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Comedy Central’s Corporate is a hilarious show for a cynical world
March 20, 2018By: Aaron Richardson Comedy Central’s new show Corporate is a fantastically funny black comedy with a cynical take on the corporate world that awaits many of us on the other side of graduation. Although the show is comedic, it is far from happy. Like Black Mirror, Corporate is a show that brings the audience into a world that is unsettlingly believable. While Black Mirror is set in an imagined future, Corporate is very distinctly in the present . . . But in a present world that is so subtly twisted and surreal that the realities of everyday life…
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SFU Fashion Week returns for fifth season
March 19, 2018By: Alex Bloom SFU Fashion Week is a yearly event aimed at promoting the work of emerging designers. With the fifth year of event around the corner, I sat down with Dio Wong, the creative director of SFU Fashion Week,…
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New Music Friday
March 16, 2018By: Danielle Davie, Courtney Miller, Aritro Mukhopadhyay, and Natasha Tar [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/1oL28TM8oTDAdFVQR36Tu5?si=WIUznAE4SbqIA4s2v7sw7w[/embed] “Magic” – Sia Danielle Davie: This doesn’t do much for me. Aritro Mukhopadhyay: It’s kind of generic. Courtney Miller: “I’ve been waiting for a magic moment” for this whole song. Generally…
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Every Day shouldn’t be written off as just another teen romance movie
March 14, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Imagine waking up one morning to find that your distant, selfish boyfriend is suddenly affectionate, sensitive, and romantic: taking you to the beach for picnics, driving through sunny forests, and having intimate conversations about your family issues…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
March 13, 2018By: Zach Siddiqui Stuff We Like: Gossip Girl’s Glorious Return Spotted: our timeless non-judging breakfast club making it back to screens big and small. That’s right—Gossip Girl is back in town, after a long hiatus from Canadian Netflix. Gossip…
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Must-see events
March 12, 2018By: Alex Bloom Vancouver South African Film Festival This is a non-profit event, presented in partnership with SFU Woodward’s, and all proceeds go towards Education Without Borders. Taking place between March 23 and 25, the Vancouver South African Film Festival…
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JFL Northwest Film Festival premieres Canadian and international Comedies
March 11, 2018By: Alex Bloom Just for Laughs (JFL) Northwest’s Vancouver Film Festival recently came to a close on March 10. During the festival various short and feature length films were shown — for many it was their Canadian premiere. Here are…
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New Music Friday
March 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Edna Batengas, and Natasha Tar [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/2FeHQyrnnX3ij3xY2gameS?si=4BBsTpG-TEWzoNqnlwl0vA[/embed] “Tema” – Sarkodie Edna Batengas: Wow, I didn’t know that Sarkodie was still making music. Glad to see that he wasn’t just a one-hit wonder. I love him in “Tonga” Alex…
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Album Reviews
March 7, 2018By: Solomon Etuk, and Neil MacAlister Effected by Cozz Los Angeles rapper Cozz’s new album serves as further proof that just about every artist on J. Cole’s Dreamville label is putting out more interesting music than the label founder himself.…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
March 6, 2018By: Hannah Davis Stuff We Like: People who let us pet their dogs In my experience of approaching dog walkers to ask if you can give their pup some pats, there are two basic ways the person can react. The first…
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