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Review: Bastille’s “&”

Michelle Rabinovich, Staff Writer February 11, 2025

Bastille has done it again with their latest release “‘&’ (Ampersand),” especially with their quintessential melancholy guitar notes throughout 14 songs that is just over 51 minutes. Here are...

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Sonic 3 deserves all the hype and more

Vanessa Flanagan, Staff Writer February 11, 2025
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” was nothing short of epic and entertaining.

‘Carry-On:’ for people who hate holiday romantic comedies

Vanessa Flanagan, Staff Writer February 11, 2025

“Carry-On,” a new Christmas thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, shows a Transportation Security Administration agent get blackmailed on Christmas Eve. Egerton plays Ethan, the TSA who...

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‘A Complete Unknown’ has received eight Academy Award nominations

Vanessa Flanagan, Staff Writer February 11, 2025
Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the biopic, “A Complete Unknown.” The film is based on the book “Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties” by Elijah Wald and gets its title from a lyric in Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone.”

Missing David Lynch, our favorite avant garde artist

Grace Luty, Staff Writer February 11, 2025
Director, writer and producer, David Lynch became synonymous with the uncanny and has had a potent influence on cinema and modern art. He was sort of weird and eccentric for certain – his works stand alone in the genre of dream-like reality and will be remembered with distinction. 
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Bad Bunny’s sixth album is a beautiful tribute to Puerto Rico

Michelle Rabinovich, Staff Writer February 11, 2025
 In “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”), Bad Bunny’s sixth studio album, he intertwines expressions of love for his homeland with the mourning of a past relationship. Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, released an album in the dead of winter that had a summer-like feeling, helping us cope with the winter blues by marrying genres like salsa, reggaeton, dembow and plena.

The Oscar nominations are in

Jason Waldemar, Staff Writer February 11, 2025
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 27, by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, better known as the Oscars. These nominations are shaping up to be one of the most unique years for the Oscars, celebrating 2024’s cinematic achievements, a year fraught with the ripple effects of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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Not your average ‘BRAT’ cover story

Anthony Favilla, Special to the Chronicle February 11, 2025
The cover for Charli XCX’s album “BRAT” is ugly; at least, it should be.
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Bulletin boards are the unsung art of Hofstra

Craig Mannino, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor February 11, 2025
There is no better indicator to how a semester may go than the quality of your floor’s bulletin board. I chose to honor the best boards by walking through each Hofstra University residence hall to find the best ones and compile them. Here are my top five.

Nothing but the hits with Bon Jovi

Josh Ringler April 19, 2017

“Sorry I’m late,” said Jon Bon Jovi. In a world where a show “promptly” starts at 8 p.m., but doesn’t really start until 9 p.m., he really was late – a week...

The Legacy Lives on: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

Michael Natale January 8, 2017

  “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” lived up to its expectations. It presented a different side of Star Wars, focusing on the struggle of the Rebels. Episodes I through VI focus on the...

Blown Away by Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

Amanda Valentovic December 16, 2016

The Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band filled the John Cranford Adams Playhouse with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Leonard Bernstein and others on Dec. 3, under the direction of James McCrann...

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