Award-winning essayist, journalist, and nonfiction author Lynell George gives us a glimpse into the esteemed writer Octavia E. Butler’s origins of becoming one. Going into her personal confides of her very own journals, we get a crash course into her psyche, and how she overcame the highs and lows of becoming the first African American woman to break into the science fiction genre.
Severance Season 2 combines wonderful writing, character performance, and unique art direction to become one of the best shows on television.
While sporting some of the series’ best gameplay, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is held back from series peaks by a rather underwhelming story, and repetitive sections.
Emilia Pérez has an interesting plot, but squanders it with an undeveloped cast of characters and forgettable musical score.
Suzanne Collins has once again crafted a brilliant novel with Sunrise on the Reaping. From the incredibly relevant themes to the heartbreaking moments, this book is an incredible success and a perfect conclusion for the series.
Moana 2 lived up to my expectations of being incredibly disappointing. It was just another cash grab among the many sequels and live-action movies Disney has been putting out for about 10 years now. Overall it had beautiful animation, but everything else about it was rushed and sloppy.
As we follow the yellow brick road through memory lane, the Broadway musical to movie adaptation Wicked proves with its amazing cast chemistry and live performances to be just as popular as we all hoped it to be.
World of Goo 2 is a visually stunning game with a creative concept that almost lives up to the legacy of its predecessor, only hindered by its less poignant story and slightly frustrating gameplay.
After a year and a half of touring, Taylor Swift has taken The Eras Tour to Indianapolis, making an unforgettable weekend for the entire city. As fans overtook Lucas Oil Stadium with sequins and friendship bracelets, Taylor Swift and her crew performed an outstanding three-and-a-half-hour show that spans throughout the 18 years of her discography, one era at a time.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is a mediocre movie with actual potential. This movie about creativity lacks it heavily, focusing instead on boring jokes and plot structure.
Wicked showcases many important subjects that are important to many people worldwide. The themes throughout resonate with readers and inspire many to take action toward a variety of topics and be a better person overall.
Arcane Season 2 provides a captivating story with intriguing characters, building off of the fantastic first season. While not every story beat is a winner, the series still holds strong with fantastic performances, art, and music.
“Lunar” by In Distance is an incredible album portraying the artist’s experience of grieving someone. He conveys this with the album's progression, the album’s rhetoric and lyrics, and the incredible emotional response the album provokes. Overall, Indy took a serious topic and portrayed it in all the right ways.
Despite the short runtime, Sabrina Carpenter's new album Short n’ Sweet became an instant classic pop album with its catchy songs and creative lyricism.
Bloober Team’s remake of iconic Silent Hill 2 is near a masterpiece. It might not achieve the same status as the original, but the game builds upon the foundations of what Team Silent originally designed over two decades ago, giving players, new and old, a fresh lens through which to experience the sorrowfully psychological story of James Sunderland. Any fan of the franchise should look to this game as the potential that the franchise isn’t dead—that hope may yet still reside within the town of Silent Hill.
The Fallout show stays true to the world of the games, while also carving its own path in an intriguing story. While the show has some rough spots, it positions itself well to grow out of its mistakes into another season.
Hippo Campus flaunts a new, mature sound with Flood with one of their best tracklists yet. From down-to-earth admissions of faults, to hopeful inspiration, each song has something to say, leading to one of the band’s best releases.
GUTS (Spilled) is a fantastic expansion of a fantastic album. The range of different emotions this album is able to produce leads to me coming back to it no matter the mood I’m in. It is one of the few pieces of media I consider to be nearly flawless.
The Unheard and Unaired EPs consist of a total of seven incredible songs that complement Hozier’s Unreal, Unearth album. Hozier yet again delivers poignant lyrics in combination with incredible vocals, making these EPs well worth the listen.
The Apollo trilogy has some character and story issues, but it mostly succeeds at the story it tries to tell, while looking and sounding beautiful. This trilogy is one I recommend more to already existing Ace Attorney fans, rather than newcomers to the series; however, these are all fantastic games that are worth playing.
