Though the 2011 film, "Limitless," starring Bradley Cooper, received fairly positive reviews (70 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.4/10 on IMDb), the new spinoff television series isn't quite up to par with its source material. "Limitless," the TV show, is set four years after ...
Lil Dicky is now, by all accounts, a professional rapper. The skinny white man from the northern suburbs of Philadelphia first appeared on the music scene in early 2013 and gained notoriety with the launch of the music video for his song “Ex-Boyfriend” (2013). Back then, David Burd, the man behind ...
Looking for cool stuff to do this weekend? The Daily has you covered! Check out these upcoming events:Hillel Beer Garden – Tufts Hillel is hosting a free beer garden for students of drinking age to schmooze and enjoy a cold one. Non-alcoholic beverages and snacks will also be available. Thursday ...
The academic semester is in full swing, TV shows are coming back for season premieres and there's a definite chill in the air. All these things signify the end of summer 2015, which officially concluded on Sept. 22.This summer was filled with impressive singles and albums alike, and this is the ...
Becoming more prominent in mainstream media, podcasting is experiencing something of a golden age -- just in time for the Tufts Podcast Network to come into its own. Founded two years ago by senior Cooper McKim, the Tufts Podcast Network grew out of McKim's passion for sound as a medium and a ...
The annual Emmy Awards, which celebrate the successes of actors and actresses in television series spanning all genres, left viewers with many things to discuss last Sunday night: Who wore the best dress? Why wasn't this actor nominated? Why didn't this actress win? Should I start watching ...
English outfit New Order is a legend in the synth-rock genre; it successfully combined post-punk and synthesized dance music to create one of the more iconic sounds in rock history in the '80s. The group was formed from the remaining members of Joy Division after the group’s lead-singer Ian ...
It would not be inaccurate to say that junior Chloe Hyman lives and breathes art. At Tufts, she has explored a variety of artistic avenues, both inside and outside the classroom. Her studies as an art history major have led her to Venice, Italy, where she is currently working on a research paper ...
This past Sunday, the Revere Hotel screened a series of short films ranging in length from 3 minutes to half an hour as part of the Boston Film Festival. The crowd consisted of middle-aged to elderly Bostonians and a smattering of college students. Since short films are not generally shown in mainstream ...
In classic "Doctor Who" (2005-present) fashion, the ninth season premiereof the BBC's long-running sci-fi series has left viewers on the edge of their seats. Written by show runner Steven Moffat, the episode, entitled "The Magician's Apprentice," aired on Sept. 19.In contrast ...
Oh Mac Miller, how we missed thee. The Pittsburgh rapper came back in full force this week with the release of his third studio album “GO:OD AM.” The piece is a departure from the more melancholy, depressing songs that populated “Faces” (2014) and “Watching Movies with the Sound Off” (2013).Hip-hop ...
It was 6:55 on Monday, Sept. 14, and Mindy Kaling was seated in a folding chair near the entrance of the Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Mass.. A long, long line of eager fans wrapped around the street’s corner and down the block, all of them waiting for the doors of the warmly-lit bookstore to ...
Things looked pretty good for Los Angeles band FIDLAR when its first album hit No. 5 on Billboard Magazine's Top Heatseekers chart. Unfortunately, FIDLAR's second album, released Sept. 4, likely won't be as successful.FIDLAR is a skate punk band led by Elvis Keuhn on guitar and vocals, ...
To describe FX's new show, "The Bastard Executioner," as "gory" would be an understatement. Kurt Sutter, known for creating "Sons of Anarchy" (2008 - 2014), doesn't hold back in his new television series. The various bloody medieval-era torture mechanisms featured ...
What’s old is new again this season in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “A Little Night Music.” Directed by Peter DuBois, this classic musical, set in turn-of-the-20th-century Sweden, follows the romantic intrigues of characters whose lives ...
Ben Folds’ new album, “So There” -- his first solo release since Ben Folds Five temporary reunited for 2012’s “The Sound of the Life and the Mind” -- opens with the words, “What is this?” In a way, this question is the thesis of the entire work (and, arguably, of all of Folds’ work). ...
Miley Cyrus is the ultimate example of what the term “guilty pleasure” means to millennials. Since the premiere of "Hannah Montana" (2006 - 2011), which will turn 10 next March, Cyrus has been simultaneously criticized and admired by our generation. When the show premiered, it was ...
Cyberpunk -- as a genre for video games -- has been enjoying a renaissance lately, with games exploring themes such as inequality, blanket government surveillance and corporate greed taking on increased cultural relevance in our technology-focused world. While big budget franchises like "Deus ...
Indie-pop singer-songwriter Halsey began songwriting at 17, and, in the past two years, the 20-year-old’s musical career has skyrocketed.Halsey's first studio album, “BADLANDS,” released on Aug. 28, is short and sweet -- only about 40 minutes long. The album opens with the electronic beats ...
“90059” (2015) is the zip code for part of Watts, Calif.,hometown of rapper Johnny Reed McKinzie, a.k.a. Jay Rock. Watts doesn’t carry the same hulking reputation that Compton holds in hip-hop circles, but as another disenfranchised neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, a number of parallels ...
