I, Robot... You, Ro-

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You had to see it in person to get the full impact of Deslauriers’s fantastic life-sized Tank, sitting alone in the front gallery at Show & Tell (now renamed Cooper Cole) – sewn out of bits of white crinoline net precariously suspended from the ceiling on hundreds of strands of fishing line, its black thread making a 3-D drawing. The Montreal soft sculptor used feminine technology and materials to make a war machine into a light-as-air confection. If we’re going to hammer swords into plowshares, why not transform a tank into a floaty, semi-transparent apparition?

CROSSING NATURES 10 Paul Petro, October 14 to November 12 Evocative painting by Group of Seven disciple Yvonne Housser, a slashed and collaged abstract canvas by feminist Joyce Wieland, vibrant swirling landscapes by Melanie Rocan and quirky textile installations by Janet Morton came together in a show that traced several generations of Canadian women’s approach to the natural world. Selecting works that spoke to each other about domesticity and wilderness, colour and ornament, Paul Petro showed how a small, wellchosen exhibit can provide a deep experience. Its rich topic deserves to be expanded upon.

bot... We, Robot, to Feb 28. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Workshop, to Mar 18. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. THE POWER PLANT Coming After; Stan Douglas, to Mar 4. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ICC: David Hockney, to Jan 1. Judith Snow, to Jan 20. Portraits: The Kingston Prize, to Jan 29. Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9 ($25, stu/srs $22.50, Fri after 4:30 pm $19, stu/srs $17). The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA GRAFT: Linking Textiles, Art And Science, to Jan 22. Andrew McPhail, Grace Ndiritu and Tazeen Qayyum, to Feb 12. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. VARLEY ART GALLERY Deconstructed: Works From The Permanent Collection, to May 12. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905477-9511.

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Books tOp 10 books

Half-Blood 1Esi Blues Edugyan (Thomas Allen) This rare story of black jazz musicians struggling under Nazi occupation in Paris is at once about survival in wartime and love-hate relationships among friends. Edugyan’s 2 XXXXXX 00-00 2011 NOWjazzinflected dialogue is wholly original, and when she writes about the music, you can feel it vibrating in your bones. The right choice for this year’s Giller Prize.

fox 2 Mr. HElEn OyEyEmi (Penguin)

In this crafty magic realist story set in 1930s New York, the author of slasher stories is haunted by one of his doomed female characters who refuses to go down without a fight. Oyeyemi ruminates on creativity and intimacy and the difficulty of keeping one’s characters under control. She also offers a feminist response to the murderous preoccupations of male writers.

THe reinvenTion 3 HElEn of love HumpHrEys (HarperCollins) Seizing on the true story of the critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve’s affair with Adèle, the wife of Victor Hugo, Humphreys unleashes her poetic powers to comment on art, ego, jealousy

readinGs this week Friday, December 23 Poetry Slam Spoken word competition with guest Deonte Osayande. 7 pm. $5. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

comment on media excess, art and chichi pretensions. A gas.

THe sisTers 6 BroTHers patrick dEWitt (Anansi)

On its surface, deWitt’s western – winner of the Governor General’s and Writers’ Trust fiction awards – about two brothers who ply their trade as assassins recalls the Coen brothers’ deadpan sensibility. But there are some tender underpinnings here that give the book a unique texture. This one creeps up on you.

In 2011, Canadian writers took the world by storm in two ways. Relatively unknown writers, specifically Esi Edugyan and Patrick deWitt, got worldwide attention, and many of the year’s strongest books – by Helen Humphreys, Michael Ondaatje and deWitt’s and Edugyan’s award winners – are set outside Canada. Here’s our wildly diverse list of the best of the year.

BEst Of 2011

THe anTaGonisT 7 lynn cOady (Anansi)

Lynn Coady’s story about Rank, a college hockey enforcer unhappy with his role – and the dad who forced him to play it – is an unusually brave meditation on masculinity. Top spot goes to Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues.

and the heartbreaking restrictions of 19-century social strictures. Criminally ignored by this year’s literary juries.

Glass Boys nicOlE lundrigan (Douglas & McIntyre)

Lundrigan’s haunting tale about broken people desperately searching for normalcy – often making the wrong personal choices along the way – is drenched in dread but never drowns in it. Lundrigan is not a household literary name, but she should be.

BuT for THe 5 THere ali smitH (Penguin)

A man attends a dinner party and then barricades himself in an upstairs bedroom and refuses to leave. Smith mines this spectacular premise to

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VARIOUS POSITIONS, by Martha Schabas (Doubleday) A young girl

THE HIGH ROAD by Terry Fallis (Emblem/McClelland & Stewart) Stereotypes, clichés and a total ab-

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Guardians andrEW pypEr 9 THe (Doubleday)

Pyper’s been cranking out thrillers for a while, but this haunted-house story – with a hockey subplot – takes his game to a new level.

six MeTres of 10 Farzana PaveMenT dOctOr (Dundurn)

Doctor takes a big leap from her debut in this story – lovingly set in Toronto – about a bureaucrat still recovering from the death of his toddler decades ago.

attending a ballet academy deals with competitiveness and her attachment to her teacher. The year’s best debut. VITAL SIGNS by Tessa McWatt (Random House) A man whose wife has an aneurism probes the human desire for control and our hubris in imagining we know the worst.

Literary losers NOW YOU SEE HER by Joy Fielding (Doubleday) Dropped threads and ludicrous coincidences sink this superficial story from the bestselling author.

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Hayward digs deep into the souls of a grief-stricken family. What sets this apart from other stories of family trauma is its tone, which is both poignant and outrageous.

Also great IRMA VOTH by Miriam Toews (Knopf )Toews returns to the well – her Mennonite upbringing – in this story of a teenaged girl in a Mennonite community whose life is transformed when she’s hired as a translator for a film shoot. Culture clash like you’ve never seen it.

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sence of conflict. Politics is either deathly dull or Fallis is a mediocre writer. THE GUILTY PLEA by Robert Rotenberg (Simon & Schuster) If you’re gonna write a legal thriller, please put at least one of your characters in some danger.

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staGe BeST OF 2011 Kevin Hanchard came out a winner in Topdog/Underdog.

Cesar Corrales pulled no punches in Billy Elliot.

child soldiers, but director Philip Akin and a fine cast brought out its emotionally powerful message of endurance even in the most brutal circumstances.

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Obsidian/Shaw, July 19 to August 27 and November 22 to December 4

As you can see from the first six shows on this list, the fall produced a bumper crop of excellent shows, and it was more difficult than ever coming up with just 10. Other standout shows included Stratford’s The Little Years, Factory’s Brothel #9, Studio 180’s Our Class and the Fringe production of Kim’s Convenience, which opens the season at Soulpepper in January in an expanded production (and may show up on this list next year).

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Independent Artists Repertory Theatre, September 20 to October 23

A celebration of theatre’s magic as well as a fascinating look at the fantasies we feed ourselves, Daniel MacIvor’s play crystallized the power relationships involving a Tennessee Williamslike playwright (Richard Donat), his assistant (MacIvor) and a young, ambitious trick (Greg Gale). Under Ed Roy’s direction, the superb performances and razor-sharp script made for an impressive debut by a new indie troupe.

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Two black brothers brag about their prowess with a card game, women and petty theft, gradually revealing the frustration and pain nagging them since their parents abandoned them as children. Philip Akin brought out all the colours in Suzan-Lori Parks’s poetic, rhythmic script, with Nigel Shawn Williams and Kevin Hanchard digging deep to reveal characters who are simultaneously sympathetic and terrifying.

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Studio 180/Buddies in Bad Times, October 14 to November 6 Director Joel Greenberg’s revival of Larry Kramer’s classic, occasionally manipulative play about the early

years of the AIDS crisis in New York struck a resonant note for today’s audiences. The first-class production featured Jonathan Wilson as an activist resembling Kramer, Jeff Miller as his lover, and a host of other vivid, real-life-inspired figures who communicated the period’s anger, pain and fear, emotions tempered by the love and caring shared by the characters.

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Modern Times/Buddies in Bad Times, November 18 to December 4

Playwrights Soheil Parsa and Peter Farbridge brought their customary passion to this tale about the ninthcentury Sufi poet and martyr who encouraged his listeners to recognize the divine within themselves. In the title role, Farbridge was a firebrand, fervent and mesmerizing in his beliefs, while Parsa’s direction, as concerned with movement as with text, created a visceral, exciting production performed by a powerful ensemble.

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Soulpepper, October 10 to November 18 True to its title, Soulpepper’s production of Ibsen’s once-controversial play about secrets and lies in a Norwegian family continues to haunt – but in a quiet way. Under director Morris Panych, a terrific

His Greatness: Daniel MacIvor (left) and Richard Donat lived up to that title.

cast brought out all the nuances in the rich script, one in which no one says what they’re really thinking. Nancy Palk and Gregory Prest grounded the show as a mother and son affected by the hypocrisies of the past and trying, with increasing desperation, to live with openness and acceptance.

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Buddies in Bad Times, September 17 to October 9 Jean Genet’s study in control, obsession and role-playing begs for a highstakes theatrical treatment, which is just what director Brendan Healy supplied. In designer Julie Fox’s pink jewellery-box of a set, with Diane D’Aquila and Ron Kennell as the sisters of the title and Maria Ricossa as their vain mistress, the production proved chilling, darkly comic and engrossing while moving inexorably toward tragedy.

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Canadian Opera Company, May 8 to 28

Director Robert Carsen’s production of the Gluck opera couldn’t have been simpler and more elegant, with only three singers and a chorus telling the tale of the poet Orfeo retrieving his dead wife Euridice from the underworld. Superb, impassioned singing by Lawrence Zazzo and Isabel Bayrakdarian as the title figures and Ambur Braid as Amore, combined with some magical visual moments, left the audience breathless.

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Obsidian/Nightwood, January 16 to February 12 Yanna McIntosh won a deserved third Dora Award for her performance as a tough-as-nails madam in a Congolese brothel in the midst of an ongoing civil war. Lynn Nottage’s play touches on rape, blood diamonds and

Nothing was compromised in this stage adaptation of the Stephen Daldry film about a working-class boy whose dreams of becoming a ballet dancer are set against the grim reality of his northern England mining community. Elton John’s songs always served story and character, and the show – complete with raw language, lots of context about mining and scenes of police brutality that brought to mind another event here – never pandered to a broad audience. In the title role, Cesar Corrales (who alternated with Myles Erlick, Marcus Pei and J.P. Viernes) sang, danced and acted his way into our hearts.

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Pleiades, May 7 to June 4

Rabindranath Tagore’s tale of a dying boy (played by the excellent Mina James) who watches the world from his bedroom window and affects the lives of everyone who passes by is a model of unadorned storytelling. Director John Van Burek and his team of designers created a stylish but unfussy production that captured a world of poetic truths.

Riveting revivals Matchbox Macbeth, Parfumerie, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Ride The Cyclone, The Life And Times Of Mackenzie King, The Dining Room, Assassins, Eternal Hydra, Yichud (Seclusion), The Sankofa Trilogy, Bigger Than Jesus, The Time Of Your Life

Dramatic duds TWELFTH NIGHT Stratford director Des McAnuff squandered an excellent script and a fine cast on a production that focused on design and distracting scene changes rather than the characters’ relationships. THE BIRD Sonja Mills’s follow-up to her award-winning The Danish Play landed with a thud, featuring vague characters, little conflict and none of the wit Mills showed in her Dyke City plays. MORE FINE GIRLS This disappointing sequel to the popular The Attic, The Pearls, And Three Fine Girls offered up sitcom contrivances, shameless mugging and metaphysical flim-flam. A last-minute cast change postponed the opening – a sign things weren’t going “fine”?

Theatre is all about touching the emotions as well as the mind. This year’s best artists know how to do that with electric results, combining their skill as actors, directors or designers with an ability to delve into an audience’s collective heart.

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1 Oliver Dennis actor

A Soulpepper stalwart, Dennis can always be relied on to deliver a memorable performance with technical dexterity and emotional truth. We saw him in seven shows this year, beginning with a comic but lovable Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and ending with a reprise of his gruff, fussy shop clerk in Parfumerie. In between he sent up his classical Shakespearean expertise in The Fantasticks and brought his considerable clown skills to the fore in Exit The King. Oliver Dennis

Top 5 dance shows Why five and not 10 this year? Frankly, fewer quality dance shows came our way in 2011. Blame it on funding cutbacks or programmers who aren’t a) adventurous or b) rich enough to go after great works. That means dance audiences suffered. Some good news: Canadian Stage continues to include dance in its season, and Yvonne Ng’s Dance: Made In Canada series has emerged as a mini-festival of strong national work.

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Luminato, June 16 to 18

Dancer/choreographer Akram Khan

Yanna McintOsh actor

A McIntosh performance cuts like a diamond; sometimes it’s hard to remember that anyone else is on the stage. She returns to our top-10 list for her Dora-winning work as Ruined’s Mama Nadi, a madame who harbours secrets in a war-torn Congolese brothel, as well as riveting Stratford turns in Richard III and The Little Years. Some of us were lucky enough to catch her single performance in the meta-theatrical White Rabbit, Red Rabbit as, among other characters, an ostrich.

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A visual wizard with an uncanny eye for making appropriate thematic statements with her design, Koo never stops working; she contributed to at least eight Toronto productions while also creating international shows. Among the local highlights were a symbolic period record player for paper SERIES, a shocking depiction of the Warsaw Ghetto in The Children’s Republic, and Topdog/Underdog’s crumand musician Nitin Sawhney’s excerpts from their previous pieces made up for an otherwise lacklustre dance program at Luminato. At first alone and then accompanied by Khan’s impassioned troupe, the pair talked, joked and oneupped each other in a brilliant blend of movement, music and commentary on friendship and collaboration.

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World Stage, February 2 to 5

The second part of Dave St-Pierre’s love trilogy was messy, self-indulgent

bling parquet floor, a sign that the play’s uprooted characters were slipping into a desolate limbo.

4 GreGOrY Prest actor

In his final year with the Soulpepper Academy, Prest wowed audiences with his range, including a winning, sometimes nasty Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a poor but hopeful schnook who couldn’t get a date in The Time Of Your Life, a mumbling, insecure punk in White Biting Dog and, most impressively, a young artist in Ghosts, condemned by his father’s indiscretions to have the life force sucked out of him. Glad Prest will be back with the company in 2012.

