Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Sanderson Centre box office in downtown. The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts is a pillar of the Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford school community. The centre is hot for orientation and graduation, yet how often…
Photo Contribution by Jeremy Vyn As we bid so long, farewell to 2022, it’s always fun to look back at the artistic heights reached by countless talents who gave their all to their devoted projects. I’d like to zone in…
At first glance, the movie Hustlers looks like a movie about strippers — and who would not want to see that? After just two weeks in theatres, the star-studded movie received an 88 per cent positive review from Rotten Tomatoes…
Call to adventure. Meeting the mentor. Road of trials. First Threshold. Ordeal. Second Threshold. Realization. Third Threshold. Showdown. Resolution and freedom to live: This is the most basic form of the hero’s journey, an archetype that is used in every…
With less than a week to go until the 87th Academy Awards, on February 22, the time is right to look critically at the eight films nominated for Best Picture of 2014. You have probably watched a couple of the…
American Sniper has come under a lot of fire lately (my comedy career hasn’t lifted off the ground yet). Whether it is making fun of the ridiculous baby, the hammy acting, the awkward pacing or outward obstruction of the source…
Carriages and horses filled the streets of Brantford last week as Murdoch Mysteries set up a shoot on Darling St. The shoot involved dressing up Laurier’s own Carnegie Building to look like a 1890s Toronto courthouse. The shooting took up…
Entering wormholes and black holes. Exploring new planets. Trying to return to loved ones. Searching for the meaning of love. Science. And space. Lots and lots of space. These are just some of the many topics and ideas that are…
It is now November, and that means here come the serious movies. Basically, either very slow, heavy dramas, or huge budget, polished marvels, like Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Interstellar. These are the movies that are ready to compete for awards season,…
What is Hollywood really? Is it the big brother that comforts us when we feel down and out, or is it the school bully, pointing out our flaws and magnifying them to a humorous degree? Personally, I see Hollywood as…
“The two most important days of your life is the day you were born, and the day you figure out why” – Mark Twain. Welcome to The Equalizer a new fresh kind of action movie, shedding the clichés that…
If you’re like me, a hard-core theatre buff that will go see anything that looks half decent, there’s a good chance you have not been to the theatre in over a month. As unfortunate as that is, there is just…
