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‘Women Talking’ fails to capitalize on compelling concept
By Finn Kirkpatrick | February 15The film demonstrates why the old adage of “show, don’t tell” is important.
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Tiny Habits looks to reach new heights after strong debut year
By Campbell Loi | February 13Since Tiny Habits’ first cover video was posted on TikTok in February 2021, the group has quickly gained online traction.
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Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ offers more than royal family slander
By Daphne Dluzniewski | January 26The memoir truly shines in Prince Harry’s narration of his vulnerable journey through grief, healing, and belonging.
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‘Bones and All’ tells bland love story with flashy exterior
By Finn Kirkpatrick | December 5Two lovers, both on the fringe of society, chart out a journey through America’s backroads searching for normalcy in a world that rejects them. The story sounds cute, right? Think again. The bond these lovers share is not one that would be Hallmark-approved, because their status as societal outcasts ...
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Brockhampton’s final albums reflect band's time together with classic sound
By Kaitlyn Torres | November 30On Nov. 17, hip-hop collective Brockhampton released what fans thought would be their final album, “The Family.” But just an hour after the initial release, the band dropped a second album, “TM,” rounding off their final year together as a group.
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‘1899’ enthralls with mind-bending suspense despite limited character backstories
By Stella Olken-Hunt | November 28When viewers sit down to watch “1899,” one of Netflix’s newest series, they probably don’t expect the electrifying thriller that the show reveals itself to be. What begins as a mystery period drama quickly turns into a supernatural saga.
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‘Elite’ season 6 fails to add anything exciting to murder mystery show
By Livia Gimenes | November 28It’s a bad sign when viewers cross their fingers that a show they follow will get canceled so they aren’t forced to watch it anymore. “Elite” viewers hoping for a merciful end to the sputtering series did not get lucky this time. Instead they were given a torturous sixth season of Netflix’s ...
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‘The Wonder’ makes for compelling surprise, despite narrative missteps
By Finn Kirkpatrick | November 20From its start, the new Netflix film “The Wonder” evokes confusion and excitement when it opens on a plywood house in a barren soundstage — decidedly removed from the breathtaking, 19th-century hills of Ireland where it supposedly takes place in. The camera slowly pans to an open warehouse ...
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‘Falling For Christmas’ joins ranks of mediocre holiday rom-coms
By Livia Gimenes | November 20As November withers away, Netflix is already celebrating the Christmas season with the release of “Falling For Christmas,” a film starring Lindsay Lohan and former “Glee” star Chord Overstreet. A lackluster addition to the canon of Christmas movies, “Falling for Christmas” leans heavily ...
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Shameless marketing undercuts Taylor Swift’s inspired lyrics on ‘Midnights’
By Aalia Jagwani | October 26At the end of August, Taylor Swift announced her 10th studio album in an Instagram post and invited her fans to “meet her at midnight” on Oct. 21. “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night,” ...
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‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ thrives as teen slasher, but fails as reboot
By Livia Gimenes | September 7School is back — and so is another attempt at rebooting an early 2000s show. This time, “Pretty Little Liars” is getting ready for its Gen Z makeover in a HBO Max rework, “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.”
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Grammy Awards ultimately continue to disappoint
By Livia Gimenes | April 4Even before they started, the odds didn’t seem in favor of this year's Grammy Awards. The original date of the ceremony was first postponed from Jan. 31 due to the influx of Omicron in the United States. More recently, J-Hope and Jungkook from the world-famous boy band BTS, who were set to ...
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Elton John: 74 and still standing
By Magdalena Del Valle | March 8Elton John, the 74-year-old singer, donned a baby blue suit with a picture of a bedazzled cat on the back of the blazer as he stood on the stage of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on March 2. The Brooklyn performance is one stop on his final tour, “Farewell Yellow Brick Road.” He sat ...
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‘Nightmare Alley’ captivates in fatalistic telling of human folly
By Irene Chou | March 2“People fool themselves.” It is this chilling truth that overshadows the fatalistic trajectories of fallible characters in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated melodrama, “Nightmare Alley,” a remake of the classic 1947 noir based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name. ...
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‘Don’t Look Up’: Just look away
By Finn Kirkpatrick | March 2When making a movie, “why” is a question that should be asked constantly. Why are the characters doing what they are doing? Why should this movie be made? Why should the audience care? The whys of “Don’t Look Up” are all over the place.
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‘The Fallout’ masterfully combines complex effects of trauma, coming of age
By Livia Gimenes | February 25Every generation has its defining coming-of-age movies. Classics like “Dead Poets Society” and “Perks of Being a Wallflower” are hallmarks in cinematic history with their sad but compelling storylines that capture the angst of the teenage years. With its complex portrayal of the consequences ...
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Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story' poignantly revives classic
By Aalia Jagwani | February 23Over six decades ago, four of the greatest minds in musical theater joined forces to stage an “experiment” that would become a living, breathing force transcending both stage and screen. 64 years after playwright Arthur Laurents, composer Leonard Bernstein, choreographer Jerome Robbins ...
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'The Sex Lives of College Girls' offers witty and charming take on college life
By Livia Gimenes | February 13Recently, audiences have argued that some of the most popular young adult TV shows like Euphoria should not be set in high school due to their mature nature. Instead, they contend that for a more realistic take on teen sexuality, more shows of the genre should take place in an older setting. ...
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‘The Worst Person in the World’ delights with phenomenal performances
By Finn Kirkpatrick | February 11As the end credits roll on Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” the viewer’s first thought might fall along the lines of “that film lied to me.” To be clear, this is no Watergate-level nefarious lie. It’s an innocent falsehood that makes the truth even better. This deception ...
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HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl”: a mediocre Gen Z makeover
By Livia Gimenes | February 7From “And Just Like That” to “iCarly,” reboots and revivals have been taking the TV streaming world by storm. One of the latest and most anticipated shows has been HBO Max’s revival of the late-2000s hit show “Gossip Girl.”