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Rutherford created a trio of small, memorable gems, from an unhappy Jewish wife gobbled up by the insanity of the Second World War in Our Class to a sexy woman who seductively entwines herself in the life of a reclusive hired hand in Divisadero: A Performance. In The Children’s Republic, her cameo as a naive teacher unaware of ongoing Nazi monstrosities was an

and gleefuly crude: how often do you see someone masturbating with a chocolate cake? But it also had moments of pure genius, especially in its final image of naked bodies gliding and writhing in a pool of water.

Kirov Ballet, March 1 to 6

World Stage, April 13 to 16

In her first Toronto appearance since forming her own company in 2006, Louise Lecavalier displayed technique and artistry that dancers half her age would envy – first in Nigel Charnick’s amusing duet about a couple adjusting to kids, then in a series of jawdropping works by her former La La La Human Steps partner, Edouard

9 rYan KellY actor

Kelly amazed audiences as three queer characters this year, anchoring the musical Living With Henry as a man forced to deal with a new and unwanted friend in today’s world of HIV/AIDS; it returns as part of January’s Next Stage Festival. Kelly also played a 90s homo who talked about wanting successive hot partners but really longed for a constant lover in Crush. The highlight of his year, though, was his compelling turn in The Normal Heart as a dedicated gay activist who falls apart under the pressure of the burgeoning 80s AIDS crisis.

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Canada, August 12 to 14

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Sure, the tacked-on happy ending was ridiculous, but this was as good a traditional production of Tchaikovsky’s ballet as we’re likely to see here, with a uniform corps and a ravishing Odette in superstar Uliana Lopatkina, whose immaculately executed fouetté turns were a thing of beauty.

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The internationally renowned Canadian rarely works in Canada, but the Canadian Opera Company was fortunate to get him for two productions of Gluck operas this year, both marked by a powerful simplicity that echoed the music and commanded attention. In Orfeo Ed Euridice, he created a gravelike world where the dead popped up from the ground; in Iphigenia In Tauris, his passionate characters literally climbed the prison of chalkboard walls that hemmed them in.

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A young performer on her way to the top, Gee impressed in five totally different roles, including a manipulative Vancouver prostitute in The Jones Boy, a visionary orphan in The Rez Sisters and an ensem-

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A long-time activist, writer and performer, Yoon returned forcefully to the Toronto stage with 49 other powerful women in Tout Comme Elle. She continued her impressive work as the traditional, peacemaking wife and mother in Fringe hit Kim’s Convenience – a role she’ll reprise in January – and finished the year as a big-hearted but annoying Jean Yoon gossip in the ethnically di(left) and verse production of The Cara Gee Rez Sisters.

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A theatrical force to be reckoned with since the 70s, D’Aquila graced the Toronto stage in two contrasting, powerful productions. She fascinated audiences as the vengeful, frustrated Solange, half of an obsessed sibling duo in The Maids. As the mooning, fixated Harelip in Saint Carmen Of The Main, she drew viewers’ attention with the active way she eavesdropped on the central characters. D’Aquila could give lessons in how to hold the stage without stealing focus.

unforgettable picture of self-willed blindness.

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Dance: Made In Canada/Fait Au

The highlight of Yvonne Ng’s biennial Canadian dance series was this double bill by Montreal-based Lina Cruz and Vancouver’s Josh Beamish. Cruz has a voice that’s playful, soulful and profound, while Beamish’s work – performed by the choreographer and three other dancers in hockey gear – was the most purely entertaining dance we saw all year.

runners-uP: AllOneWord; The Land Of Fuck

Dance disappointments TAJ A long, drawn-out dance/theatre piece about the building of the Taj Mahal that was so stupid, it hired Lisa Ray, one of the most beautiful women on the planet, and covered up her face for 97 per cent of the show. ALICE IN WONDERLAND Great designs, terrific score. Shame about

Christopher Wheeldon’s mime-like movement. LOVE LIES BLEEDING An Elton John jukebox ballet full of literal and monotonous movement, a maudlin story about the composer’s acceptance of his sexual orientation, with more costume changes than dance ideas. NOW december 22-28 2011

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ble performer in Tout Comme Elle. She did double duty in SummerWorks, playing Chairman Mao in The Physical Ramifications Of Attempted Global Domination and a variety of characters – including a porn star and her talking yeast infection – in Stitch, for which she won the Spotlight Award.

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best and worst comedy BEST LOCAL COMEDY SHAKEUP Second City totally rejuvenated its mainstage cast with four new faces (Alastair Forbes, Jason DeRosse, Nigel Downer and Carly Heffernan), resulting in the show Dreams Really Do Come True! (And Other Lies), one of its funnier revues. Bodes very well for 2012.

BEST SURREAL COMEDY HAPPENINg After comic Pat Thornton spent much of his 2010 24hour funder for the Stephen Lewis Foundation slagging Hercules star Kevin Sorbo at the Comedy Bar, Sorbo appeared at the same venue, doing improv and proving he could deliver a good joke – as well as take one.

FUNNIEST NEW CANADIAN TV SHOW THAT HARDLY ANYONE’S SEEN Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays combines the individually funny Bob Martin and Matt Watts and creates something unique and even moving.

BEST MOVIE ABOUT COMEDY Like Joan Rivers in her doc the year before, Conan O’Brien proved that being funny is a serious business, and one that goes on 24/7, in Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.

BEST COMEDY MOVIE BREAKTHROUgH Writer/star Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and those hilarious Bridesmaids, especially Melissa McCarthy as the most awesome air marshal wannabe.

BEST MOVIE PERFORMANCE BY A STAND-UP COMIC Patton Oswalt, beautifully restrained, even with Charlize Theron on top of him in Young Adult.

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MOST WASTED COMEDY MOVIE ACTOR Will somebody please write Russell Peters a film role worthy of his talents? He showed up in three big releases this year: Source Code, where he was at least playing a comic (too bad he didn’t get to write his own material), Breakaway and worst of all, New Year’s Eve.

BEST CAREER REINVENTION Improv artist James Gangl successfully became a playwright (and serious actor) with his Fringe show Sex, Religion & Other Hang-Ups. Can’t wait for the next show.

FUNNIEST AWARDS SHOW HOST Ricky Gervais, who took the piss out of everyone at the Golden Globes, including the people writing his cheque, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Despite their outrage, they must have thought he was good, cuz they invited him back.

FUNNIEST AWARDS SHOW INTRO Representing both camps, Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman proved in the Tony Awards opening number that Broadway “isn’t just for gays any more,” with lyrics (by David Javerbaum) more clever than most of the nominated musicals.

WORST CONSEQUENCE OF THE CHARLIE SHEEN CONTROVERSY My Violent Torpedo Of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option Show Tour. $100 a pop to enable Mr. Tiger Blood.

BEST CONSEQUENCE OF THE CHARLIE SHEEN CONTROVERSY The Comedy Central Charlie Sheen Roast. Bring on more. Roasts are back, baby!

BIggEST COMEDY FAUX PAS Tracy Morgan’s homophobic remark about killing his son if he “acted gay.”

SECOND-BIggEST COMEDY FAUX PAS Gilbert Gottfried’s tasteless tweets after the Japanese earthquake. Hope the stupid laughs were worth losing his Aflac gig.

WORST LOCAL COMEDY LOSS No Just For Laughs Toronto Festival. Tip of the iceberg for funding cutbacks?

BEST IT gETS BETTER VIDEO This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ openly gay Gavin Crawford as Harry Potter’s Severus Snape. Working on so many levels, it doesn’t get funnier than this. PatThorntongotall warmandfuzzywith Hercules.

(Red Sandcastle Theatre). This musical comedy pantomime puts a twist on the Lewis Carroll classic. Opens Dec 26 and runs to Jan 7, 2012, Dec 26-31 Mon-Fri 7 pm, Sat 3 pm. Jan 1-7 Tue-Sat 7 pm, mats Mon and Sat 3 pm. $25, stu/srs $15, child $10. 922 Queen E. 416845-9411, redsandcastletheatre.com. FdisNey ON ice: 100 yeArs Of MAgic (Feld Entertainment). More than 60 Disney characters bring stories to life in this family ice show. Opens Dec 23 and runs to Jan 1, 2012, daily: Dec 23 at 7 pm, Dec 24-30 and Jan 1 at 4 pm, plus Dec 26-31 at noon. $15-$90. Rogers Centre, 1 Blue Jays Way. 416-870-8000, disneyonice.com. The gypsy priNcess by Imre Kálmán (Toronto Operetta Theatre). Hungarian czardas and Viennese waltzes are featured in this romantic operetta. Opens Dec 28 and runs to Jan 8, 2012, Fri-Sat and Wed 8 pm, mat Jan 8 at 2 pm. $66-$95. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, torontooperetta.com.

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AMericAN idiOT by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike

Dirnt, Tré Cool and Michael Mayer (Dancap Productions). Three boyhood friends search for meaning in a post-9/11 world in this musical based on Green Day’s 2004 album. Previews Dec 28. Opens Dec 29 and runs to Jan 15, 2012, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm, plus Dec 29-30 at 2 pm, Jan 8 at 7 pm. $62-$180. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com.

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FOccupy chrisTMAs (Friendly Spike Theatre Band). The company presents a pot luck party and performances. Dec 25 from 1 to 4 pm. Free. May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge Ave. friendlyspike@ primus.ca.

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FBed & BreAkfAsT by Ann Powell

and David Powell (Puppetmongers Theatre). The Princess And The Pea gets a retelling in this family-friendly puppet play. Dec 26-Jan 1, 2012, daily at 2 pm, plus Dec 29-30 at 4:30 pm. $25, srs/stu $20; New Year’s Day show + gala $40. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, puppetmongers.com.

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(Church of the Holy Trinity). Professional musicians and a volunteer cast present a nativity pageant. Runs to Dec 24, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 4:30 pm. $20, child $5 (suggested donation). 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-8979, holytrinitytoronto.org.

hAir by Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot (Mirvish). This touring ñ production of Public Theater’s revival pre-

sents a strong argument for it as a musical classic. There’s only a loose narrative about dodging the Vietnam War draft, and little character development, but who cares when you’ve got songs as catchy as Let The Sun Shine In, Easy To Be Hard and Good Morning Starshine, all delivered with energy, charisma and intelligence by the hard-working cast. They spread their timely message of love and peaceful protest to the audience, often cavorting up the aisles and even into seats, and inviting you up at the end to rock out. Runs to Dec 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 2 pm (no eve show Dec 24); see website for additional days and times. $35-$130. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-8721212, mirvish.com. NNNN (GS)

JOseph ANd The AMAziNg TechNicOlOr dreAMcOAT by Andrew Lloyd Webber and

Tim Rice (Lower Ossington Theatre). This musical reinvents the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. Runs to Dec 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm (no show Dec 24), mats Dec 27-28 at 1 pm. $45-$60, stu $20. 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. FA MAgicAl TiMe Of yeAr (Famous People Players). The blacklight theatre company presents a holiday musical about kindness, peace and love. Runs to Dec 30, Tue-Sat noon and 6:45 pm. $62, srs $56, child $40 (includes meal). 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org. MAry pOppiNs by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman (Mirvish/Disney Theatrical Productions/Cameron Mackintosh). A breathtaking spectacle, this big-budget Disney musical brings to life all the songs and magic of the original film. Picture-perfect as the mysterious nanny, Rachel Wallace impresses by singing, dancing and... um, believably flying. Runs to Jan 8, 2012, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no eve show Dec 24 and no show Dec 25; see website for other dates). $38-$185. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) MeMphis by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (Dancap Productions). A white man in 50s Tennessee, drawn to black R&B as well as a black singer, promotes both to an integrated audience. While the show features an original score that captures the musical excitement of the period and the touring cast brings energy to the production, the predictable book is paint by numbers. Runs to Dec 24, Thu-Fri 2 & 7:30 pm, Sat 1 pm. $51-$180. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com. NNN (JK) Murder AT TwilighT by Brian Caws and Barb Scheffler (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Modern-day vampires, old-school monsters and humans try to coexist in this murder mystery. Runs to Dec 23, Fri 6:30 pm (restarts again on Jan 6, 2012). $79-$85. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com.

My MOTher’s iTAliAN, My fATher’s Jewish &

i’M iN TherApy by Steve Solomon (Philip Roger Roy/Dana Matthow/Bud Martin). Solomon performs his solo show about growing up in a wacky, bi-ethnic family. Runs to Feb 26, 2012, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $51.50-$56. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 1-855-985-2787, italianjewish.ca. FpArfuMerie by Miklós László (Soulpepper). Soulpepper’s revival of this affectionate, old-world romantic comedy follows the stressed-out staff of a Budapest cosmetics shop during the Christmas rush. Solid acting, clever directing and a great set make this heartwarming love story a holiday classic. Runs to Dec 31, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) piNkAliciOus, The MusicAl by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. Runs to Jan 8, 2012, Dec 24, 31 and Jan 8 at 1 and 3 pm. $30, child $25. City Playhouse Theatre, 1000 New Westminster, Vaughan. 905-882-7469. QuidAM (Cirque du Soleil). A young girl escapes boredom through a world of imagination in this circus show featuring aerial arts, dance, music and more. Runs to Dec 30, MonFri 7:30 pm, mats Dec 23, 29, 30 at 3:30 pm. $50-$100, stu/srs/child/military $40-$85.50. Ricoh Coliseum, 100 Princes’ Blvd. 416-8708000, cirquedusoleil.com/quidam.

