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‘The Lighthouse’ lights way for future of film

Director and co-writer Robert Eggers said, "Nothing good happens when two men are trapped in a giant phallus." “The Lighthouse” is set in the 1890s and has only two characters. Robert Pattinson is Ephraim Winslow, a former lumberjack who left...

CANDIDATE CORNER: Harris inspires, needs to address criticism

Kamala Harris has wore many hats. She served as the district attorney of San Francisco, the attorney general of California and the junior senator of the previously named state. She’s the “progressive prosecutor” who wants to be commander-in-chief. Harris brings...

‘OK BOOMER’: Millennials and Generation X are over it

Generation Z and millennials are always trying to prove themselves to the older generations. With nothing ever being good enough for baby boomers plus their constant negative energy, it has put a toll on younger generations. “OK Boomer” has become the...

‘Dolemite’ delivers for Netflix and audience

Tommy Wiseau, Ed Wood and Rudy Ray Moore did not make good movies, but there is some quality to their misfires that resonate with audiences. Each of these deluded directors’ stories have spawned movies in which different storytellers investigate how...

Celebrities need to learn how to apologize

Celebrities either suck at apologies, or they don’t understand that millions of people can tell when one isn’t sincere. On today’s episode, Gina Rodriguez. The 35-year-old “Jane the Virgin” actress made headlines Oct. 15 when she posted an Instagram story of...

CANDIDATE CORNER: Booker wants to heal nation, tackle reform and inequality in 2020

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is not likely to become President of the United States or secure the Democratic nomination. This assumption can be made purely in the fact that he is not polling as high as other candidates...

‘Parasite’ has serious Oscar potential

Last weekend, Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” was screened to a crowd of 200 people in Burlington at the Vermont International Film Festival. In a packed auditorium, executive director Orly Yadin explained to us that this was not an easy film to...

Users say goodbye to iTunes software

The new MAC operating system from Apple, macOS Catalina is putting iTunes in the past. Some people might be thinking: “How can iTunes be dead?” What happens to my music?” Apple has now created three separate applications for music, podcasts and...

CANDIDATE CORNER: Mayor Pete hopes for new, younger Democratic Party

Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg taught himself Norweigan and can understand Spanish, Maltese, Arabic and French. He was a Rhodes scholar, served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve and is now the first...

Lizzo’s confidence is contagious

“Why’re men great ‘til they gotta be great?” Any college student has heard these words shouted, sung and repeated with passion at a frat party or downtown at least five times this semester. The mood changes in a room...
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