A JBO Reel Review of: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Exciting and visually striking. Heartfelt and a little heartbreaking. It’s heavy on tropes but who cares? 2019’s Alita: Battle Angel is one film that desperately needs a sequel. Or, I swear, I’ll just keep watching it over and over again. Alita: Battle Angel is an...
A JBO Reel Review of: A Call to Spy (2019)
A Call to Spy is a shallow, ankle-deep dive into its subject matter. It’s not terribly well produced, pretty poorly acted and definitely shoddily written. But, damn it, if it isn’t still worth a watch for its subject matter alone. A Call to Spy is a World War II...
A JBO Reel Review of: 1917 (2019)
Much like Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, 1917 is a survival story masquerading as a wartime epic. It’s a technical masterclass that, thanks to some authentic story elements and strong performances, has enough heart not to feel too mechanical. After the...
Financing the Future: Who Should Pay for University and College?
On August 24, US President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student debt for millions of Americans. I don’t really care to get into the folly of student loan forgiveness or the nakedly cynical political motivations behind the decision. Even CNN...
I’m Not Vaccinated, I’m Not an “Anti-Vaxxer”
Ever since Francois Legault announced his administration’s plan to tax “the unvaccinated” in Quebec, there has been a lot of talk—more so than usual—here in Canada about who, exactly, “the unvaccinated” are. On January 14, in writing for National Post, Tristin Hopper...
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Brendan Da Costa is an award-winning short story writer, poet, novelist, copywriter and (very, terribly opinionated) blogger.