SEUSSICAL by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Young People’s Theatre). Based ñ on several Dr. Seuss works, including Horton

Hears A Who and Horton Hatches An Egg, this lively musical is great family entertainment, despite a dip in energy near the end. Director Alan MacInnis’s production features some first-rate performers, including George Masswohl as Horton and Damien Atkins as a charming Cat in the Hat. Runs to Dec 30, TueFri 11 am and 2 pm, no shows Dec 22-26. $15$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. NNNN (JK) FTHE STORY by Martha Ross (Theatre Columbus). A reimagined version of the Nativity story has the audience following Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, the Three Wise Men and Herod to different locations in the Brick Works. The show is full of humour and affection, thanks to Ross’s clown-inspired script, Jennifer Brewin’s direction and the talented actors. Dress warmly; the hour-long show is all outdoors. Runs to Dec 30, Tue-Sun 7:30 pm (no show Dec 24, 25, 26) mats Dec 21, 23, 28 at 4:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $20, child/previews $10. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. 416504-7529, theatrecolumbus.ca. NNNN (JK) 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt (Mirvish). Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt’s cozy, clever 2P4H still has the thing that endeared itself to audiences fifteen years ago: the charming writer/ performers making it all look easy, even when it isn’t Runs to Jan 5, 2012, see website for schedule (no shows Dec 19-26). $49-$69. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNN (Naomi Skwarna) F2000 CANDLES (The Arts Engine). This musical theatre show features vignettes of Christmas celebrations and traditions. Runs to Dec 23, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $16.50-$28. Walmer Centre Theatre, 188 Lowther. 2000candles.com.

THE WIzARD Of Oz: THE WICKEDLY WACKY fAMILY MUSICAL adapted by Lorna Wright

and Nicholas Hune-Brown (Ross Petty Productions). A snowstorm transports a city girl to a wacky new world in this farcical version of the classic story. Runs to Jan 6, 2012, TueSat 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm (no show Dec 25-26, see website for other dates). $27-$85. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555, rosspetty.com. 3

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FLEAHY fAMILY CHRISTMAS Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts presents step dancing, fiddle playing and Celtic tunes and carols. Dec 22 at 8 pm. $54-$59. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469, markhamtheatre.ca.

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FTHE NUTCRACKER The National Ballet of Canada presents James Kudelka’s 1995 version of this evergreen seasonal classic. Runs to Jan 3, 2012, see website for schedule. $38$133.50. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, thenutcracker.ca. 3

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Thursday, December 22 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents The Best Of

Absolute Comedy w/ host Herb Irving. To Dec 23, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm. $10-$12. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY AT THE WHITE SWAN Grumpy Jew Productions and Launchpad Comedy present a monthly show w/ Adrian Sawyer, Russel Roy, Cat Montgomery, Thomas Patrice, Rene Payes, MC Joel West and a special guest. 9 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. joelwest.com. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) Second City SC presents its ñ latest revue, a high-energy, tons-of-laughs

show that gets a big jolt of energy from four new writer/performers, a bold set and an amplified sound system. The writing is solid, but the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially newcomer Alastair Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly. A couple of political sketches hit their targets, and some very long sequences pay off nicely. But the funniest scenes involve a tech-challenged mom bribing her son and a surreal baseball sketch that defies time and place. This week: Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri 8 & 10:30 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Lauren Ash, Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Rob Baker, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

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MNJCC Al Green Theatre presents Eman, Jess Salomon, Faisal Butt, Jeff Schouela and host Ali Hassan. 8 pm. $20. 750 Spadina. 416-9246211 ext 0, algreentheatre.com.

MIRACLE ON MERCER STREET Second City presents all-ages seasonal ñ comedy mixing live-action sketches with pupFTHE

petry and songs. Runs to Jan 1, 2012. This week: Mon-Fri noon. $12, family 4-pack $40. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

SECOND CITY’S DYSfUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE Second City presents a ñ holiday-themed show of scenes and songs. FTHE

Runs to Jan 2, 2012. This week: Tue-Fri 2 pm, Mon 2 & 8 pm. $15-$22. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a

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weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Paul Wildbaum. To Dec 23, Thu-Fri 8 pm, plus Fri late show 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, December 23 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 22. DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 22. THE MIRACLE ON MERCER STREET See Thu 22. THE SECOND CITY’S DYSfUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE See Thu 22. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 22.

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Sunday, December 25 NO SHOWS SCHEDULED.

Monday, December 26 LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents Chris Locke, John Hastings, Sandra Battalini, Keven Soldo, Mike Kellet, Nick Flanagan and host Steph Tolev. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE MIRACLE ON MERCER STREET See Thu 22.

THE SECOND CITY’S DYSfUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE See Thu 22.

Tuesday, December 27 THE COMEDY CABARET Chris MacLean and Rob-

in Crossman present stand-up w/ Tim Golden, Rob Bebenek, Jeff Elliott, Tim Allen and others. To Dec 28, Tue-Wed 8 pm. Pwyc. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 22.

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THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents sketch by hosts Shoeless, an end-of-year comedy panel and Ron Sparks, plus post-show karaoke w/ Jason Rolland. 8 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. impulsiveent.com. THE MIRACLE ON MERCER STREET See Thu 22. OPEN MIC COMEDY AT THE PORT Jon Hyatt presents a weekly open-mic comedy show with musical guests. 9 pm. Free. The Port, 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. THE SECOND CITY’S DYSfUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE See Thu 22. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents

The Twitter Gong Show! w/ judges Matt O’Brien, Eddie Della Siepe and Tim Nasiopoulos, and host Mark DeBonis. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Wednesday, December 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/ Andy Pitz, Jeff Paul, Lenny Corrado, Shawn B, Steph Tolev, Steve Tassie and host Casey Corbin. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Comedy Bar presents weekly stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE COMEDY CABARET See Tue 27.

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DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 22. LAUGHTER fOR THE ARTS Hugh’s Room

presents comedy to benefit Garden ñ Avenue Public School w/ Greg Morton, Peter

Zedlacher, Winston Spear, Adam Growe, Todd Van Allen and host Simon B Cotter. 8:30 pm. $25-$30. 2261 Dundas W. hughsroom.com. THE MIRACLE ON MERCER STREET See Thu 22.

THE SECOND CITY’S DYSfUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE See Thu 22. THE WIN-JESTER BUCKET Of COMEDY Winches-

ter Kitchen & Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Michael McLean. 9 pm. Free. 51A Winchester. winchesterkitchen.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Wade McElwain. To Dec 30, Wed-Fri 8 pm, plus Fri late show 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Movies BesT of 2011 at a once-popular magician’s friendship with a young Scottish chambermaid achieves true Old World cinema magic – with haunting hand-drawn animation and barely a spoken word.

caFÉ De Flore Marc vallÉe) 8 (Jean-

The director of C.R.A.Z.Y. embraces his DJ side, spinning and sampling the themes of Krzysztof Kieslowski, Nicolas Roeg and the young Denis Villeneuve into something thrillingly all its own. Yes, that Sigur Rós song is a little overplayed. No, it doesn’t matter.

9 beGinners (Mike Mills)

Mills’s tender meditation on grief and the surprising ways we find joy has an Oscar-worthy performance by Christopher Plummer as a man who comes out in his 70s. Ewan McGregor as his son holds his own opposite the living legend, and even the talking dog works.

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There was a questing, searching feel to many of this year’s best films, with most of them reaching back into the past – in one case the creation of the universe! – to address questions about the present. Plot seemed to matter less than mood and texture. But they all delivered major rewards you just don’t get with a blockbuster. More than half are available on Blu-ray or DVD, so seek them out.

The Tree oF liFe (Terrence Malick)

Malick’s exquisite meditation on life, the universe and everything – filtered through the eyes of a particularly sensitive young boy in 1950s Texas – is an emotionally wrenching, visually mesmerizing collage of thought and feeling. Abandoning the narrative trappings of his earlier films, Malick has produced his purest (and most purely moving) work.

cuToFF 2 Meek’s (kelly reicharDT)

You might call this the first account of a woman making arrogant men stop and ask for directions. But this resonant film is so much more. A band of settlers brave the Oregon wilderness in search of a home and water. They can’t decide whether to follow Meek, a smack-talking shadow of a cowboy, or a native man who is as frightening to these frontier folk as a Muslim to

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Glenn Beck. Reichardt’s unsettling deconstruction of American mythology takes the western to task in ways that would make John Wayne feel castrated.

year (Mike leiGh) 3 anoTher

Leigh shines his light on friendship, desperation and a tender long-term relationship in this beautiful episodic story. At seasonal intervals in a single year, various friends – including a spectacular Lesley Manville – drop in on Tom and Gerri (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen), who listen and gently advise them regarding their social lives. Sounds small-scale, but the themes are grand.

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Michael Shannon channels his best Charlie Sheen impersonation for his tour-de-force performance as Curtis, a possible schizophrenic who builds a storm shelter in his backyard to hide from an impending apocalypse that only he sees coming. Nichols packs recession-era anxieties into this emotional tornado of a movie, where a man’s attempts to protect his family from the world conflicts with his efforts to guard them from himself. Take Shelter

Trip (Michael 5 The WinTerboTToM)

We’d watch Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon share Michael Caine impressions any day, but Winterbottom’s film about two actor friends (named Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon) eating, drinking and arguing their way through fine restaurants and inns in northern England goes deeper, with insights about love and work that’ll linger in your memory for years. Kinda like a good meal.

raised among humans and taught to sign in 70s Manhattan as part of a spectacularly ill-conceived linguistics experiment.

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Forget The Artist. Based on an unproduced script by French master Jacques Tati, Chomet’s touching look

aDulT (Jason reiTMan) 10 younG

Director Reitman and writer Diablo Cody flip the bird to the small-town epiphany movie in this wicked satire about a former prom queen (Charlize Theron) who’s convinced that her hometown ex (Patrick Wilson) wants her back – even though he’s happily married and a new father. The script, Theron’s fierce comic performance and Patton Oswalt’s nuanced turn as a former high school loser make this a comedy with real edge. movies@nowtoronto.com

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More Best & Worst Film DEEP THOUGHTS OF THE YEAR The movies got seriously existential in 2011, with filmmakers musing on the creation of the universe (The Tree Of Life), the end of the world (Melancholia, Take Shelter) and the possibility of alternate realities (Another Earth) in the most intimate fashion.

BEST DISCOvERY We’re obviously biased, having put her on our TIFF cover and raved about her in pretty much everything she’s done, but Jessica Chastain broke through in a big way in 2011 – starring opposite Brad Pitt in The Tree Of Life and Michael Shannon in Take Shelter, turning up in key roles in The Help and The Debt and holding her own opposite Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave in Coriolanus, which opens in January. And she’s been hanging out in Toronto while shooting Mama for Guillermo del Toro, which just makes us love her even more.

BEST RECOvERY After a dozen disappointing releases that had critics writing 3-D off as a gimmick every few weeks, the technology made an unexpected rally with Arthur Christmas, Hugo and The Adventures Of Tintin – all of which use the process as a legitimate storytelling tool instead of a pointless way to jack up the ticket price. (Sorry, but that last Harry Potter movie still works better flat.)

EMERGING TALENT English radio presenter and music parodist Joe Cornish exploded onto screens this year with his debut feature, Attack The Block – as assured and enjoyable a monster movie as any we’ve seen in years. And then he trumped that by co-writing Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures Of Tintin with his pal Edgar Wright and Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. You can’t buy geek cred like that. Believe.

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The fates aligned against Russell Brand earlier this year, though we’re still not sure why. Okay, remaking Arthur was a terrible idea, but Brand’s actually quite funny in it. His other spring release, the Easter Bunny comedy Hop, was a genuinely subversive spin on overblown holiday movies that featured some of the weirdest jokes of the year. Give ’em a chance when they show up on Netflix; you might be pleasantly surprised.

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9. FOUR LIONS Homegrown terrorism is the subject for this darkest of comedies, as a quartet of inept British Muslims squabble over how best to blow themselves up. 10. THE ILLUSIONIST Sylvain Chomet’s lovingly animated adaptation of an unproduced Jacques Tati screenplay is the year’s other great silentish movie. Melancholy is rarely this finely calibrated.

HONORABLE MENTIONS (in alphabetical order): The Adjustment Bureau, The Adventures Of Tintin, Another Earth, Another Year, The Arbor, The Artist, Attack The Block, Attenberg, Carnage, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, The Descendants, Dogtooth, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Mysteries Of Lisbon, Le Quattro Volte, Sleep Furiously, Winnie The Pooh, Win Win, You Are Here

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Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris, which delighted Cannes and became the filmmaker’s most successful film, would have been considered lesser Woody in the 70s, 80s or 90s. But “lesser Woody” has lost all meaning after a decade of crap like Anything Else, Melinda And Melinda and Whatever Works, so Midnight – a lazy, one-joke movie extrapolated from one of Allen’s old short stories and a Netflix viewing of The Moderns – proved good enough for now.

MOST POINTLESS OSCAR BAIT Shot in English (with the cast using a variety of Scandinavian accents, presumably for “realism”), David Fincher’s expensive, exquisitely appointed adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s relentlessly ugly The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo demonstrates that pulp remains pulp, even if you throw tens of millions of NORMAN WILNER dollars at it. Arthur Christmas proves 3-D isn’t just a gimmick.

1. THE TREE OF LIFE Beautiful in its inelegance and confusion, it’s Terrence Malick’s rhapsody on the mystery of simply being alive. 2. CAFÉ DE FLORE Parallel storylines meet in Jean-Marc Vallée’s exhilarating mashup of Kieslowski, Roeg and early Villeneuve. He’s the director as DJ. Sit down and strap yourself in. 3. MEEK’S CUTOFF You can read Kelly Reichardt’s period drama, featuring Michelle Williams and Bruce Greenwood at their finest, as an allegory for America’s misadventures in Iraq, but it’s much more than that. 4. PROJECT NIM Stupid humans. Poor monkey. James Marsh’s documentary about a chimp raised among humans in 1970s Manhattan plays as the stuff of tragedy.

5. THE GUARD John Michael McDonagh’s dazzling debut relocates the buddy cop movie to the Irish coast, pairing an exceptional Brendan Gleeson with a slow-burning Don Cheadle. Feckin’ brilliant, it is. 6. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Patricio Guzmán, who’s been making documentaries about Chile for four decades, examines a nation looking up and looking down, but still afraid to look inward. 7. TAKE SHELTER Jeff Nichols’s almost unbearably tense character study is an apocalypse in microcosm. 8. THE TRIP Michael Winterbottom reunites his Tristram Shandy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon for a week of chatting and eating in the north of England. You may never be able to take Michael Caine seriously again.

