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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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The Observer

Unfortunately ending

Yvonne Pan, Arts & Entertainment Editor February 1, 2019

No one was more excited than I was when the third season of the Netflix adaptation of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” came out on Jan. 1 this year. Anyone who knows me knows “A Series of Unfortunate...

Phillip Wang discusses “Yappie” after CWRU showing of limited series

Phillip Wang discusses “Yappie” after CWRU showing of limited series

Yvonne Pan, Arts & Entertainment Editor February 1, 2019

“You know if you meet an Asian guy, there’s a one in 13 chance his name is Andrew. There’s a one in five chance he’s an engineer.” This quote is one of the first things you’ll hear when...

Excerpt from Dont Hug Me, Im Scared Trailer

Don’t hug me, I’m Trump

Ryan Yoo, Director of Design January 25, 2019

Your favorite surreal horror comedy series is back for a second season. On Sep. 13, Blink Industries released a 30-second trailer for the new season of “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared,” titled “Wakey...

Promotional Poster for Glass

The subversive, effective conclusion to the Glass trilogy

Lars Torres, Staff Reporter January 25, 2019

Nineteen years ago, M. Night Shyamalan directed a radical film known as “Unbreakable,” a film that looked to be a conventional mystery and psychological thriller but was in fact a slow-burning and...

Members of the Film Society selling tickets in the Tinkham Veale University Center earlier this week.

Film Society prepares for 44th marathon

Yvonne Pan, Staff Reporter January 18, 2019

The first week of spring semester, also known as “syllabus week”, is full of exciting activities from sorority and fraternity recruitment to new classes. Another beginning of spring semester staple...

“On the Basis of Sex” portrays Supreme Court justice’s early career

“On the Basis of Sex” portrays Supreme Court justice’s early career

Ryan Yoo, Director of Design January 18, 2019

“On the Basis of Sex” is a biographical film that follows the early career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The film, directed by Mimi Leder, features Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...

Season two of Stark Trek Discovery premiered on Jan. 17.

Discovery warps into season two

Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter January 18, 2019

This week, Star Trek returns to the silver screen as its newest starship, the U.S.S. Discovery, returns for season two of the logically named “Star Trek: Discovery.” The Discovery, co-opted from its...

Latest J.K. Rowling movie entertaining but cluttered

Latest J.K. Rowling movie entertaining but cluttered

Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter November 30, 2018

After establishing a new set of characters within the fictional world of Harry Potter in 2016’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Warner Bros. returned to the universe earlier this month...

“Dirty John” presents disturbing, but poorly acted thrills

Sophia Yakumithis, News Editor November 30, 2018

Normally, I’m not a fan of true crime. I have this weird anxiety that if I learn about horrific events that actually happened in real life that they will somehow become real and happen to me. “Dirty...

A look at the research behind “Ralph Breaks the Internet”

A look at the research behind “Ralph Breaks the Internet”

Julia Knight, Staff Reporter November 16, 2018

In place of buildings and signs are skyward-stacked computers that flash fluorescent lights. People embody blockheaded avatars and aimlessly wander the busy sidewalks. Instead of cars, data-packets zoom...

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