‘Payday 3’ Lives Up the Hype in Spite of Flawed Release

by Thien Dinh ’26 Throughout the past decade, Overkill Software has become stale in the game development scene, and the company’s current games are pretty dry. Their publisher, Starbreeze Nebula, also has been in a game drought. Thankfully, Payday 3 is a breath of fresh air into the Payday series. Other than working a nine-to-five, dancing in clubs, and being … Read More

Country Music Continues To Explode in Popularity

by Andrew Rosenthal ‘24 Within the last two years, the rise of country music has erupted throughout the music industry. Country music has quickly spread to people of all ages across the United States, from kids in middle school to adults in their 50s. In 2021, country music had an 8.6 percent-share of album sales, closing in on pop’s 10.7-percent … Read More

What We’re…

Watching Although soccer isn’t as popular in the United States as it is in most other parts of the world, Welcome to Wrexham provides an in-depth look at a Welsh team that works towards being promoted to a higher league. As majority owners, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney use their fame and money to attempt to provide the city … Read More

Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Series Adequately Adapts Source Material

by Dasun Panapitiya ‘24 The live action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is a unique take on the original manga that maintains a lot of what makes it so loveable. One Piece follows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) on his journey as a pirate, setting out to find the legendary One Piece, which is the treasure of the Pirate … Read More

MUST-SEE SUMMER MOVIES: Staff Picks

June 9 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts The latest film in the long running live action Transformers franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts follows the Autobots and the maximals as they fight the Terrorcons and the planet eating Unicron in order to save Earth. With notable actors such as Peter Dinklage and Michelle Yeoh playing important roles alongside longtime Transformers … Read More

‘Halo’ Disappoints Fans Despite High Expectations

by Justin Lakso ’25 With its riveting multiplayer, captivating campaign story, and iconic protagonist, Master Chief, it’s no wonder the Halo series has sold more than 81 million copies worldwide. Taking inspiration from The Last of Us, Xbox Game Studios decided to create a TV series based on its ever popular space arcade shooter. With production by Kyle Killen and … Read More

‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Lives up to Original Film

by Noah Bair ‘24 Even though the first movie in the series, Into the Spider-Verse, saw a 97-percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and numerous awards including the Best Animated Feature Film at the 2019 Golden Globes, Across the Spider-Verse may have topped it. Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld provide incredible voice performances once again as Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, … Read More

An Odyssey of Modern Anxieties

by Liam Trump ’24 Veering off of the cult-ish edge from his previous two films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), writer-director Ari Aster returns with a refreshingly surrealist tragicomedy horror film, Beau Is Afraid. Delving into themes of fear, paranoia, and guilt, Aster puts his audience through a 3-hour long journey of a man battling his inner demons. With celebrated … Read More