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Top 10 MOvIES 1. MEEK’S CUTOFF Michelle Williams is the first woman to make a man stop and ask for directions. 2. TAKE SHELTER Michael Shannon does his best Charlie Sheen impression in an apocalyptic family drama. 3. THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne wrestles intelligently with melodrama, while George Clooney wrestles emotionally with the idea of being a father. 4. THE TREE OF LIFE Terrence Malick’s moving, soulful and lyrical answer to God. 5. OF GODS AND MEN God’s moving, soulful and benevolent answer to terrorism. 6. POETRY What John Keats would say about rape, corruption and Koreans. 7. DOGTOOTH Parents fuck up kids, kids fuck with each other, and that’s an allegory for fascism. 8. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO David Fincher makes another intoxicating movie about an anti-social hacker… except this techie has more sex.

9. ANOTHER YEAR Mike Leigh ages like fine wine. 10. CONTAGION A nail-biting thriller that makes you wary of biting your nails.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS Drive, Hugo

MOST PREDICTABLY LAME War Horse

RUNNERS-UP Attack The Block, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, Carnage, Certified Copy, Le Havre, Margin Call, Melancholia, Project Nim, Rango, Somewhere, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

FAvOURITE TREND Casting Jessica Chastain

MOST TIRESOME TREND Besides 3-D, movies about movies (see article at nowtoronto.com/daily/movies/story. cfm?content=184163)

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Top 10 MOvIES 1. THE TREE OF LIFE Reminiscence, regret, redemption: Terrence Malick’s masterpiece is something you might want to rewatch on your deathbed. 2. THE TRIP Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon eat, drink and do mean Michael Caine impressions, hinting at profound ideas about life and love along the way. 3. ANOTHER YEAR And another fine film by Mike Leigh, whose steady gaze doesn’t flinch from the real pain and desperation around a calm family centre. 4. THE ILLUSIONIST Forget The Artist. Sylvain Chomet’s poignant look at a once-popular magician achieves cinema magic – with barely a spoken word. 5. MELANCHOLIA The Tree Of Life’s pessimistic sibling looks at depression, dysfunctional families and the end of the world. Glorious. 6. WIN WIN Tom McCarthy’s film about a moral quandary features one of the year’s best scripts and performances so natural they went unnoticed by awards juries. 7. PROJECT NIM James Marsh’s deeply disturbing doc is a real-life Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, with humans acting more like animals than the animals. 8. ATTACK THE BLOCK Of 2011’s two fine films about kids vs. aliens, this one by newcomer Joe Cornish impressed more with its imagination, minuscule budget and gritty pareddown argot.

9. WAR HORSE Sure, it’s a gussied up boy-and-his-dog story, but, damn, Ste ven Spielberg knows how to use the medium to tell a story that touches the heart. 10. YOUNG ADULT Director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody flip the bird to over-romanticized smalltown life in this wicked satire about a deluded, self-absorbed writer.

RUNNERS-UP The Adventures Of Tintin, Bridesmaids, Café De Flore, Drive, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pina

UNDERAPPRECIATED Beauty Day, The Adjustment Bureau, Margin Call, Drive Angry

MvP Sure, this was the year of Jessica Chas tain, Michael Fassbender and to some extent Melissa McCarthy, but let’s give some love to Ryan Gosling. While not People Mag’s Sexiest Man Alive, he showed off his range in three wildly diverse movies (The Ides Of March, Drive and Crazy, Stupid, Love.), broke up a New York City street fight and became a fashion icon wearing Drive’s smokin’ hot jacket.

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APOLLO 18 Enough with the foundfootage horror films, please. THE EAGLE Channing Tatum, how can you be so hot and so dull? I AM NUMBER FOUR Alex Pettyfer makes Channing Tatum seem like Laurence Olivier. THE RITE Speaking of Olivier, WTF happened to your career, Anthony Hopkins?

1. THE TREE OF LIFE Not sure what Terrence Malick’s film means, but I couldn’t care less. Not since 2001: A Space Odyssey have I seen this kind of mind-blowing cinema. 2. BEGINNERS Mike Mills’s tender meditation on grief and the surprising ways we find joy has an Oscar-worthy performance by Christopher Plummer as a man who comes out in his 70s. 3. THE ARTIST This mesmerizing homage to the silent era is exquisitely shot and has more to say about technological change than all that CGI stuff. 4. MARGARET Kenneth Lonergan’s ambitious and underappreciated post9/11 story of guilt, redemption and the failure of liberalism proves Anna Paquin’s Oscar was no fluke. 5. BIUTIFUL Javier Bardem, as a Barcelona thug trying to do the right thing in his dying days, remains one of the big screen’s most riveting performers. 6. ANOTHER YEAR Mike Leigh shines his light on friendship, desperation and how to sustain a long-term relationship. 7. PINK RIBBONS, INC. Léa Pool’s Hot Docs entry, probing the outrageous ways in which corporations exploit breast cancer for profit, is shit-kicking filmmaking at its best. Look for it to open next February. 8. YOUNG ADULT Charlize Theron is a knockout as a deluded ex-prom-queen who returns to her hometown to snag her ex-boyfriend. The sharp script is by Diablo Cody. 9. WIEBO’S WAR David York’s absorbing doc – using his subject’s own home movies – lets the viewer decide whether the battler of big oil is a terrorist or a victim. 10. THE MILL AND THE CROSS This Polish film uses state-of-the-art technology to probe the inspiration of Pieter Bruegel’s 16th-century painting The Procession To Cavalry. Stunning – with hardly a word spoken.

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DISAPPOINTMENTS MONEYBALL Dull and emotionally tepid – and I’m a baseball fan. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS A shallow onenote wonder. Not nearly as good as Woody Allen’s 2010 flick You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. CARNAGE Predictable and consistently irritating drama takes on big ideas and makes them seem trivial. THE MOUNTIE No year is complete without a Canadian film featuring great actors and a crappy script.

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PERFORMANCE PICKS Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, Chris topher Plummer in Beginners, Anna Paquin in Margaret

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the performances stiff. 130 min. N (GS) Interchange 30

ñARTHUR CHRISTMAS

(Sarah Smith) is the best all-ages Christmas movie since Elf. As they’ve done since the days of Wallace & Gromit, Aardman’s animators lure us in with clever jokes and ingenious visuals, and then sucker-punch us by revealing unexpected emotional depths. And Bryony the wrapping elf deserves her own sequel. 97 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE ARTIST

(Michel Hazanavicius) is a stylistic experiment pulled off with panache. In 1927 Hollywood, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) and fan and aspiring star Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) meet cute, and soon her career is taking off (she’s dubbed the “it girl” of talkies) as his falls into decline. Filming in gorgeous black-and-white, director Hazanavicius lovingly embraces all the tropes of silent cinema (iris shots, titles), sharpening the familiar narrative with a slight edge that should satisfy contemporary tastes. John Goodman and James Cromwell fit beautifully into secondary roles, and Bejo is winning as the ambitious ingenue, but it’s Cannes best-actor winner Dujardin who shows the widest range as the glamorous matinee idol who’s not even upstaged by his acrobatic dog. 100 min. NNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Steven Spielberg) is the first “performance capture” movie that doesn’t look like it’s populated by wall-eyed zombies. The ripping adventure introduces French cartoonist Hergé’s boy journalist (voiced by Jamie Bell), his faithful terrier, Snowy, and the boozy but noble Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) to a new generation. They’re solving a mystery involving model ships, a shady man (Daniel Craig) and pirate gold, among other things, but really it’s just an excuse for Spielberg to craft a series of amazingly ambitious action sequences, one of which is as complex as the great truck chase in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Without the restrictions CAFÉ DE FLORE (Jean-Marc Vallée) of a physical shoot, the “camera” can spin finds writer/director Vallée returning above, below and all around the chase as it to the fluid, intuitive filmmaking that made plays out, with John Williams’s rousing him a sensation with C.R.A.Z.Y. Café De score and some impressive 3-D effects addFlore plays out a complex, time-jumping ing extra punch. It’s thrilling and, incidentnarrative involving a present-day Montreal ally, a much more satisfying follow-up to father (Kevin Parent) in the throes of a midSpielberg’s original Indiana Jones trilogy life crisis and the mother (Vanessa Paradis) than that thing with the crystal skulls. 108 of a Down syndrome child in 1969 Paris. min. NNNN (NW) Parent’s character is a DJ, and 401 & Morningside, that’s the role Vallée asBeach Cinemas, Carlton sumes as a filmmaker, Cinema, Coliseum tracking powerful emoEXPANDED REVIEWS Scarborough, Colossus, tional beats against nowtoronto.com Courtney Park 16, themes sampled from Eglinton Town Centre, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Grande - Steeles, Grande Nicolas Roeg and early Denis Villeneuve. - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Some people are going to hate it; I found it Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow bracing, daring and entirely invigorating. A Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity word of advice: when the credits start rollMississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity ing, remain seated. Subtitled. 120 min. Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 NNNNN (NW) ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPCumberland 4 WRECKED (Mike Mitchell) places the ChipCARNAGE (Roman Polanski) turns munks on a desert island, where they’re Yasmina Reza’s play God Of Carnage accompanied by former SNL player Jenny into a vividly cinematic endurance test, as Slate and series villain David Cross. Pretwo sets of parents (Jodie Foster and John schoolers might enjoy the slapstick in this C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz) castaway comedy, but others will find this face off in a Brooklyn apartment over a high-pitched squeakquel unbearable. 87 fight between their sons. Conciliation turns min. N (Phil Brown) to friction, friction to aggression, and ag401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton gression explodes into rage; allegiances Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, shift and mutate, and supportive marriages Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, fracture as the argument reconfigures Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande along gender lines. Foster and Waltz deliver Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, the most compelling performances – Foster Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenwhipping herself into a righteous fury at ade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theany provocation, Waltz cheerfully doing atre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Missismost of the provoking – though Winslet has sauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale her moments as well. Reilly’s natural affaANONYMOUS (Roland Emmerich) is a Da bility works against him in a couple of key Vinci Code wannabe that questions the auscenes, but he’s by no means weak. Not nethorship of Shakespeare’s plays to unspool cessarily something you’d call a holiday dea ridiculous plot about burned manuscripts, light, but a damn fine little picture. 79 min. incest and royal bed-hopping. Disaster pic NNNN (NW) specialist Emmerich makes the most of his Opens Dec 23 at Varsity. CGI-created Elizabethan setting and mob THE DARKEST HOUR (Chris Gorak) is about scenes, but the tone is wildly uneven and

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a group of young people trying to flight aliens who are draining the Earth’s power supply. No press screening – see review December 29 at nowtoronto.com/movies. 89 min. Opens Dec 25 at 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

ñTHE DESCENDANTS

(Alexander Payne) stars George Clooney as a Hawaiian lawyer trying to cope with his wife’s impending death from a brain injury, figure out how to relate to his two young daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) and digest the revelation that she was cheating on him before her accident. Payne’s first feature since Sideways treads the same prickly, seriocomic ground, focusing on a man who’s not quite as equipped to deal with himself as he believes himself to be. The subject matter plays more seriously, but Clooney’s textured performance pulls uneasy laughs out of the misery, and the kids are terrific at the complicated emotional turns. And as good as they all are, it’s Judy Greer who ends up stealing the picture with just three stunning scenes as a sympathetic spectator to the family drama. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

ñDRIVE

(Nicolas Winding Refn) is a solid riff on stylish 80s brooders like Michael Mann’s Thief and William Friedkin’s To Live And Die In L.A. As a stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for hire, Ryan Gosling finds the middle ground between Steve McQueen and a Terminator, but Albert Brooks walks off with the picture as a gimlet-eyed heavy with a fondness for edged weapons. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30

ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN (José Padilha) is a kinetic, blood-soaked action movie that plays like a jacked version of The Wire. Wagner Moura stars as Nascimento, a special ops colonel who gets promoted to politics. He defeats the cartels from behind a desk, but a new criminal organization springs up to fill the vacuum. The plot’s riddled with as many contrivances as bullets, but the intense violence, pulsating pace and rogue characters serve as entertaining distractions. Subtitled. 116 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

(Stephen Daldry) takes some of the edge off Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a socially challenged boy trying to solve a mystery left behind by his father, who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Oskar (newcomer Thomas Horn) is now less of a clinical Asperger’s case than a well-meaning but awkward boy, and the trauma of 9/11 is treated with kid gloves (and one really ill-considered recurring image). But the core story – which follows Oskar on a quest through New York City, often accompanied by an elderly mute (a terrific Max von Sydow) – is compelling, and young Horn is an appealing hero. Director Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) is surprisingly restrained and less patronizing than usual, though he still does that thing where he ignores the movie’s natural ending to pound his lessons into the audience. 129 min. NNN (NW) Opens Dec 25 at Yonge & Dundas 24.

THE EYE OF THE STORM (Fred Schepisi)

stars Charlotte Rampling, who’s been remarkably good at playing craggy old women lately (see Melancholia), as a bourgeois woman on her deathbed who’s anticipating the visit of her two estranged and needy adult children (Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis). She seems acutely aware of their selfish motives but still welcomes the chance to spit a bit more venom their way. Director Schepisi’s chamber piece is a perceptive and comic look at the fraught relationships, class barriers and sexual tensions within and around this damaged family, which includes the doting servants who can’t help but get mixed up in all the drama.

