Another year, another album filled with the ballads of boyfriends past. Better than Fearless but worse than Speak Now, Red is filled with slower, sadder ballads that have almost exactly the same tempo and message, though the lyrics are as meaningful and eloquent as always. In comparison to Swift’s previous songs, the lyrics in Red are…
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, a five-star resort that has been human-free for over a century! After the tragic death of his wife years ago, Count Dracula built a safe haven for himself, his daughter, Mavis, and all the other monsters of the world. For many years, the hotel went undisturbed by the “evil” humans, but…
Artist: Ellie Goulding Album: Halcyon Release Date: October 9, 2012 Best: “Hanging On”;“Joy”; “Only You”; “I Need Your Love” Ellie Goulding emerged in 2010 with her first album Lights. She captivated the music scene with her high as helium voice. Goulding has just released her second LP, Halcyon, which is filled with staccato piano and club beats,…
In 1999, Stephan Chbosky wrote a young-adult novel which critics hailed as our generation’s Catcher in the Rye. The Perks of Being a Wallflower told the hauntingly real story of a high school outsider, dealing with the struggles of high school society. For many students who read this novel, it changes their lives. Chbosky has…
According to The Book Lantern, a popular book review blog, a good book is is realistic, suspenseful, consistent, and relatable. No Easy Day: The First Hand Account of the Raid that Killed Osama Bin Laden, written by Mark Owen, a former Navy SEAL, is such a book. Written under a pseudonym and edited endlessly to avoid…
One thing I know about popular movies right now is that for the most part, they follow a tedious guideline that has been repeated many times before. If I see another “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” commercial or a horror movie about possession by the devil I’m going to lose my mind. That is why it…
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