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Review: The Power of the Dog

Warning: this review contains mild spoilers for The Power of the Dog based only on trailers and promotional materials. Netflix’s The Power of the Dog is currently cleaning up award season. Winning the Golden Globe for best motion picture in the drama category and...

Nash 84 Journalism Conference

NASH 84, Canada’s largest student journalism conference, created by the Canadian University Press (CUP), took place over the weekend of Feb. 25-27. The three-day virtual event was hosted by Montréal’s The Concordian, Concordia University’s student publication and...

Creative Spotlight: Kurt McLeod

After nearly two decades of screenwriting, Kurt McLeod’s name is finally up in lights. At the end of last year, Copshop, a script McLeod’s been developing for over seven years, was finally made into a major motion picture. Growing up in St. Albert, McLeod always...

Review: The Matrix Resurrections

Warning: this review contains mild spoilers for The Matrix Resurrections based only on trailers and promotional materials, as well as spoilers for earlier films in the series. From AOL chat rooms to the general fear of Y2K, The Matrix was seminal in showcasing...

A welcomed return to the movies

Members of Metro Cinema and the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) are happy movie theatres are back in full swing. After nearly six months of being closed, Jun. 10, 2021, marked the day movie theatres could finally open again to the public in Alberta,...

​​The griff’s picks for 2021

From cramming for exams to finishing those last-minute assignments, it’s hard to catch every quality piece of media during the year. Luckily, there were a lot of great movies and TV shows in 2021 that deserve your time when things get less stressful. Not sure where...

Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Warning: this review contains mild spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home based only on trailers and promotional materials, as well as spoilers for earlier films in the series. ​​Spider-Man: No Way Home is a challenging movie to nail. As the first live-action...

No, movie theatres aren’t going anywhere

Members of Metro Cinema and the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) are confident that movie theatres and theatre culture are here to stay. As restrictions for in-person screenings were lifted on Jun. 10, 2021, movie theatres are back open to the public,...