Unfortunately, the film’s pace is as meandering as the forgetful character at its centre, and Schepisi often gets carried away with visuals that feel more theatrical than intimate. 114 min. NNN (RS) Cumberland 4

ñ50/50

(Jonathan Levine) is a shaggy and entertaining buddy movie that just happens to have life-or-death stakes, based as it is on screenwriter Will Reiser’s own diagnosis with a rare spinal tumour. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is terrific, Anna Kendrick is great as his novice therapist and Seth Rogen – essentially playing himself – is rock-solid. 99 min. NNNN (NW) Regent Theatre

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

(David Fincher) is another unnecessary English-language remake. It’s a still a taut thriller, and Daniel Craig, as disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who’s investigating the disappearance of the niece of wealthy industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), has more charisma than Swedish counterpart Michael Nyqvist. But when Fincher’s at the helm, you expect a little more inventiveness. While on the trail, Blomkvist clicks endlessly on his laptop, and Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), the troubled tattoed girl he enlists to assist him, busily flips through archived newspapers. Not exactly riveting. What’s missing here is mood. Where the dread-filled Swedish Tattoo deepens the tension every time Blomqvist crosses the bridge into the Vangers’ island compound, Fincher uses the bridge sequences purely to establish location. Mara gives the movie some energy, but if you’ve seen the Swedish adaptation, this one’s superfluous. 158 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

ñTHE GUARD

(John Michael McDonagh) is showy, smart and hysterically funny, which is no mean feat for a movie about a small-town Garda sergeant (Brendan Gleeson) and an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on the trail of a drug-smuggling ring in rural Ireland. Damned if it isn’t one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. 96 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway

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ñHAPPY FEET TWO

(George Miller) continues the CGI saga of Mumble the tap-dancing penguin – voiced again by Elijah Wood – by giving him a son who doesn’t want to dance. But that becomes a secondary issue once a glacial catastrophe separates them from the rest of their Antarctic colony. It sounds crazy, and yet it all builds to a spectacular and even moving payoff. It’s incredible that a movie this objectively nuts can reach for that sort of profundity and achieve it. 100 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

HUGO (Martin Scorsese) is the first Scor-

sese picture that doesn’t feel like a Scorsese picture. It’s set in and around a Paris train station somewhere in the late 1920s, where the eponymous urchin (Asa Butterfield) spends his days hidden within the station walls, maintaining the building’s huge clocks. When Hugo pilfers toy parts from a crotchety shop owner (Ben Kingsley), it triggers a series of discoveries which lead to... well, a heartfelt appeal for film preservation and a love song to pioneering film director Georges Méliès. That’s because Hugo isn’t really the story of an urchin in a train station; that’s just its starting point. You can feel Scorsese growing less and less interested in the emotional beats, because he’s itching to get to the set pieces, where he can resurrect the images and techniques of the early silents he so clearly loves. I don’t begrudge Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it’s probably the best way to get his message out. I just don’t know whether it works as a movie. 126 min. NNN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

ñTHE IDES OF MARCH

(George Clooney) is a nimble adaptation of Beau Willimon’s stage play Farragut North, about the ideological deflowering of a campaign strategist (Ryan Gosling) as he ushers a hopey-changey Democratic governor (Clooney) through the Ohio presidential

Arthur (voiced by James McAvoy) and Grandsanta (Bill Nighy) provide holiday hilarity in Arthur Christmas.

it. It’s just one big missed opportunity. 135 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

JACK AND JILL (Dennis Dugan) is Adam

Sandler’s latest overextended sketch. He plays both a commercial director trying to land Al Pacino for an ad and his annoying twin sister, who inexplicably attracts the actor’s eye. The irritating one-note comedy is worth watching only to see Pacino deliberately ham his way into self-parody for once. 91 min. N (Phil Brown) Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Yorkdale

LE HAVRE (Aki Kaurismäki) is an unabashed

fairy tale in which a shoe shine operator (André Wilms) tries to help a boy (Blondin Miguel) who’s entered the country illegally via the titular port. It lacks Kaurismäki’s signature irony but has many quiet pleasures, chief among them deft performances, especially by Wilms. Subtitled. 93 min. NNN (SGC) Mt Pleasant

ñLIKE CRAZY

(Drake Doremus) tracks American Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Brit Anna (Felicity Jones), who fall madly in love in college and then are separated. The spare, improvised script and deeply felt performances by the appealing leads make this a real heartbreaker, the most affecting romance since John Carney’s Once. 84 min. NNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema

THE LION KING 3D (Roger Allers, Rob

Minkoff) is a re-release in 3-D of the iconic animated film about a death, love and courage on the African veldt. 87 min. Interchange 30

primary. The plot’s a Mamety mixture of betrayal, disillusionment and high-stakes brinksmanship, but it’s performed by a cast working at peak efficiency. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

IMMORTALS (Tarsem Singh) is the latest Greek mythology movie to follow 300’s lead by wallowing in carnage. Future Man of Steel Henry Cavill lets his pecs do the talking as Theseus, a peasant warrior who must protect the heavens and earth from Mickey Rourke’s would be conqueror. With characters as colourless and stiff as Greek statues, Immortals has a whole lot of torture and death, but not enough life. 111 min. NN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus IN TIME (Andrew Niccol) posits a future

where time is literally money: people stop aging when they turn 25, and they get one year of time to spend as they see fit. (When you go broke, you drop dead.) When a working-class guy (Justin Timberlake) lands in possession of an extra century, he goes on the run with a wealthy young woman (Amanda Seyfried) to beat the system. The first hour is vibrant allegorical SF; the second devolves into a lot of running and jumping, and the capitalism metaphor hits a conceptual dead end. 109 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

INTO THE ABYSS (Werner Herzog) was

buzzed at TIFF as Herzog’s capital-punishment documentary, but it’s really just an examination of a Texas triple homicide in which one perpetrator received a death sentence while another got life in prison. Herzog structures the doc into chapters – looking at the crime, the perpetrators, the victims and the manner in which a Texas prisoner is put to death – but within those chapters, the footage has a rambling, disorganized feel. Herzog expresses his contempt for the death penalty the moment he meets condemned prisoner Michael Perry, but this isn’t a work of advocacy; it’s just a contemplation of the process leading up to an execution. 106 min. NNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood) is the latest in Eastwood’s late-period series of stately patrician duds. Dustin Lance Black seems to be writing a Douglas Sirk melodrama playing out in the corridors of American power, but Eastwood dances around the sexually risky material without ever fully committing to

THE MAGIC FLUTE: MET OPERA HOLIDAY ENCORE is a high-def broadcast of an

abridged version of Julie Taymor’s whimsical production of the Mozart opera, sung in English and conducted by James Levine. Dec 28, 11 am, at Coliseum Mississauga, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

MAGIC TO WIN (Wilson Yip) is a film about a college student who gains wizardly powers and ends up trying to save the universe. Subtitled. 100 min. Kennedy Commons 20 MARGIN CALL (J.C. Chandor) frames

the first 48 hours of the 2008 financial meltdown like a moral horror story, as the traders at an over-leveraged Wall Street firm debate whether they should save themselves at the expense of the global economy. Kevin Spacey is flat-out brilliant as a company lifer who sees what’s coming but is powerless to stop it. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier) gets

under your skin, and a moody aftertaste sticks with you long after it’s over. In this atmospheric, operatic, end-of-theworld allegory, von Trier ratchets up anxiety and provides an insightful metaphor for people who, like the planets, are better left in their own space. 135 min. NNNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen) casts

Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as an engaged couple vacationing in Paris, where at midnight, a vintage cab picks up a wandering Wilson and takes him back in time to meet the great artists of the 20s. It’s a pleasurable narrative hook, but the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Regent Theatre

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(Brad Bird) puts genius animator Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) in the driver’s seat for a bracing adventure that sends Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team racing around the eastern hemisphere to stop a madman from triggering a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia – a defiantly retro scheme that’s still scary, especially when half the Kremlin gets blown up in a mysterious bombing pinned on Hunt’s crew. As Cruise runs through traffic, battles

umpteen villains and scales tall buildings (in spectacular IMAX footage, even), Ghost Protocol zips through its paces with a marvellous sense of craft; the action scenes are only incoherent when they need to be, the characters are sharply and simply defined, and the locations are attractively photographed and smartly used. Some subtitles. 133 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller) makes an en-

tertaining if undistinguished sports movie out of Michael Lewis’s book about GM Billy Beane’s revolutionary statistics-based redesign of the 2002 Oakland As. It’s charming enough, though the midsection sags and the ending goes on about three beats longer than it should. 126 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE MUPPETS

(James Bobin) shouldn’t work. The story is clichéd, the music isn’t great, and the focus shifts awkwardly between small-town brothers Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (a Muppet voiced by Peter Linz) and the classic characters we know and love. But somehow, once our new heroes have convinced Kermit and company to save their theatre from an evil oilman, none of that matters. Co-written and co-produced with deep, abiding love by star Segel, The Muppets recaptures the unpredictable energy and genuine magic of Jim Henson’s beloved felt creations and releases that energy back into the wild. It reminds us how much we love Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy, Animal, the Swedish Chef and all the rest, and it lets a lot of famous people – among them Feist, Emily Blunt and Neil Patrick Harris – pop up to express their own affection. No, the new songs by Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie don’t have the scale or impact of The Rainbow Connection; what could? But when Camilla the chicken covers Cee Lo, all is right with the world. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Simon Curtis) is

as star-struck by its subject as its narrator is. The film is based on the memoirs of Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), who served as third assistant director to Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) on the disastrous production of The Prince And The Showgirl. A gofer on set, Colin must keep tabs on the high-maintenance Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams, excellent), a task that leaves him vulnerable to her charms. There’s a coming-of-age tale buried somewhere here, in which Colin learns to be a man at the feet of the sassiest of women. Unfortunately, he barely registers as a character in a film that’s as easily distracted as Monroe. The film fails to come into focus on her, acknowledging the void between Monroe’s public persona and private life while doing very little to fill it. 101 min. NN (RS) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

NEW YEAR’S EVE (Garry Marshall) is strictly by the numbers, a generic exercise in empty momentum that follows various slick hipsters, lovelorn singletons and overprotective parents around New York over the course of the eponymous holiday. There’s no wit or charm in Katherine Fugate’s schematic screenplay, and producer-director Marshall doesn’t ask anything of his cast beyond saying their lines while staying in focus. Sure, you can amuse yourself by counting the Oscars won elsewhere by the cast – Robert De Niro and Hilary Swank each have two, Halle Berry has one, Michelle Pfeiffer’s been nominated for three – but that’ll just depress you, as will the sight of Russell Peters reduced to a stereotypical sidekick. It’s all about pander-

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ing to the lowest common denominator, OWS (Guy Ritchie) follows the bigger-andwhich also explains the blatant ads for louder formula devised by producer Joel Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows and Silver for his Lethal Weapon and Die Hard the Valentine’s Day Blu-ray and DVD that sequels; shit constantly blows up or catches elbow their way into the final moments. on fire, and the story rarely pauses for 117 min. N (NW) breath. Robert Downey Jr. is still miscast as 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Holmes, but it’s less bothersome than it Cinema, Coliseum Scarborwas the first time ough, Colossus, Courtney around because we Park 16, Eglinton Town already know what Centre, Grande - Steeles, EXPANDED REVIEWS we’re in for. Jude Law Grande - Yonge, Queennowtoronto.com remains an excellent sway, Rainbow Market Watson, Jared Harris Square, Rainbow Promenmakes a decent Morade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, iarty, and a delightful Stephen Fry steals the SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, picture as Holmes’s brother, Mycroft – SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 though that might simply be a side benefit of his appearing exclusively in scenes where PINA (Wim Wenders) doesn’t reveal a nothing explodes. 129 min. NNN (NW) lot about dance great Pina Bausch – 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colishe died right before shooting was set to seum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park begin – but it does capture the essence of 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, her art through excerpts from suggestive, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande richly dramatic works like The Rite Of Spring Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, and Café Müller. Director Wenders uses 3-D Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promentechnology effectively, allowing the viewer ade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theto practically feel the heat emanating from atre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, the dancers’ bodies and get up close to SilverCity Yorkdale complex configurations that defy descrip-

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tion. The range of settings includes traditional stages as well as parks and rivers outside Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. The performers, interviewed in unconventional ways – we see them, but hear them on a separate track – recall Bausch with affection and intelligence. Of course, they communicate best through dance. Subtitled. 104 min. NNNN (GS) Opens Dec 23 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

PUSS IN BOOTS (Chris Miller) is an entertaining prequel for kids and adults focusing on the feline outlaw (voiced by Antonio Banderas), who teams up with his former best friend, Humpy Dumpty (a great Zach Galifianakis), to steal the goose that lays the golden eggs. Top-notch animation and voice performances compensate for some pretty sizable plot holes. 90 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre REAL STEEL (Shawn Levy) has surprising heart and intelligence for a movie about a father and son who bond over outsized games of Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. That’s largely due to Hugh Jackman’s performance as a boxer-turned-robot-promoter who grudgingly takes charge of the son he barely knows (Dakota Goyo). It’s utterly predictable, but Levy hits his marks with warmth and energy, letting Jackman sell us on the emotions and the effects. And the kid’s pretty good, too. 127 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 THE RUM DIARY (Bruce Robinson) brings Hunter S. Thompson’s early novel about a rookie journalist (Johnny Depp) plunged into the political corruption and general debauchery of 1960 Puerto Rico to the screen with its semi-autobiographical nature front and centre. It doesn’t totally gel, but Aaron Eckhart and Amber Heard do some really interesting work in the margins. 119 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 SHAME (Steve McQueen) is a study of a successful New York suit (Michael Fassbender) who’s a slave to his sexual compulsions. Fassbender lays himself bare in every way imaginable, but the forceful visual sensibility that worked so well in McQueen’s previous film, the abstract Hunger, isn’t suited to the more human-scale story here. Shame’s set pieces feel like showy flourishes rather than grace notes that clarify and amplify the drama. Other problems are the miscasting of Carey Mulligan in a key role – she’s just not credible as her character or as Fassbender’s sister – and a final reel that finds the perfect ending and shoots right on past it, the better to pile on two or three more big emotional moments. 99 min. NNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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ly okay comedy with a sharp story, decent acting and a zippy pace, but only scattered chuckles and a few laughs. Twentysomething layabout Noah gets roped into babysitting the kids next door (an anxietyridden 13-year-old, his princess-crazed little sister and their bomb-happy brother), then into scoring some coke for a girl. This launches him and the kids into numerous car thefts, small explosions, fights, jewellery store and bat mitzvah heists and a bit of obligatory learning and growing. 81 min. NN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodóvar) fea-

tures all of Almodóvar’s trademark kitsch, melodrama and recurring questions about sexual identity and voyeurism. Antonio Banderas plays a mad scientist who experiments with engineered skin on a fetching lab rat he keeps locked in his home. The jaw-dropping revelations and startling twists from tragedy to dark comedy would normally be impossible to swallow, but with Almodóvar it’s a weird and delectable dish. Subtitled. 117 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema

SLEEPING BEAUTY (Julia Leigh) fancies itself a deep inquiry into the unknowable mysteries of desire, but it’s really just a stilted and dramatically inert tale of a lovely college student (Emily Browning) who joins an elite brothel where wealthy men play with her unconscious body. Writer/director Leigh references Buñuel, Kubrick and Breillat, but without any of their knowledge, invention or impact, and wastes a potentially intriguing performance from Browning along the way. Maybe that’s part of Leigh’s larger metaphor, but I really doubt it. 101 min. NN (NW) Canada Square

