Breaking Down Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ Playlist: Oct. 11

Friday, Oct. 11, Spotify updated its weekly ‘New Music Friday’ playlist. This week’s edition includes another new 98 musical releases featuring new songs from chart-topping artists such as French Montana, Sam Hunt, Green Day and The Black Eyed Peas. For…

Student Spotlight (10/18/19): ‘Early Birds’

At 3:00 a.m., everyone in town was asleep. Then, at 3:30 a.m., an alarm woke everyone up. However, since people tend to procrastinate, even at the most important of times, it wasn’t until 4:00 a.m. that they went outside to…

‘Call of Duty Mobile’ satisfying appetizer for ‘Modern Warfare’

“Call of Duty” has been able to push out a title each year without any issues. Their most recent title, a “Modern Warfare” reboot, is set for Oct. 25. In the meantime, another smaller, but just as powerful title dropped…

‘Little Monsters’ combines kindergarten, zombies for fun time

The “zombie movie” is a long overdone genre which has been continuously beaten to death for decades. Whether they be presented as gory comedies, or as suspenseful horror films, it feels as if these films almost never succeed in breaking…

‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ warms hearts with tale of friendship

“The Peanut Butter Falcon” is a wonderfully delightful way to spend 98 minutes. Directed by Tyler Nilson (“Identity Thief”) and Michael Schwartz (“Bricolage”), this modern day adaptation of Huckleberry Finn follows the narrative of Zak (Zack Gottsagen) and Tyler (Shia…

‘Ghostbusters’ turns 35; how simple premise launched franchise

Well, it is three years later and society is pretty much in the same place it was when the 2016 reboot of “Ghostbusters” was released amidst a frankly unnecessary storm of controversy. Now, as the world slowly spirals into the…

Even two Will Smiths cannot save ‘Gemini Man’ from bland plot

Once upon a very disgusting time, a business man would enter his office carrying the fractured skull of the last man who dared to have a good idea in his presence. He would then scrawl a name onto his desk…

‘El Camino’ offers somber epilogue to ‘Breaking Bad’

The last time audiences saw Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul, “The Parts You Lose”) he was beaten, broken and a completely different character than what he started out as in the beginning of the smash hit TV series “Breaking Bad.” And…

Puzzle Answers 10/11/19

Scooby Doo Turns 50

Last September, Scooby-Doo turned 50 years old. Five decades of TV shows and films having reunited families and entertained many generations throughout the years. Throughout the aforementioned course of 50 years, the “gang” has chased down and unmasked evil civilians…