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(01/23/19 5:45am)
Everyone on “Vice"'s marketing team deserves a raise. I could not wait to see the movie, mostly due to a stellar trailer that focuses on the conversation where George W. Bush asks Dick Cheney to be his Vice President. The scene is tense and captivating, but nothing else in the movie comes close to echoing its greatness. I expected the film to focus on Cheney’s time in Bush’s administration, but it instead focuses on the totality of Cheney’s life, with mixed results.
(01/09/19 5:05am)
After three hours of watching “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” Netflix’s new standalone "Black Mirror" movie that was supposed to take 90 minutes, I had to give up. The movie is an interactive experience, meaning the viewer gets to pick between two options at various points to determine the direction of the plot, and I had basically exhausted most of the endings and timelines. Near the end, the movie became hard to watch, as finding new scenarios required re-watching earlier scenes numerous times. The film's novel concept quickly went from intriguing to grating, and by the end of the interactive experience, I wished I had spent those three hours watching three better “Black Mirror” episodes.
(12/05/18 5:10am)
The 1975’s lead singer, Matty Healy’s life is perfectly analogous to what he has produced with his newest album: all over the place. Healy has battled a heroin addiction for years, suffers from depression and anxiety, and has gone so far as to even call himself “Not that mentally stable.” This new album, “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships”, is the band’s third LP, and it really is all over the place, bouncing around from the band’s prototypical bubblegum pop to jazz, glitchy electronica and balladry. There is even a song narrated entirely by Siri. Although Healy definitely still struggles to put his life together, the album finds a way to masterfully incorporate all these elements into a insightful and cohesive hour of music that powerfully tackles modernity, technology, relationships and drug addiction.
(12/05/18 5:20am)
When I first discovered Arcade Fire, I hated them with every fiber of my being. I had not heard a second of their music, but my sixth grade self was simply angry that some random indie band from Montreal with an awkward-looking lead singer had “stolen” the Grammy for Album of the Year from the Top 40 artists I listened to at the time. Nowadays, my views are radically different: Arcade Fire is one of my favorite bands, and I have zero interest in Top 40 music.
(11/14/18 5:10am)
Excelling at acting or music alone is hard enough, but some are bold enough to pursue both domains professionally. For every successful transition, there is one that reminds people why being an actor-musician is so difficult. Here’s a list — by no means exhaustive — that shines light on some of the impressive successes and head-shaking failures of double threat superstars.
(11/07/18 5:15am)
Hasan Minhaj’s "Patriot Act" is not original. The show is one of dozens populating the now bloated late night talk show format. But what the show lacks in originality, it makes up for in being sharper, funnier and more engaging than most of its competitors.
(10/24/18 4:25am)
Spooky season is in full swing here at Duke as students have begun planning their costumes and making plans for Halloween night. While many students head to Chapel Hill for Homegrown Halloween, a Franklin Street celebration that welcomes thousands of attendees, there are plenty of other options in the triangle for a fun night.
(10/03/18 4:25am)
Many Duke students merely view tea as an alternative to coffee. The new club Duke CommuniTEA wants to educate students on the history of the drink.
(09/05/18 4:15am)
Moviepass is the deal that was too good to be true. I started my subscription 10 months ago, and in that time, I’ve seen 34 movies. That comes out to a little less than $3 a movie. Movie tickets at my theater typically cost $12, and nationally the average is $9.38. That means it is nearly impossible for Moviepass to earn a profit if moviegoers go to just one movie a month on the company’s $9.95 one-movie-a-day plan.
