Reviews

<p>As the 2020 Emmy awards wrapped up, I noticed a little Canadian show somehow swept the comedy category. CBC’s Schitt’s Creek won the best comedy award, while Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy won all of the acting awards. Why this show? This show somehow stole America&#8217;s heart and is praised as the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s been two months since Cineplex re-opened their doors in New Brunswick due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s an eerie experience. I sat and gazed over a sea of empty seats. It was strange being by myself, but I realized this is a movie lover&#8217;s dream. No chatty Kathy’s, no screaming kids, just myself, a young [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of Atlantic Canada’s musical gems stopped by to pay Fredericton locals an awaited visit. Halifax-born Ria Mae took to the stage at the Delta Marriot Hotel on March 11 to host the second half of her Stars tour to promote her newest EP of the same name. She opened with her hit song “Clothes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Squeezing into a small basement like a ’70s game room, the four members of Fredericton rock band Heat $heets conduct a Wednesday evening rehearsal in preparation for the release party of their first EP. The band’s self-titled EP was released March 5 on local Fredericton label She Said Feck Records. During their release party on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Content warning: This story mentions murder. A family from Red Pheasant Cree First Nation discusses how systemic racism and injustice allowed the man who killed one of their own to walk free in Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard’s nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. The film originally debuted at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Correction: An earlier version of this story was published stating the tour ended at Wilmont United Church. It actually ended at the 1950s federal building on the corner of Queen and Regent Street. In addition, an earlier version of this article implied the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was built in the 1950s. It was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just over four years since the release of their first studio album The Grey, Fredericton rock-quartet Kill Chicago make every second their fans have waited for worth it with their stunning sophomore album The Fix. The band celebrated the release of the album on Nov. 8, with another memorable set at The Capital Complex alongside [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton’s Quinn Bonnell has grown immensely as an artist in the two years since his first release The Night EP. He has found a clearer identity in his writing and a more intriguing palette of sound in his first full-length album Wonder. Bonnell debuted his new record at The Capital Complex with a release show [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In an almost sold-out theatre on Nov. 12., Matt Mays walked out on the Playhouse Theatre stage dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and sat down at the piano, opening the evening with an acoustic rendition of “Howl at the Night.” Setting the stage with a calm demeanour is not the norm for this rock [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Disclaimer: The Aquinian does not endorse the word &#8220;n***o&#8221;. We decided to review this movie, despite its title, because we believe its content is important and can bring value to our readers.  Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers are the names of three of the biggest icons and leaders of the civil [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theatre St. Thomas’ latest production Concord Floral, which ran from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in St. Thomas University&#8217;s Black Box Theatre, has the terror horror movie junkies crave, but also the emotion not many horror movies provide. The play, written by Jordan Tannahill, is about the greenhouse, where the neighbourhood teens go to smoke, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ramen is a signature dish for any university student. When you&#8217;re broke and hungry, it’s cheap and easy to rip open a packet of Mr. Noodles and throw them into a pot of boiling water. But after eating at Tokyo Ramen, I don’t know if I can eat packaged noodles again.  Located at 502 Forrest [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When I entered the cinema to see Captain Marvel with my friend who had already seen it, he said “You’re gonna love this film, it has so much to say.” But when I left the movie, I felt like they definitely had lots to say – but they didn’t know how to say it, or at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Brydon Crain, Penelope Stevens and Adam Sipkema from the band Motherhood have reminded everyone they are the fun parent of Fredericton’s music scene with their fourth album Dear Bongo. The band reinvents their sound with each project they release. They&#8217;re a demonstration of how Fredericton’s arts community operates outside conventions. Crain, Motherhood’s guitarist and lead [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Within the depths of the Student Union Building, the Cellar Pub is a popular place for students to enjoy a meal, drink a pitcher and relax with friends. Established in 1994, the Cellar offers classic pub food like wings, burgers and fries. Their drink menu ranges from tap beer to mixed drinks and shooters. Their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mothers often see their children’s drawings as works of art that hang on the fridge. But Hungarian artist Anna Torma, took her children&#8217;s doodles to the next level by transforming them into art-ready pieces to hang on the walls of art galleries. While still in Hungary in the 1980s, Torma started to embroider her sons&#8217; designs [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Warning: Contains spoilers.  The choice between breakfast cereals, Sugar Puffs or Frosties, isn’t a life or death decision. But Netflix’s latest instalment of the dystopian TV show Black Mirror, titled Bandersnatch, may have viewers thinking long and hard about what to eat that day. The adaption of the Netflix series is one of the first episodes from their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton’s Tortue has come out of their shell and dropped a two-track EP titled Slither on Dec. 26, their first release in two years. The band has been dormant while frontman Aidan Bullock is studying to be an industrial control technician in Saint John at New Brunswick Community College and bassist Connor MacAulay takes his master’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Halloween might be over, but The Haunting of Hill House still has me spooked and confused. Netflix&#8217;s new horror series The Haunting of Hill House is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, a psychological horror queen in my opinion. Although different from the book, people have claimed the series [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Watching Crazy Rich Asians was like taking a breath of fresh air. Marking itself as the first predominantly Asian film in 25 years to be backed by a major movie studio, Crazy Rich Asians embraces its unique diversity, taking audiences on a fun and heartfelt journey through Singapore. Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is a Chinese-American woman [&hellip;]</p>