Archive
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Celebrating the Eternal Child: An Interview with Jung Dohee
Each year, OCAD University holds an exhibition for its graduating students called Grad Expo. The Grad Expo is set-up as a showcase of both undergraduate…
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Shadowhunters and the Hunt for the Demon of Profit
Book-to-movie adaptations have always been a natural indicator of a literary work’s popularity. When cinema was only beginning, black-and-white adaptations of Shakespeare’s work served as…
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4 Heroes. 4 Movies. 4 Mistakes. 4 Puns.
There have been four attempts to bring Marvel’s first family to life on the big screen. First in 1994, then 2005, 2007, and most recently…
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Say that Again? – The Trouble with Translation in the Speculative Genre
Tom Marvelo Riddle is a great anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”. In English, that is. I often get surprised looks from people when I…
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Doing What’s Right: A Review of Captain America – Civil War
“No. You move.” Captain America: Civil War needed to be a lot of things. As the introduction of both Black Panther and a new Spider-Man…
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Setting Sail: “Magonia” Book Review
Book spoilers ahead, beware! Described as Neil Gaiman’s Stardust meets John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Magonia tells the story of almost-sixteen-year-old Aza Ray…
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No Ghost, Just Shell
The speculative community has been nurturing a climate of social equity in the past few years. From the removal of statuettes depicting the openly racist…
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Broadening Cultural Horizons in Animation
Only recently has the movie industry begun to move away from making yet another adaptation of Shakespeare or a classical European fairytale such as “Cinderella”.…
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The Rise of Zombie Culture: Undead Politics in In the Flesh
With all the blood-spattered graphic t-shirts, movies, popular zombie TV shows (I’m looking at you, The Walking Dead), and the plethora of oncoming zombie apocalypse…
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