The A&E editor’s preview of the 2024 Oscars Award show
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“October Sky:” A Star of a Movie
A movie about rockets and the red scare
Literary Review: A God Who Hates
The absurdity of an eternal hell
Big Splash for Big Fish
The latest musical coming to Eastern’s stage
Winnings at the Emmys: A Recap of the 75th Annual Emmys Award Show
While the Oscars might be more well-known, the Emmys Award Show continues to be a popular occasion to pay attention to. While the Emmys this year reached its smallest audience yet, the award show still had about 4.3 million viewers on live television. If you don’t know, while the Oscars […]
Dear Hollywood: A media review of a podcast centered on advocating for children in the industry
Child stardom has been at the forefront of public consciousness in the past few years. From Miley Cyrus evoking her “Wrecking Ball” days with the song “Used To Be Young” to Jennette McCurdy’s memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” we have been reminded of a generation of stars now reaching […]
Victims of “The Imp of the Perverse”: Edgar Allan Poe’s psychological commentary on why we do what we ought not to do
“We have a task before us which must be speedily performed. We know that it will be ruinous to make delay.” This sounds familiar. Urges to curl up in bed and rot, catch up on some much-needed sleep, play a board game with some friends or doom scroll take over […]
The WGA Continues to Strike: An update and review of the continuing strike of the Writers’ Guild of America
May 2, 2023 marked the beginning of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. WGA is a coalition of two writers’ labor unions comprising over 11,000 writers of film, television, news, radio and online media. The strike began after unmet demands were made for higher pay, a more stable pay […]
Nuance in Plastic: A review of the movie, “Barbie”.
Let me be frank, I don’t like Barbies. Now that this important bit of information has been conveyed, I will say what I really want to say and that is, the “Barbie” movie might just be my favorite movie I have seen all year. I went to the theater fearing […]
Theatre Preview: Hamlet
Hamlet is a work that stands tall, even among the many legendary plays of Shakespeare. It is a tale of revenge, madness, love, betrayal, life and death that has captivated many since its release in the early 17th century. This semester, the (arguably) most renowned work of the English language’s […]