Wishy’s ‘Nature’s Pill’ is nostalgic and lively
It is difficult to make a name for yourself in the indie rock scene with all the competition, and it is even more difficult to carve out a sound for…
Ben Kaplan
You see how this looks, right? ‘Primetime’ stuns and scares
Can we destroy evil? And, if we can, what gives us the right? “Primetime,” directed by Lance Oppenheim and released in theaters on Sept. 25, asks these questions poignantly and…
NFL Week 2: Deshaun Watson wins, America loses
Following the chaotic Week 1, the world turned on their TVs this week to find another baffling and highly entertaining round of football matches. Week 2 began on a Thursday…
‘Tony’ introduces the world to difficult Vassar men
Vassar, like life, can be a difficult experience where you can be judged more for how you are perceived instead of who you actually are. Directed by Matt Johnson, “Tony,”…
I ran 135 miles to find a part of myself
I used to hate running. This used to be something that I saw as a personal weakness, a failing that limited me in multiple capacities. It was not that I…
Geese has arrived on their own terms… kind of
Over the summer of 2024, I saw the up-and-coming indie rock band Geese open for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, who had an electrifying set at a former racing…
Why ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ means so much
It is almost a played-out statement at this point to say that modern gaming has devolved greatly. The video game industry saw unprecedented growth during the pandemic, acting as a…
‘The Pitt’ proves that medical dramas can be good
If there is one genre of television that is associated with brain rot, that always seems to air in between reruns of “Young Sheldon” and “The Goldbergs,” it would be…
The genius stupidity of ‘A Minecraft Movie’
It is not every day you watch a trailer for a blockbuster that asks you to turn off your brain. And, if you theoretically did, you would expect a movie…
‘Mickey 17’ is a fun movie, not much else though
What if “Princess Mononoke” and “Starship Troopers” were a slightly raunchy and overly optimistic space flick with the plot of a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode? That is the…