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Perfecting romance with time travel

About Time review

Steve Cayer, Senior Columnist

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f you like time travel and

semi-indie romantic comedies,
then you'll love Richard Curtis’
new movie About Time.

After making hit rom-
coms like Love Actually, Curtis
has decided to take a different
path in his latest movie with
Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel
McAdams, and Bill Nighy.

It’s the story of Tim
(Gleeson), an awkward redhead
with a family secret: the men
in his family can travel back in
time. Tim chooses to focus his
newfound power to try and find

risky move, but it works really
well.

When he meets Mary
(McAdams), he uses his time
travel ability to perfect their
encounters. Almost every time
he does something wrong, he
steps out of the room and goes
back in time to try again, this
time with suaveness.

But Tim quickly realizes that
time travel has its side effects—
as most things do.

Throughout the movie,
there are really funny moments
between Tim and Mary. The
chemistry and authenticity
between them is electric and
the script has fairly realistic
dialogue for a film involving
time travel.

It’s a wonderful little movie
that should now be on your
radar.

 

his soul mate. Yes, it’s a bit of a Bill Nighy and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time | Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures

 

‘Mass Effect’ maintains an audience from video
game to graphic novel

Mass Fffect: Redem tion beginning of Mass Effect 2. Yet

} the book explains enough for
fEViICW a less video game-inclined
individual to be able to read and
enjoy the series.

The art by Omar Francia,
who is best known for his work
; _ _ i i _ in Star Wars: Legacy, seemed
& Me \z Me Me | alittle cartoony at first when
compared to the cover art by
Daryl Mandryk. But this is soon
easily forgotten by the first few
pages, as Francia’s depictions of

Brittney MacDonald, Columnist

 

ass Effect: Redemption
takes readers into a

graphic novel version of the this very deeply futuristic, sci-fi
blockbuster video game series world hit their stride and show
with an exciting story set in his experience in this genre.

a rich universe of Mass Effect The only issue with this
characters and design. The book graphic novel is that with
will appeal to both fans of the games like Mass Effect, the

games and newcomers to the experience is too individualistic
series. to translate into a book. In the
Set two years prior to the game, the player chooses the
events that take place in the main character’s gender, name,
video game Mass Effect 2, the and abilities, which means the
book centres around Dr. Liara Commander Shepard of the
T’Soni as she searches for clues game will never match up with

to Commander Shepard’s the one that Liara hopes to find
disappearance. Working with in Mass Effect: Redemption. Still,

the corporation Cerberus, her the book's plot is engaging
mission is simple: retrieve enough to make a reader see

Commander Shepard’s body past that minor detail.

before the enemy alien race Mass Effect: Redemption is ,

called the Collectors gets to it. definitely recommended for any (|
Written by Mac Walters, sci-fi enthusiast—gamer or not.

Mass Effect: Redemption provides
a good picture of what occurs
between the end of the Mass
Effect video game and the

rnd illustration courtesy of Joel McCarthy