Weighing the fine line of true crime TV
Alexandria Smith, Contributor There is a chance you have either seen or heard of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. If not, you are an outlier among the 12.3 million viewers who...
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Euphoria: A Lacklustre Finale to a Shining Season
By Emme Larkins, Staff Writer As controversial as the topics the show disturbingly and delightfully details, the finale of Euphoria’s second season did not live up to the brilliant work of the previous seven episodes....
Calgary govt plans to privatize Calgary Film Centre
by Riggs Zyrille Vergara, Publishing Editor Last May, the City of Calgary started the process of selling the Calgary Film Centre Ltd (CFCL) to a private entity and plans to complete the sale by the...
Whiteness still dominates the LGBTQ+ representation in film and TV
By Riggs Zyrille Vergara, Publishing Editor From the crazed holiday lesbian rom-com Happiest Season starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis to the two new seasons of the world-renowned Rupaul’s Drag Race airing at the...
Season 3 of Riverdale is exactly what the teen melodrama needed
By Colin Macgillivray, Arts Editor One year ago, I felt it was my duty as a troubadour of good television to dismantle the “it’s so bad, it’s good” narrative that surrounded Netflix’s hit show,...
Todd’s Nods: Summer Lovin’
April showers bring May flowers. In sports nothing could be more true. April is often the month where sports fans are subjected to “the sink or swim” mentality of making the playoffs. ...
Fred Penner delights MRU’s young-at-heart
Famed children’s entertainer jams at The Hub Rachael Frey News Editor The nostalgia was so thick when Fred Penner played The Hub on March 16, you could almost taste it in the...
The sport of poker
A 5-card stud plays Texas Hold-em Alex Kubinski Contributor Daytime and late at night — that’s it. It’s the only time sports channels show poker on television. I was...
Calgary Herald: During a difficult week, four MRU students shone
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=bb33fcd8-27cf-45a1-8e5c-f79b6cdde642 For many observers, last week must have seemed like a rough week for Mount Royal University, and in particular, the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University. After all, the story — in print,...
Todd’s Nods: Reality Bites
Prediction: It is the year 2050. Picture the NBA in its 11th season since becoming a basic cable reality television show. Instead of receiving rings every year, the NBA champions now pick out rings...
