Review: Waves
Tiana MohebiTiana Mohebi is Broadcast and Online Journalism student at BCIT. Her areas of interest include world culture, music, and travel.
Film Review: ‘Parasite’ is a true cinematic masterwork
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho satirizes class warfare in his Cannes Film Festival-winning black comedy. ‘Parasite’ is set to sweep the Best Foreign Language Picture category in the upcoming awards season. Bong Joon-ho writes and directs his films similarly to how an architect blueprints a building—with devotion to structure and precision. Among film industry circles,…
The Revenant in Finland
The Link enlisted me back in September of 2015 to write about film and movies. Perhaps you remember my inaugural post about one of my favourite independent romantic comedies Ruby Sparks. Since then my contributions here have dipped further into the cultural realm with the occasional album review and now, circumstance has cast me as…
Review: Experimenter at VIFF
The Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped up last week after two weeks of showcasing over 375 films from 70 countries. I had a festival program riddled with highlights and stars next to films I wanted to check out, but due to my BCIT student schedule (I’m sure you can relate) I could only manage one.…
Review: The Martian
Ridley Scott’s newest sci-fi feature The Martian was released last weekend to much anticipation, and it had some big shoes to fill. Matt Damon plays astronaut Mark Whatney, the sixth crewmember of a manned research mission to Mars. During an unexpected storm on the red planet, the crew is forced to abort the mission in…
One week down…
Congratulations on finishing your first week of class (let the countdown to winter break begin). And what better way to celebrate finishing your first week than getting out for some fun, budget-friendly activities? So, finish up your homework, this is BCIT after all, you are very likely going to have homework, and check out this…
Home: A review
I don’t know who cried more, me or the dozens of toddlers sitting behind me. DreamWorks new animated comedy, Home, hits right where the heart is. The film tells the story of the alien Oh, voiced by Jim Parsons from the Big Bang Theory, and his friendship with a teenage girl played by Rihanna. The…
Out of Focus?
Will Smith’s new Romantic Comedy has plenty to laugh at, but not always in a good way
“The Interview” finally shows in Vancouver.
Rachel Fox, movie programmer at the independent Rio Theatre in Vancouver, wanted to book the The Interview for a run long before the hack on Sony Pictures and the brouhaha involving North Korea. In fact, right up until the week before Christmas, she thought they would be able to book the film. “Then,” she says,…
Movie Review: Annabelle
Loosely based on true events, Annabelle tells the story of a husband (Ward Horton) and wife (Annabelle Wallis) who add a special doll to their collection in time for the birth of their new child. They get a lot more than they bargained for, however, when the doll becomes possessed after the couple suffers an attempted…
VIFF Film Review: Class Enemy
A new German teacher takes over a class, and the current students are not too happy about his teaching methods. After only a few days with the new teacher, a tragic event occurs – a student commits suicide. As friends, family, and classmates cope with the death, fingers point to the new instructor, Robert,…
VIFF Review – Just Eat It
Why are we wasting time and energy producing food when almost half of it is thrown away?