The film Insurgent was released March 27, just as we began spring break. It is the second film of the Divergent series based on the books by Veronica Roth and starring Shailene Woodley (whom some might remember from The Fault In Our Stars) and the British heartthrob Theo James. Personally,Continue Reading

When Chef Eddie Huang wrote his autobiography Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, he couldn’t have known that his Taiwanese family would win the hearts of television viewers across America just two years later. He couldn’t have known this fact nearly two decades earlier in his formative childhood (when the book-turned-showContinue Reading

March 16 was a good day: a day off from school, the day I got my permit and for me, Christmas arrived early. Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly was accidentally released on March 16, over a week earlier than it was scheduled toContinue Reading

Wye Oak is a two-person band, something that their newest album, Shriek, seems to be making quite an effort to conceal. In the past, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have released dark, aggressive guitar-based folk rock such as their last album, Civilian. Wasner played guitar and sang as Stack doubledContinue Reading

Funny, kind, protective and strong-willed are characteristics that describe the re-imagined protagonist of Maleficent. The movie focuses on Maleficent, the notorious villain of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, played by Angelina Jolie. The previously untold story of Maleficent reveals a more complex character than the original 1959 fairy tale antagonist, and givesContinue Reading

Amazing Spider-Man 2, the newest addition to the already well-known movie franchise, proves to be a mediocre sequel to the many movies that have come before it. The story catches up with Spider-Man, also known as Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), and his girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). The plot focuses onContinue Reading

Filled with excitement and great action, the newest addition to Marvel Comics’ cinematic universe, Captain America: The Winter Soldier proves to be great sequel to an already-good film series. Based on the story arcs of the Captain America comic book series, including The Winter Soldier and Secret Warriors, the story catchesContinue Reading