STARS: 5/5
“America’s Got Talent” phenom Grace VanderWaal stuns in her first full-length debut. The 12-track album comes after her 2016 EP “Perfectly Imperfect,” which showcased...
STARS: 4/5
Sia's first Christmas album, “Everyday Is Christmas,” is full of joyful lyrics and pop-infused beats. The 10-track record introduces original songs fit for sitting around the...
STARS: 4/5
If you’re anything like me, you’re not the kind of person who would think they’d like Western-themed film or television shows. What "Game of Thrones" did for the fantasy genre,...
STARS: 5/5
Although it’s often easy to forget due to the excess of unoriginal and drab examples that come to mind, there’s good reason that the coming-of-age story is one of the most overdone...
STARS: 3/5
Released nearly a year after the election of President Donald Trump, documentary “11/8/16” depicts Election Day through the eyes of 16 people across the country in an eye-opening...
STARS: 2/5
Kelsea Ballerini’s highly anticipated sophomore album doesn’t live up to the hype. Although single “Legends” topped the charts before the album dropped on Nov. 10, “Unapologetically”...
The 2017 Netflix documentary “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,” explores the life of the critically acclaimed writer and journalist, mirroring the impactful social and existential...
STARS: 2/5
2017 has been the year of Stephen King adaptations and remakes. However, we as viewers are quickly learning if it wasn’t on the big screen, the film probably isn’t worth...
STARS: 2/5
I didn’t know what to expect from one of 2017’s most anticipated albums, Taylor Swift’s “reputation,” especially after her bold declaration that the “old...
STARS: 3/5
While most people are trading in candy skulls for cornucopias, alternative rock band Weezer has a different season in mind: summer. Weezer’s upbeat tunes and summer lyrical references...
STARS: 4/5
When Netflix’s “Stranger Things” came out in 2016, its 8-episode tale of a vanishing boy in a supernaturally tormented 1983 Indiana town felt like the makings of a historical...
STARS: 4/5
From its album cover to the roaring lyrics of nearly every track on her eighth album, “Meaning Of Life,” Kelly Clarkson makes it known that she’s in one of the best moments...
