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By Matthew Parkinson

After watching John Carter, it’s difficult not to feel underwhelmed and disappointed. Here is a film that has been in on-and-off production since the 1930s, is based on a well-received novel, eventually was given a $250 million budget, and has the director of WALL-E and Finding Nemo at the helm. The resulting film is a… Continue reading Film review: John Carter

By Matthew Parkinson

Set in 1988, Ken Kwapis’s Big Miracle starts off with a basic premise (trapped whales), adds in a great deal of colourful characters all at each other’s throats, and tops it all off with the worst possible things happening at the worst possible moments. Here is a movie about rescuing animals that becomes far highly… Continue reading Film review: Big Miracle

By Julianne Yip

Genocide or miracle? Baby or stem cells? Life or death? The doors to the stem cell debate opened this week with a Pro-Life Club demonstration on campus Mon., March 19 and Tues., March 20 and the faculty of medicine student-organized stem cell symposium Fri., March 23. For many researchers, stem cells hold immense promise in… Continue reading Stem cell debate hits U of C campus