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Dune Part 1 Movie Review

LRR, April 5, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Alexus Lowe With the newest Dune: Part Two movie having just come out, there’s been a lot of buzz on social media surrounding both the books and the movies. I’ve never read any of the novels by Frank Herbert but I decided, hey why not give the movie…

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In Defense of Clara Oswald: A Doctor Who Opinion

LRR, April 4, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Nicholas Krzykowski Image from Conversationsabouther.net   (Spoilers for Series 7 – 9 of Doctor Who)   Let me take you back in time for a moment, back to when the internet was obsessed with the color of a dress and One Direction was still together:   Ah, yes, good…

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The Top Three Songs on my Spotify “Top Songs 2023” Playlist (& Why I Love Them)

LRR, April 3, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Joleen Gramlich   “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” – Radiohead Image from The Austin Chronicle Radiohead is prominently known for being a band best described as “genre-fluid.” Each album has a unique sound, one that differs drastically from the album that came before it. From experimental instrumentals or electronic…

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How Eminem’s Manipulation of Language Inspired Me to Write

LRR, April 2, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro   Way back when I was 11 years old, I started listening to rap music. At the time I didn’t have the money to buy the full songs on iTunes so I would either listen to the samples the app gave me or I would look…

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Sweet and Sour Take on Wonka

LRR, April 1, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Kamila Ciebielski   The 2023 Wonka film was surprising to say the least, unexpectedly diverging from the 2005 and 1971 adaptations of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Rather than exploring the story line of Tim Burton’s 2005 version — the mysterious story of a strict dentist father who…

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An Underrated Film: Collateral (2004)

LRR, March 31, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Jules Dowling   Cinema has always been bursting with new material, but in the age of streaming platforms and fast, innovative technology, there are an insane amount of films being released and consumed. So, it can be understood how hard it has become to weed through all the…

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Sex in Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” (Minor Spoilers)

LRR, March 25, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Katherine Jimenez   College burnout, two scholarship projects, and a whole lot of expectations put me in a reading slump I thought I would never survive. But in December 2023 one of my favorite professors gifted me a copy of a book I had been dying to read…

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Cavetown’s “little vice” EP Review

LRR, March 25, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Sophia Ciraldo   Robbie Skinner (Cavetown) is a singer-songwriter who writes indie/bedroom-pop music. I’ve followed his career for six years and was lucky enough to see him perform live in 2021. Over that period, he has released three albums, four EPs, and a handful of singles. His latest…

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Best on Screen Feminist Monologues

LRR, March 25, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Sky Cummings   To be loved is to be understood. We pick our favorite movies and books based on the characters we most relate to, whose words speak to our very souls. We love them, and perhaps more importantly, we feel loved by them. It’s comforting to hear…

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Reviewing Sam Evian’s New Album Plunge, Song by Song

LRR, March 25, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Krista Mitchell   Last Friday, March 22, 2024, the moment I had been waiting for finally arrived: Sam Evian released his fourth studio album Plunge. I saw him live last October as an opener for Tennis, and after looking him up after the concert, I found myself immediately…

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