At the start of "The Good Dinosaur," released Nov. 25, a meteor hurtles towards Earth on a collision course with the blue planet and ready to bring destruction to the dinosaurs. Instead of crashing into Earth, however, it misses, and the story begins. Pixar takes this imagined scenario and ...
Erykah Badu’s newest release, an 11-track mixtape titled “But You Caint Use My Phone," is her second project of 2015 and the official follow-up to her fifth studio album, “New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh” (2010). Badu is most famous for her neo-soul records, including her debut “Baduizm” ...
Pooja: Rebecca and I consistently say that in 10 years, we will become our mothers. Since moms are the best advice givers, we decided to outsource our column this week to Mama Siv and Mama Solo! From my side, you will be getting top notch advice from a bubbly Bombay-ite who talks to plants and thinks ...
Independently developed or “indie” video games -- games created by small teams or individuals without the financial support of a publisher -- have become an integral part of the gaming landscape over the past decade. The rise of digital distribution on the traditional PC and console markets, as ...
While I was in Beijing this summer, I reached out to a friend of a friend who I was hoping would give me some insight into her industry. When my friend sent an email introducing the two of us, she responded immediately with an invitation to her office. When I arrived in Beijing, I sent her a follow-up ...
As much as we'd all like to pretend they aren't happening, finals are coming. Finals start in less than two weeks, right after the incredibly generous single reading day that Tufts has given us. Some of us will not come out of finals week the same, but here are some tips for surviving the week ...
Earlier this year, Panic! At The Disco drummer Spencer Smith wrote a long, heartfelt letter announcing his departure from the band, leaving frontman Brendon Urie as the band's sole remaining original member. While a lesser musician may have struggled to keep the band's aura and music intact, ...
The only thing that might be more enjoyable than actually attending college is watching the countless television shows and movies that focus on the best four years of your life. This list goes over some of my favorite fictional colleges.Greendale Community CollegeNBC’s "Community" (2009-2015) ...
Despite weeks of speculation by music industry experts, no one could have predicted that Adele’s “25,” released on Nov. 20, would, in only three days, become the fastest-selling album ever. In less than a week, Adele had managed to shatter the single-week sales record of 2.4 million, set by ...
A couple of weeks ago, I won an online contest through my synagogue for a free television show on Amazon. I was excited about it, especially because I knew it would open up my options when writing this column; however, the pickings were extremely slim. I ended up choosing the drama "Everwood" ...
Award-winning producer Dick Wolf strikes again with the third installment of his interconnected Chicago-based shows. Like its counterparts, "Chicago Med," which premiered Nov. 17, doesn't boast a well-known or experienced cast. This, coupled with fairly flat dialogue, doesn't ...
A full year after releasing an ambitious eighth studio album, the Foo Fighters are back with a new five-song EP almost out of the blue. Following the mindset of their previous album, “Sonic Highways” (2015), the new release, “Saint Cecilia,” was recorded in DIY fashion in the Hotel Saint Cecilia ...
Chick lit. Those two words instantly conjure up a whole host of associations with bright pink covers, desperately single heroines and love interests whose square jaws and rippling muscles are the most interesting things about them. I could talk for days about the problems with how this genre is characterized, ...
"Marvel's Jessica Jones," a Netflix original series based on the Marvel universe comic book character of the same name, released its full first season last week and made quite an impression. Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is the best private investigator in New York City, despite her ...
From clashing swords with the mighty undead hosts in the floating necropolis of Naxxramus to slaying dragons in the caves of Blackrock Mountain, Blizzard Entertainment’s expansions and adventures for the collectible card game "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft" have been decidedly hit-or-miss ...
"I’ll say this for you, Katniss, you don't disappoint," says Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) to Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) near the end of the “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2,” released on Nov. 20. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about the final installment in the immensely popular ...
What if Germany and Japan had won the second World War? Based on the portrayal of just such an alternate universe, Amazon’s new show, “The Man in the High Castle" shows how an Axis victory would have wrought superficial change to the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.The show, which ...
Authors have been fascinated with the end of the world since the beginning of the world, and recently there's been a veritable epidemic of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. The world has ended by way of zombies, epidemics, nuclear accidents, corporate takeovers and anything that even vaguely ...
When the curtain parts, men and women dressed in clothing from the late-eighties walk around quietly, staring at Claude Monet’s paintings while a piano plays slowly in the background. Monet, played by senior Ed Rosini, begins a monologue as the viewers gather around a single painting. He talks about ...
Two years of constant scandal had greatly damaged Justin Bieber's reputation and, in an industry where entire careers are built upon the ability of an artist to maintain goodwill with the public, it appeared that Bieber had long exhausted whatever favor he might have once enjoyed. After all, the ...
