Monday, October 7, 2024

Priscilla leaves audiences all shook up

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It is a strange world that we are living in. Last year, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann released a film about Elvis Presley titled Elvis, starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll. The movie was a huge hit and earned eight Oscar nominations,...

Film Review: Green Knight (2021)

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The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, who is the nephew of King Arthur in medieval England. This movie is purely a fantasy film adapted from the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the renowned director David Lowery. On the eve...

Movie Review: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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Mandarin and the ten rings organization were some of the oldest villains that came to the Marvel universe. The Mandarin was introduced through the Iron Man movies but by the end of the third film of the franchise, the talk related to Mandarin had...

The Real Deal About The Beatles’ Now and Then There’s a hubbub about the Fab Four’s swan song, but are people aware of what’s going on?

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Fifty-three years after their breakup, the Beatles are still making headlines as one of the most famous musical groups in history. Sure, there have been album re-releases, compilation records, and live album remastering. There have been documentaries such as 1995’s The Beatles Anthology and Ron...

Poor Things is a darkly humorous, offbeat take on the human condition

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Satire films tend to vary in terms of their tone and content. Get Out is a Jordan Peele horror flick about race relations with a horror angle. Knives Out is a murder mystery that deconstructs the upper-class hierarchy. Parasite is a black comedy suspense drama...

Ferrari offers a fast-paced, tense character drama Michael Mann’s latest film with Adam Driver provides a compelling view at auto racing

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Adam Driver has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood. The charismatic, endearing actor shot to fame on the HBO series Girls in the early 2010s before nabbing the role of the dark yet conflicted Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren in the Star Wars...

Black History Month Film Festival

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The Faculty of Arts at UNB Saint John will be hosting a film series in partnership with PRUDE Inc. in support of Black History Month. Three movies will be shown during the month of February, starting at 4PM in Ganong Hall. Pressure (1976), directed by...

Wonka is a great visual fest of storytelling and pure imagination

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Many stories have been told and retold time after time. Sure, we have plays, books, songs, and television shows that are remade and reinterpreted. Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a popular children’s book from 1964. It received a film adaptation in 1971...

Eclectic, edgy and experimental: U2’s Zooropa at 30

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Dark, flippant, introspective, and anything but formulaic, this album is worth a closer look When it comes to popular music, there are a variety of things that come to mind. Several people embrace pop stars such as Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Usher, Beyonce...

Abandon – Meg Cabot

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Abandon ranks high amongst my reading list as one of my top three favourite trilogies. The entire series spans over a very short period but will seem to be drawn out. It hooks you and doesn’t let you leave until it is two in...