This year has marked the end of lots of TV shows we’ve grown to love. So for those who are not quite ready to let go, we’ve got a few shows that […]
Cinderella does not make our dreams come true
—Michelle Xu and Katherine Chen— Cinderella was the classic that saved Disney from bankruptcy in the 1950’s. The movie everyone grew up with. A timeless work of art that received critical acclaim […]
The least magical fantasy: Bone Gap
It should’ve been charming. A boy called Moonface. Corn that whispers. A goat that chews everything. Bone Gap, by Laura Ruby, had so much potential to be a lovable and quirky book, […]
5 times you probably cried while watching the Oscars
—By Julia Bannon & Elise Gorberg— Ah, the Oscars. For the last 87 years, this award show has been the pinnacle of cinematic glory for actors, directors, and moviegoers alike. For those […]
The American Sniper roundtable
—By Michael Bamford, Zehra Madhavan, & Hannah Mitlak— Based on American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History and directed by the acclaimed Clint Eastwood, American Sniper […]
Fall Out Boy rocks its new sound in American Beauty/American Psycho
—By Diana Tang— “We’ll go down in history; remember me for centuries.” This line from Centuries is American Beauty/American Psycho in a nutshell; Fall Out Boy is once again making its mark […]
The Wedding Ringer: Rated R for Rubbish
—By Katherine Chen & Michelle Xu— Jeremy Garelick’s latest movie, The Wedding Ringer, although classified as a romantic comedy, really contains no romance at all. A better label would be “bromantic satire,” […]
Girly songs that guys secretly love (or, at least, that I secretly love)
There are certain actions that guys have uniformly deemed feminine. If a boy tries to sing a girly song—and by “girly,” I basically mean any pop song that is partially sung by […]
Complicit: Fun with a psychopathic arsonist
Stephanine Kuenh’s second novel, Complicit, won’t change your outlook on life or move you to tears, but it isn’t trying to. What it delivers is entertainment. It’s a wild, savage book with […]
All the Bright Places: Two teenagers who learn to live while standing on a precipice
“Is today a good day to die?” is the strangely fascinating opening sentence to Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places. Death is a sensitive topic; however, Niven plays around with its meaning, […]
