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Review: Parenthood Season Finale, NBC

Review: Parenthood Season Finale, NBC

By Rebecca Docter January 23, 2013

*Note: This rank includes spoilers. While this season of Parenthood had a promising start, its progression was less than satisfying. It concluded with a finale that left the viewer wondering, “Is...

Review: Ra Ra Riot – “Beta Love”

Review: Ra Ra Riot – “Beta Love”

By Taylor Schoen January 23, 2013

Warning: This album may cause listeners to experience excessive toe-tapping, extreme head-bobbing and serious shoulder shaking. Indie-pop darlings Ra Ra Riot grooved back on the scene with the feel-good...

Review: “SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD”

Review: “SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD”

By Rob Kitchen January 17, 2013

Dropkick Murphys’ new album “SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD” keeps with their traditional Irish-infused punk music. The choruses remain big and bold as ever, and the mix of heavy guitars...

Review: "Lysandre"

Review: “Lysandre”

By Daniel Catalanello January 17, 2013

Christopher Owens, former Girls frontman, releases his first solo effort, showcasing some of his tightest songwriting yet. Many of the songs include playful arrangements that are less guitar-heavy, taking...

Review: CW’s “The Carrie Diaries”

Review: CW’s “The Carrie Diaries”

January 17, 2013

The CW’s “Sex and The City” prequel “The Carrie Diaries” stars AnnaSophia Robb as 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Set in 1984, teenage Carrie comes to terms with her mother’s...

Review: "Girls," HBO

Review: “Girls,” HBO

By Brian Sibille January 17, 2013

Arguably the most divisive show of 2012, the second season of “Girls” returned Sunday with refined performances from its main cast in an episode that ranks among the series' funniest. Lena...

Review: "Workaholics"

Review: “Workaholics”

By Taylor Schoen January 17, 2013

After what felt like an eternity, the boys of TeleAmeriCorp are back in business. Workaholics set the bar high with its premiere episode “Booger Nights.” To honor their faithful yet pitiful...

Review: Solange, “True”

Review: Solange, “True”

By Morgan Searles November 28, 2012

Though, like her sister, Solange may have opted to drop the last name Knowles, the similarities between the musically talented sisters don’t go much further. With her third album (but her first EP),...

Review: "Liz & Dick"

Review: “Liz & Dick”

By David Jones November 28, 2012

A miscast Lindsay Lohan took a headfirst dive into a project that was doomed from the beginning. “Liz & Dick,” a dull, melodramatic Elizabeth Taylor biopic, featured the once-troubled actress...

Review: "Red Dawn"

Review: “Red Dawn”

By Joey Groner November 28, 2012

When the original “Red Dawn” was released in 1984, American fears of the Soviet Union were at their peak — a fear the film smartly picked up on. As stupid and blindly nationalistic as...

Review: “Hitchcock”

Review: “Hitchcock”

By Kaci Yoder November 28, 2012

Boasting a cast of Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Toni Collette, “Hitchcock” should dazzle. The heavily stylized biopic has received unfair criticism from movie buffs who wanted more focus...