A bigger budget than the original can’t save Black Phone 2
The horror sequel aimed for slasher jump scares but served up cringe and cliché.
Category: Opinion
The PWHL is transforming dreams into a career path
Through affordable access and elite performance, the PWHL has solidified a professional path, turning a niche sport into a powerful economic and cultural force.
Trump’s ego on full display on his $1 coin
Trump is back at it with more norm breaking offenses.
Hosting the World Cup is a bad decision for Canada
The games provide little to no economic benefit with minimal upsides.
Miley Cyrus’s “Something Beautiful” signals a dip in artistic momentum
Being her latest album since 2023, fans have anticipated its arrival since Flowers peaked and won 2 Grammys.
When tipping stops feeling like gratitude
What was once a simple thank you now feels like a demand you can’t avoid.
Morgan Wallen’s new album ‘I’m The Problem’ falls flat
It’s his 4th and longest album ever released, filled with love-him or hate-him type of songs.
Ghost Mountain’s first mixtape in four years is a welcome return
After 4 years of silence Ghost Mountain returns to the Haunted Mound with a dark and emotional 12-track album.
The world’s going (to lose it’s) bananas, and no one’s noticing
The climate crisis has been put on the back burner politically in the wake of tariff threats.
A timeline of animator Makoto Shinkai’s best works, the greatest animator of his time
The first time I came across any media by Makoto Shinkai, it was spring of 2022 and my Japanese class was celebrating the beginning of the season with our quarterly anime watch party. We started it off by watching The Garden of Words and I was instantly in love with the beautiful animation. After that I made it my personal mission to watch as many of his movies as possible
RM’s Indigo is a lyrical masterpiece
The BTS member describes his internal struggles about his identity on his solo debut album
Incest… in anime?! Why?
Japanese anime is using incest as a trope to build plot and character, but also just to draw an audience.
Is Marvel going the right way?
A lot of fans are complaining that Marvel is trying too much to be politically correct in 2022. However, are those efforts the real problem?
‘Barbarian’ review: A clever, unpredictable caper
The solo directorial debut of Zach Cregger is unique, chilling, consistent, and one of the best horror movies released in 2022.
Post-pandemic travel might not be what you’re hoping for
As international travel resumes, airports in Canada and around the world are struggling to handle the soaring demand.
Let’s take a moment and appreciate how terrible Thor: Love and Thunder was
From inconsistent plot points, random and irrelevant villain origin stories, and an excessive amount of Guns n’ Roses songs, to giant goats screaming at the top of their lungs, Thor: Love and Thunder is a film you can love to hate.
The three faults of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and how Marvel could have solved them.
A spoiler-filled critique of Doctor strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All At Once is beautiful, bizarre, funny and meaningful
The indie film is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.
China is failing with their ”Zero-COVID Policy”
With the recent outbreak in Shanghai and Changchun, it has been increasingly difficult to implement COVID policies, all while public grievance towards the government increases.
Welcome to the country where being Islamophobic is accepted 
While France was voting for its next president, the Islamic community feared for its own future. 5.7 million Muslims liveContinue Reading
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