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Spider-Man: Far From Home displays growing up, aftermath of Endgame

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ displays growing up, aftermath of ‘Endgame’

Rhonda Wheeler, Community Engagement Manager August 25, 2019

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” ended Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and earned $1 billion dollars in just its first 24 days of being in theaters. This is Spider-Man’s second leading movie...

Wicked Fox offers wicked, emotional tale

‘Wicked Fox’ offers wicked, emotional tale

Alyssa Osborn, Staff Writer August 20, 2019

A gumiho, a kitsune, a nine-tailed fox: these creatures appear in tales and legends all over Asia. In “Wicked Fox” by Kat Cho, gumihos are portrayed as shape-shifting, beautiful women who prey on men....

Veronica Mars much more than a modern-day Nancy Drew

‘Veronica Mars’ much more than a modern-day Nancy Drew

Sheridan Arnold, Staff Writer August 17, 2019

Veronica Mars is a television show created by Rob Thomas. It centers around Veronica Mars, a seventeen-year-old young woman who lives in the fictional town of Neptune, California and the mysteries she...

Brain on Fire gives perspective on fragility of life

‘Brain on Fire’ gives perspective on fragility of life

Kendall Sedam, Staff Writer April 16, 2019

Susannah Cahalan had a great life: she was a journalist for The New York Post, she had a loving family and boyfriend and she was independent. One day everything changed and she almost lost it all, including...

The Perfect Date predictable, yet enjoyable

‘The Perfect Date’ predictable, yet enjoyable

Sheridan Arnold, Staff Writer April 16, 2019

The conversion from cable networks like DirecTv and WOW! to streaming platforms like Hulu has caused a major change in the consumption and competition of media. The saturation of media apps has caused...

Looking back on Avengers franchise before Endgame

Looking back on ‘Avengers’ franchise before ‘Endgame’

Rhonda Wheeler, Community Engagement Manager April 9, 2019

The Avengers is a popular franchise and has amazing movies. Each one represents each hero as a real person, making mistakes that normal people would, but ones we don’t expect heroes to make. “Avengers:...

The Order satirical, with cult themes

‘The Order’ satirical, with cult themes

Alyssa Osborn, Staff Writer April 9, 2019

Who doesn’t associate cults with college? If you don’t, then you’re going to get a new outlook in the new Netflix original series “The Order.” Now, I’m not pointing fingers at certain colleges...

Disneys Dumbo flies in with new version, powerful message

Disney’s ‘Dumbo’ flies in with new version, powerful message

Sheridan Arnold, Staff Writer April 2, 2019

A live action remake of Disney’s animated film “Dumbo” was released Friday. The director of this remake is the widely renowned Tim Burton, who is known for films like “A Nightmare Before Christmas”...

Dueling documentaries uncover music festival deception, fraud

Dueling documentaries uncover music festival deception, fraud

Riley Guerzini and Megan Thorne April 2, 2019

Fyre musical festival may have been a disaster, but the documentaries were far from it. Netflix and Hulu both spotlighted the festival’s debacle in different but still significant ways. The competing...

The Dude in Me needs more depth, pizzazz

‘The Dude in Me’ needs more depth, pizzazz

Alyssa Osborn, Staff Writer March 26, 2019

It might seem inconvenient when you switch bodies with someone completely different than you, but for Dong-Hyun, a chubby high school student, and Pan-Soo, a member of a criminal organization, switching...

Comedic spin on fairy tales in Cursed Princess Club

Comedic spin on fairy tales in ‘Cursed Princess Club’

Darrian Breedlove, Opinion Editor March 26, 2019

Why do princesses always have to be drop-dead gorgeous? Why can’t there be normal looking princesses? Or better yet . . . a princess who may not be so fair and perfect? “Cursed Princess Club”...

‘The Cruel Prince’ wicked, enchanting

‘The Cruel Prince’ wicked, enchanting

Darrian Breedlove and Alyssa Osborn March 19, 2019

Princes are usually dreamy and chivalrous, right? Aren’t faeries docile and friendly creatures? These stereotypes are all wrong, at least in Holly Black’s novel “The Cruel Prince,” the first in...

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