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Album Reviews
July 14, 2018Written by: Tiffany Chang and Neil MacAlister Liberation by Christina Aguilera After six long years, Christina Aguilera is finally back with her studio album Liberation. The powerhouse vocalist has always been known for producing solid music, and her new songs continue to exhibit her strong sense of authenticity as an artist. While her previous major project, Lotus (2012), mainly consists of extremely catchy numbers like “Let There Be Love,” Liberation is primarily comprised of slow-to-mid tempo tracks conveying meaningful messages, with some upbeat elements. When she released “Accelerate,” the first single of this album, featuring rappers Ty Dolla…
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Playland Nights is great for the adrenaline junkie, but not so great for the budgeting student
July 13, 2018Written by: Courtney Miller For $31 in advance, or $34 at the door, you can enjoy five hours of children-free fun at the Pacific National Exhibition’s Playland Nights events. Running from 7 p.m. until midnight on Fridays in July, if…
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Show versus Show: RuPaul’s Drag Race and Drag Race Thailand
July 10, 2018Written by: Winona Young Warning: this review contains spoilers for both shows! RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 10, 2018) RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) turns 10 and is back with finely orchestrated drama, bigger wigs, and even bigger personalities. RuPaul herself makes…
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is an intense sci-fi adventure thriller
July 8, 2018Written by: Jonathan Pabico If you want to take a break from superhero epics for a while, check out J. A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Bayona crafts a riveting sequel to Jurassic World that incorporates heart-pounding action and startling…
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The Moment is a beautifully written, heart-wrenching woman-loving-woman novel
July 4, 2018Written by: Courtney Miller Don’t let the cover fool you; if you’re expecting a cliché young adult romance, look elsewhere. The Moment is one book that I return to year after year because the way T. C. Anderson weaves words…
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At the Vogue Theatre
July 2, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu Ambience: A- The Vogue Theatre is one of those theatres that looks really comfortable and homely, like you’ve walked into a lecture hall you’ve been in a hundred times. Waiting in line for the venue to…
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Meghan Parker’s comic book thesis is informative and adorable
July 1, 2018Written by: Natasha Tar Meghan Parker, an SFU grad student, did something really cool when she created her thesis Art Teacher in Process: An Illustrated Exploration of Art, Education, and What Matters. She realized that writing about art wouldn’t work…
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Incredibles 2 makes for an incredible sequel
June 29, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera In 2004, Walt Disney Pictures released a superhero family film that had an impact on the animation world, but it wasn’t the characters’ abnormalities that garnered the film such astounding critical and commercial success. Rather, it…
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SFU authors’ spotlight
June 26, 2018By: Courtney Miller and Nuna Siyala With Malice by Eileen Cook (an SFU Writer’s Studio mentor) “Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad.” Without giving away too much, this sentence from Eileen Cook’s With Malice sets…
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Album versus Album: Katy Perry and Taylor Swift
June 25, 2018By: Muhammad-Ahad Ghani Witness by Katy Perry (2017) Katy Perry, who set the bar high with her album Prism (2013), fails to meet expectations with her latest album Witness (2017). Witness is not a terrible album overall — it does…
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