Arts
Album review: Tiger Talk
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Benedict Reiners Yukon Blonde’s acclaimed sound has jetpacked them across the border, and they’ve stopped only to fuel up on new tracks Tiger Talk won’t contain any major surprises for those who have listened to the band’s previous work, but sometimes building on what you know is a better choice than starting something new, and Yukon Blonde’s more...
Album review: Said the Whale – Little Mountain
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Benedict Reiners Said the Whale branches out from their original sound while remaining true to the Vancouver zeitgeist Following in the footsteps of Dan Mangan, another B.C. actgaining international recognition, Said the Whale will be performing at the Sasquatch Music Festival this year. This comes after the release of their new album, Little Mountain, last more...
Peak pick: tacos
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Kelly Thoreson There’s more to life than Taco Bell — follow this Peak guide and your stomach to greener pastures You live on the Wet Coast. It is cold, and it is wet — all the time. Summer is coming, but not soon enough. Instead of getting your heat from the sun, why not grab some Mexican cuisine to turn the temperature up? Tacos are cheap, quick to more...
Iranian cinema finding success under tyranny
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By Gustavo Destro Strict censorship laws have not quashed the fighting spirit of Iranian cinema and filmmakers Iran has been making headlines every day for the wrong reasons as far as recent memory goes. Nuclear ambitions and a potential war are painting the Persian nation in a bad light, but two weeks ago, Iran had some good international attention for a more...
Movie review: John Carter
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Katie Mulligan Even after five years and $250 million of development, the story of John Carter falls short of expectations John Carter may be rated PG-13, but there is no lack of action and bloodshed, amplified by special effects and 3D glasses. Adapted by Disney from the 1912 novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the movie takes place just after the more...
SFU grad-directed documentary released
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Ljudmila Petrovic Footage of the eider duck and Nunavut’s Sanikiluaq community in it spans over seven winters A Ph.D project to create an underwater camera system to view the eider duck diving below sea ice was the inspiration for SFU grad student Joel Heath’s award-winning documentary People of a Feather. Evan Warner and Jocelyne Chaput, both graduates from more...
Bruno Mars: not quite the hopeless romantic
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By Denise Wong Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records Think twice about making that Bruno Mars cover video for your special someone — here’s what you’d be saying Bruno Mars is the singer-songwriter behind the hit single, “Just the Way You Are”, a sweet song about how his lover is perfect the way she is and doesn’t need to change a thing. Ask the average pop more...
Theatre review: Ignorance
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By Esther Tung Photos by Jason Tsang You may not have found the meaning of life, but Ignorance gives you all the right questions to ask Bliss became elusive once our prefrontal cortexes outgrew ignorance. We spend our lives in search of happiness, but are prohibited by evolutionary design from stopping to smell the roses for too long. What is the meaning of life more...
Erotica: the stripped-down history
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By Jaymin Prouix (Interrobang) Tracing erotic literature through the times, from the outwardly prudish Victorian era to Anne Rice LONDON (CUP) — Sex is often moved ‘underground’ and quietly spoken of. It’s naughty and R-rated and borders on what’s acceptable to share and what’s embarrassingly not. Karene Howie and her partner Geoff Haselhurst, both more...
Game review: Resident Evil: Revelations
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By Edward Mah Well-made overall, with its biggest downfall being the limiting atmosphere factor of the Nintendo DS There’s been a flood of zombie media lately, such as Walking Dead, World War Z, and Dead Rising, that have spawned and devoured pop culture. Resident Evil is more of an alpha zombie that’s infected the hordes to come. As the recent title Resident more...
