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Letting your hair down

October 9, 2018

Released on Friday, Sept. 21, “Nappily Ever After” is the perfect ‘loving yourself’ movie, with a dash of romance and a sprinkle of comedy. This movie will leave you with a warm and happy feeling. After being dumped for being too perfect by her doctor boyfriend Clint (Ricky Whittle), heart-broken Violet (Sanna Lathan) retaliates by shaving off her life’s accomplishment: her hair. She must now continue living life while regaining the beaming confidence she on...

A movie of steady misery

October 8, 2018

An unlikable main character, a heap of family problems and an overdose of tragedy make the perfect recipe for a painfully bad story, and Netflix’s “The Land of Steady Habits” only manages to make things worse. This trainwreck of a movie combined ...

“American Vandal” season two steals hearts

September 19, 2018

The Turd Burglar, a perpetrator of pranks at St. Bernardine, the Catholic school where American Vandal Season 2 is set, causes a series of rather childish pranks, and sends the prestigious school into chaos. The first episode was the opposite of expected fr...

“Sierra Burgess is a Loser” loses favor

September 12, 2018

“Sierra Burgess is a Loser” reminds me of pineapple on pizza: there are those who stand by it and others who think that it’s simply too controversial for it to be taken seriously. In regards to Netflix’s latest success with rom-coms, SBIAL ha...

Troye Sivan’s “Bloom” Wilts

September 10, 2018

After a short montage of colorful flowers in grainy film, Troye Sivan, 23 year-old South-African singer, appears on screen with a bright red lip, abstract eye makeup, and a loose, revealing shirt. Not even 30 seconds into the, “Bloom” music video,...

A Love Letter to “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”

August 21, 2018

For some time, there was a drought for rom-com lovers everywhere. While there haven’t been movies like “Love Actually,” “Footloose,” and “The Princess Diaries,” in quite a long time, worry no more, because Netflix has revived the genre with...

Insatiable has a lot on its plate

August 20, 2018

“Insatiable” is like that ex-girlfriend. You hope that she’ll become a better person, but she keeps disappointing. After watching all 12 episodes of this controversial Netflix original series, it’s easy to see that this show has many more issues...

Unpostworthy

March 2, 2018

During the 1970s, journalists ran frantic reporting the confidential scandal involving the government's secrets surrounding the Vietnam War. During this, brothers, sons and fathers were off fighting, unaware that they were in no position to win, which...

The end is only the beginning

March 2, 2018

Car chases, disguises, every news station broadcasting their face. No one would expect to find these in an ordinary teen road trip story. The End of the F***ing World features two teenagers going on a road trip, one being a rebellious girl and the ...

PUBG more incomplete than unknown

February 27, 2018

Everyone lands on an island to find guns and supplies, but then the servers start lagging and you can’t even find any items since they aren’t rendering on the ground. This video game is called Player Unknown Battle Grounds, while this is a hit fo...

Origins outshines predecessors

February 27, 2018

In the past Assassin’s Creed installments, players have scaled colossal towers in Italy, fought for the freedom of the thirteen colonies, and torn through Man-o’-Wars across the Caribbean in massive, gripping adventures that always seem to find the...

Clawing its way to the top

February 21, 2018

Intense action, suspenseful crime, and a heroic superhero: the formula to an amazing Marvel movie. However, Black Panther goes beyond all this to create the best movie of the year. The main setting of the nation Wakanda is not only beautiful but ...