Selma makes the civil rights struggle feel real
1965…that’s 50 years ago. I’ve learned about the Civil Rights Movement in American Studies, engaged in class discussions, written essays, and taken tests, but it never felt real until I […]
Horrible Bosses 2: The glorious return of the Three Stooges—Day, Sudeikis, and Bateman
—by Michael Bamford & Gabriel Yoder-Shenk— Horrible Bosses 2, directed by Sean Anders, could have been a failure. For instance, when excited fans of The Hangover went to see The […]
What to read this winter
—by Danielle Brubaker & Zehra Madhavan— Let it Snow, by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson This quintessential holiday romance book contains three stories, each written by a different bestselling […]
Mockingjay, Part I: A money-making bore
The tune of a mockingjay is said to be a long one. It has a slow pace, with high- and low-pitched chirping. It is melodious, soothing listeners with its mellifluous […]
Best Albums of 2014
—by Liam Knox & Ally Santa Maria— Lost in the Dream—The War on Drugs I wish I lived during Bob Dylan’s heyday. Not the new age, experimental, washed-out Dylan of […]
AC/DC: In rock we trust
Rock or Bust is exactly what you would expect from AC/DC. We’re talking classic, bluesy, Angus Young guitar riffs, gravelly vocals from Brian Johnson, and shamelessly wild lyrics. The boys […]
Pokemon’s new releases are unrefined throwbacks
Nintendo has had a Ruby/Sapphire remake in the works ever since it discovered 3D programming, but almost nothing could stop fans from going after the game. Except, of course, the introduction of […]
What to binge-watch on Netflix over winter break
—by Zehra Madhavan & Ally Santa Maria— Orange is the New Black Drugs, crime, assault, sex…if you want it, you’ve got in the popular Netflix series. It centers around Piper […]
Eminem should probably retire
On November 24, Shady XV was released after months of cryptic advertising with a hashtag of the same name by Eminem. I, for one, was mostly surprised Eminem could operate […]
Birdman: A quest for true fulfillment
The most memorable scene from Alejandro G. Inarritu’s latest film, Birdman, captures Ed Norton—the star of the David Fincher classic Fight Club and possibly the funniest, truest fighter ever to […]
Humans and zombies get even scarier in season five of The Walking Dead
Walking Dead Season FIVE. Wow, we’ve come a long way since the apocalypse began. Where to begin? Season four ruthlessly left us with the cast locked in a train car, […]
Flaming Lips revamps Sgt. Pepper
No one can deny that the Beatles’ album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is legendary. It was the Beatles’ first album that wasn’t cute, their first “concept” album. It […]
Reinvented: Taylor Swift can do no wrong
They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, and the year between Red and 1989, although endless and painful, made Taylor Swift’s style even more savory. From country to pop, […]
Princeton: Where to get your culinary fix
—by Bushra Hasan, Zehra Madhavan, & Hannah Mitlak— House of Cupcakes The cat is out of the bag on this place. After winning the televised competition Cupcake Wars, House of […]
Better than Gravity: Christopher Nolan takes on the laws of physics
Gravity wasn’t as fantastic as many people claimed it was, and in the commercials, Interstellar looked like just another space-adventure-gone-wrong. However, considering I cried within the first 15 minutes because […]
How To Get Away with Murder: The golden recipe for a TV show
TV enthusiasts know that legal shows and murder-mystery shows are the best to look out for, but until now, there has not been a successful series combining the two. The […]
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