From 2008 to 2012, Suzanne Collins released The Hunger Games Trilogy, which fans adored just as much as Collins did. The series’s popularity soared even further after Lionsgate released movie adaptations...

Social media is like gasoline to a fire -- once you use it, the fire only spreads more. With one button and a curious person behind a screen, anything can spread all over the world. Crime is a topic that...

Most of us have accomplished very little by the age of three, aside from learning how to walk, talk, and eat. Commonly, most people spent their childhood fooling around or doing odd things like mixing...

The second Sweet Sue stepped onstage, and we were on the edges of our seats, leaning towards her voice. The opening number, ‘What Are You Thirsty For,’ filled the theatre with this buzzing happiness...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a game as “an activity which provides amusement or fun.” But what does that mean? If I find reading fun, is it a game? If I find sleeping fun, is that a game too?...

“Sing us a song, you’re the Piano Man.” William Martin Joel, or more famously known as Billy Joel, is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. He is commonly nicknamed the “Piano Man”...

Of late, you might have noticed something awry on your Netflix homepage. At the moment, numerous shows and movies appear on the homepage that are marketed to audiences as the newest additions. Naturally,...

Filmmakers often find themselves struggling to satisfy their audience. How often do you find yourself annoyed by the ending of a film or television series? Was it because the ending was too rushed? Why...

The work of Giuseppe Tornatore, one of Italy’s premier film directors and screenwriters, has been lauded for years. His 1988 film Cinema Paradiso, in particular, has been appraised as amongst the most...

On a vessel drifting through the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, a sailor lies in his hammock, staring at a photograph of a library of old sanctity and extensive record, in which lies a book with its...

“It’s more than a symphony,” said Jeffrey Yang ’25. “Would you mind elaborating on that statement a little bit more?” I asked. “It is the motto for the symphony, and it’s the perfect...

Elaborately designed costumes, carefully constructed lighting, riveting music, and intricate set designs -- these are only some of the components that make up a musical. The goal is that each of these...

Your eyes follow as a silky cloud moves delicately across the ever-blue sky. In the corner, you see an airplane fly past, leaving a faint chemtrail in its wake. A group of people are leaning back on wooden...

Aretha Franklin’s powerful voice cuts in as a choir echoes behind her, singing “Oh, oh, Mary” in radiant harmony. As the song crescendos, Franklin sings of biblical tales of Pharaoh and the Red Sea,...

Zombie apocalypses are common themes in entertainment. Whether the theme is in movies, television, or  games, it has become repetitive. However, The Last of Us is unlike any other zombie apocalypse...

When watching the television series 'Severance,' your first introduction to its world is a woman waking up on top of a table. As she becomes fully aware of her surroundings and begins to panic, she is...

A private island off the coast of Greece. A 'tech bro' billionaire with more money than he knows what to do with. And a group of friends who are clinging to his fortune. The result, with some comedy sprinkled...

On March 1st, 2023, about 1.5 million households tuned in to 'The Mandalorian' season 3 premiere to see Din Djarin and his son Grogu (a.k.a. Baby Yoda) once again. There were many successful aspects of...

Dazzling colors, hand-drawn lines, and grainy, distinctive art styles -- as familiar indicators of a signature 1990s anime aesthetic, these visual attributes often also accompany recognizable characters...

In the mid 1960s, American journalist Robert Caro set out on a mission. Over the course of the next seven years, he chronicled, in painstaking detail, the career of New York city planner Robert Moses -- his...