SURVIVING PROGRESS (Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks) adapts historian Ronald Wright’s book A Short History Of Progress to look at the ill-defined notion that all forms of human advancement are inherently positive. Wright and talking heads examine the difference between good and bad progress and the fuzzy line between them when dealing with environmental, evolutionary and economic matters. It’s an admirable film that’s bound to spark necessary and passionate discussions. 86 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4

ñTAKE SHELTER

(Jeff Nichols) reunites Shotgun Stories director Nichols with star Michael Shannon for a piercing character study of a husband and father who starts having apocalyptic dreams every night. Shannon’s wrenching performance is the film; he conveys the uncertain terror of a man who’d almost prefer to be losing his mind if it means the rest of the world keeps going. 121 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Paul W.S. Ander-

son) is a stupid movie that owns its baser instincts, doesn’t try to be anything but and reminds that there are still some modest pleasures to be had. Director Anderson takes a blunt blade to the Alexandre Dumas novel, turning it into a B-movie with injections of Bond, Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean. The movie is practically a spoof, without the condescending tone. 110 min. NNN (RS) Interchange 30

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (Tomas Alfredson) is a sleek, expertly acted adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller about a retired British intelligence operative on the hunt for a Soviet mole within MI-6. Director Alfredson (Let The Right One In) understands that this is largely much ado about nothing; for all their posturing and selfimportance, the British are basically middlemen in the larger battle between the Americans and the Soviets. But he’s assembled a remarkable cast – Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy and the invaluable Benedict Cumberbatch – and given them the challenge of never quite revealing the raging emotions hidden just behind their eyes. 127 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTOMBOY

(Céline Sciamma) is a compelling drama with great performances about a young girl who moves to a suburb outside Paris and starts passing as a boy. Despite what you’ve read elsewhere, this isn’t a lesbian coming-of-age story. It’s a trans tale – and a good one. Subtitled. 84 min. NNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox

TOWER HEIST (Brett Ratner) tracks the GM

at a chic Manhattan residence (Ben Stiller) as he plans rob the top resident (Alan Alda), who’s defrauded the building’s staff. Usually the heist is the most enjoyable thing about these movies, but here it drains away all the fun. Entertaining – up to a point. 104 min. NNN (RS) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (Bill Condon) picks up on the heels

of last year’s Eclipse, finding Bella and Edward embarking on their grand voyage into matrimony and finally consummating their love. Bella then gets knocked up with a parasitic monster fetus that puts her life in danger. By the batshit-crazy climax, the movie’s fully divorced from coherent emotional arcs or even conventional plotting. And there’s one more on the way. 117 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D ñACHRISTMAS

(Todd Strauss-Schulson) picks up six years after the last movie, putting our slowly maturing heroes on an epic search for the perfect Christmas tree. Absurdity and raunch are plentiful (especially once evil Neil Patrick Harris turns up), but an underlying sweetness balances the crassness. Not exactly a new holiday classic, but it uses 3-D well. 90 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kingsway Theatre

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(Steven Spielberg) adapts Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel (which also inspired the award-winning play) to tell a simple but affecting story set during World War One. English farm boy Albert (Jeremy Irvine) loses his horse, Joey, to the calvary. As the animal’s passed from the Germans to the French, doing whatever he can to survive, Albert leaves his parents (Emily Watson and Peter Mullan) to enlist and find him. The script, by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, allows Spielberg to touch on some of his favourite themes, like the senseless brutality of combat and the redemptive power of a non-human creature. Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski immerses the viewer in his imagery, from the pastoral glories of the English and French countryside to the steaming corpsestrewn trenches of the Somme. The result is an old-fashioned picture full of humanity and heroism that only occasionally dips into sentimentality. 146 min. NNNN (GS) Opens Dec 25 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale.

THE WAY (Emilio Estevez) follows California ophthalmologist (Martin Sheen) as he flies to Europe to claim the body of his dead son

and ends up impulsively completing a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. Sheen gives a finely modulated performance, and if writer-director Estevez’s spiritual points don’t quite crystallize into drama, his film does reach a gentle catharsis. 115 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Mt Pleasant

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (Cameron Crowe) is a

syrupy concoction that stars Matt Damon as a thrill-seeking journalist and recent widower with a troubled emo son and a precocious little girl who seems manufactured to giggle adorably. His mourning clan leave their troubles behind and embark on a mission to rehabilitate a broken-down zoo, which the characters practically tell you is an allegory for rehabilitating themselves. From taming a depressed grizzly bear to taming an emotionally torn pubescent, the unfocused movie finds whimsical solutions to the family’s challenges, making it hard to believe it’s based on a true story. It’s the fluffy, family-friendly alternative to The Descendants, with George Clooney’s Ocean’s 11 pal Damon mugging to make this heavy-handed dramedy work. My sympathies go out to him. 124 min. NN (RS) Opens Dec 23 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

ñYOUNG ADULT

(Jason Reitman) gives us the ultimate mean girl in Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), who’s returned to her hometown of Mercury, Minnesota, determined to snag her high school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson), who’s now happily married with a new baby. Scriptwriter Diablo Cody’s come up with a fascinating character, at once repulsive and appealing. She may be on the brink of failure – she’s writing the last volume of her meal-ticket young adult book series – but Mavis feels superior to everyone in Mercury. And when she’s talking trash, she’s vicious – and hilarious. Theron inhabits the role fearlessly, trumping her Oscar-winning turn as Aileen Wuornos, and with no makeup artist to credit. Patton Oswalt is almost as good as a guy who was traumatized by a beating in high school. These deep characters are matched by some pointed social satire. Cody and Theron are definitely courting Oscar. 94 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity 3

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INTO THE ABYSS (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 9:00 MELANCHOLIA (PG) Thu 2:45, 8:00 Fri-Wed 8:15 PINA (G) Fri-Wed 12:45, 2:45, 3:30, 5:30, 6:15, 8:45 TOMBOY (PG) Thu 12:30, 6:00 Fri-Wed 6:45 YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 12:15, 2:00, 3:15, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed 2:15, 4:30, 7:30, 9:45

VARSITY (CE)

55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 THE ARTIST (PG) Thu 12:35, 1:00, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 CARNAGE (14A) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 12:50 3:40 6:40 9:40 FriWed 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu 1:00, 5:00, 8:40 Fri-Wed 11:30, 3:00, 6:40, 10:15 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 12:45 3:45 6:45 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45 SHAME (18A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:20, 4:00, 7:20, 10:30 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (14A) Thu 12:40 3:50 7:00 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10

YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20

VIP SCREENINGS

THE ARTIST (PG) Thu 12:55 3:15 5:25 7:45 9:55 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55 CARNAGE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu 12:25 3:35 6:55 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:35, 6:55, 10:05 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (AMC) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG) Fri-Sun 11:15, 11:45, 2:00, 2:30, 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8:00, 10:15, 11:00 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG) Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Sun 10:50, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Fri-Sat 10:35, 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sun 10:35, 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:35 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Fri-Sat 11:35, 2:05, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG) Sun 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00, 11:15 THE DARKEST HOUR (PG) Sun 10:45, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 DON 2 (14A) Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15, 10:30 Sun 12:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25, 10:30 DON 2 3D (14A) Fri-Sat 10:30, 2:00, 5:15, 8:30 Sun 10:30, 2:00, 5:10, 8:30 EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG) Sun 10:45, 11:30, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:15, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:05, 3:35 Sun 10:35, 1:05, 3:35 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Fri-Sun 11:20, 1:55, 4:20, 6:50 IN TIME (PG) Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:25, 3:55, 6:20, 9:15 LADIES VS. RICKY BAHL (PG) Fri-Sat 11:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 MARGIN CALL Fri-Sun 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 10:00 MONEYBALL (PG) Fri-Sat 6:15, 9:10 Sun 6:15, 9:20 THE MUPPETS (G) Fri-Sat 10:35, 11:05, 1:05, 1:45, 3:50, 4:30, 6:30, 7:15, 9:15, 10:10 Sun 10:50, 1:25, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (14A) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:20, 11:00 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:15, 11:50, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:15, 9:15, 10:10, 11:00 Sun, Wed 10:30, 11:55, 1:10, 2:45, 4:00, 5:35, 7:45, 8:20, 10:30, 11:15 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:25, 4:10, 6:55 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (14A) Fri-Sat 10:45, 11:30, 1:45, 2:30, 4:45, 5:30, 7:45, 8:30, 9:45, 10:45 Sun 10:30, 11:15, 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:15 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Sun, Wed 10:50, 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 10:05 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:45, 1:30, 2:45, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 Sun, Wed 10:35, 11:45, 1:30, 2:45, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30

Midtown CANADA SQUARE (CE) 2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Thu 4:05, 6:30 Fri 1:15, 4:10, 6:40, 9:05 Sat 1:15, 4:10, 6:40 Sun 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 MonWed 1:25, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20 Sun 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 THE GUARD (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:30 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20 Fri 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 8:55 Sat 1:00, 3:50, 6:30 Sun 4:15 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:45 HUGO (PG) Sun 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:45 Fri 1:40, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 1:40, 4:50, 7:15 Sun-Wed 7:00, 9:20 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00 Fri 1:05, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Sat 1:05, 4:00, 7:00 THE MUPPETS (G) Sun 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:30, 9:10 THE SITTER (14A) Fri 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30 Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:30 Sun 4:45, 7:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 9:30

SLEEPING BEAUTY (R) Thu 4:30, 7:35 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:50 Fri 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:10 Sun 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10 Fri 2:10, 4:35, 6:50, 9:15 Sat 2:10, 4:35, 6:50 Sun 4:35, 7:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:40, 9:55

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 LE HAVRE (PG) 7:00 Wed 4:30 THE WAY (14A) 9:10 Mon-Tue 4:15

REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

50/50 (14A) Fri 8:55 Mon-Tue 4:30, 8:55 Wed 7:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu-Fri, Mon-Tue 7:00 Wed 9:00

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE) 2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:25 Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 Sun-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 12:00, 2:25, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Fri 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:20 Sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:00 Sun-Wed 11:50, 2:05, 4:40, 7:05, 9:20 THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG) Sun-Wed 12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu, SunWed 11:30, 3:10, 6:50, 10:30 Fri 3:10, 6:50, 10:30 Sat 3:10, 6:50 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Fri 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:10 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Fri 1:10, 4:05, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:45 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 Sun-Wed 12:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Fri 12:30, 3:25, 6:45, 10:10 Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 10:10 Tue 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 10:05 THE SITTER (14A) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 WAR HORSE (PG) Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Fri 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30

Metro

West End HUMBER CINEMA (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-232-1939

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00

KINGSWAY THEATRE (I) 3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939

THE GUARD (14A) 5:00 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 9:25 J. EDGAR (PG) Fri-Wed 7:00 MELANCHOLIA (PG) Thu 12:15 MONEYBALL (PG) 2:30 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Fri-Wed 12:45 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 9:00

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Sun-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:35 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 1:10, 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 7:15, 8:15, 9:35 Fri-Sat 12:00, 1:15, 2:30, 3:40, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Sun-Tue 11:50, 12:50, 2:05, 3:10, 4:25, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Wed 11:50, 2:05, 3:10, 4:25, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Sun-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:00 THE ARTIST (PG) Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:25 THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG) Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:45 FriSat 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:50 Sun-Wed 11:30, 2:20, 5:10, 8:05, 10:55 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu 11:45, 2:00, 3:15, 6:00, 6:45, 9:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 11:45, 3:15, 6:00, 6:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sun-Tue 12:30, 3:55, 6:45, 7:30, 10:15, 10:55 Wed 12:20, 3:55, 6:45, 7:30, 10:15, 10:55 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:30 Sun-Wed 1:10 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:55, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Sun-Wed 12:00, 3:20, 6:40 THE MAGIC FLUTE: MET OPERA HOLIDAY ENCORE Wed 11:00 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:40, 10:30 Fri-Sat 12:10, 1:00, 3:20, 4:10, 6:30, 7:20, 9:45, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 4:40, 7:05, 7:50, 10:15, 11:00 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Tue 1:50, 4:50 Wed 11:10, 1:55, 4:50 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 10:05 MonWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 10:05 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu 12:20, 12:55, 3:20, 3:55, 6:50, 7:10, 9:50, 10:20 Fri-Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:35, 6:55, 7:40, 10:00, 10:45 Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:35, 6:55, 7:45, 10:00, 10:50 THE SITTER (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Sat 6:35, 9:10 Sun-Wed 9:55 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (14A) Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:20 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:25 Fri-Sat 9:40 Sun-Wed 10:40 WAR HORSE (PG) Sun-Wed 12:40, 4:00, 7:20, 10:40 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Sun-Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:50 continued on page 68 œ

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG) Fri 1:10, 3:40, 7:15, 9:25, 11:40 Sat 1:10, 3:40, 7:15 Sun 3:40, 7:15, 9:25 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:40, 7:15, 9:25 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Fri 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 Sat 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 Sun 4:15, 7:00, 9:00 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 Sun 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35 Sat 1:25, 4:05, 6:50 Sun 4:05, 6:50, 9:35 THE MUPPETS (G) Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:50 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 9:30 Fri 6:55, 9:15, 11:35 Sat 6:55 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 7:05, 9:40 Sat 1:15, 3:55, 7:05 Sun 3:55, 7:05, 9:40

