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Eric Banks best films of 2022.

The Best Films of 2022

Eric Banks, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

With so many fantastic films to choose from, it’s hard to pick just 10 standouts from 2022. I simply don’t have room to spotlight honorable mentions such as X, Three Thousand Years of Longing, and...

Brendan Urie in the Death of a Bachelor music video.

Panic! At The Disco: A Look Back on a Peculiar Career

Adrian Randall, Staff Writer February 2, 2023

In 2004, a lonely Las Vegas youth decided to stop singing in the back-room of his diner job and begin putting himself out there. That man was Brendon Urie. Over the next 19 years, he became one of the...

Screengrab from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish trailer.

‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ Is The Sequel We Didn’t Know We Needed

Eric Banks, Staff Writer February 1, 2023

“I would like to make a movie to tell children ‘it’s good to be alive,’” -Hayao Miyazaki Those words belong to one of the greatest animation directors the world has ever known and speak to the...

Chef Slowik from The Menu. Screengrab from The Menu trailer.

The Menu Takes “Eat the Rich” to a Whole New Level

Haley Seymour, Editor in Chief January 30, 2023

There’s something so frustrating about the existence of a fancy restaurant as a middle-class person, serving minuscule portions as “courses” and expecting you to follow a particular dress code. Mark...

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) in Glass Onion. Screengrab from Glass Onion trailer.

Glass Onion: The Perfect Sequel

Adrian Randall, Staff Writer January 27, 2023

When the term “neo-noir” is mentioned, Knives Out is what pops into my mind. Switch out the dark offices for a massive mansion, switch out the main character being a brooding P.I. for the most comical...

A screengrab from the Avatar: The Way of Water trailer.

Does ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Live Up to the Original?

Tyler Cataldo, Contributor January 20, 2023

For the last 13-years, Avatar was a joke—a movie that had cultural impact for the year it came out then faded away. Mere days after the film passed $1 billion at the box offices, James Cameron announced...

Screengrab from the Pinocchio trailer.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: A Darker Take on the Classic Children’s Tale?

Adrian Randall, Staff Writer January 18, 2023

Stop-motion truly is the one form of art that remains timeless, and it is one for all ages. However, stop-motion is also a hit-or-miss form of art. Not every film can be a Henry Selick masterpiece. One...

The Crossovers Must-Read Books for Winter Break (2022)

The Crossover’s Must-Read Books for Winter Break (2022)

Crossover Staff December 16, 2022

Haley Seymour, Editor in Chief - Over the summer, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This story follows Monique Grant, a reporter for Vivant magazine, who is contacted by...

Screengrab from The Fabelmans trailer.

The Fabelmans and the Magic of Movies

Eric Banks, Staff Writer December 13, 2022

I fell in love with movies when I was 14 years old. They were everything to me, a magical form of escapism where anything is possible. In my mind, only cinema could show you a machine gun-toting raccoon...

Screengrab from Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2: Sophomore Slump or Sophisticated Second Coming?

Adrian Randall, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

I was in seventh grade, standing outside my middle school, waiting for the after-school bus to take me home on a boring Wednesday in March when I heard about this new game that was coming out. As I was...

Hernandez at a welcoming event, photo by: Logan Hall-Potvin.

An Interview with President Hernandez: His Advice on Change

Kelley Lebahn, Staff Writer December 6, 2022

Growth. That is the word President Alex Hernandez associates with change.  “I’m pretty optimistic that new opportunities can lead to growth even if it doesn’t feel that way when you first get...

Screengrab from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

It’s the Holiday Season, Charlie Brown! Ranking the Peanuts Holiday Specials

Brigid Barry, Staff Writer December 5, 2022

Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comics have been gracing the media world for decades. Since 1950 when the first strip was released in the newspaper, the world of Charlie Brown has been expanding. Well...

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