Red Sparrow: Review

Red Sparrow weaves the tale of a ballerina turned Russian spy (Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games) who falls in love in with an American agent (Joel Edgerton, Bright) and considers becoming a double agent.  This film holds nothing back in showing how far Dominika, Lawrence’s character, will go to complete a mission as a Sparrow,…

Vancouver International Dance Festival 2018

Looking to tap your feet to a funky beat? Sip a drink with a creative crowd? Divulge in moving art with a human element? Look no further, as the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) is back from March 1 to March 24 2018! Internationally acclaimed artists and local favourites bring excitingly enriching performances and workshops all over the city! Link…

#MeToo

illustrations eda aktas The #MeToo movement unofficially began in October 2017 when actor Alyssa Milano tweeted: “If all women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me Too’ as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” Since then, we’ve seen an avalanche of sexual violence disclosures hit…

Netflix’s “3%”: Review

3% is Netflix’s first venture into a Portuguese-language original series, and the second non-English show to grace their platform. The dystopian series enters a future where there is a strict separation between elite (those on the Offshore) and those who live in poverty (on the Inland). Every year, all 20 year olds from the Inland…

The Post: Review

The Post is a film that places a spotlight on the journalists of the Washington Post and New York Times who published the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study on the United States involvement in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The historical drama follows the first female newspaper publisher, played by Meryl Streep, alongside her trusted…

Shape of Water: Review

My friend is a huge fan of Guillermo del Toro’s work, especially with the classic Pan’s Labyrinth. So she naturally had really high expectations. I just wanted to see a unique creepy film. Both of us left more than a little bit disappointed. If anything, we actually left laughing; shocked and amused by just how…