“Suits” Kicks Off a New Season

By Ankr Kayastha ’15 If you haven’t watched “Suits” yet, you are making a wrong decision in life. The show began its fourth season on March 6 as a continuation of the series and since 2011, it has become one of the biggest hit-shows on USA Network’s channel. This is probably due to it having one of the greatest plot … Read More

“Budapest Hotel” Another Success for Wes Anderson

By Samantha Schwartz ‘16 Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a compulsively witty maze of a movie that follows stories-within-stories, similar to all other Anderson films. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” follows the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted … Read More

Avett Brothers Take Coffee House Feel to Big Stadium

By Michael Natelli ‘14 Scott Galupo’s concert review in the Washington Post this week argued that the Avett Brothers are “trying to straddle two very different worlds.” He suggests that they employed “labor-saving techniques of a duo working on the cheap,” and that their lack of using their large video board backdrop and pizazz was a disappointment. Perhaps Galupo thought … Read More

Netflix & Hulu Hidden Gems

Streaming TV shows can be overwhelming with so many different options to choose from, so The Warrior’s Katie Mercogliano ‘14 assembled a list to make things just a little bit easier. Freaks and Geeks (Netflix) Not only is this best on the list, but it is probably one of the greatest shows of all time. It is the ultimate cult … Read More

Tradition Triumphs for Film

By Allie Pino ’15 The newly released film “Son of God,” directed by Christopher Spencer, is one of the best movie versions of the story of Jesus. Unlike the graphic “The Passion of the Christ” and controversial “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Son of God” is aimed more at a Christian audience wanting to see the traditional Biblical story and … Read More

Rock ‘n’ Roll Ready for Opening Night

By Ashley Nnabue ’16 Click here to buy tickets to Rock ‘n’ Roll! This year’s 43rd Rock ‘n’ Roll is set to kick off Friday night, March 7. The show’s theme is friendship and togetherness. This year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll consists of 42 songs in total, and both Act One and Act Two contain 21 numbers. Come out to support this … Read More

“Oxymoron” Fails To Impress

By Joy Zhang ’14 Rapper Schoolboy Q dropped his third studio album “Oxymoron” on February 25, after multiple delays. The California rapper repeatedly changed the release date so he could perfect his work, and he assured his fans that the album would be better than fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.” To say that “Oxymoron” was … Read More

Saving the Four-Piece Band

By Dean Emerson ’14 Three years after the successful release of “A Different Kind of Fix,” British indie-rock quartet Bombay Bicycle Club has yet again proved their excellence to their ever-growing audience with the release of their fourth LP, “So Long, See You Tomorrow.” The album extends off their sound from their prior album, including many electronic elements combined with … Read More

Sherwood’s Own Form New Indie Band

By Joy Zhang ‘14 Fresh on the music scene, Lucy Gray is an innovative, four-piece band that puts on exciting shows and aspires to go on tour this summer. “This group that we’ve formed is interesting in that we’re all really different in what we listen to,” explained senior Nish Desai, the band’s guitarist, bassist and vocalist. “Bringing these differences … Read More

What’s Real? Fact and Fiction in ‘Lone Survivor’

By Brian Hughes ‘15 Critically acclaimed as one of the most realistic war movies ever, compared to that of “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” director Peter Berg’s film “Lone Survivor” follows lone survivor Hospital Corpsman Marcus Luttrell’s (Mark Wahlberg) eye-witness account of Operation Red Wings. The operation went down in history as the single largest loss of life … Read More