CINEMA | Han Shoots Last – Going 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

"You have a talent for sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong."

It feels like Lucasfilm severely over estimated just how much audiences cared how Star Wars rogue got his name, met Chewbacca and Lando, or acquired the Millennium Falcon. Solo: A Star Wars Story, the latest galactic non-"Episode", anthology film directed by journeyman filmmaker Ron Howard after taking over the troubled production from original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (credited as executive producers), is often a fun and dazzling origin prequel adventure sunk by its adherence to needlessly explaining already well-known characters and servicing fans.

GENRE | 'Hereditary' Terrorizes Toni Collette x Rupture

The less said about Hereditary, filmmaker Ari Aster's feature-length film debut, the better. Aster's supernatural-tinged thriller about family secrets is methodically constructed to maximize suspense with a pervasive sense of eerie creepiness throughout.

WANDER | Douglas Coupland x 'Vortex' x Vancouver Aquarium

"Blog the sh*t out of this!"

Stanley Park—(May 15, 2018) Eclectic local artist Douglas Coupland and Ocean Wise unveiled their joint "plastic wise" art exhibition entitled Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium. The new attraction hopes to raise awareness and provoke thought over the sustainability of our oceans through visuals exploring human relationships with single-use plastic items.

CINEMA | Ryan Reynolds Knocks 'Deadpool 2' Out

"Kiss me like you miss me."

Take a listen to Episode 169 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) for our deep dive audio review of Deadpool 2 and hear us chat about the latest in movies with regular host Scott Willson and guest Dan Nicolls. (01:15)

WATCH | Adam Pally Solves 'Most Likely to Murder'

Comedian Adam Pally goes home again in the indie comedy meets murder mystery, Most Likely to Murder. TV writer Dan Gregor directs his Crazy Ex-Girlfriend collaborator (and real-life wife) Rachel Bloom in the likeably twisted genre film about revisiting your past through some very amateur detective work.

FEAST | Yew Seafood + Bar x Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver

Financial District—(April 25, 2018) The brand new culinary team over at Yew Seafood + Bar celebrated the warm weather by unveiling a complete revamping of all their menus inside the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver.

CINEMA | Charlize Theron Raises 'Tully'

"I feel like an abandoned trash barge."

The creative team behind Young Adult, screenwriter Diablo Cody, her Juno director Jason Reitman, and star Charlize Theron, move past adulthood arrested development and into the burden of contemporary motherhood. Tully explores the mundane but maddening everyday situations around female childrearing as a fully grown ass adult.