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JUNE 26, 2023 NO HARD FEELINGS: A COMEDIC CRITIQUE OF MODERN LOVE

JUNE 24, 2023 ELEMENTAL: PIXAR’S FIERY EXPLORATION OF DESTINY AND LOVE

JUNE 20, 2023 THE FLASH CASHES IN ON THE LUCRATIVE APPEAL OF THE MULTIVERSE

JUNE 12, 2023 THE GREAT IS A CLEVER SATIRE ON POWER AND RUSSIAN HISTORY

JUNE 05, 2023 JURY DUTY: COURTROOM COMEDY MEETS REALITY TELEVISION

MAY 30, 2023  FAST X: A FAMILY REUNION ON STEROIDS

MAY 25, 2023 TINA TURNER: AN ODE TO THE QUEEN OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

MAY 19, 2023 GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT: AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE AFGHANISTAN TRAGEDY

MAY 15, 2023 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: MARVEL’S SPACE SAGA SUFFERS GALACTIC FATIGUE

MAY 08, 2023 NEFARIOUS: A THEOLOGICAL THRILLER SHORT ON NUANCE

MAY 05, 2023 WORLD WAR II FILM SISU IS A POIGNANT CRITIQUE OF OPPRESSIVE REGIMES

MAY 03, 2023 RENFIELD: A DISSONANT SYMPHONY OF HORROR AND COMEDY

APRIL 27, 2023 BEEF: A DARKLY COMEDIC FEAST OF VENGEANCE AND VULNERABILITY

APRIL 25, 2023 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES BALANCES WIT AND CHARM

APRIL 21, 2023 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 IS AN EXHILARATING BALLET OF BULLETS AND OPULENCE

January 6, 2023 JACK RYAN SEASON THREE TAKES ON RUSSIA AND NATO

January 2, 2023 GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY IS A CLUMSY, POLITICIZED SEQUEL

December 21, 2022 VIOLENT NIGHT OFFERS HEARTFELT SEASON’S BEATINGS — IS IT A NEW HOLIDAY CLASSIC?

December 19, 2022 AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER HIDES A BLAND STORY BENEATH GROUNDBREAKING VISUALS

September 26, 2022 DON’T WORRY DARLING IS AN ENTERTAINING THRILLER WITHOUT MUCH TO SAY

August 24, 2022 VENGEANCE SATIRIZES HOW NEW YORKER WRITERS UNDERSTAND RURAL AMERICA

August 17, 2022 PREY DELIVERS A COMPELLING FEMALE LEAD

August 10, 2022 BULLET TRAIN: A SLICK HOMAGE TO GUY RITCHIE FROM THE CREATOR OF JOHN WICK

July 28, 2022 JORDAN PEELE’S ‘NOPE’ IS HAMPERED BY ITS OWN AMBITION

July 22, 2022 THE BOYS CONTINUES TO MOCK EVERYTHING

July 16, 2022 THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER DOESN’T TAKE ITSELF SERIOUSLY

July 3, 2022 ELVIS IS A SEPCTACLE

June 22, 2022 REVIEW: LIGHTYEAR

June 17, 2022 ON KATE BUSH: THE NEXT BIG THING IS A SONG FROM 1985

June 15, 2022 REVIEW: EVEN NOSTALGIA CAN’T SAVE JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION

June 9, 2022 NOTHING SPECIAL IS A FITTING FAREWELL TO NORM MACDONALD

June 1, 2022 REVIEW: MEN MISTRUSTS ITS VIEWERS ALMOST AS MUCH AS ITS SUBJECT

May 24, 2022 WHAT THE IPOD MEANT TO MILLENNIALS

May 15, 2022 REVIEW: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS IS AN ALMOST-ENJOYABLE MESS

May 9, 2022 REVIEW: THE NORTHMAN IS WEIRD. THAT’S A GOOD THING

May 5, 2022 REVIEW: AMBULANCE IS TWO HOURS OF HECTIC MICHAEL BAY MAYHEM

May 1, 2022 REVIEW: LIKE AN ’80S ACTION FILM, REACHER IS NO-FRILLS FUN

April 19, 2022 WEST SIDE STORY REMINDS US OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S BRILLIANCE

February 22, 2022 IS IT TIME TO RECONSIDER BUYING CDS?

