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Stealing Your Kids’ Halloween Candy is a Time-honoured Tradition I’m Happy to Embrace (CBC.ca Article)

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
November 10, 2023

I wrote a comedy article for CBC.ca about the fact that I steal my kids’ Halloween candy every year. The article tells the story, including some tips for doing so...

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Interview: Jeff Drake from the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival (2023 Edition)

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
November 10, 2023

This is the 14th year for the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, formerly known as The Dark Bridges Film Festival (though they revived that name a couple of years ago and...

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Killers of the Flower Moon

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
October 21, 2023

Knowing that Killers of the Flower Moon was 3.5 hours long, I walked into the theatre making arrangements with my brain to take Martin Scorsese’s new crime and family epic...

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The Exorcist 50th Anniversary (CTV News Appearance)

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
October 16, 2023

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Exorcist, one of the biggest horror movies of all time. Last weekend also saw the release of the 6th Exorcist film, Exorcist:...

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YXE Dining: Bar Stella

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
September 13, 2023

My wife, Jenny, and I have a list of restaurants that we frequent and there’s a new Italian spot in Saskatoon that we’re officially adding to the rotation. It’s called...

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Star Trek Day (CTV News Appearance)

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
September 13, 2023

Star Trek Day was last week — 57 years since Star Trek’s 1966 debut. Jeff Rogstad and I chat about the franchise; what makes it special and what gives it...

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Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
August 23, 2023

Dethklok is back in a full-length effort (well, mostly; it’s an hour and 23 minutes) that has the band battling inner demons while trying to write a song of salvation...

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What Is Going on With Gen Z Fashion?

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
August 17, 2023

Look, I know this will make me sound like an old man shaking my fist at the clouds (because I am), but — what is going on with Gen Z...

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The Bear Captures a New Side of Restaurants in Season 2 (from CBC.ca)

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
August 8, 2023

I didn’t write this article, but I was interviewed for it as a pop culture critic, former dining critic, and guy that worked in restaurants when I was a teenage...

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YXE Dining: Hearth Restaurant

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
July 26, 2023

People from Toronto won’t believe it, but Saskatoon punches above its weight in the dojo of the culinary arts. For a small city in the middle of nowhere, we have...