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Category: Reviews

Album review: “DiCaprio 2”

30 November 2018
Tavarus Pennington
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Monday, Nov. 26 saw the release of Dreamville artist J.I.D.’s long-awaited second studio album and continuation of the “DiCaprio” series entitled “DiCaprio 2.” This is…

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Movie review: “Beautiful Boy”

30 November 2018
Harper Vincent
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  Content warning: This review discusses true accounts of drug use, addiction, and relapse. “Beautiful Boy” is a film about a father’s journey through teenage…

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Netflix Review: “Alex Strangelove”

16 November 2018
Jack Ledbetter
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The Netflix original “Alex Strangelove,” written and directed by Craig Johnson, is a coming of age movie that, made clear by the title, illustrates the…

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SNL’s position in our political entertainment sphere, a review

16 November 2018
Anna Warner
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Predictably, Saturday Night Live (SNL) had an opinion on midterms – and just as predictably, this opinion tries to balance appealing to both the left…

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A review of Twenty One Pilots’ Trench

19 October 2018
Benjamin Zahnd
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Oct. 5 marked the release of Twenty One Pilots’ newest album “Trench,” described by some as their most important album release yet. After taking a…

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“Christopher Robin” – Adulthood, Toxic Masculinity and Winnie the Pooh

28 September 2018
Audrey Mapes
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Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, “Christopher Robin,” follows the titular character (Ewan MacGregor) into adulthood and tells the story of how his childhood friends…

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Music Column: “Jewell’s Flash to the Past”

14 September 2018
Benjamin Zahnd
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In September of 1968, Cream, accompanied by Ginger Baker on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar and Jack Bruce on bass released “Wheels of Fire”– an…

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“Liberated” exposes the truth of sexual freedom

23 March 2018
Erin Melton
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Trigger warning: sexual assault In explaining and emphasizing different aspects of my feminist agenda, I have often used the term “liberated” in referring to sexuality,…

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Movie Review: “Black Panther”

2 March 2018
Dylan Jones
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“Black Panther” was directed by Ryan Coogler, who also directed the seventh film in the Rocky series, “Creed” in 2015. “Black Panther” has been a…

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