A writer and editor from Montreal, Rob loves the new, the unusual, and also the mainstream. He's not that picky of a person. Find him on Twitter @robwcote.
Pretty much everyone knows most movies aren’t real. Fewer know that seeing the words “Based on a True Story” or “Based on Real Events” doesn’t really mean that the movie is truer. Something is lost so...
America gets a lot of heat for the way it handles itself on the world stage, but there’s really no other country out there that has as much responsibility. When things go awry, when the chips are down...
Vladimir Putin is not exactly the most popular kid on the international relations playground. He’s always been a showy guy, often accused of being impolite to other foreign leaders, and has a long lis...
Real talk: there’s little that makes me happier than watching one of the “enlightened few” drop some knowledge about how things REALLY are. You know what I’m talking about. Lizard people infiltrating ...
The line between religions and cults is blurry – they're all pretty much equally ridiculous. When you get down to it, really, the main difference is that everyone openly acknowledges how ridiculous cu...
Childbirth. It’s lovely in theory, a precious moment where tiny humans first enter the world full of promise and possibility. We often call it a miracle. After all, this is the beginning of a new pers...
It’s dark. It’s cold. Many of us are mentally preparing for the onslaught of loud relatives who never saw a glass of wine they didn’t like. It’s the time of year that demands a few feel-good stories, ...
We've talked about the real life superhero movement, that silly but mostly sweet trend of well-intentioned people dressing up in costume and fighting crime. While they don't always help the way they t...
Kids love their drinking games, and too often they pay a heavy price for playing them. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, binge drinking is responsible for the deaths...
Are you ready for 2015? That’s actually a trick question. You can’t be ready. Why? Because the movie release schedule is insane, and you'll never be able to fit all the must-sees in.
With all the terrible news we had this year, It’s okay to think the world is going to hell in a handbasket. It seemed every time we turned around there was a plane crash, or a new war, or mass abducti...
Our relationship with Hollywood reboot culture is a bit of a contradiction. We resent the lack of originality but we all turn out in droves to see old favourites brought to life. We didn't really need...
Most of the time, an arrest is a serious matter. A crime has been committed, a perp has been apprehended, and charges will likely be laid, the whole ordeal to be sorted out in court as soon as possibl...
In a year as full of bad news as 2014, it was a relief to have so many great new games to allow us to escape from reality for a while. For fans of games of all kinds, this was an exceptional year. For...
Superheroes are fun to watch on film, but they're also totally ridiculous. The outfits are silly, the powers unbelievable, and the villains over the top at best. But there are still people who not onl...
Video game sequels are a dime a dozen. If a game finds success, it’s almost guaranteed that it will become a franchise. Heck, even if it does just okay, there’s a good chance a sequel or two will be f...
Science fiction is unique in that it can ask and attempt to answer questions that have never even been thought of before. It’s why we so often see real life technology taking cues from the science fic...
Video games are a big investment. First, you drop $40 or more for a new game, and then you sit down and play through it for hours. And then maybe again.