Lego video games have been released for a long time, some of the most popular being spins on popular, well-known media. In these games, you get to play through the Lego world of Harry Potter or Indian Jones as your favorite characters, collecting items and breaking blocks along the way.…
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Vince Staples: A Return to Ramona Park Roots
Odd Future is a name that became practically ubiquitous during the early 2010s, most often remembered as a collective of ambitious teenagers reputable for influencing both skateboarding and hip-hop while sporting frequent Adult Swim appearances. Artists including Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean and Tyler the Creator catapulted to stardom, even —…
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Review: The Tragedy of MacBeth
Released in late 2021, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” was a hidden gem. The film was produced by A24, the same studio responsible for films such as “Midsommar” and “Uncut Gems.” Fans of A24 know that some of their films can be hit or miss – the indie company releasing films…
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“Red (Taylor’s Version)” album review
Taylor Swift released another rerecording on Nov. 12, making “Red (Taylor’s Version)” the sixth album of hers she now owns herself. Like with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” the album features rerecordings of the record’s original songs alongside six tracks from the vault. She presents her original songs nearly identical to the…
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I’m watching “You”: Season 3 review
Netflix’s favorite sociopathic stalker and murderer has returned for a highly anticipated third season of “You,” a service original television show. This season features the lives of Joe and Love Quinn-Goldberg, a fatally flawed couple in the rich Bay Area suburb of Madre Linda. Madre Linda is a rich, high-tech,…
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Restaurant Review: PH Coffee
Comfortably nestled in Pendleton Heights, PH Coffee delivers on both fronts important to a successful coffee shop – coffee and aesthetics. It’s an unassuming place that you might accidentally drive by if you’re not aware of where you are going, but once you find it, you won’t be disappointed. The…
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A Look Back – Revisiting Kid Cudi’s “Man on the Moon II”
Frequent collaboration with Travis Scott, Kanye West and a multitude of other members of Kanye’s record label allowed prolific artist Kid Cudi to maintain a modern sound and a degree of popularity beyond his own cult following. Given the peak of his popularity between the 2000s and early 2010s, it…
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Donda: Quantity, Quality or Both?
Aug. 29 marked the day that sent Kanye West’s discography of studio albums into the double digits with his release of “Donda,” a 27-track behemoth of an album that doubles as his largest project to date. To some, this proves to be a welcome contrast to his previous album “Jesus…
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Movie Review: WandaVision shows what TV can and should be
Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision” is the first of Marvel we’ve seen since “Spiderman: Far From Home” was released in 2019, and it was certainly worth the wait. The show is Marvel’s first time including its primary characters and storylines in television shows rather than feature films. With several more Marvel shows on…
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