February 1, 2022 REVIEW: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH IS A VISUAL MASTERPIECE

January 24, 2022 REVIEW: ETERNALS SCRAPES THE BOTTOM OF THE DISNEY BARREL

January 19, 2022 REVIEW: MATRIX RESURRECTONS IS AN AIMLESS, FORGETTABLE SEQUEL

January 11, 2022 WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT JK ROWLING?

January 03, 2022 WHY DO WE STILL CHERISH THE BEATLES

December 21, 2021 HOW TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST

November 10, 2021 NO, WE SHOULDN’T CANCEL CLASSIC ROCK

November 1, 2021 CHAPPELLE VS. GADSBY: COMEDIANS DON’T BELONG TO YOUR TRIBE

October 13, 2021 INTERVIEW: TALKING MUSIC WITH RICK BEATO

October 4, 2021 SEINFELD: THE SITCOM THAT DEFINED THE ’90s

September 29, 2021 INTERVIEW: SERJ TANKIAN IS MAKING THE ART HE WANTS

September 22, 2021 REVIEW: CRY MACHO, CLINT EASTWOOD ISN’T RETIRING YET

September 20, 2021 ON ROLLING STONE’S ‘500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME,’ GOOD POLITICS MAKES GOOD MUSIC

September 15, 2021 NORM MACDONALD (1959-2021) THE COMEDIAN WHO COULDN’T BE IMMITATED 

September 13, 2021 REVIEW: MARVEL ALMOST LETS SHANG-CHI SHINE

August 24, 2021 REVIEW: FREE GUY BLENDS SLAPSTICK COMEDY WITH PHILOSOPHY, AND IT WORKS

August 23, 2021 REVIEW: THE VIEWING BOOTH, MORE PROPAGANDA THAN DOCUMENTARY

August 15, 2021 HOW KANYE WEST STAYED A CULTURAL ICON FOR TWO DECADES

July 29, 2021 REVIEW: ROADRUNNER, A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN

July 20, 2021 REVIEW: BLACK WIDOW

July 13, 2021 REVIEW: THE TOMORROW WAR

July 8, 2021 REVIEW: A QUIET PLACE PART II

July 2, 2021 THE INDEPENDENCE DAY BLUES

June 29, 2021 JONI MITCHELL’S BLUE RESONATES 50 YEARS LATER

April 20, 2021 REVIEW: HBO’S TINA TURNER DOCUMENTARY 

April 13, 2021 REVIEW: JORDAN PETERSON’S BEYOND ORDER

March 22, 2021 REVIEW: ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE

March 16, 2021 REVIEW: COMING 2 AMERICA

March 8, 2021 HOW NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS AND BLOCKCHAIN ARE CHANGING THE ART AND MUSIC WORLDS

March 3, 2021 BORN IN THE RADICAL CHIC

February 23, 2021 DOGECOIN THE LATEST VIRAL CRYPTOCURRENCY

February 18, 2021 INSIDE THE PRIVACY BATTLE RAGING BETWEEN APPLE AND FACEBOOK

February 15, 2021 THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2021

February 5, 2021 THE FUTURE OF PARLER AND THE GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN TECH

January 29, 2021 WHATSAPP, SIGNAL, AND THE PRIVACY WARS

January 19, 2021 BIDEN’S INAUGURATION: THE RETURN OF THE A-LIST STARS

January 18, 2021 REVIEW: RUN HIDE FIGHT

January 7, 2021 ‘WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN’ OF LAZY POLITICAL SONGS?

