Arts & Entertainment
Brock Arts
The GoLive club provides a stage for anyone looking to perform music
Photo By: Brock GoLive ClubThe GoLive club is the first of its kind, and it aims to connect people through music and provide a platform for anyone wanting to perform live. The resounding message of the club is that no experience is necessary to join, nor are the...
Meet the Brock Magic Club
Photo By: Brock University Magic ClubThe Brock Magic Club provides a place to teach and spark an interest in magic while fostering creativity in the art form. Anuja Marasinghe has been practicing magic for about five years and decided to start the club at Brock with...
Meet the Brock Photography Club
Photo By: Brock Photography ClubThe Brock Photography Club provides a space for anyone wanting to learn new things or improve their existing photography skills, despite currently only operating in an online capacity. “The main goal [is] to create a community of...
The Brock K-Pop Club offers a social space for all Korean culture enthusiasts
Photo By: Brock U K-Pop ClubThe North American interest in Korean culture has recently reached new heights, thanks to the likes of music acts like BTS and Netflix’s new hit series Squid Game. Now, for the first time ever, students who are interested in k-pop and...
Beyond Brock Arts
Remembering Freddie Mercury 30 years after his death
Photo By: Noah Naf from UnsplashNov. 24 marks the 30th anniversary of the untimely death of one of the greatest singers to have stepped on stage, Freddie Mercury. Known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen, Mercury is remembered for his lively and entertaining...
Winners from the 2021 Latin Grammys
Photo By: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.comThursday, Nov. 18 marked the 22nd annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas and featured some of the biggest names in Latin American music. The awards recognized the best musical performances released between June 1, 2020, and...
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing is an intimate story about race and identity
Photo By: Noah Nickel via Netflix*CONTENT WARNING: This article contains sensitive subject matter related to racism.* Passing is an intimate and sensitive story about race in 1920s New York with themes that are still relevant today. The film’s main theme is about...
Need some studying music? Here are five songs to make school work less of a drag
Photo By: Soundtrap from UnsplashLet’s face it, studying can be an absolute drag. Sitting alone focusing in silence for extended periods of time can get dull rather quickly. Sometimes you need the right kind of music to add some ambience and bring a little life into...
Music, Movies & TV
You’d think with a $200 million budget Red Notice would be good, you’d be wrong
Photo By: Noah Nickel via NetflixIf you’re looking for a film that digs deeper than lighthearted and silly, Red Notice is not the movie for you. With a star-studded cast of Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Red Notice set high expectations which...
Tick Tick…BOOM! is a mind-blowing movie musical
Photo By: Noah Nickel via NetflixTick Tick…BOOM! is a stunning film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical of the same name. Fans of musical theatre may be familiar with Larson as the composer of Rent. The film is stylized with a very 90s look, with...
Radiohead’s Kid Amnesiae is full of leftovers, but the accompanying virtual exhibition makes up for it
Photo By: Noah Nickel via Apple MusicRadiohead recently released the triple-disc production KID A AMNESIA in early November. Alongside it, a free interactive audio-visual exhibit available on PS5, macOS and Windows has been released to display the new music and it’s...
Cryptozoo is a hallucinogenic trip on-screen that fails to handle its many themes
Photo By: Noah Nickel via IMDBCryptozoo is a great example of just how much the medium of animation can allow artists to create. But unfortunately, it fails to reach the essence it aimed for. Cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw directs this hallucinogenic movie that...