NOW

DECEMBER 22-28 2011

movie times œcontinued from page 67

Rainbow woodbine (i)

woodbine CentRe, 500 Rexdale blvd, 416-213-1998 The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) Fri, Mon-wed 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:35 Sat 1:00, 3:40, 7:00 Sun 3:40, 7:00, 9:35 The AdvenTures of TinTin (PG) thu 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:35 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu-Fri, Mon-wed 12:45, 2:55, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15 Sat 12:45, 2:55, 4:55, 7:05 Sun 4:20, 7:05, 9:15 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) thu 12:50, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 Fri-Sat, Mon-wed 12:40, 2:50, 4:50 Sun 4:15 The dArkesT hour (PG) Sun 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu-Fri, Mon-wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:45 Sun 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu-Fri, Mon-wed 1:05, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 1:05, 4:05, 6:55 Sun 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20 Fri, Sunwed 6:50, 9:30 Sat 6:50 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu-Fri, Mon-wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 6:45 Sun 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 The siTTer (14A) thu-Fri 1:05, 3:05, 5:00, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 1:05, 3:05, 5:00, 7:10 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri, Mon-wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 1:15, 3:55, 6:50 Sun 3:55, 6:50, 9:20

east end beaCh CineMaS (aa) 1651 Queen St e, 416-699-5971

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) Fri, Mon-wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 1:15, 4:00, 6:40 Sun 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 7:30, 9:50 Fri, Mon-wed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 Sun 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 7:10, 10:30 Fri, Mon-wed 12:20, 3:50, 7:15, 10:40 Sat 12:20, 3:50, 7:15 Sun 3:50, 7:15, 10:40 huGo 3d (PG) thu 7:20, 10:20 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri, Mon-wed 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 10:15 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7:00 Sun 3:30, 7:00, 10:15 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 7:00, 10:00 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 6:50, 10:10 Fri, Mon-wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Sun 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri, Mon-wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:50 Sun 3:40, 6:50, 9:50

The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) Fri 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 Sat-wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40

gRande - Yonge (Ce) 4861 Yonge St, 416-590-9974

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 12:40, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:45 Sun-wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 ArThur ChrisTmAs 3d (G) thu 4:30, 6:55, 9:30 The ArTisT (PG) thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Fri 12:00, 3:10, 6:40, 9:50 Sat 12:00, 3:10, 6:40 Sun-wed 12:05, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 The desCendAnTs (14A) thu 3:40, 6:40, 10:05 Fri 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:05 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:00 Sun-wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 huGo 3d (PG) thu 3:50, 7:05, 9:35 Fri 12:30, 3:30, 6:55, 9:55 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:55 Sun-wed 12:30, 4:20 The mAGiC fluTe: meT operA holidAY enCore wed 11:00 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:40, 10:10 Fri, Sun-wed 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:30 Sat 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10 mY week wiTh mArilYn (14A) thu 5:10, 7:15, 9:55 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 4:20, 7:25, 10:15 Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 Sun-wed 7:20, 10:20 Tinker TAilor soldier spY (14A) Fri 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 Sat 12:20, 3:40, 6:50 Sun-wed 12:20, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 wAr horse (PG) Sun-wed 12:00, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri 1:00, 4:05, 7:05, 10:15 Sat 1:00, 4:05, 7:05 Sun-wed 1:00, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 YounG AdulT (14A) thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Sun-wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00

SilveRCitY FaiRview (Ce)

FaiRview Mall, 1800 SheppaRd ave e, 416-644-7746 The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu-Fri 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 12:30, 3:10, 5:45, 8:20 Sun-wed 11:40, 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu-Fri 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 Sat 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00 Sun-wed 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7:20 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun-wed 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 12:05, 3:25, 6:50, 10:15 Fri 11:55, 3:20, 6:50, 10:25 Sat 12:25, 3:50, 7:20 Sun-wed 12:10, 3:40, 7:10, 10:40 hAppY feeT Two (PG) thu-Fri 12:20 Sat 1:40 Sun-wed 11:35, 2:05 hAppY feeT Two 3d (PG) thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 huGo 3d (PG) thu-Fri 12:10, 3:00, 6:40, 9:50 Sat 1:10, 4:00, 7:00 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fri 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Sat 1:00, 4:20, 7:30 Sun-wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 10:55 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 12:40, 3:40, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 3:50, 7:00, 9:55 Sat 4:10, 7:10 Sun-wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu-Fri 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:50 Sun-wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 The siTTer (14A) thu 1:00, 3:20, 5:45, 7:50, 10:05 Fri 1:10, 3:30, 5:45, 7:55, 10:05 Sat 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10 Sun-wed 10:00 wAr horse (PG) Sun-wed 12:30, 4:00, 7:15, 10:35 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri 12:40, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 12:40, 4:40, 7:40 Sun-wed 11:30, 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:50

north York

SilveRCitY YoRkdale (Ce)

eMpiRe theatReS at eMpReSS walk (et)

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Fri, Sun-wed 1:55, 4:55, 7:55, 10:55 Sat 1:35, 4:40, 7:45 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00 Sun-wed 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun-wed 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 2:30, 6:45, 10:25 Fri 3:25, 7:00, 10:35 Sat 12:30, 4:05, 7:40 Sunwed 12:00, 3:25, 7:00, 10:35 hAppY feeT Two (PG) Fri-Sat 1:30 Sun-wed 12:00, 5:25 hAppY feeT Two 3d (PG) thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 huGo (PG) Fri, Sun-wed 4:10 Sat 4:00 JACk And Jill (PG) thu 10:10 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Fri, Sun-wed 1:15, 4:30, 7:10, 7:50, 10:20, 11:00 Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:05, 8:00 The muppeTs (G) Fri, Sun-wed 1:20 Sat 1:10 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 Sat 4:10, 7:15 Sun-wed 2:35, 8:00, 10:50 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 12:45, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 Fri, Sun-wed 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:45 Sat 1:20, 4:30, 7:40 The siTTer (14A) thu 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 Sunwed 10:30

5095 Yonge St, 416-223-9550

Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 3:50, 4:40, 6:20, 7:00, 8:40, 9:30 Fri 3:50, 4:40, 6:10, 7:00, 8:40, 9:30 Sat-wed 12:50, 1:40, 3:20, 4:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:40, 9:30 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) Fri 4:00 Sat-wed 12:40, 3:45 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun-wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:50 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu-Fri 3:00, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30, 10:00 Sat-wed 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:20, 8:30, 9:50 hAppY feeT Two (PG) 1:50 Sat 1:00 mat hAppY feeT Two 3d (PG) thu-Fri 3:10, 6:00, 8:50 Sat 3:30, 6:00, 8:50 mArGin CAll thu 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Fri 7:10, 9:35 Sat-wed 6:40, 9:10 The muppeTs (G) Fri 3:40 Sat-wed 12:30, 3:10 sAAdAT AbAd thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 3:30, 4:50, 6:50, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Fri 3:30, 4:50, 6:50, 7:40, 9:45, 10:30 Sat 1:20, 4:00, 4:30, 6:50, 7:40, 10:00, 10:20 Sun-wed 1:20, 4:00, 4:30, 6:50, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 The siTTer (14A) thu 3:40, 6:10, 9:10 Fri 6:20, 9:10 Satwed 6:30, 9:00

3401 duFFeRin St, 416-787-4432

The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) thu 12:50, 3:55, 6:50, 9:55 Fri 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Sat 1:40, 4:35, 7:30 wAr horse (PG) 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Mon only 12:20 3:50 7:10 10:30 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:25 Sun-wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45

Scarborough 401 & MoRningSide (Ce) 785 MilneR ave, SCaRboRough, 416-281-2226

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Fri 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10 Sun 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Mon-wed 12:20, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:50 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:20 Fri 11:40, 1:50, 4:00, 6:20, 8:35, 10:45 Sat 11:40, 1:50, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30 Sun 4:00, 6:20, 8:35, 10:45 Mon-wed 11:40, 1:50, 4:00, 6:20, 8:35, 10:50 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) Sun 4:20 Mon-wed 11:40, 2:00, 4:20 ArThur ChrisTmAs 3d (G) thu 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri 11:40, 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 Sat 11:40, 2:00, 4:20, 6:50 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun 3:20, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Mon-wed 1:00, 3:20, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 3:20, 6:45, 10:00 Fri 11:45, 3:10, 6:40, 10:10 Sat 11:45, 3:10, 6:40 Sun 3:10, 6:40, 10:10 Mon-wed 11:50, 3:10, 6:40, 10:10 hAppY feeT Two (PG) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45 Sun 3:50 Monwed 12:35, 3:50 hAppY feeT Two 3d (PG) thu 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 3:25, 4:15, 6:30, 7:20, 9:30, 10:15 Fri 12:15, 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30 Sun 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-wed 12:05, 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:40 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Fri 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Sat 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 Sun 7:50, 10:35 Mon-wed 6:50, 9:45 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:45, 10:30 Fri 1:40, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:40 Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40 Sun 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:40 Mon-wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:50 The siTTer (14A) thu 3:35, 5:45, 8:30, 10:30 The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) Fri 12:00, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00 wAr horse (PG) Sun 3:40, 7:20, 10:35 Mon-wed 12:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:35 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:15 Sun 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Mon-wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20

Charlize Theron plays a different kind of “monster” in Young Adult.

ColiSeuM SCaRboRough (Ce) SCaRboRough town CentRe, 416-290-5217

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu 12:15, 2:50, 5:35, 8:15, 10:55 Fri, tue-wed 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Sun 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 Mon 12:25, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) Sun 1:15, 3:50 Mon-wed 12:45, 3:20 ArThur ChrisTmAs 3d (G) thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri 1:25, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:20 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun 2:45, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20 Mon-wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 12:10, 12:30, 3:40, 4:00, 7:10, 7:30, 10:35, 10:55 Fri, tue-wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:30, 4:00, 7:00, 7:30, 10:25, 10:55 Sat 2:00, 2:40, 6:00, 6:30, 9:35, 10:05 Sun 2:00, 2:40, 6:00, 6:40, 9:35, 10:10 Mon 12:30, 3:00, 4:00, 7:00, 7:25, 10:25, 10:50 huGo (PG) Fri 1:10, 4:10 Sat 12:30, 3:30 huGo 3d (PG) thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:15 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 12:20, 1:15, 3:35, 4:20, 6:40, 7:25, 9:40, 10:30 Fri, tue-wed 12:15, 1:15, 3:40, 4:20, 6:55, 7:25, 9:55, 10:30 Sat 1:00, 2:20, 4:05, 6:05, 7:10, 9:30, 10:15 Sun 1:10, 2:20, 4:20, 6:05, 7:20, 9:30, 10:30 Mon 12:35, 1:15, 3:40, 4:20, 6:55, 7:20, 9:55, 10:30 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 Fri, tuewed 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:50 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 Mon 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:45 The siTTer (14A) thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:40 Fri 1:30, 3:55, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 Sat 1:20, 3:55, 6:35, 9:00 Sun 1:40, 3:55, 6:35, 9:00 Mon 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 tuewed 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri 7:15, 10:10 Sat 6:50, 9:50 wAr horse (PG) Sun 3:10, 6:45, 10:15 Mon 12:15, 3:45, 7:10, 10:40 tue-wed 12:25, 3:50, 7:15, 10:35 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri, tue-wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:40, 10:50 Sat 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Mon 12:50, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 YounG AdulT (14A) thu 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:50 Fri, tue-wed 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 12:40, 3:10, 6:10, 8:50 Sun 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 Mon 12:40, 3:10, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45

eglinton town CentRe (Ce) 1901 eglinton ave e, 416-752-4494

The AdvenTures of TinTin 3d (PG) thu 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Sun-wed 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 3:40, 4:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:10, 2:10, 3:40, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sun-wed 12:10, 1:10, 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 8:15, 10:35 ArThur ChrisTmAs (G) Fri-Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 Sun-wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:45 ArThur ChrisTmAs 3d (G) thu 4:25, 6:50, 9:15 The dArkesT hour 3d (PG) Sun-wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:55 The desCendAnTs (14A) Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Sun-wed 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 8:05, 10:50 The Girl wiTh The drAGon TATToo (18A) thu 3:30, 7:00, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:55, 6:20, 7:15, 9:50, 10:30 Sun-wed 11:30, 3:10, 6:50, 7:15, 10:30, 11:00 hAppY feeT Two (PG) thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 huGo (PG) Sun-wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:25 huGo 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 mission: impossible – GhosT proToCol (PG) thu 3:45, 4:10, 6:50, 7:15, 9:45, 10:20 Fri-Sat 12:35, 1:20, 3:35, 4:25, 6:40, 7:25, 9:45, 10:30 Sun-wed 12:30, 1:30, 3:40, 4:40, 7:00, 7:50, 10:15, 11:00 The muppeTs (G) thu 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Sun-wed 12:00, 2:40 new YeAr’s eve (PG) thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-wed 5:25, 8:15, 10:55 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 4:30, 5:30, 7:20, 8:20, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:20, 4:20, 6:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:20 Sun-wed 12:40, 1:45, 3:40, 4:45, 6:55, 7:45, 10:00, 10:50 The siTTer (14A) thu 3:45, 5:50, 7:55, 10:00 Fri-Sat 9:50 Sun-wed 10:20 The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) FriSat 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Sun-wed 7:25, 10:05

wAr horse (PG) Sun-wed 12:45, 4:00, 7:20, 10:40 we bouGhT A Zoo (PG) Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun-wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:30 YounG AdulT (14A) thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sun-wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25

kennedY CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedY Rd & 401, 416-335-5323

Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (G) thu 1:40, 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:15, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45 Fri-wed 10:30, 11:30, 12:50, 1:40, 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:15, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45 The desCendAnTs (14A) thu 2:15, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Mon, wed 11:15, 12:45, 2:15, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30 tue 10:15, 12:45, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30 The dirTY piCTure (14A) thu 3:40, 6:50, 10:20 Fri-wed 12:30, 3:45, 6:50, 10:20 don 2 (14A) Fri-wed 10:00, 1:30, 5:00, 8:30 don 2 3d (14A) Fri-wed 11:00, 2:30, 6:30, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 hAppY feeT Two 3d (PG) thu 3:45, 6:20 J. edGAr (PG) thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-wed 10:15, 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:35 JACk And Jill (PG) thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-wed 10:30, 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:30 lAdies vs. riCkY bAhl (PG) thu 3:40, 7:05, 10:25 Friwed 11:50, 3:40, 7:05, 10:25 mAGiC To win thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 mAmbATTiYAn thu 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 mArGin CAll thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-wed 11:55, 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 moneYbAll (PG) 7:10, 10:10 thu 4:10 Fri-Sat 10:10, 1:10 mat, 4:10 The muppeTs (G) thu 1:35, 3:15, 5:50, 8:20 Fri-Sat 10:50, 1:35, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 Sun-wed 10:50, 1:35, 4:15 mY week wiTh mArilYn (14A) thu 1:35, 4:05, 6:35, 9:25 Fri-wed 10:45, 1:15, 3:40, 6:20, 8:45 puss in booTs (G) thu 2:55 rAJApATTAi Fri-wed 11:40, 12:50, 3:05, 4:05, 6:15, 7:15, 9:40, 10:40 sherloCk holmes: A GAme of shAdows (PG) thu 1:45, 2:15, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00 Fri-wed 10:45, 11:30, 12:30, 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 6:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45 Tower heisT (PG) thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-wed 10:40, 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 The TwiliGhT sAGA: breAkinG dAwn pArT 1 (PG) Sunwed 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 The wAY (14A) thu 5:05, 7:45, 10:20

woodSide CineMaS (i) 1571 SandhuRSt CiRCle, 416-299-3456

The dirTY piCTure (14A) thu 6:45, 9:30 don 2 (14A) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 12:15 mat, 12:00 late Sun 12:15 mat lAdies vs. riCkY bAhl (PG) thu 6:30, 9:30 rAJApATTAi 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat uChiThAnAi mukArnThAl 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat

december 22-28 2011 NOW

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COLISEUM MISSISSAUGA (CE) SQUARE ONE, 309 RATHBURN RD W, 905-275-3456

