Killers give listeners nothing new in ‘Wonderful Wonderful’
Rating: 3/5 stars Formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards) and Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals), adding bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. to the line-up a year later, The Killers were thrown…
Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ has alienated mainstream audiences
Rating: 4/5 stars Darren Aronofsky’s (“Noah”) allegorical horror film “mother!” is easily the most ambitious, and very likely, the most divisive film seen all year. It is one of those movies that is incredibly hard to synopsize without spoiling the…
Golf to defend title at 20th Annual Fall Oswego Invitational
Oswego State Lakers golf will host their fall invitational for the 20th consecutive year this weekend at their home course Oswego Country Club. Head coach Mike Howard took over the golf program 25 years ago and wanted other teams to…
Sophomore swimmer succeeding in offseason
Oswego State does not have a history of swimmers going to open-water races. Sophomore Daniel Rodriguez changed that, paying his own way to get to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Open Water Championship. Compared to NCAA Div. I…
‘American Vandal’ most original new comedy of fall
Rating: 4/5 stars “American Vandal” is a refreshing addition to comedy and crime documentaries. In recent years, Netflix has made it a pattern to release true crime documentaries such as “Making a Murderer,” “Amanda Knox,” “13th,” “Casting JonBenet” and now…
‘Vice Principals’ season two more outrageous than ever
Rating: 4.5/5 stars That is the question everyone who watched the season one finale of “Vice Principals” is wondering. Of course, viewers will not find out the answer to this question in the season’s premiere, despite high suspicions of former…
Look at OZ: Stand-up comic Owen Benjamin
On Sept. 25, stand-up comedian Owen Benjamin was the guest speaker for the 2017 Living Writers Series. The series acts as a class in which various writers, from poets to published novelists, visit the Marano Campus Center auditorium and discuss…
Foo Fighters return strong with “Concrete and Gold”
Rating: 4/5 stars Foo Fighters’ new album “Concrete and Gold” comes three years after their previous release “Sonic Highways.” “Sonic Highways” was as creative an album as the recording method, which involved recording songs throughout the country. Despite this, the…
In “The Good Place,” afterlife provokes more laughs than tears
Rating 4.5/5 stars “The Good Place” premiered on NBC last season to much acclaim. Created and produced by Michael Schur, the creator of other hit sitcoms like “Brooklyn 99” and “Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place” is a groundbreaking and…
“LEGO Ninjago Movie” proves to be another strong installment in franchise
Rating: 4/5 stars The highly anticipated computer animated 3-D action-comedy movie, “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” co-directed by Charlie Bean (“Tron: Uprising”), Paul Fisher and Bob Logan came out in theaters on Sept. 22. Despite not doing as well in box…
