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Rotunda Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’

By Tyler Bagent | May 17

Two places not typically compared to one another: Longwood University’s Stubbs Lawn and Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. That said, they have one glaring similarity - Taylor Swift has rocked out both.  Described as “a journey through the musical eras of my career” by Swift, the ‘Eras ...

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Scream VI Slays The March Box Office

By Anthony Anderson and Anthony Anderson | March 28

Ghost Face slashes the March box office with the sixth installment of the slasher-horror Scream film franchise. According to Collider, “Scream VI” “exceeded expeditions in its opening week,” setting a franchise record at the domestic box office to $44 million. This surpassed the former Scream ...

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Cocaine Bear: Kilos of Fun

By Benton Parker McFadden | March 28

Imagine: you’ve been tasked with writing a new horror/comedy movie. But what can you do to make it unique? Being inspired by true events can help, but lots of movies claim that these days. You could make the threat an animal, after all, “Jaws” was popular. But an animal going around killing people ...

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This is Why... Paramore's Pop-Punk Reign Continues

By June Bollinger | February 27

Paramore announced their sixth studio album, “This Is Why,” at the end of September 2022 along with a music video release of the title track. Their intergenerational fanbase was immediately enthralled- many have been waiting six years for a new album, and some have been waiting ten for a good one. ...

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M3GAN: Taking Playtime to a Whole New Level

By Nevaeh Cason | February 27

The 2022 film “M3GAN” was one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. The story follows Gemma (Allison Williams), a designer for a toy company whose next big project is M3GAN - a life-like doll powered by artificial intelligence whose purpose is to be a child’s best friend. The more ...

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Rotunda Review: SZA’s Sophomore Album Cements Her Icon Status

By Tyler Bagent | February 5

The rise of SZA, while a fairly slow burn, has been incredible to witness. Debuting in 2017 with R&B Bible ‘Ctrl’, followed by successful features on ‘What Lovers Do’ by Maroon 5, ‘Homemade Dynamite’ by Lorde, and most notably ‘Kiss Me More’ with Doja Cat, SZA has cemented herself ...

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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Problematic, but Fantastic

By Lucas Freitas | February 5

Many people, myself included, were excited to see what the next generation of Pokémon could bring especially after the release of Legends Arceus. The games were announced to be the series’ first step into open world, a request fans had been asking for years. We had gotten a feel of what an open world ...

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Black Adam: Dwayne's Dworld

By Benton Parker McFadden | November 22

Black Adam, the latest superhero epic from Warner Brothers Discovery, was released in theaters on October 21st of this year. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Black Adam introduced a new wave of characters to the DCEU and marked the film debut for the Justice Society. But you, dear reader, are ...

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Don’t Worry Darling: Was it Worth it?

By Abigail Cohen | November 22

It’s 1955, you're dancing to Oogum Boogum Song by Brenton Wood on your record player while twirling around in your daisy yellow teacup dress dusting everything in sight. You're dancing your heart out, and all of a sudden you hear nothing. You think the record player must have stalled and as you walk ...

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Review of “Midnights” by Taylor Swift

By Jenna Lathom and Jenna Lathom | November 22

Midnights by Taylor Swift, which indeed came out at midnight on October 21, has been such a knock out of the park within the music industry. I don’t even think Taylor Swift herself knew how much of an effect this new pop album would have on those who have listened to it. This being Swift’s tenth ...

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Wendell & Wild: Wicked & Worth-Watching

By K. Austyn Mann | November 22

What would you do to bring back the ones you love? Would you sell your soul or make a deal with a devil? Would you believe that a tube of psychedelic hair cream could do the job?  From the director that brought a host of stop motion all-time-favorites such as Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas ...

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Book Talk: Verity by Collen Hoover

By Jenna Lathom and Jenna Lathom | October 13

The novel Verity by Collen Hoover hits a new level of psychotic, but in the best way possible, and here’s why. As a reader who is a novice to the book world, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I began reading this book.  With that being said, I would still have to say that this ...

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Get Well Soon

By Samuel Creel | October 3

Kenny Beats has truly carved his own lane as a producer in the internet age. Where many are reduced to a tag on a beat, Kenny has diversified so far that it seems hard to believe he started as an EDM DJ for raves. Having his own clothing brand, his own YouTube show that pulls artists as big as Doja ...

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“Red (Taylor’s Version)” review: “This is the worthwhile fight”

By Emily Robertson I Features Staff I @longwoodrotunda and Emily Robertson | November 20

Taylor Swift released her second installment of re-recordings, “Red (Taylor’s Version),” on Friday, Nov. 12, which features 30 songs including nine unreleased songs from the original album, or otherwise referred to as “From The Vault.” The highly anticipated album is heart-wrenching, disconsolate, ...

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage somewhat meets expectations

By Emily Robertson | October 15

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, released in theaters on Oct. 1, 2021, is a great action-packed antihero sequel to its predecessor, Venom. The feel-good movie shattered the box office on opening weekend and became the most profitable movie since March 2020, grossing $90 million on opening weekend and ...

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Shang Chi “Kicks Butt” at Box Office and With Critics

By Nick Robinson | September 25

Following the dud that was “Black Widow,” Marvel Studios was relying on their next film, “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” to have a much better critical and fiscal performance. With the film being an origin story for a character that has never been seen on the big screen before and ...

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The Reel Life: "The Willoughbys"

By Jacob DiLandro and Jacob DiLandro | April 24

If no other animated film is released this year, that means that the best animated film of 2020 will likely be “The Willoughbys”, a quirky, stylized animated adventure with as hard of an edge as a family animated adventure can have. That isn’t a slight though, as it is a worthy recipient of such ...

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