Final Season of Manifest Leads to More Questions

by Tatiana Rodriguez ‘23 The popular show Manifest on Netflix, initially released in 2018, came out with the first part of its fourth and final season. The show revolves around the passengers on flight 828 who went through a storm and jumped five years into the future without aging or feeling a loss of time. Going through the storm resulted … Read More

Director Redeems Himself with Long-Awaited Sequel

by Dasun Panapitiya ‘24 After 13 years of waiting, James Cameron’s sequel to his 2009 box office hit, Avatar is finally out and it was definitely worth the wait. Avatar: The Way of Water follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) a decade after the end of the original movie. In the span of that decade, Jake and … Read More

A Christmas Story Christmas Delivers Nostalgia and Surprising Amount of Heart

by Nicholas Schade ‘23 A Christmas Story has established itself as a staple of holiday movies in the short course of 39 years. Centered around the antics of nine-year-old Ralphie Parker and his family, the film embraces the chaotic spirit of the holiday season. While no sequel can fully encapsulate the charm of the original movie, 2022’s A Christmas Story … Read More

TikTok: the New Home of Music

by Katie Gough ‘23 On October 22, 18 year old indie artist Shauna Dean Cokeland released her first single, “Moving in Place” on streaming platforms. In only 48 hours after its release, the song had garnered more than 150,000 streams on Spotify alone, likely because of her nearly 400,000 followers on  TikTok.  Since 2020, Cokeland has been releasing short clips … Read More

Pinocchio Twists the Classic Tale

by Connor Pugh ’24 Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio marks the latest in an impressive line of adaptations and reimaginings of the classic 19th century tale. In 2022 alone Del Toro had to compete with two other adaptations, one of which was a live-action remake of the critically acclaimed Disney’s Pinocchio from 1940. Due to the wide variety of adaptations, Del … Read More

New Black Panther Film Sets Marvel Back in the Right Direction

by Devin Kosiorowski ‘24 In 2018, Marvel released Black Panther which introduced a new superhero played by the late actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman portrays the character T’Challa, known as the Black Panther, who rules over the technologically and militarily advanced nation of Wakanda. The film was a hit with audiences and received stellar reviews from critics.  Two years after that … Read More

Lady Detective Returns in Enola Holmes 2

by Anna Haas ‘23 Two years after the first installment was released, Enola Holmes 2 hit viewers’ screens on November 4. A Netflix original series, the first movie followed young Enola, played by Millie Bobby Brown, as she investigated the disappearance of her mother, Eudoria, played by Helena Bonham Carter. Along the way, Enola makes the acquaintance of young Lord … Read More

Taylor Swift’s New Album Depicts Journey through Terrors and Sweet Dreams

by Lauren Frank ‘23 On October 21, Taylor Swift crashed Spotify with the release of her 10th studio album Midnights. If one new album wasn’t already surprising enough, Swift announced the release of seven more songs, Midnights (3am edition), after she released the original tracklist. Within hours, Swift’s album became the most streamed album on Spotify in one day, reaching … Read More

Colleen Hoover Does It Again

by Maggie Reese ‘24 As TikTok has become increasingly influential, the #booktok subculture emerged in recent years. Colleen Hoover became a TikTok sensation with more than one billion tags that laid the path for her to become a #1 New York Times bestseller with a Goodreads award-winning book with over a million reviews. As Hoover’s 2016 book It Ends with … Read More

Chainsaw Man Starts Off Strong

by Genevieve Mayle ‘23 After its opening episodes, Chainsaw Man has set the stage to become one of the most watchable dark fantasy anime of the season. MAPPA, a renowned Japanese animation studio famous for animating Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan: The Final Season, has decided to take on recreating this famed manga, which had won the Harvey Award … Read More