Reviews

<p>Have you ever had a waffle too crispy or just not thick enough? I have. I&#8217;m not a man who regularly eats waffles. In fact, I usually don&#8217;t even eat breakfast. But if I had a place like this near my home, breakfast would never be missed. Freddy&#8217;s Waffle Station is located in downtown Fredericton inside [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Frederictonians have been bombarded with snapshots of mouth-watering frozen treats ever since a new ice cream shop opened downtown last summer. For me, it had almost become painful when I saw the temptation that had not yet graced my taste buds.  So when the opportunity to review Fredericton’s Delish Gourmet Rolled Ice Cream came up, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If the words “time is just a construct” mean anything to you, the Netflix Original series Dark is a show that will make you think beyond the linear scale we call “time.” According to the show, time is forever stuck in a never-ending cycle. At least for the German town of Winden. People keep saying [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Let me just say this: Big Mouth is not for the faint-hearted, the queezy-stomached or the blushed-cheeks. It’s been on Netflix for several months now, so consider me a later bloomer, but it’s a show that is never going to not be relevant. Big Mouth is an animated comedy born from a supergroup of comedians, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Planet Earth II is the visually-stunning documentary series narrated by David Attenborough which explores how animals are able to survive in different environments. Broken up into six parts, each episode deals with different environments: islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands and cities. Easily, the best part about this BBC mini-series is the breathtaking cinematography. Every shot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton’s annual Frostival brought the prominent stylings of one of Canada’s hottest upcoming bands and one of its most seasoned artists to campus this past weekend. Toronto quintet July Talk, a unique balance of commercially successful hits and pure, powerful storytelling, was reunited with the folk-rock brilliance of Matt Mays for the first of two [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas Early English Society’s Lysistrata is a high-energy and raunchy comedy that sends audiences on a wild adventure from beginning to end. Based on the Greek comedy of the same name, director and adapter Liam Browne managed to successfully bring new life into this classic play and yet still manages to throw in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What I witnessed on the screen was not at all what I was hoping for, and what I felt afterwards was an emptiness which had failed to be filled. I sat in the theatre as the screen turned to black, the familiar music known to many started playing and the yellow text filled the screen. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Audiences were treated to a blend of humor, death and metatheatre over the weekend with Theatre St. Thomas’ rendition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. The tragicomedy, written by Tom Shoppard and directed by Ilkay Silk, follows the titular characters during the events of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as they try to make sense of their roles [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Normally The Aquinian avoids spoilers in its reviews, but in this story we will be doing an in-depth recap of the first season of Stranger Things, as well as a review of the first episode of season two. This article will not go any further than episode one. You have been warned. Spoilers start now. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Even before the two-hour play began you were listening to music that reminded you of being in a car on a road trip.  The dial changing halfway through some songs, to the news, to full songs, then back to that previous song.  Songs like “Life is a Highway” by Tom Cochrane or “End of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fresh off eight Emmy wins and 13 nominations, Hulu&#8217;s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale provides an outlook of a dystopian future shaped by excessive pollution and an intense patriarchy. The first season was released on April 26 on Hulu, and currently has 95 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The 10-episode season serves as an eye-opening [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We live in a weird time. There’s no other way to put it. The technological progression of humanity in the last 30 years has left us, as people, struggling to comprehend our new social identity. That’s where the show Black Mirror comes in. It explores subjects that most people won’t even stop to think about, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The lights dim, hands dig into popcorn and watchers settle into their seats. Pennywise the Dancing Clown is returning to Derry, and to the big screen, 27 years later. As a kid, you associate clowns with balloon animals, annoying carnival music and chalk white makeup. However, big red noses, disproportionately-large shoes and a singular floating [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University’s musical theatre class raised the bar in their production quality with this year’s show, Chicago. Entering the Black Box Theatre, you are transported to the world of a 1920s speakeasy vaudeville theatre. Tiny bistro tables covered in red velvet tablecloths graced with sparkling glasses of champagne were scattered in front of a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theatre UNB&#8217;s production of Better Living appears to be a comedy about a normal Torontonian family, but it turns out to be far more bizarre, yet not untrue to our times; the world can be a strange and scary place. Better Living is one of George F. Walker’s “East End” plays: A set of three [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Shivering Songs festival film screening of Secret Path on Jan. 19 was an emotionally riveting kickoff to the winter festival. The film shows 12 year-old Chanie Wenjack’s escape and trek along the railroad tracks from Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School near Kenora, Ont., to his home in Ogoki Post &#8211; a roughly 600-kilometre cold, lonely [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nasty Shadows theatre company steps back into the light, showcasing Nova Scotia playwright Daniel MacIvor’s In On It in a thought-provoking, challenging and intimate production. In On It has two plot lines that are revealed to the audience slowly, in a style which departs from a traditional linear structure and is reminiscent of Christopher Nolan’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Recreating a work of Shakespeare is always a challenge, especially when you change it to make it your own. The people of the St. Thomas Early English Drama Society took that risk and delivered a unique performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this rendition of the classic comedy, actors perform on a stripped-down stage [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story doesn’t feel unique enough to be a standalone Star Wars film, but the characters, lore, and locales are unique enough to glue movie-goers to their seats for a satisfying ride. Rogue One is a true testament to the research Disney has done into the Star Wars series, to produce [&hellip;]</p>