A one-on-one with the horror legend By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor I watched a lot of horror movies as a little girl. With shows like Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark? on TV, you could say they gave me a taste for blood. As a result, I became familiar with the name of [...]
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Canada continues to be the documentary capital
National Film Board of Canada intends to launch doc-based streaming service By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor Earlier this month, it was announced during Toronto’s Hot Docs documentary festival, now in its 20th year, that the National Film Board of Canada has an ambitious project in mind. This particular project is being described by The Globe [...]
‘Mosquito’ stings so good
Sink into the latest Yeah Yeah Yeahs album By Jacey Gibb, Assistant Editor 4/5 It’s been four years since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs dominated our music players with It’s Blitz (2009), but Karen O and the boys are back to provide us with another 11 tracks, robust with their signature style of frantic, spit in [...]
Gathering the magic
Douglas student Billy Hsueh talks his upcoming benefit magic show By Eric Wilkins, Staff Writer Billy Hsueh is a stand-up guy, being a comedian, and as it turns out, he’s also a magician. The first-year hospitality and management student is one of the lead organizers of an upcoming magic show entitled “An Evening of Magic,” [...]
The armoured Avenger’s latest adventure
Is ‘Iron Man 3’ what we thought it’d be? By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor 4/5 Marvel, from here on out, will have its name associated with one of the most ambitions film experiments ever done. With seven movies now released as part of the Avengers storyline (eight come November with Thor: The Dark World), it’s [...]
A man, a lighthouse, and a city
Our full look at ‘Bioshock: Infinite’ By Adam Tatelman, Contributor 4/5 Where to start with Bioshock Infinite? Ever since the original System Shock on Windows, the main characters of the Shock series have been their settings, from Hacker pursuing SHODAN through the corridors of the starship “Von Braun” to Jack scavenging the ruins of undersea [...]
The trouble with ‘Terror’
We review The Flaming Lips’ latest By Jacey Gibb, Assistant Editor 3/5 Bands with considerable discographies tend to fall under one of two categories: either they found their sound years ago and are now just going through the motions at this point, or they treat time like a lesson and never cease to grow with [...]
Sins aren’t cheap in ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
By Parker Thompson, Contributor 4/5 What price does a father pay for his sins? Spanning three storylines over 17 years, The Place Beyond the Pines audaciously asks this question throughout. The answer, however, finds a lull part way through the film before picking up again. Despite this, The Place Beyond the Pines is beautifully shot [...]
Your ‘Evoland’ is evolving!
By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor 4/5 The RPG genre of video games has evolved drastically over the years. With more powerful consoles and changes in graphics came significantly better games. Indie developers Shiro Games took this concept and in 30 hours created what is now known as Evoland Classic for the Ludum Dare 24 competition [...]
The future is just around the corner
Dorothy Woodend talks DOXA’s Spotlight on the Future By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor The DOXA Documentary Film Festival starts up again in May, and with five theatres (Pacific Cinémathèque, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Rio Theatre, and Collingwood Cinema) and well over 70 films in its 2013 lineup, things are looking spectacular. Festival Programmer Dorothy Woodend [...]
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