December 31, 2020 REVIEW: PIXAR’S SOUL REMINDS US TO LIVE

December 27, 2020 REVIEW: WONDER WOMAN 1984

December 20, 2020 THE CRITICS WERE WRONG: THE BEST FILMS HATED BY CIRITCS BUT LOVED BY AUDIENCES

December 16, 2020 THE DEFINITIVE HOLIDAY PLAYLIST

December 6, 2020 REVIEW: ‘FATMAN’ IS THE CHRISTMAS MOVIE FOR 2020

December 1, 2020 POWER UP: THE MAGIC OF AC/DC

November 27, 2020 VAN MORRISON, ERIC CLAPTON PROTEST GOVERNMENT LOCKDOWNS IN NEW SINGLE

November 24, 2020 PARLER AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA TITANS OF SILICON VALLEY

November 9, 2020 ROCK BAND ‘SYSTEM OF A DOWN’ PUTS ASIDE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS ON TRUMP, REUNITES FOR NEW MUSIC

November 2, 2020 WHAT LATE NIGHT COMEDY CAN LEARN FROM SOUTH PARK

October 26, 2020 REVIEW: BORAT SEQUEL IS LAZY, UNORIGINAL, & OBSESSED WITH TRUMP

October 20, 2020 STEVIE WONDER’S RETURN TO MUSIC… AND HOW NOT TO WRITE A PROTEST SONG

October 17, 2020 A PRIMER ON AZERBAIJAN’S MILITARY INCURSION ON ARMENIA

October 8, 2020 EDDIE VAN HALEN: FAREWELL TO A ROCK & ROLL GREAT & TRUE AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY

October 5, 2020 GREAT CLASSIC ROCK SONGS WITH CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL MESSAGES

October 1, 2020 HBO MAX AND THE ERA OF DIGITAL BOOK BURNING

September 30, 2020  THE PROBLEM WITH ROLLING STONE’S REVAMPED LIST OF ‘500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME’

September 24, 2020 REVIEW: GOODFELLAS 30 YEARS LATER

September 23, 2020 REVIEW: MULAN

March 29, 2020 BOB DYLAN RELEASES NEW SONG, “MURDER MOST FOUL,” FOR THE QUARANTINE BLUES

March 21, 2020 ORDINARY MAN: OZZY OSBOURNE’S FAREWELL

March 7, 2020 REVIEW: PARASITE

December 28, 2019 REVIEW: STAR WARS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

December 8, 2019 THE ROLLING STONES’ ‘LET IT BLEED,’ ALTAMONT, AND THE END OF THE 1960S

October 20, 2019 HOW TO GET CRACKIN’ AS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT AT UOFT

October 13, 2019 UNCOVERING AZERBAIJAN’S COVERT CAMPAIGN OF CULTURAL CLEANSING AGAINST ARMENIA

September 7, 2019 CANCEL CULTURE COMES FOR CHICKEN SANDWICHES 

August 9, 2019 REVIEW: BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, THE ROLLING STONES

August 7, 2019 REVIEW: THE ROLLING STONES, NO. 2

August 4, 2019 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE ROLLING STONES

July 21, 2019 SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN’S RESERVATIONS ABOUT PRO-ISRAEL REPUBLICANS

May 30, 2019 GRETA VAN FLEET: YOUR TIME MACHINE TO 1970

May 29, 2019 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘BORN IN THE U.S.A.’ TURNS 35

January 12, 2019 ELLEN DEGENERES SHOULD HOST THE OSCARS THIS YEAR

January 5, 2019 DON’T LISTEN TO THE MEDIA: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A STRONG 2018

December 29, 2018 THE INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY OF ‘I’M JUST CRITICIZING ISRAEL’

December 25, 2018 IT’S ALMOST THE NEW YEAR AND I STILL HAVE SO MUCH KWANZAA SHOPPING TO DO

December 2, 2018 IN DEFENCE OF DOUG FORD FREEZING THE MINIMUM WAGE

November 26, 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW 2018

October 27, 2018 UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION OFFERS FREE BURGERS FOR PETITION SIGNATURES AGAINST CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT POLICY

