March 13, 2019By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Volume 2 Episode 5 of “Patriot Act.” This week on Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj discussed a topic a little lighter than those in the past couple of episodes: hip hop music. Hip hop music originated in the Bronx and grew into a worldwide music sensation. “This small thing that
March 7, 2019By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Volume Two Episode 4 of Patriot Act. This week’s episode of Patriot Act focused on a topic that always has sparked debate: civil rights. The topic of civil rights has changed slightly throughout the last decade or so, adding the voices of and opinions about the LGBTQ+ community to
February 26, 2019By Jilleen Barrett
The always hilarious Hasan Minhaj is making young audiences laugh, cry (from laughing so hard), and become more informed once again in this week’s episode of Patriot Act. This week, he breaks down the complicated world of student loans in the United States. Most students in the U.S. have to take out loans to afford college. “Congratulations
January 29, 2019By Jilleen Barrett
Vampire Weekend, one of the best Indie Rock bands with the least appreciation from teens, have released two new songs after six long years of fans hearing nothing from them. In 2013, Modern Vampires of the City was released and it was one of the most popular albums they had- the fans were eating it up.
December 11, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Sarah Hyland is a name we’ve all known for a while- first from the hit ABC show Modern Family which aired in 2009, and then from the 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming. Both of these included her playing the part of the trendy, sophisticated “it” girl with the coolest clothes and the homecoming queen
December 2, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
The 1975 is a pop band that rose to fame in the United Kingdom in 2012 after the release of their first EP Facedown. Since then, they’ve released mind-blowing albums such as The 1975 and I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, gaining attention from millennial and Gen
November 13, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from the Season 1 Finale Episode of YOU. In the season finale of You, Joe really proves to us how far he’ll go for what he calls “love”. At the end of last week’s episode, Beck was left in the infamous cage in the basement of Joe’s bookstore where an
November 5, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for season one of You. Read at your own risk! Murder, stalking, and more mysteries revealed- this episode of You brought a lot of things about Joe to Beck’s knowledge, things she never could have seen coming. Because the episode was enthralling right from the beginning, I’ll get right into
October 31, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from the Eight-Episode of “YOU”. On this episode of You, we view the characters experiencing new things and repeating old behaviors. Beck is still a mess (no shock there) and Joe has become almost as talented of an actor as the one playing his character. He’s still seeing Dr
October 23, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Season 1 Episode 7 of ‘YOU’. This week’s episode of You was enthralling, heartbreaking, and held a lot of depth. A huge part of the captivity of the show this week was the acting. It was interesting because the main characters were evolving in front of the viewers’
October 16, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Season 1 Episode 6 of YOU. It may seem like crime only happens in cities like New York, but this episode of You proves that real misdemeanours occur where no one is watching. Proving she can be even more high maintenance than we thought, Peach whisks Beck off
October 15, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
As my fellow movie junkies probably know, Walt Disney Productions is making a new movie inspired by The Nutcracker, a story written by E.T.A Hoffman and later created into the iconic ballet. The ballet was choreographed by a few different people, but most famously in the United States by The New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine,