No Rating When I first began writing this column, I faced the issue of compiling a formula in which I’d be able to award films a score out of four. Films that elicit a perfect score are in no way perfect. Instead, movies that are worth watching – films that […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Amanda Beaton of The Next Step
A driven young woman with a passion for life Everyone hopes to find something they really love and then find a way to make a living out of it. In an interview with University of Guelph student and actress Amanda Beaton of The Next Step, Beaton revealed that dreams can […]
Juno-Nominated Musician Jordan Raycroft
U of G graduate moving forward with music Music fans in Guelph who haven’t already heard of Juno nominee Jordan Raycroft should be sure to check out his new self-titled album. Drawing inspiration from personal experience and his time as a student at the University of Guelph, the tracks […]
A to Zavitz
The Lamp & the Laboratory From Feb. 24 to 28, Zavitz Gallery exhibited a solo show by Sam de Lange, titled The Lamp & the Laboratory. The show contained four separate pieces, which, as de Lange described, are “part of an ongoing investigation of the ecologies of photography.” In simpler […]
Curtain Call Productions’ The Drowsy Chaperone
A musical, a wedding, and a surprising amount of vodka The University of Guelph’s own Curtain Call Productions has done it again, successfully staging the hilarious comedy-musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. The show is a newer musical, having hit Broadway in early 2006, which parodies the traditional American musical comedy of […]
The Weekly Review: The Lego Movie
4 Studded-Bricks out of 4 The question audiences should ask about The Lego Movie isn’t “What is the movie about?” as much as “How would anyone produce a coherent story about a Danish building block play-set?” Choosing to answer this question with the literary panache and visual flair they’re known […]
The Overview: Once Upon A Time
Magic is coming I remember the day ABC’s Once Upon A Time was recommended to me. I was sitting in McLaughlin library with group members, working on a presentation that was due the following day. As with most group work, course material soon dissolved as the topic of conversation, and […]
Alexandra Beaton of The Next Step
A driven young woman with a passion for life Everyone hopes to find something they really love and then find a way to make a living out of it. In an interview with University of Guelph student and actress Alexandra Beaton of The Next Step, Beaton revealed that dreams can […]
Arts Supplement
Poetry by Eddie Morin Service Fee Reality is an ATM receipt, Crumpled and thrown away. The freedom of the recycling bin, Ambition in the disposable age. Back to School Sales I think and think and think and think Until I finally get sent to bed. And sorry Mom, It’s not […]
The Weekly Scene: 3 Days to Kill
1 stunningly-flawed-disaster out of 4 Set against a backdrop of a warm and welcoming Paris, director McG’s latest arthouse-thriller mashup is a disaster of a movie that attempts to tell four stories, spectacularly failing at all of them. Lacking in depth, emotion, and self-awareness, Luc Besson and Adi Hasak’s script […]
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