Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth (Galahad) and Taron Egerton (Eggsy), is a cross between a James Bond-like spy film, with a supervillain and smooth British spies in tailored suits, and Kill Bill with graphic yet well-choreographed fight scenes. The story is centered around a relationship between master (Firth) and pupil (Egerton) à la Karate Kid. Galahad seeks to change his young protégé’s life by helping him evolve from a punk kid fighting off neighbourhood bullies in inner city London, to putting his intellect and survival skills to use as a spy. Taron Egerton, a newcomer to the world…
Author: Kevin Bourne
Kevin Bourne
Kevin Bourne is the co-founder and editor of SHIFTER magazine. Born and raised in Toronto, Kevin currently resides in Ottawa with his wife Koliah and their three children. He's a big fan of hip-hop, pop culture, and urbanism and spends most of his time keeping up with the Kardashians.
This past Valentine’s Day, SHIFT Magazine co-hosted the album release concert for GPM’s latest project, L.I.T.A. (Love Is The Answer). The event was co-emceed by our Koliah Bourne.
This week BuzzFeed Deputy Music Editor Reggie Ugwu wrote an article about the faith that inspires Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar. It gives us some insight into the mind of one of the world’s hottest recording artists (used with permission from the author). Save for the reliably blasphemous Kanye West, no rapper established in the upper echelons of popular music is more vocal about his personal religious beliefs than Lamar. Though he has never neatly fit the description of what would usually be termed “Christian hip-hop,” Lamar has often seasoned somber soliloquies of navigating the gang culture that birthed him with…
