I know it’s only March, but this may just be my favourite movie of the year…so far. Certainly, Project Hail Mary, the latest from directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie), is among the funniest and most thrilling movies audiences will see this year, but also one of the most heartfelt.

Based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary tells the story of elementary school science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), who…

There are three qualities survival thrillers usually have in common.

One: contact with the outside world must be impossible. Civilization is hundreds of miles away. There’s no cell reception, and no fellow humans walk the land– unless they’re the malicious kind.

Two: the natural elements must be overbearingly harsh. Savage beasts roam the woods. Wind, rain, heat, or snow pummel the protagonist into a semi-lifeless state. And three: the survivor has to be crafty and clever – really clever –…

Hockey is peaking in popularity right now. Even people that don’t regularly follow a team or go to games are showing interest in the sport. From the Winter Olympics to Heated Rivalry, it’s buzzing. It’s not always the most graceful display of athleticism as violence is built into its DNA. But it’s produced some of the world’s best-known players, from Wayne Gretzky to Sidney Crosby (both Canadian, by the way). So, it seems like an excellent time to reimagine a…

Coined more than half a century ago by Donald Horton and Richard Wohl to describe the then novel relationship between fans and the TV stars they followed and, in some cases, worshipped like minor deities, “parasocial interactions” (PSI) fell back into favour with the advent of the Internet, social media, and celebrities. Initially neutral as a descriptor, it’s come to suggest an emotionally and mentally unhealthy, one-sided, illusory relationship (fan to celebrity, but not back again).

It’s also a semi-perfect…