October 7, 2018 CHARLES AZNAVOUR: 1924 – 2018

August 28, 2018 REMEMBERING JEWISH ALLIES AS ISRAEL INCHES CLOSER TO OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

August 25, 2018 THE F!ROSH SURVIVAL GUIDE TO ENGINEERING

June 3, 2018 REVIEW: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

May 29, 2018 TRUMP’S ISRAEL POLICIES COMPARED TO THE LAST 12 PRESIDENTS

May 5, 2018 ARMENIA’S VELVET REVOLUTION

January 19, 2018 ON AZIZ ANSARI’S MISADVENTURES

December 23, 2017 AFTER JERUSALEM, DONALD TRUMP SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

December 16, 2017 REVIEW STAR WARS THE LAST JEDI

December 10, 2017 MASKED MEN FIREBOMB SYNAGOGUE IN SWEDEN, LATEST IN A STRING OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS ACROSS EUROPE 

November 27, 2017 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NET NEUTRALITY DEBATE

November 10, 2017 ISRAELI’S INSTAGRAM SPAMMED WITH VITRIOL, THEN SUSPENDED

October 24, 2017 PALESTINIANS BUILD MONUMENT TO SADDAM HUSSEIN

July 6, 2017 THE CANADIAN FREEDOM SUMMMIT, SUMMED UP

June 11, 2017 REVIEW: Wonder Woman

June 6, 2017 REVIEW: Snatched

June 4, 2017 Economists HATE This. Eliminate Poverty With This One Weird Trick: The $9000 Minimum Wage!

May 29, 2017 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEEP STATE

May 11, 2017 REVIEW: THE PROMISE: A Powerful, Memorable Film

March 5, 2017 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. QUICK, ELECT A REPUBLICAN!

February 21, 2017 ‘LAWS RESTRICTING FREE SPEECH’ ARE OUR STRENGTH

February 17, 2017 REBUTTAL TO UTORONTO STUDENT NEWSPAPER’S DEFENSE OF SUPPRESSING FREE SPEECH

February 9, 2017 BACK IN THE USSR. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE, BOY

January 30, 2017 POLITICIANS, STOP HIDING BEHIND HUMAN SHIELDS

January 16, 2017 BARACK OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY OF APPEASEMENT AND BROKEN PROMISE TO THE ARMENIANS

January 9, 2017 A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF RACE RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA

January 1, 2017 HERE ARE 5 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS THAT LEFTISTS SHOULD LIVE BY IN 2017

December 30, 2016 OBAMA’S ‘PRO-ISRAEL’ PRESIDENCY IS FAKE NEWS

December 19, 2016 REVIEW: ‘ROGUE ONE’ 

December 1, 2016 STUDENT GROUP BLOCKS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROPOSAL

November 26, 2016 TRUDEAU PRAISES MASS MURDERING COMMUNIST DICTATOR CASTRO

September 3, 2016 A FAREWELL TO STEPHEN HARPER

August 23, 2016 REVIEW: WAR DOGS

August 21, 2016 REVIEW: ‘SAUSAGE PARTY’ RAUNCHY, IRREVERENT, LAZY BUT AT TIMES HILARIOUS

August 17, 2016 DOES THE GREEN PARTY BELIEVE ISRAEL CREATED GLOBAL WARMING?

August 9, 2016 REVIEW: ‘SUICIDE SQUAD’ SHOWS US THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE

August 5, 2016 WHEN WILL DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DISAVOW THEIR RADICAL SUPPORTERS?

August 3, 2016 REVIEW: JASON BOURNE

July 28, 2016 TWITTER INDIGNANT OVER ISRAELI ‘WONDER WOMAN’

May 9, 2016 REVIEW: ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR’

January 7, 2015 HOW MUCH TIME DOES THE WALLET HAVE LEFT?

January 3, 2015 SHOULD APPLY BUY TESLA?