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Arts Criticism

Reneé Rap in her leading role as Regina George.

Criticism: Get in loser, we’re going to the movies

Abby Jarrett, L&A Writer February 4, 2024

Rating 6/10 Walking into the theater, my expectations could have probably touched the 18-foot ceilings. My advice to fellow moviegoers is to forget everything you previously thought about “Mean Girls,”...

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Criticism: ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer November 19, 2023

Rating: 9/10 In essence, the plot of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is a derailed senior capstone project that sets a misguided and academically motivated young Coriolanus...

Art Critic Abby Jarrett says “Priscilla” casts Elvis Presely in a new and disturbing light. 

Review: ‘Priscilla’

By Abby Jarrett @AbbyJarrett November 16, 2023

Rating 8/10A24 has done it again. “Priscilla,” released on Oct. 27, is an excellent example of the slow burning, dramatically disturbing film style that A24 is known for. If you love Elvis...

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Criticism: Buffet’s last ballad

Ryan Lindner, Opinion Editor November 8, 2023

Grab your flip-flops and margarita mix and get ready to “keep the party going,” just as the Mayor of Margaritaville would’ve wanted. On Nov. 3, Mailboat/Sun Records released Jimmy Buffett’s first...

Art critic Richa Shah praises “Mean Girls: The Musical” for remaining true to the iconic film while adding its own grool spin.

Review: ‘Mean Girls: The Musical’

By Richa Shah @WhoIsRichaShah November 6, 2023

Rating: 8/10Spoilers ahead for “Mean Girls: The Musical” (2018). The 2018 Broadway musical “Mean Girls: The Musical” was brought to Aggieland by MSC OPAS on Nov. 1 and 2. Held...

Art critic Abby Jarrett says “The Exorcist: Believer” will leave you wanting more, but not in a good way.

Review: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’

By Abby Jarrett @AbbyJarrett October 22, 2023

Rating: 4/10You know the feeling when you’re holding a balloon, but then you accidentally let go and it floats away into a tree and pops? That’s how I felt watching “The Exorcist: Believer.”...

Arts Criticism Contributor Cameron Johnson says Netflix’s “Beckham” is worth the watch, but the Spice Girls are cooler.

Criticism: ‘Beckham’

The story of “Golden Balls” — bare, revealed and ready to grace the world. “Beckham” tells the story of football star David Beckham, known for his decades-long career...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album “GUTS” is the perfect angsty older sister to debut “SOUR.”

Rodrigo spills ‘GUTS’ in sophomore hit

By Emma Ehle @EmmaKEhle4 September 13, 2023

America’s favorite pop-punk princess is officially back and better than ever. After teasing the release of her sophomore album, “GUTS” (2023) since late June, 19-year-old Olivia Rodrigo has finally...

Art Critic Max Bloom reviews "The Department of Truth" and the human cost of conspiracy. 

Review: ‘The Department of Truth’

By Max Bloom @killalltoasters September 3, 2023

Rating: 10/10“My name is Lee Harvey Oswald. Welcome to the Department of Truth.”Conspiracy theories have had a death grip on the collective cultural consciousness since time immemorial. The...

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Criticism: Reneé Rapp’s “Snow Angel”

By Emma Ehle @EmmaKEhle4 August 31, 2023

Rating: 7/10   In a debut studio album that radiates both harsh heat and numbing cold, Reneé Rapp’s “Snow Angel” (2023) is yet another notch in the new singer’s growing,...

Art Critic Kyle Heise says Tom Cruise once again looks to save the film industry with “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One”

Review: “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”

By Kyle Heise July 21, 2023

9.5/10 Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to read this review of “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.”   The last time we saw Tom Cruise on the big screen,...

“Speak Now” is Taylor Swift’s latest drop in her era of re-recording her first six albums and is filled with just as much angst as in 2010.

Criticism: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)

Rating: 6/10 There is no secret to who Taylor Swift is and what an album means when the words “Taylor’s Version” is seen in parentheses while streaming the pop artist’s take on...

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