Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, Get Out, surpasses expectations in box office
By Jesika Islam || Arts & Leisure Editor Key and Peele is the brainchild sketch comedy of Michael Keegan and Jordan Peele that is arguably one of the funniest, socially…
Johnson, Dornan star in Fifty Shades Darker, latest installment of The Fifty Shades trilogy
By Jesika Islam || Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor On Valentine’s Day my roommates and I had the ingenious idea to go see the Fifty Shades Darker film, to simply…
La La Land lives up to hype, depicts moving success story in modern musical format
By Jesika Islam || Layout Assistant After months of hearing friends, critics, and commercials praise La La Land I finally caved and decided to watch the Oscar nominated movie. Other…
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life mini-series released on Netflix
By Ellie Gavin || Managing Editor This month, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, was released on Netflix. The series, which consisted of four hour-and-a-half long episodes, was a…
Contributing writer reviews summer hit movie Sausage Party
By Vanessa Chen || Contributing Writer Despite what my friends think, Sausage Party is indeed not an hour and a half of your life that you’ll never get back. Yes,…
Brechtian play impresses with strong performances, unusual styles
By Vanessa Chen || Contributing Writer The TDF production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle doesn’t begin so much as it throws itself at the audience—bare and curtain-less—with the whole cast…
Short Term 12 is filled with poweful performances, heart
By Shaquille Galvan || Contributing Writer 2013 was the year Gravity stunned many with its amazing visuals, Twelve Years a Slave won Best Picture at the Oscars, Frozen unforgivingly brainwashed…
Almost Famous celebrates landmark anniversary, remains famous
By Shaquille Galvan || Contributing Writer Last Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous. The film is a coming-of-age story that explores what it means to be…
Straight Outta Compton offers fascinating musical, social commentary
By Joe Yamulla || Sports Editor Straight Outta Compton was a hit that concluded a Summer of good movies. The film was an absolute box office success that grossed $60,200,180…
GoT gets ready for more characters
Series Review BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Staff Writer With the premiere of season two of Game of Thrones airing April 1 on HBO, it is worth returning to season one…