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Jenny Ortega has been highly praised for her performance as Wednesday Addams in Netflixs new show Wednesday.

The return of the Addams Family with Netflix’s “Wednesday”

Joey Gonzalez, Life Editor December 2, 2022

If you’ve been on TikTok in the last week, you’ve definitely encountered the scene of Wednesday Addams dancing to “Bloody Mary” by Lady Gaga. And if you haven’t, you’ve probably seen popular...

Queen Ramonda (center), played by Angela Bassett, successfully leads Wakanda in the newest Black Panther movie following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman in 2020.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is a continuation of Chadwick Boseman’s groundbreaking work

Joey Gonzalez, Life Editor November 18, 2022

The recent release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has been a bittersweet one, continuing the beloved series without its leading actor. The film portrays the grief of a community following the...

Harry Styles, in his latest movie venture My Policeman, with a lackluster queer romance, proves once again that he should stick to his career in music.

“My Policeman”: Harry Styles’ latest attempt at acting

Joey Gonzalez, Life Editor November 11, 2022

Hollywood seems hellbent on casting Harry Styles as a leading role in films and unfortunately it's clear that his main career path has not been as an actor. Considering the widespread criticism of his...

Celebrating its 25th production, the CWRU Film Society featured Voyeuristic Intentions to create a unique and immersive watching experience of the cult-classic.

Film Society’s production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a theatrical masterpiece

Noah Henriques, Shivangi Nanda, Staff Writer, Copy Editor November 4, 2022

Some Halloween movies have become classics: “The Shining,” “Halloween,” “The Exorcist,” “Scream”—the list goes on. But every Halloweekend, the Case Western Reserve University Film Society,...

In the season finale of HBOs House of the Dragon, the newly crowned Queen Rhaenyra prepares for a war that will pit dragon versus dragon and Targaryen versus Targaryen.

“House of the Dragon” season finale: A song of death and duty

Joey Gonzalez, Life Editor October 28, 2022

Spoiler warning for the entire first season of “House of the Dragon” On Sunday Oct. 23, HBO’s critically acclaimed “House of the Dragon” finished its first season, leaving fans wondering and...

Netflixs animated movie The Sea Beast follows young Maisie Brumble as she sets sail to catch sea beasts with Captain Crow and Jacob Holland.

Netflix’s “The Sea Beast” offers both unique and familiar elements in its compelling story

Alan Kronenberg, Staff Writer October 28, 2022

Over our fall break last week, I had the chance to catch up on some of the movies that comprise my ever-growing “to watch” list. One of these movies, called “The Sea Beast,” is an animated, family...

Netflixs new series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has received much backlash from the families of Dahmers victims, who feel like their pain is being exploited for profit.

Netflix’s cash cow: Trauma

Joey Gonzalez, Life Editor October 14, 2022

On Sep. 21, Netflix released yet another iteration of the infamous American serial killer’s narrative, titled “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Although the show depicts a dramatized,...

Camila Mendes Drea (left) and Maya Hawkes Eleanor (right) stumble upon more than one dark secret over the course of Netflixs new teen comedy Do Revenge.

“Do Revenge” is a dark love letter to its own genre

Sophia Popkin and Karuna Lakhiani September 23, 2022

Netflix recently released “Do Revenge,” a dark teen comedy that follows two teenage protagonists, Drea (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke) as they team up and plot to “do each other’s revenge.”...

Harry Styles (left) and Florence Pugh (right) play Jack and Alice Chambers, a husband and wife living in a 1950s utopian experimental community thats hiding a dark secret.

Should We Be Worried, Darling?

Sophia Popkin, Social Media Editor September 16, 2022

If you’ve been on Twitter at all within the past week, you’re likely to have seen some sort of meme related to the drama surrounding the cast of director Olivia Wilde’s new film, “Don’t Worry...

The series finale of Better Call Saul, the prequel to Breaking Bad, was released on Aug. 15, providing fans of the 15-year saga the conclusion that theyve been waiting for.

Saul-utations: Vince Gilligan Signals the End of an Era

TJ Disabato, Staff Writer September 9, 2022

On Aug. 15, fans of the hit television series “Breaking Bad” immersed themselves in the harrowingly realistic and deeply poignant universe that Vince Gilligan constructed nearly 15 years ago for one...

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