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War for the Planet of the Apes is heartfelt and moving
August 6, 2017By: Jonathan Pabico War for the Planet of the Apes is an outstanding achievement for Cloverfield director Matt Reeves. With a great start and a powerful finish, the film focuses on evolving its storytelling through profound commentary. The movie subverted my expectations, but in a good way. Reeves focuses less on brutal battles and more on creating a compelling story, which made its central theme of war more moving through the sense of loss experienced by human and ape characters. This theme of war is told well through sympathetic imagery, such as the aftermath of the film’s first…
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Stuff We Like
August 5, 2017By: Sera Akdogan Okja New on Netflix, Bong Joon-Ho's latest film Okja reveals the horror of the mass-meat industry in an eye-opening, artistic fashion. The film exposes corporate capitalism for what it really is and makes meat-eaters feel ashamed with…
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New Music Friday
August 4, 2017By: Edna Batengas, Sarah Kwan [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/0oKeWOiyKOaqaGa5YSgpmN[/embed] “A$AP Ferg” – NAV, Metro Boomin, Lil Uzi Vert Edna Batengas: Love this track, it has smooth vocals and a great beat. I'm becoming more and more of a NAV fan everyday. Honestly, I…
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Slime Rancher: sell poop for fun and profit
August 2, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra In this off-the-beaten-path game full of action, adventure, and strange but cute creatures, players take on the role of Beatrix LeBeau, the new owner of a ranch in an area of a distant planet known as…
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Album Reviews
August 2, 2017By: Neil MacAlister, and Eva Zhu Scum Fuck Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator (Officially just called Flower Boy) For years Tyler, The Creator hid behind a myriad of personalities, populating his first three albums with manifestations of his most…
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Spider-Man: Homecoming hits home run
August 1, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first joint Spider-Man film between Marvel and Sony, is the latest entry in the ever-growing Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Despite being the sixth live-action reimagining of the web crawler in fifteen years, Homecoming…
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Prey (2017) is an excellent addition to the immersive sim genre
July 31, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra Prey (2017) by Arkane Studios takes place on a space station in an alternate future . . . and is the only game that has made anyone afraid of coffee cups. The player takes…
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The Switch is a show that tells the stories of transgender people through humour
July 31, 2017Created by Amy Fox of Trembling Void Studios and Elizabeth Marston, The Switch is a show that seeks to represent transgender people in a way that isn’t shallow. Rather than appear as a convenient moral lesson in a show, as…
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New Music Friday
July 28, 2017[embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7vAmfW9vPmSCR80FzuyTBZ[/embed] “Kisela” – Vanessa Mdee, Mr. P Edna Batengas: I’ve been team Vee Money since like forever. Her voice is just something else, so pleasant to listen to, such smooth vocals. You go, girl, reppin’ East Africa! Never heard of…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
July 24, 2017By: Edna Batengas Things we like: Intersectional feminism Intersectional feminism is feminism that is inclusive of all issues and forms of discrimination that women face surrounding race, sexuality, LGBTQ+ issues, and disabilities. Not all women have the same privileges: think…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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