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Cuddle up with some friends, grab some popcorn, put on a costume, summon a ghost and enjoy these Halloween classics

Movies to stream on Halloween 2021

Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 29, 2021

The air is crisp, the leaves are colored, the costumes are prepared, the pumpkins are everywhere—the time for Halloween has come. And while for many at Case Western Reserve University, this time will...

Michael Myers is back for another sequel in the long-running Halloween franchise. But should he be?

“Halloween Kills” shows why 1978’s “Halloween” never needed a sequel

Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 29, 2021

There is perhaps no horror film as impactful and influential as John Carpenter’s 1978 “Halloween.” Giving birth to the slasher film, “Halloween” created the tropes that would come to define the...

Squid Game left fans with broken hearts, dropped jaws and unanswered questions

“Squid Game” is great, but it doesn’t need another season

Kate Gordon, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

Surpassing both American-made “Stranger Things” and “Bridgerton,” “Squid Game,” a K-drama about playing popular childhood games to the death, is now the most-streamed show on Netflix. It reached...

“Dune” melds science fiction and medieval Eurocentric politics for better and for worse

“Dune” melds science fiction and medieval Eurocentric politics for better and for worse

Elie Stenson, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

“Dune,” directed by Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival,” “Blade Runner 2049”), is a sci-fi epic that has held the world’s attention for nearly a year following its delayed release. Now it has finally...

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond one final time, giving the character a definitive ending.

“No Time to Die” delivers a fond farewell to Daniel Craig’s Bond

Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 22, 2021

Secret agents. Devious villains. Dangerous women. Fast cars. Cool gadgets. Slick suits. Exotic locales. Bombastic setpieces. Thrilling escapes. Flashy title sequences. Vodka martinis, shaken not stirred....

While Ted Lasso seems silly on the surface, the shows themes have are among the most prescient of everything on the air

“Ted Lasso” is the show for our times

Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 22, 2021

Let’s face it. It’s been a tough year and a half. Having been faced with death around every corner, constant anxiety over receiving or transmitting the virus and the isolation that comes with being...

“Sex Education” Season 3: filled with sex or filled with meaning?

Christie Lanfear, Staff Writer October 22, 2021

This article contains spoilers. Upon first glance, “Sex Education” is just another slightly crude teen comedy filled with sex, heartbreak and more sex. But beyond this facade, the show is actually...

Many familiar faces from The Sopranos return, albeit played by new actors in this prequel film.
Photo Credit: Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros.

“The Many Saints of Newark” is not “The Sopranos,” but it’s still good

TJ Disabato, Staff Writer October 8, 2021

Nearly 15 years after the infamous cut to black in the finale to “The Sopranos,” David Chase has returned to give an earlier look at the series that first gave him fame. Fans of “The Sopranos”...

La Dolce Vita (1960), among other films, are currently running in the Fellini 101 retrospective

Fellini retrospective continues at CIA Cinematheque with two classics

Dylan Jewell, Staff Writer October 1, 2021

The Fellini 101 retrospective continued on at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, following the career of Italian film director Federico Fellini, on Sept. 18, with “Nights of Cabiria,” his...

The classic 90s sitcom,Seinfeld brings its 9 seasons to Netflixs array of TV shows and movies.

“Seinfeld,” one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, is now on Netflix

Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 1, 2021

Over the past few years, Netflix, the largest streaming service in the world, has progressively lost some of their biggest, most-watched shows. Between losing “Friends,” “Parks and Recreation”...

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