This Year's Five Most Egregious Oscar Snubs

By Michael Saba at 7:00 AM on February 3, 2010

The 2010 Academy Awards were just announced, which means film fans now have the opportunity to engage in their favorite annual pastime: complaining about and calling attention to the films overlooked by those nefarious Academy elites, ensconced as they are in their Star Chamber of film criticism. And no matter what kind of movies you’re particular to, there’s some grade-A grousing to be done about this year’s nominees....  read more

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Anvil Photos - Houston, TX - House of Blues - 1/24/10

By Paste Staff at 7:30 AM on January 28, 2010

The subject of Paste's #18 documentary of the last decade and #16 movie of 2009 recently visited the Lone Star State...  read more

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The 25 Best Movies of 2009

By Paste Staff at 7:00 AM on December 16, 2009

Our favorite movies of 2009 belie a diverse appreciation ranging from a quiet rumination on death to gruesome horror; from a mostly ad-libbed, low-budget character study to the most expensive movie of all time.  read more

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The 25 Best Documentaries of the Decade (2000-2009)

By Paste Staff at 7:00 AM on November 10, 2009

Upton Sinclair, Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein may have set the standard for muckraking in the 20th century, but their heirs apparent are as likely to pick up a video camera as they are a pen when they fight the battles of the 21st...  read more

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My Encounter with Anvil! The Story of Anvil

By Justin Heckert at 3:30 PM on June 22, 2009

It didn't feel like a choice. I bought the CD after the movie was over, and listened to it on the way home. It was impossible not to. The guy had almost begged us to buy it—said he needed the money to help pay his sister back, because she financed the album. It was their thirteenth record. The guys from Anvil had been making music and recording songs without success since almost before I was born. ...  read more

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Catching Up With... Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner of Anvil! The Story of Anvil

By Michael Dunaway at 3:38 PM on May 27, 2009

Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner vowed at age 14 to rock together until they died. They're 50 now...  read more

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Anvil! The Story of Anvil

By Michael Dunaway at 12:00 PM on May 26, 2009

I’ll admit, when I first started hearing word of...  read more

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Sled Island Announces Initial 2009 Lineup

By Joe Shearer at 9:00 AM on May 15, 2009

Canada's Sled Island Music and Arts Festival has announced the initial lineup for this year's run, including The Breeders, Liars, Anvil, Ladyhawk and Andrew W.K....  read more

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Metal documentary Anvil! gets trailer

By Henry Freedland at 9:51 AM on January 14, 2009

With hard rock in their hearts, Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner met as high school students in 1973 Toronto. In 1978, they started Lips, which was soon signed to Attic Records. A name-change cemented the beginnings of Anvil: a metal band early and innovative enough to influence groups like Motörhead, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Guns N' Roses and Metallica. ...  read more

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