Writing - Craig Silliphant

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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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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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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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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...

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Barbie

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
July 23, 2023

In this age of franchise IP, it’s surprising that it took this long to make a movie about one of the biggest toy lines in history, the Barbie doll. It’s...

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Oppenheimer

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
July 22, 2023

Note: there are no spoilers in this review, but I do talk a bit about the structure of the film. I saw the first couple of trailers for Oppenheimer, which seemed...

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Posted byby Craig Silliphant
June 30, 2023

I hoped that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny would be the swan song for our beloved blockbuster archeologist. They needed redemption after their failure to see him out...