Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

How to watch Game of Thrones, season two

By
Amy Anne Smith
Warning: slight to significant to severe spoilers ahead --- HBO is an island in a sea of bad television and the Game of Thrones series that was released last fall is a perfect example of why....
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Mass Effect 3, a fitting conclusion

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Richard Wong
Edmonton based developer Bioware follows up one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time with a blockbuster franchise finale in Mass Effect 3. The entire galaxy is at stake and the choices...
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Get off my Facebook, Grandma

By
Darcy Ropchan
EDMONTON (CUP) — People say you should respect and listen to your elders, as though old people are Yoda, dripping with wisdom that they should dispense every chance they get. That’s bullshit. Old people...
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Five movies people used to love, but now inexplicably hate

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Colin Gibbings
SASKATOON (CUP) Ever liked a movie that most people seem to hate? Everyone has at least one. Some have several. Ever hated a movie everyone else seems to love? Again, of course you do. Even Star...
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Worthy adaptation (Hunger Games double take!)

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Amy Anne Smith
For most, Katniss Everdeen needs no introduction. Suzanna Collins’s bestselling novel The Hunger Games has moved out of Scholastic Book orders and into the mainstream. People who haven’t read it have heard of it,...
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Let the games begin (Hunger Games double take!)

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Leah Hansen
If you’ve ever gone to see a movie based on a really good book, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the feeling. You’ll be sitting there, in the darkened theatre, just...
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Local boys bring blood, gore and laughs

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David Krause
Father’s Day is trash, but oh my god it is entertaining trash. Corny one-liners, awkward dialogue cuts and overuse of red gels don’t detract from any of the core fucked up enjoyability of the...