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Category: Reviews

Restaurant Review: La Costa Mexicana

6 November 2020
Teresa Mainzer
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La Costa Mexicana is a locally-owned restaurant located at 5 E. Kansas Street on the Liberty Square – a couple minutes from the William Jewell…

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Movie Review: “Rebecca”

6 November 2020
Krista Halstead
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One of Netflix’s newest films, “Rebecca,” is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s eponymous novel and follows in the footsteps of the 1940 critically acclaimed…

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Movie Review: “Enola Holmes”

2 October 2020
Krista Halstead
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“Enola Holmes,” Netflix’s new family feature is clever and charming. Full of familiar faces with a fresh storyline, audiences fall in love with Enola, the…

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Restaurant Review: The Phoenix

25 September 2020
Hannah Koehler
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Located on the corner of W 8th and Central and still swinging after 25 years, The Phoenix is a jazz bar and restaurant that serves…

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Movie Review: “The Devil All the Time”

25 September 2020
Krista Halstead
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Frequently described as gothic noir, “The Devil All the Time,” Antonio Campos’ new film based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name, is…

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Movie Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

18 September 2020
Trent Brink
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Netflix originals are sometimes hit or miss, but every now and then they end up buying the rights to some truly special films. This is…

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Restaurant Review: Corner Cafe

11 September 2020
Minnie Goodbody
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If I were to pick one restaurant that encapsulates my entire experience as a college student in Liberty, it would have to be the Corner…

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Review: “Unorthodox”

24 April 2020
Hannah Koehler
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“God expected too much of me. Now, I need to find my own path.” Netflix recently released a four-part series based on Deborah Feldman’s debut…

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Film Review: “The Hunt”

10 April 2020
Trent Brink
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Before I actually begin talking about how much I enjoyed the film, I need to express my love for its tagline – “The Most Talked…

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