The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

Laker Review

Miley Cyrus finds much-needed clarity in ‘Younger Now’

Rating: 3/5 stars Miley Cyrus is a changed person. She will be the first one to say it. Long gone are the days of dreadlocks, twerking and experimenting with whatever drugs she could get her hands on. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter…

Nathan For You’ still wildly innovative in new season

Rating: 4.5/5 stars After taking a nearly two-year break between the start of this season and end of the previous, “Nathan For You” is back up and running. The gap between seasons left many fans anxious and uncertain of the…

Larry David explores new territory on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Rating: 4.5/ 5 stars Larry David has returned to grace TV screens with his unique brand of awkwardness. After a six-year hiatus, the social assassin is back on HBO’s hit comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Fans of the show were never…

Ringo Starr continuing career 50 years after Beatles with nineteenth solo album, “Give More Love”

Rating: 3 / 5 stars At 77 years of age, the fact that former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is still releasing new music is certainly an achievement to admire. In fact, this album titled “Give More Love” is the 19th…

“A Ghost Story” could have been too experimental for wide-release audiences

Rating: 4 / 5 stars “A Ghost Story” is a slow-paced, reflective, spiritual film about time. It is also a movie whose protagonist is a mute, bedsheet ghost with eyeholes cut out. These two aspects of the film should prove…

Running

Running. I knew that doing this job would be rough, but I never thought I’d literally be running for my life. It’s close to 2 a.m. on a Saturday. I had just broken into my target’s place of business when…

Add ‘American Assassin’ to list of typical action films

Rating: 2/5 stars “American Assassin” is directed by Michael Cuesta (“Kill the Messenger”) and stars Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”) as Mitch Rapp, a young CIA black ops recruit who teams up with Michael Keaton (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”) to thwart the launch…

Young Thug, Carnage surprise fans with ‘Young Martha’

Rating: 4.5/5 stars This past week, the highly anticipated album from YSL/Heavyweight Records and artists Young Thug and DJ Carnage has finally dropped and is creating chaos. A plethora of teasers from DJ Carnage were released on Twitter wth the…

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…