By Will McCurdy
Editor-in-Chief Assistant
After Bioware finished their “Knights of the Old Republic” series and making the iconic space RPG “Mass Effect,” they took the role playing genre back to its Tolkien-based roots, with “Dragon Age” being the end result.
Although...
By Anne Hall
Staff Writer
This month, CSUSM hosted the first of a series of events by North County Arts Network in an effort to increase the amount of resources and opportunities available to artists.
The North County Arts Network (NCAN) group, developed by the California Arts Council and...
By Lexy Perez
Arts and Entertainment Assistant
RATING: 4/5 paws
Do you remember when Will Smith and Kevin James made us believe in the power of an unlikely bromance being epic in their movie “Hitch?” How about when Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill proved that the story of two men exemplifying...
By Lexy Perez
Arts and Entertainment Assistant
Rating: 5/5
Thanks to Taylor Swift, I now want to live in her eccentric, dance party pop universe that she has created in her new 80’s inspired techno album, “1989.”
With the release of her fifth studio album, Swift departed from...
By Faith Orcino
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Many flocked to the venues hosting this year’s San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) from Nov. 6 to 15.
For 10 days, people viewed the fruits of the labor of many filmmakers from various locations, including a number of local talents. With...
By Sydney Schabacker
Staff Writer
Cassandra Hobbes has a special talent: she is a natural profiler. It’s a talent that her mother, who made a living pretending to be a psychic, helped Cassie develop.
With one look, Cassie can discern more about a person than detailed studies could provide. She...
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By Collin Vaz
1) Tight Threaded by Go Freek
Melodic laser tag. That’s what I think of when I listen to this remix of Tight Threaded. One of the most unique dance music duos, Go Freek has developed a sound like no other in the...
By: Pierce Brenner
Staff Writer
Rating: 4.5/5
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a retired assassin turned grieving widower. Everything goes to pot when a trio of Russian mobsters (led by Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen) break into his house, steal his car and kill his puppy, the final gift from...
By Lexy Perez
Arts and Entertainment Assistant
Rating: 2.5/5 Paws
The time has come for movie-goers to be introduced to yet another love story. It is a new addition to the Nicholas Sparks collection, a.k.a: the sappy, tearjerker, Hollywood hunk-filled, ‘why can’t this be my real life’ type...
By Will McCurdy
Staff Writer
For eight seasons, the Big Bang Theory graced us with the laugh track comedy of Chuck Lorre, an entirely new take on the genre of intellectual comedy not seen since the days of Frasier, and, most importantly, the gift of bringing Jim Parsons to the small screen.
The...
By Pierce Brenner
Staff Writer
Rating: 4.5/5 Paws
A group of girlfriends have a tradition in which they go on a different adventure every year; this year, it’s cave-diving in North Carolina. However, what starts out as a fun vacation takes a turn for the worse when the women find a group...
By Zach Schanzenbach
Senior Staff Writer
Rating: 4/5 Paws
Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 were decent, but Captain America: The Winter Soldier is just what you’d hope for from a Marvel Studios film, and maybe even then some.
This latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes some...
