Movie theatres have been a significant part of American culture for decades. A gathering place for everyone. Occasionally, huge movies became cultural events. Everyone saw them at the theatre; they were universal experiences that became part of pop culture and regular conversations everywhere. In 2023, there were some such movies. We will be talking about the shock wave of the Bomb in Oppenheimer and...

[Content Warning: If you're unaware, this is a horror film. Some pretty dark stuff follows.] A rumbling sound then three sharp knocks: BA BA DOOK DOOK DOOK. That’s when you’ll know that he’s around. In The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent, a single mother, depressed because of the death of her husband, starts being stalked by a monster, whose presence frightens her son and causes her to...

"Superficial winning" doesn't have a dictionary definition, because it's a phrase that not many people use, but if it had one, it'd be the Pittsburgh Steelers of the past few years. Perennial lightning rod Mike Tomlin has a 17-season streak of finishing above .500, and yet, under him, the Steelers have only a single trip to the conference championship in the past decade. Their last Lombardi was 15...

Spring training is coming to a close, and Opening Day 2024 is just days away. After quite the eventful offseason, baseball fans are excited to see the big names back in action, some of them in new uniforms. Most notably, Shohei Ohtani signed a record breaking $700 million deal with the Dodgers this past December. Not long after his fellow countryman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, signed with the Dodgers as well. Some...

Honkai Star Rail is an immersive turn-based open-world RPG game released in late April 2023, the fourth in the Honkai series. As the player, you tag along with the Astral Express crew to explore and help save planets across the universe from seeds of disaster known as "stellarons." There are many aspects to the game that can be seen in other Hoyoverse titles, but one of the most unique aspects is...

Ah, I'm back after a nice long summer abroad. The month of September brought along many things: a new school year, the movie The Creator (which I'm hyped to see) and a very special game made by Bethesda Softworks: STARFIELD. Some background information: Bethesda Softworks is a game developer from Maryland, who have created some of the world's best RPGs, including Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and...

The last time I showed up around these parts to talk about food, because I have a gift for staking out popular positions that will be shared by absolutely everyone in time, I chose to talk about how cooking during lockdown taught me the value of not wasting anything in your kitchen. I stand by that, to be clear, especially as every grocery store chain openly gouges us, gives us some sorry excuse we...

By the time you are reading this, it will be the end of October, which means that it is the autumn. The leaves will be changing, the flavors will be pumpkin, and most importantly, you and all of your neighbors will be setting up your Halloween decorations. There is no doubt about it: we are now in the spoopy season. However, when that fateful October 31 comes around, and you need to know whether to...

As I roam and traverse this empty hall, I start wondering if it's the same at all As the raucous building that I used to hear Throughout all the days of yesteryear. Here I am, though I should really be free; This is basically an educational tyranny. Learning my lessons all over again? If this is for real, I might go insane. I'm at the room now, though I'd rather hide From the ultimate...

I left you, mother, at such a young age, and turned to sadness and sorrow and rage. The Danes had family and friendship alike, and they tasted better than sheep and the like.   They would fruitlessly run right away, whenever I opened the hall to light from the day. Then I began coming at night, leaving them with quite a blight.   Never would I be normal like them, they...

In 1955, the United States began sending aid to the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam) in the fight against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as North Vietnam) and the guerrilla force known as the Viet Cong, who were believed by Americans to be Communist, though this was not exactly true. Ten years later, the first official American troops made it over, marking the...

The musical history of the twentieth century is incomplete without the bands that made rock and roll central to popular music, from Elvis and Buddy Holly, through the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, and their successors. You may ask, however: what does this have to do with Valentine’s Day? Well, there was a time when rock and roll became romantic: the eighties. It was the time...