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...

Let's get right to it, shall we? #1, Tennessee Titans: Cam Ward, QB, Miami. The Titans need to find the QB of the future, and Ward can be that guy. He is a little raw in his game, and his set of weapons is not stellar by any means, but he could be a nice starter after a little bit of further development. At worst, he would become a journeyman starter, but at best, he could lead a Titans team on...

At the end of the 2023-24 season, Nottingham Forest were hanging by a thread: seventeenth place with just 32 points, narrowly avoiding relegation, and seemingly no clear direction. Now, as April winds down and the season enters its final stretch, Forest find themselves in third place in the Premier League, firmly in the Champions League qualification spot. It’s a turnaround few could have dreamt...

Created by Masahiro Sakurai, Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. is a fighting game series known by many fans as fun and competitive. Throughout the years, there have been 5 main versions added to the series, each including some of fans’ favorite Nintendo or non-Nintendo characters. In this series, players, who have participated in tournaments, have made rankings ("tiers") based off how easy characters...

Do you perchance like any of the following concepts: liberty, democracy, or Earth? Have you ever wanted to fight bugs that were harvested for their resources on government plants that broke o—I mean bugs that have no elections and must be liberated of their resources, robot sla—I mean protesting unionized automaton workers, or an alien race that at this time is not recognized by the government?...

Like everyone else, sometimes I feel a powerful need to grab a pint of Häagen-Dazs dulce de leche and dig out shavings of soft, cold, sweet caramel until my brain decides that I am no longer at optimal body temperature. Before I get on my actual soapbox, let's be clear: this is the mature, adult, restrained version of this urge. When I was in college, I happily dug my way through entire pints of...

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...

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...

Welcome back to the Billy Joel series! So far, in Part I, I went through Joel’s origins as a musician leading to his first couple of albums, which failed to bring commercial success. In Part II, he found his groove and released several excellent albums, launching him into fame and allowing him to experiment more with different genres. Now, in Part III, we will look into the next chapter of his...

Music. Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds. Music is one of the greatest things to exist. We see it in nature, notably through birds and their songs, and anything can be music. There are thousands of genres of music, allowing for a huge variety of different tastes. One person can like one song, while another dislikes it just as intensely. This certainly proves that music is subjective,...