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‘Atlanta: Robbin’ Season’ starts with big, bold bang

4.5/5 Stars Donald Glover (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”) is a media personality who has taken the world by storm over the last couple years. Getting his start as a writer on Tina Fey’s hit show “30 Rock” at age 28, the actor/director/writer/producer/hip-hop…

6ix9ine has nothing to offer music world, society in general

.5/5 Stars As the age of Soundcloud rap continues, the competition for who can be the flashiest, loudest, most vile and most colorful personality is more intense than it has ever been. A few of the most notable artists to…

J-Law’s performance not enough to save ‘Red Sparrow’

2/5 Stars Based on a 2013 novel, “Red Sparrow” features Jennifer Lawrence (“mother!”) as Dominika Egorova, a former Russian ballerina forced after an accident to do some shady dealings for her uncle, Ivan (Matthias Schoenaerts, “Far From the Madding Crowd”),…

‘Game Night’ best comedic ensemble since ‘The Hangover’

4/5 Stars “Game Night,” directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”), stars Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) and Rachel McAdams (“Spotlight”) as Max and Annie, two extremely competitive people who are very much invested in their routine game nights…

‘Black Panther’ takes monumental leap for representation

4.5/5 Stars “Black Panther” has made a statement on the human condition and creatively touches on issues that are relevant to the time. Being the new installment of the Marvel universe, “Black Panther” has hit theaters and continued to break…

Recap: 90 years of celebrating the Academy Awards

After months of guessing and anticipation, the 90th Annual Academy Awards has finally arrived. And while we all know who won each statuette, who were the real winners and losers on Oscars night? Winner: Guillermo Del Toro This  was Guillermo…

The Oswegonian staff picks: Take 2

1) “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” (Book by Mitch Albom, 2003) For those looking for a book to pass the time, this provides a really great story that will keep you entertained from beginning to end. It starts…

Laker Gameday Preview: Women’s hockey vs. Plattsburgh State (NEWHL Final)

Road to the Championship The Oswego State Lakers finished their regular season with a 4-2 win on senior day over SUNY Potsdam. The previous weekend, on Feb. 11 against SUNY Cortland, the Lakers were able to clinch the No. 3…

‘Get Out’ uses real world sensitivities as its playground

Rating: 5 / 5 stars In Jordan Peele’s (“Key & Peele”) directing debut, the immensely powerful social thriller “Get Out,” has been 2017’s wake-up call to the horrors behind American society. Peele’s artful writing style established a broad way of…

Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” shakes up classic monster fantasy

Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars Guillermo Del Toro’s new Oscar nominated film “The Shape of Water” brings to life an original depiction of the classic sea monster in this adult fantasy. With a superb cast to lead the story, the…