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 11:00, 11:50, 1:20, 2:20, 3:50, 4:40, 6:10, 7:00, 8:40, 9:30 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 11:00, 11:40, 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:00, 7:20, 9:40 Sun 12:05, 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:00, 7:20, 9:40 THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG) Sun-Tue 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 Wed 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu 11:30, 12:00, 3:00, 3:40, 6:30, 7:10, 10:00, 10:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 11:10, 11:50, 2:40, 3:30, 6:20, 7:10, 10:00, 10:50 Sat 11:10, 11:50, 2:40, 3:30, 6:20, 7:10, 10:00, 10:30 Sun 12:00, 2:40, 3:30, 6:20, 7:10, 10:00, 10:50 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:15 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 11:30, 2:30 Sun 12:00, 2:30 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Fri, Sun-Tue 8:15 Sat 8:20 Wed 8:20, 10:55 THE MAGIC FLUTE: MET OPERA HOLIDAY ENCORE Wed 11:00 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 11:40 12:30 2:40 4:00 6:00 7:00 9:00 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:45, 3:10, 4:00, 6:10, 7:00, 9:30, 10:20 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Sat 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 11:00, 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sat 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30 MonWed 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu 11:20, 12:20, 2:10, 3:10, 5:10, 6:20, 8:10, 9:20, 11:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:10, 1:10, 3:20, 4:30, 6:50, 7:40, 9:50, 10:40 Sat 12:10, 1:10, 3:20, 4:30, 6:50, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 THE SITTER (14A) Thu 3:20, 10:50 Fri-Wed 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:50, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Fri 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 Sat 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Sun-Wed 10:10

COURTNEY PARK 16 (AMC)

110 COURTNEY PARK E AT HURONTARIO, 888-262-4386 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sun-Wed 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 12:00, 2:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:15 Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:15 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 3:15, 5:30, 7:50 Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 SunWed 10:30, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Fri-Wed 10:40 THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG) Sun-Wed 11:20, 3:50, 8:20 THE DARKEST HOUR (PG) Sun-Wed 1:35, 6:00, 10:30 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Fri 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10 Sun-Wed 7:50, 10:25 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu 1:50, 3:30, 5:20, 7:00, 8:50, 10:30 Fri 10:45, 1:05, 2:15, 4:25, 5:45, 7:40, 9:30, 10:55 Sat 10:45, 1:05, 2:15, 4:25, 5:15, 7:40, 9:30, 11:00 Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:05, 2:15, 4:25, 5:45, 7:40, 9:30, 11:00 HUGO (PG) Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:00 Sun 4:10 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:50, 10:40 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 2:15, 3:45, 5:15, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 10:30, 11:00, 2:00, 5:15, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 Sat 10:30, 11:00, 2:00, 5:15, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:45, 11:00 Fri 10:30, 7:45, 11:00 Sat 10:30, 7:45 Sun-Wed 7:45, 11:00 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 2:25, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35 Fri 11:35, 2:25, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35 Sat 11:35, 2:25, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Sun-Wed 11:35, 2:25, 5:05 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu 2:00, 2:30, 5:00, 5:30, 8:00, 8:30, 11:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 11:00, 11:30, 2:00, 2:30, 5:00, 5:30, 8:00, 8:30, 11:00, 11:30 Sat 11:00, 11:30, 2:00, 2:30, 4:45, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15 THE SITTER (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:35, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:15, 5:35, 7:40, 9:55 Sun-Wed 1:05, 3:15, 5:35 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:40, 5:00, 8:10, 10:50 WAR HORSE (PG) Sun-Wed 10:30, 12:45, 1:50, 4:00, 5:10, 7:40, 8:20, 10:50, 11:25 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri, Sun-Wed 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45, 11:25 Sat 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:30 YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Fri 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:15, 10:30 Sun-Wed 8:15, 10:45

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3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 12:55, 3:45, 6:30 Sun 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 12:15, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:45, 9:15 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri 12:45, 3:35, 6:25, 9:15 Sat 12:45, 3:35, 6:25 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 Fri 1:20, 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 1:20, 4:05, 7:00 Sun 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:25, 6:30, 7:15, 9:25, 10:00 Fri 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 1:40, 4:25, 7:15 Sun 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Fri 1:00, 3:55, 7:05, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 3:55, 7:05 Sun 3:55, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05 YOUNG ADULT (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 1:50, 4:20, 6:55 Sun 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 MonWed 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15

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Maurer – regard “pulling out” as an ineffective birth-control method. “For every 100 women who use withdrawal correctly, four will become pregnant every year – this number jumps to 27 if not used correctly,” says Dr. Maurer. (For every 100 women who use condoms correctly, two will become pregnant, 18 if they’re using condoms incorrectly, which is why some argue that withdrawal is nearly as effective as condoms.) Backing up: Pre-come is produced by the Cowper’s gland and some other gland whose name I can never remember, PIT, while sperm cells are produced in the nuts. Sperm doesn’t get mixed up in the seminal fluid – produced by the prostate and a couple of other glands whose names escape me – until the guy starts to ejaculate. So if your good friend didn’t have an orgasm shortly before he fucked you and he didn’t come inside you and there were no stray swimmers in his pre-come for some other reason, odds are slim that the baby is his. It’s possible, PIT, but nowhere near probable. “A paternity test after delivery of the child is the safest advice I can give should it remain an important issue to her and her husband,” says Dr. Maurer. “An amniocentesis can make this ‘diagnosis’ before delivery, but the procedure comes with a small risk of pregnancy loss. As such, most doctors would consider it unethical to perform amniocentesis for the sole purpose of paternity testing without a coexisting medical reason.”

To all the other nonmonogamous straight couples out there: Not using condoms with your other is fucking stupid. Using condoms with others is important not just to prevent disease but, if your other is a dude, to prevent paternity scares like the one PIT is having. And you should be using condoms with your other, male or female, regardless of safe-sex conversations or assurances that your other isn’t banging anyone else. Unless your other lives in a cage in your basement – very hot, not very practical – you have no way of knowing for sure that your other doesn’t have other others.

after an IMproMptu sex sessIon that

left me feeling sleepy and sappy, my partner, who typically feels sleepy and sappy herself after sex, texted someone! The fury that arose within me could not be contained! Neither the text message itself nor its recipient were the issue (it was to a coworker about a work matter), the issue was that she couldn’t wait a few minutes to hug and kiss and say “that was hot” before sending a text?!? She thinks I’m overreacting and blames it on me being premenstrual. She has not apologized. How does she not get it? Isn’t post-sex texting tacky? Wasn’t That Fucked? Post-sex texting is tacky, WTF, and it’s thoughtless. I can understand why you were annoyed. I can also understand why your girlfriend has refused to apologize. If one ill-timed text sent your

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I’M a subMIssIve Gay Man. all anal sex guides stress that when done right,

anal sex should cause no pain. But what if I want pain? Over three years, my boyfriend and I have proceeded from having lots of anal foreplay to lube-itup-and-stick-it-in. I love it, and once it stops hurting, as it always does after a while, I have amazing orgasms. So does he. There’s a definite line between the arousing kind of pain and too much pain. But that line has moved closer to more intense pain, and I’m worried about injury. Then again, we’re not sticking progressively bigger objects up my ass, just the same object with less foreplay. Is this risky? Boy Used To Taking It depends, BUTT. You can enjoy lube-it-up-and-stick-it-in anal without incurring too great a risk of injury so long as your boyfriend isn’t shoving his entire dick up your ass in one thrust. If he’s pushing his dick in you gradually but firmly, giving your poor butt a chance to relax and adjust as he “forces” his way in, then you’ll probably be okay. (Probably is the word of the day.) That said, BUTT, while it’s a fine thing to enjoy a little pain during sex – or “sensation play,” as the kinksters have taken to calling it – making your asshole the focus of erotic pain isn’t a sensational idea. Anal fissures and tears take forever to heal and even a small one can put your ass out of commission for months. A big one can put your ass out of commission for years. There are plenty of ways your boyfriend can make you hurt during anal without brutalizing your hole. He can slap your ass, yank on a pair of tit clamps, pull your hair, crank up the juice on an estim unit. You’ve got nerve endings all over your body, not just in and around your hole. If your boyfriend can walk and chew gum at the same time, BUTT, he can work some of those other nerves while he works your hole.

I’M a Gay Man In My 20s. WhIle I love

reading your advice for red-state kinksters, straight married folks and lesbians with hymens, I’m wondering where the gay has gone. Can we get a column or two with an assortment of questions addressing the problems facing gay men in their 20s? Something for gay boys at that stage of life that falls between “it gets better” and “it gets domestic”? Feeling Left Out

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panties so far up your crack that it unleashed a “fury that could not be contained” – if you raged at your girlfriend for being uncharacteristically inconsiderate (it sounds like she usually makes with the postcoital hugs, kisses, compliments, etc.) – then yours was the greater offense. Don’t get me wrong: Your girlfriend owes you an apology. But you owe her a bigger one, WTF, and yours should come first.

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Take the survey online and be eligible to win great prizes courtesy of The Drake, Body Blue, Pure + Simple Spa, Garden’s Path & more nowtoronto.com/sex 1. The gender you most identify yourself as being? (a) Female (b) Male Anything to add?

2. Your sexual orientation?

(a) Straight as an arrow (b) Straight as a circle (c) Look at me, I go both ways! Anything to add?

3. What best describes your current sex life? (a) Spontaneous (b) Scheduled (c) Non-existent Anything to add?

4. Have you ever been late for work because you were too busy having sex?

(a) Yes, and I told my boss the truth (b) A lay followed by a lie (c) Only in my dreams so far (d) Sex is the last thing on my mind when I’m getting ready for work Anything to add?

5. Have you ever had sex interrupted by a lover stopping to answer the phone/reply to a text?

(a) Yes, and the sex ended with that interruption (b) Yes, but afterwards we deliciously picked up where we left off (c) For better or worse, no (d) No, but sex has been interrupted by my stopping to answer the phone/ reply to a text Anything to add?

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6. The role you played in your first three-way was: (a) Special guest star (b) One-half of the couple (c) I’ve been in so many, I’ve forgotten (d) What first three-way? Anything to add?

7. You consider yourself to be more:

(a) Romantic than sexual (b) Sexual than romantic (c) Equally romantic and sexual (d) Neither romantic nor sexual Anything to add?

8. The furthest you usually go with someone on a first sexual encounter is:

(a) French-kissing (b) Dry humping (c) Manual stimulation (heavy-petting, hand job) (d) Bondage and/or toys (e) Oral (f) Vaginal or anal intercourse Anything to add?

9. Do you find clothing-optional beaches sexy?

(a) They’re as sexy as they are sandy (b) There are some diamonds in the buff (c) Some things are better left unseen (d) That’s uncharted territory for me Anything to add?

10. Name your dead celebrity crush. 11. It’s more romantic to be served:

(a) Breakfast in bed (b) A picnic lunch (c) Dinner for two at a posh restaurant (d) Court papers Anything to add?

12. It’s sexier sharing:

(a) A steamy shower for two (b) A candlelit bath for two (c) A midnight skinny dip for two (d) Some hot tub time for two Anything to add?

13. Have you ever regifted a sex toy?

(a) Yes, but it was in virgin condition (b) Yes, and it was in Like A Virgin condition (c) Once mine, always mine (d) You can’t regift something you don’t have Anything to add?

14. The idea of watching someone you find attractive have sex with him/herself or another is (a) Turn- on, but only if the person is unaware that s/he is being watched (b) Turn- on, especially if the person is aware s/he is being watched (c) Complete turn- on, regardless of the scenario (d) Total turn- off Anything to add?

15. The idea of being watched by someone while you have sex with yourself or another is a: (a) Turn- on, but only if I know the person watching me (b) Turn on, but only if the person watching me is a hot stranger (c) Complete turn- on, regardless of the scenario (d) Total turn- off Anything to add?

16. Have you ever been in a long-distance (i.e.: out of province or country) relationship? (a) More than once, actually (b) Just the one time (c) No, but I’m not opposed to trying one (d) Never have, never will Anything to add?

17. If yes, did long-distance turn into long-term? (a) Through the miracle of love and patience, yes (b) Alas, the longest thing about the relationship was the distance Anything to add?

18. When presented with the opportunity, you only investigate the bathroom cabinets of: (a) A one-night stand (b) A potential new love interest (c) Everyone! (d) No one Anything to add?

19. Have you ever worn the same clothes to work two days in a row due to not, um, making it home the night before?

(a) I have; it wasn’t a big deal (b) I have and there were consequences (c) No one noticed, but it was the longest work day of my life (d) I’d sooner phone in sick than risk being busted by an overly observant colleague Anything to add?

20. Name two living celebrities or public figures you’d like to engage in a three-way with. 21. What best describes the impact social media have had on your love and/or sex life?

(a) I found love through technology (b) No love connection yet, but plenty of new sex partners (c) I’ve made more new friends than lovers (d) Online or in person, I seem to be a magnet for losers (e) Hmm… no impact whatsoever Anything to add?

22. What would you most like to change about your current sex life? (a) More, please (b) Less, please (c) Improve the quality, please (d) Everything, please (e) If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, thanks Anything to add?

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