by Jordan Costolo ‘25 NBC’s Saturday Night Live is a television institution, featuring some of the most talented comedic writers and performers, together with famous guest celebrities and musicians. But six decades ago, SNL was an obscured live show made by a group of twenty-something comedians that executives thought were destined to fail. The movie Saturday Night is a biopic … Read More
by George Awkard ‘25, Audrey Farris ‘25, Matilda Hawkins ‘27 Over the past year, the music industry has experienced a sonic boom of rising female pop stars who have taken the reins of the pop sphere and dominated the charts. Their music has served as a voice for women, promoting the ideals of female empowerment, self-confidence, and independence. These pop … Read More
by Rachel Themistokleous ‘26 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, streaming on Netflix, is a six-episode series about 17-year-old Pippa Fitz-Amobi, often referred to as Pip, who chooses her small town murder case to research for her Extended Project Qualification topic to apply to Cambridge University. For five years, it was believed that Sal Singh murdered his girlfriend, Andie Bell, … Read More
Watching Private Practice is a spin-off of Grey’s Anatomy where neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery moves from Seattle to Los Angeles to work at a health clinic run by her divorced friends. It’s a fresh and fun take on Grey’s with its emphasis on a setting in a high-paced hospital. The patients are a lot more dynamic and fleshed out than … Read More
by Ben Schoenberg ’24 Created by writer and producer Beau DeMayo, X-Men ‘97 streaming on Disney+ crafts the perfect superhero show the likes of which Marvel hasn’t done in years. Starting development in 2021, the show serves as a continuation of the iconic 90’s cartoon which ended in 1997 and sees the return of several original voice actors such as … Read More
Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé Only God Was Above Us – Vampire Weekend Beyoncé’s most recent release, Cowboy Carter is indicative of a new era in the Beyoncé timeline. Representing her Texas roots, the new album has an overarching country sound while still combining elements of R&B, Soul, and Pop music, making Carter feel familiar with previous releases. Beyoncé’s use of … Read More
by George Awkard ’24 Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino, features a love triangle through the lens of tennis. Zendaya plays Tashi Dun can, a fierce and spunky player turned coach for her husband Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), a more reserved and determined tennis player who’s gone pro. Josh O’Connor plays Patrick Zweig, an outgoing and driven tennis player without fame … Read More
by Jordan Costolo ’25 Now, I’m sure most of you know this staple character of American pop culture, but for the uninitiated, here is a brief summary: Garfield started off as a comic strip published in 1978 about a lazy orange cat and his owner Jon. Since his original creation, however, Garfield has evolved into something much larger. As the … Read More
by Justin Lakso ’25 Season 1 of Halo left much to be desired. From the amount of plot holes to deviations of the source material, fans of the Halo series were very disappointed with Paramount for taking a beloved video game series and bastardizing it on television. The producers recognized they had missed their target audience by a long shot … Read More
by Evelyn San Miguel ‘26 After its initial release in June of 2023, the highly anticipated sequel to the Spiderverse trilogy—‘Across the Spiderverse’—made waves in the box office, delighting critics and audiences with its next-level animation and spectacular plot. From the makers of the trilogy comes a ten-minute deep dive into the main character Miles Morales’ psyche, a short film … Read More