“The Martian,” Ridley Scott’s new space adventure starring Matt Damon as botanist Mark Watney, is not what everyone thought it would be. Trailers foretold a pulse accelerating thriller fueled by disasters on an alien frontier -- Mars, humanity’s next stepping stone. The movie has plenty of ...
After being mentioned in the Oct. 9 installment of the arts column "New York Style Deli," “The Savage Lovecast” seemed in need of further examination. For the uninitiated, "The Savage Lovecast" is a podcast hosted by national media personality and syndicated advice columnist ...
This week, I binge-watched “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (2015-present). First of all, can I say, this is such a good show! Tina Fey and Robert Carlock created the sitcom, which stars Ellie Kemper, who you probably know as Erin on "The Office" (2005-2013). Unfortunately, the first season, ...
Historical fiction tends to be set in Western countries and, even then, it tends to cluster around certain places and certain time periods: Great Britain during the Tudor era, France during either the decadence of the Bourbons or the downfall of the French Revolution, the World Wars in all their various ...
"Freeheld," starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page, is a social drama that touches upon an important issue. Sadly, that is all that can be said about the film. Based on the true story of New Jersey detective Laurel Hester (Moore), the movie, released Oct. 2, centers on terminally ill Hester’s ...
In all 133 episodes and six seasons of The CW's "The Vampire Diaries" (2009 - present), the seventh season premiere was the first one that didn't star Nina Dobrev in her leading role as Elena Gilbert.Elena was the on-again, off-again love interest of brother-vampires Damon (Ian Somerhalder) ...
Earlier this year, a missing person poster depicting a 49-year-old African American woman with brown hair and brown eyes went viral on Twitter.The missing person in question? None other than pop icon Janet Jackson, or Miss Jackson if you’re nasty.https://twitter.com/MyVelvetRope/status/588463964389974017/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe ...
Downtown Malden, just a short way northeast of campus, is going through something of a revitalization, but the newest arrival in the district is far from what one might expect to find in a city planner’s toolkit. This addition, Boda Borg, is a reality gaming experience that challenges participants ...
Junior Rachel Sheldon may be double majoring in history and psychology, but outside of class, much of her time is devoted to the arts. She has been a member of Pen, Paint & Pretzels (3Ps) -- Tufts’ umbrella theater organization -- and Torn Ticket II since her first year at Tufts. Sheldon started ...
This is how to make your weekend artsy and fun:Light the Night with DTD: The brothers of DTD will be joining the Boston Light the Night Walk to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Having contributed the most of any Boston-area college group for the past three years, DTD’s goal this ...
Anyone who has seen Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (1990) knows exactly what to expect when they sit down to watch a gangster film. The main character will be relatable, funny and likable one moment and cold-hearted and murderous the next. Killings will be abrupt, even casual, and paired ...
Fans of the science-fiction series "Heroes" (2006 - 2010) were devastated when the cult favorite was canceled after an epic cliffhanger. "Heroes" followed the lives of characters all around the world who had begun to develop superhuman abilities. The show traced their various ...
Unbeknownst to most local college students and non-oldie-lovers, a Scottish folk legend, Archie Fisher, will be making an appearance in Somerville tonight (Oct. 7) at the nearby Burren. While the youth of this generation have probably never heard Fisher’s name, it turns out that he’s actually a ...
spontaneous \spahn-TAY-nee-us\adjective 1. done, said, or produced freely and naturally 2. arising from a momentary impulseToday, I’m especially aerodynamic. I managed to get to the dining hall from my room in two seconds flat, thanks to being a streamlined biddie, silky smooth with my newly shaved ...
"Pretty Little Liars" (2010 - present)! I don't know what made me think it would be a good idea to watch this TV show, because it really is just not good. Maybe it was the fact that I actually kind of enjoyed the books (2006 - 2014) when I read them, but that was in middle school. Anyway, ...
“Timberman” (2014), developed by Digital Melody, was one of 2014’s more successful mobile titles, occupying the top spot in various regional app stores for a time. The game falls very much into the “easy to learn, hard to master” genre of one-touch games that was most recently popularized ...
If you went into a bookstore and examined their historical fiction offerings, it'd be a safe bet that over half the books would be set in Great Britain. The country seems to hold an irresistable fascination for writers, whether it's the rowdy world of the Restoration, the alternately repressed ...
Though food crawls are often the domain of hipsters trying to boost their foodie cred or underage would-be drinkers looking to enjoy a night out without going to bars, they are also are arguably one of the best ways to get the feel of a neighborhood. Buttoned-up, experimental, familiar or exotic, ...
It’ll be hard to look back at 2015 and not think of the contributions Drake and Future made to hip-hop -- and to the musical landscape in general -- this year. They each released their own full-length albums in 2015, both of which were met with their fair share of critical praise. Drake’s “If ...
Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013 - present) premiered its third season last week with an exciting episode that, with any luck, will set the tone for the rest of the season. The premiere starts off at a quick pace, a welcome surprise considering that the past season moved frustratingly ...
