Partners for Mental Health Presents: TWLOHA Screening & Panel!

{Source} Mental health awareness is something I have been passionate about for almost 4 years. It started when I saw close friends suffer from depression and anxiety, and I felt helpless since I did not know how to rightfully approach their situation. It’s so easy to feel like your words of comfort and support are…

Review: Paper Towns The Movie

(Original Image) John Green’s third book, and number five on the New York Times bestseller list at debut, Paper Towns, premiered last night at a special event across the globe known as Night On The Towns. Along with the movie premier, a special live stream Q&A session with John Green and cast members was broadcasted…

Youth Week: It’s Kind of a Funny Story Movie Screening – May 3

How many of you know individuals who have quietly battled through a mental illness? How many of those individuals are yourselves? Having a mental illness can be as detrimental to your health just as much as a physical illness can. Your mental health is important and it’s about time the stigma around your unhealthy organ (aka your…

Dracula Untold movie review

Recently, I watched the movie Dracula Untold. While I was very excited to go watch the movie because of its interesting storyline, it was very disappointing because of its lack of emotion, no twist, and overall its inability to make you want to continue to watch the movie. Imagine watching a movie in which the events…

Mockingjay Part 1 review

Maybe I’m just a nerd when it comes to young-adult books and their movie adaptations, but before its release, I was keeping a close eye on the days left until The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 was coming to theatres. I mean, really, it’s hard not to be in love with Katniss and her adventures. In the…

Guardians of the Galaxy movie review

Guardians of the Galaxy is directed by James Gunn, and it starts Chris Patt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Batista and Vin Diesel. In the movie, Peter Quinn finds himself part of a bounty hunt after stealing an orb wanted by Ronan, a bounty hunter with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To survive, he joins Rocket, a tech…

Movie Review: Lucy

Summary: Lucy is an action/fantasy movie about a 25-year-old student who eventually gains the ability to access 100 per cent of her cerebral capacity. This movie brings back an old theory: the theory that humans can only access 10 per cent of their brain’s capacity at a time. Although it seems genuine, this hypothesis has…