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Throwback Corner: Shrek

Valentina Menta, Staff Writer • April 18, 2024

DreamWorks’s “Shrek” is one of not only the most beloved films of our early 2000’s childhoods, but one that still maintains and grows in its love and success even to this day. The story of “Shrek”...

Throwback Corner: iCarly

Valentina Menta Jr., Staff Writer • March 7, 2024

When we look back on our childhoods, there will always be a few extra special shows that we collectively look back on that remind us of the simpler times. Whether they were playing in the background when...

Throwback Corner: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Connor Coppola, Arts Entertainment Editor • February 8, 2024

Throughout our childhoods, there have been countless movies that have shaped us into the people we are today and will always exist to remind us of another time. One of the movies that I and so many others...

‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ is a family holiday staple

Valentina Menta Jr., Staff Writer • December 7, 2023

As the world waits with excitement for Christmas to arrive again this year, it’s time for all those looking to get into the Christmas spirit to take part in their annual holiday movie rewatches. There...

Dicaprio and Scorsese Shine Bright in Mob Thriller “The Departed”

Connor Coppola, Arts & Entertainment Editor • November 2, 2023

Martin Scorsese's 2006 crime thriller "The Departed" is a masterful film surrounding about the Boston's organized crime scene. With its intense plot twists, masterful performances and intricate character...

Throwback Corner: ‘The father-son relationship that grew because of ‘Transformers’

Brandon Fairweather, Assistant Editor-in-Chief • October 19, 2023

July 3rd, 2007. For anyone else, it was likely just a regular day before the 4th of July. However, to my dad and I, it meant a lot more because the first “Transformers” movie was released...