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Spider-Man: No Way Home is breaking records for advance ticket sales, even when the first official trailer released only one month before its release.

By Danica Basta In his USA Today article, Mike Snider says “For players during the pandemic, video games were a source of stress relief (55%) and distraction (48%), the survey found.” For the past year and a half, people all around the US have had to find ways to keep themselves entertained at home. For […]

For the first time in thirteen months, audience members took the elevator – two at a time – to the second level of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater that houses the Quadracci Powerhouse stage. There to see First Lady of Song: Alexis J. Roston Sings Ella Fitzgerald, they were greeted with Plexi glass aisles, scurrying one-by-one […]

Have you ever tried to find a videogame that never gets old, even after playing it hundreds of hours? As a gamer that has experienced more Overwatch than I care to admit, I’d say Overwatch is a great place to start looking. Overwatch was released in 2016 and is a first-person shooter game that was […]

Has it seemed like your newsfeeds on social media have been overgrown with plant pics lately? People buying plants, taking care of plants, showing off their plants?? They’re everywhere. It’s not just in your head. Everybody knows the number of pet adoptions have soared throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant sales have too. People are filling […]

Two Distant Strangers,   Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe,   Joey Bada$$, Zaria Simon, and Andrew Howard  Short Film – 32 minutes  6.9/10 IMDb / 93% Rotten Tomatoes  Netflix Apr 1, 2021  Something we see and witness in our world every day. Finally, we have a great example in perspective of an African American man living […]

Bustle.com With summer just around the corner, do you know what this season’s hottest trend is? Besides the huge heat wave coming and everybody getting vaccinated, skincare is more important than ever. Due to COVID-19 people are spending more time outdoors. It is estimated that we spend an average of 14 hours outside each week, […]

The movie Soul was produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures and is about a jazz musician/teacher Joe Gardner who seeks to reconnect with his body after his soul is separated from it. Along the way he meets 22 and together they find out what it means to live. The movie overall inspires […]

If the continually unfolding drama surrounding the Chrissy Teigen bullying controversy is starting to give you major Mean Girls vibes, you’re not alone. Farrah Abraham, the Teen Mom star who was a target of Teigen’s online vitriol, compared Teigen’s most recent apology to a “Mean Girls movie spinoff,” and she may be on to something. The past few months, Teigen […]

A Quiet Place Part II Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: John Krasinski Starring: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmons, Noah Jupe, and Cillian Murphy.  Run Time: 97 min. Ratings: 5 stars John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II, the long awaited sequel to its wildly successful predecessor, finally arrived in theaters after more than a years delay due to […]

Be prepared to grab your credit card(s)… When I finally caved and joined TikTok during quarantine, I don’t think my bank account could have ever been prepared for what was about to happen. Now, you’re probably thinking…girl, the app is free, what do you mean?! Well, just search #tiktokmademebuyit on TikTok and you’ll see exactly […]

Studio: Netflix Original Director: Scott Frank Main actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram Release date: Miniseries released on October 23, 2020 Rating: TV-MA Number of episodes: 7 While chess may not usually be the epitome of “glamorous,” “elegant,” and “exciting,” Scott Frank seven-episode Netflix drama miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit”, based […]