I own two separate t-shirts with the phrase “the world is yours” stamped on the back of them. One of these shirts is a reference to the song “The World Is Yours” by Nas from his 1994 album Illmatic. The back of the shirt displays three crudely drawn images of the Earth, the Brooklyn Bridge, […]
Early Impressions The Pokémon Company took the world by storm this past week with the highly anticipated release of their newest title: Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Reviews came pouring in the days leading up to its release, with many credible sources such as Screen Rant, The New York Times, and GamesRadar all showering the game with […]
When the Leaves Change, So Do the Playlists What defines a summer of sounds? Flashy, jumpy pop songs that swoon over summer romances and beach getaways to anthemic rock pieces that pierce the current artist’s tours. But what hits the charts when the leaves begin to color, the air becomes crisp, and several layers have […]
An Adaptation Done Right Stephen King—or the deemed “father of horror”—wrote his novel, The Long Walk (1979), at age 19 as a freshman in college. While most college freshmen are dreading their assigned reading and writing assignments, King managed to craft a complexly horrific and emotional allegory for the draft during the Vietnam War that […]
Maybe you heard about Oppenheimer (2023) through the summer “Barbenheimer” phenomenon. Maybe you saw Interstellar (2014) and fell in love with Hans Zimmer’s score. Maybe your dad made you watch The Prestige (2006) during a family movie night one weekend. Maybe you’re a big Batman fan and do a great imitation of Heath Ledger’s “Why […]
The Dark Knight Trilogy Review Boy, do I wish I had been born in 2005 when Christopher Nolan gave us the gift of Batman Begins. Nolan’s next stab at the Batman franchise came in 2008 with The Dark Knight, but I think most people would agree that a one-year-old is a little too young to […]
The Halloween season brings a multitude of different films that appeal to different audiences as the world once again gets into the spirit of the season. There are so many different ways to get into the spirit of Halloween. There’s always the classic thriller like Halloween (1978) to get the adrenaline running. Some might even […]
Why George Costanza is the Greatest Sitcom Character of All Time The question of who is the greatest sitcom character of all time has often been a debate between sitcom enthusiasts, but one character who is always mentioned is George Costanza from Seinfeld (1989-1998). If you have never seen Seinfeld, George is Jerry Seinfeld’s lifelong […]
It’s 1976. Strung out from being on the road and countless days in the studio recording their latest album, Hotel California, the Eagles were nothing short of burnt out. Hotel California became one of the most popular albums of all time, going on to sell 32 million records worldwide and cementing the band as one […]
The Power Behind the “PARKE” Sweatshirt We have never been strangers to trends. In fact, trends are all around us. They come and go, and then come back again. Something about the PARKE sweatshirts being worn on the backs of not only hundreds of Providence College students, but also thousands of young adults across the […]