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Toronto's upbeat reggae/rock group illScarlett, took time out of recording their upcoming album, Nothing Special, to chat with JXM. We spoke with Alex and Swav.

JPod the BookShort recently made it's debut alongside the paperback version of the same name by witty, talented and clever acclaimed Canadian writer Douglas Coupland. The mastermind behind BookShorts, Judith Kennan and Second City alumnus writer Bruce Pirrie talked with us over caffeine about JPod.

Thomas Harris' latest installment in the Hannibal series in both book and film form makes its way onto the big screen tomorrow, but will it be cut out to live up to its cult predecessor Silence of the Lambs? JXM got a sneak peak of the newest Hannibal!

Plenty of Canada's up and comers were a part of the lineup for Vapor's Independent Music Showcase all in the name of the Hospital for Sick Children. Major Maker, Shad, Jason Collett, Apostle of Hustle and others lended their talents and tunes to a full house at the El Mocambo in Toronto. Check out how the show went down and what got Melanie thinking "that sh*t is off the hook yo!"

Clint Eastwood's latest Letters from Iwo Jima is the quiet crossover film made almost entirely in Japanese. See if Eastwood has another Million Dollar Baby on his hands or another flick that is sitting on the fences like Flags of Our Fathers. It's all right here!