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Album Review: Death Grips’ Jenny Death is worth the wait

Album Review: Death Grips’ Jenny Death is worth the wait

Douglas Markowitz Mar 27, 2015
It’s been nearly a full year since Death Grips, the most exhilarating band of this era, released the first part of a planned double album, then unceremoniously “broke up.” In the span of the last ten or so months, its crazed, devout followers combed the Internet incessantly for some, any clue as to when the second disc would appear, and in what form.
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Five television shows worth watching this season

Douglas Markowitz Mar 23, 2015
Five suggested TV shows to be watched this season.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – the start to a revolution

Tiziana Onstead Mar 23, 2015
Movie Review: The eagerly anticipated "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" premiered on Friday, Nov. 21 and it did not disappoint. The film was riddled with great cinematography, action scenes and a captivating storyline.
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Movie Review: Birdman — four Oscars, no substance

Douglas Markowitz Feb 24, 2015
"Birdman" is a case study in vapidity with an inane script and poached cinematography. Alejandro González Iñarritu's film about a washed up actor struggling to find relevance is unoriginal and uninspired.
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Oscar Preview: Your guide to who will probably win the night

Oscar Preview: Your guide to who will probably win the night

Douglas Markowitz Feb 20, 2015
Spinnaker's preview for the Oscars: who will win, who should win and who got snubbed. Read about what movies the Academy recognized as a great and the less visible ones that are still worth your attention.
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Fifty Shades of Grey was released on Valentine’s Day. 
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Movie Review: Fifty shades of lame

Amber Lake Feb 17, 2015
Fans of the book might have been expecting something different from the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The film stirred up some controversy but lacked the one thing the book had plenty of- sex.
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Interstellar: a mission into different worlds

Tiziana Onstead Feb 17, 2015
Director Christopher Nolan once again amazes the cinematic world with Interstellar, a mind blowing film that rivals the best of his blockbuster movies.
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Colorless Tsukuru’s strengths lie in its exploration of friendship, maturity and forgiveness.
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Book Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Shannon Pulusan Feb 14, 2015
Author Haruki Murakami ventures away from the ambiguity and unsettling wonder of his idiosyncratic magical realism fiction with his novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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Set the mood: Valentine’s Day tracks for the in-love, the out-of-love, the bitter and the sweet

Set the mood: Valentine’s Day tracks for the in-love, the out-of-love, the bitter and the sweet

Douglas Markowitz Feb 12, 2015
Whether you’re sad, heartbroken, in love or anywhere in between, this Valentine's Day playlist has songs to suit the occasion.
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Book Review: The First Bad Man

Book Review: The First Bad Man

Brandon Pinter Feb 11, 2015
Miranda July's "The First Bad Man" is a really weird book but readers with an open mind are sure to find something to love about it.
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Album Review: Hyperview deviates from Title Fight's usual style

Album Review: Hyperview deviates from Title Fight’s usual style

Rachel Cazares Feb 5, 2015
Title Fight’s newest album, Hyperview, is the punk band’s fourth full-length album through ANTI-. It offers listeners a new style when compared to their old album.
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Album Review: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

Douglas Markowitz Jan 26, 2015
The Animal Collective member’s latest solo album is all about death – or so it would seem. Noah Lennox's new album is not as straightforward as the title Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper appears.
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