The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived, yet photographs of what they look like underwater are exceedingly rare. This is partly because our oceans are so vast, but mainly because they are an endangered species. The BBC was so frustrated with having to make do with surface clips taken from boats that they funded a crew… View Post
If you had to explain the sounds of “The 6ix” to the rest of the world in just 10 songs, playing 7Sould’s music would be the way. HOME TO YOU, 7Sould’s debut album, released in late July, is currently tracking in the top 10 on the charts across Canada. While the album has a single thread with a specific sound from… View Post
Rent frock Repeat all started when founders, Lisa Delorme and Kristy Wieber were invited to a wedding one March. Neither wanted to spend the money or time on yet another dress that would be worn once, then subsequently tossed in the closet to collect dust and eventually be forgotten. The pair had seen an article about a US-based dress rental service… View Post
As Game of Thrones fans can tell you, one of the shocking revelations of the books is that we once ate sea lampreys, those jawless, suction-toothed horrors, and that they were considered among the very best things to eat. As history buffs can also tell you, the twist is that if those same lords and ladies of old were to… View Post
Once in a while a small film from far away comes along packing an unexpected punch. Such is In Order of Disappearance (dir. Hans Petter Moland) a Swedish film that falls with the Nordic Noir nomenclature. The genre is relatively new, and features minimalist films of a certain moody, mental and physical landscape and temperament. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy,… View Post
∼ Reviews by Anne Brodie Ben-Hur. We are fans of the 1959 epic retelling of Lew Wallace’ 1880 novel, starring the late NRA advocate Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur. Ben-Hur was the bestselling novel of its time the original silent film was the highest grossing film until that time, the 1959 was too. It was a massive undertaking by its… View Post