(Wikimedia Commons) In its eleven years of existence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (colloquially known as the MCU) has become a cultural experience of unprecedented magnitude. To date, the MCU has released 22 movies, earned close to 19 billion dollars, and witnessed a generation of kids grow up alongside the country’s favorite superheros. It is an…
Logotype of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. (Wikimedia Commons) Few film franchises have garnered as much popularity as Star Wars over the years, and while the series has been in existence for more than four decades, it certainly isn’t anywhere close to being finished. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will, however, bring both Disney’s…
A CA Shazam! Statue at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 (Gage Skidmore/ Wikimedia Commons) It’s no secret that the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) needs some freshening up. Constantly overshadowed by Marvel’s inability to make an unpopular movie, the company that spawned household names like “Batman” has found it hard to find its footing in creating a…
All photos are courtesy of Dr. Andy Morris. (Collage by Andrew Barren’22) On Thursday, April 11 to Saturday, the 13th, the Schoedinger Theater was packed with audiences, who came to see Academy’s musical, Rent. On Saturday night alone, only 30 tickets were left at 5 pm. Instead of playing a sound track through speakers, director…
Brie Larson meets with former female pilot at the National Air and Space Museum. (Wikimedia Commons) Captain Marvel, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), premiered Friday, March 8th, and quickly rocketed to a record-breaking $455 million international opening weekend. The origin story about Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), a pilot turned Kree supersoldier…
Billie Eilish performs live. (Wikimedia Commons) Throughout the past three and a half years, one thing has remained constant regarding the music of singer-songwriter Billie Eilish: the seventeen-year-old has no quarrel with breaking the entirety of the formula for pop music. Hailing from Los Angeles, Eilish (along with her brother and frequent collaborator, Finneas) has…
Minhaj. (Wikimedia Commons) Prior to the release of Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj rose to stardom through his role as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and he spoke on the immigrant experience as a first- generation Muslim, Indian American in his critically acclaimed and Peabody Award-winning stand up special, Homecoming King. As…
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