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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle Book One)

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle Book One)

Samantha Joslin January 30, 2017

The Raven Cycle is a book series containing four novels which follow five main characters and their intertwining lives. The first novel is called The Raven Boys, and although it focuses primarily on protagonist...

Hidden Figures Review

Hidden Figures Review

Jordan Sherfy January 23, 2017

BL: Jordan Sherfy Rating: 4.5 out of 5   Hidden Figures is a two hour and six minute drama with an important overarching message. It is a hidden gem that provides audiences with an important...

Silent Review

Silent Review

Benjamin Becker, Entertainment and Communications Editor January 22, 2017

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Poetic yet choppy. Driven yet pointless. Monotonous yet gripping. Silent is a movie so simple and straightforward that is compels the viewer to look for added meaning, and then...

Live by Night Review

Asher Norberg, Opinion/Lifestyle Editor January 16, 2017

It may only be January, but Ben Affleck’s Live By Night will be the biggest swing-and-a miss movie of 2017. The film was based off of Dennis LeHane’s award winning 2012 crime novel of the same name....

Oczy Mlody Review

Michael Rock January 16, 2017

In the 50 years of psychedelic rock’s existence, there has been one band that has managed to persist and evolve in the face of constant change. That band is the Flaming Lips. For over three decades,...

Rouge One: A Star Wars Story Review

December 20, 2016

Rating: 4.5   There is pressure for every Star Wars film to be able to live up to the cinematic sci-fi masterpiece that was A New Hope. Rouge One: A Star Wars Story not only had to do just that,...

Office Christmas Party Review

December 11, 2016

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 December: a time for friends, family, and raunchy holiday movies that are more of an uncomfortable experience than something worth its viewers time or money. Office Christmas Party...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them review

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them review

Jack Lynch, Online Managing Editor November 20, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is exhilarating, yet unsettling. The Harry Potter films started as a light-hearted children's series and by the third and fourth films transitioned into young adult...

Arrival Review

Arrival Review

November 20, 2016

Rating: 4.5 out of 5   Arrival is a 118 minute linguistics lesson that is so much better than it sounds. It is an unexpected gem that provides audiences with not only two focussed performances...

Horns Review

Horns Review

November 8, 2016

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Horror is one of my favorite genres and it’s rare for me to read a horror book that I don’t love. I’ve read many of them in my 17 years and most of them I would read again....

Doctor Strange Review

Doctor Strange Review

November 7, 2016

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