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Dessi Gomez | Friday, April 17, 2020
I hope you all are doing well in quarantine, and for all you Potterheads out there, now is the chance. I hope you take advantage of this downtime to refresh your memory of the beloved wizarding world with a well-deserved movie marathon — or, even better — a complete reread of the entire series J.K.
Claire Rafford and Dessi Gomez | Monday, March 30, 2020
Picture this: it’s day who-even-knows of quarantine, social distancing, self-isolation — whatever you want to call it. You’re stuck inside, away from the comfortable chaos of the tri-campus community. You’ve watched absolutely everything good on Netflix, there’s no sports of any kind to distract from the world and you absolutely cannot play another round of
Dessi Gomez | Thursday, March 26, 2020
Liz Tigelaar’s television adaptation of Celeste Ng’s book “Little Fires Everywhere” really runs the gambit of hard-hitting topics. It’s easy to see why sparks light all these flammable areas in this story, which plays out very well on the screen on Hulu. The book caught fire through Reese Witherspoon’s book club and Hello Sunshine, and
Dessi Gomez | Friday, March 20, 2020
Brett Haley, Liz Hannah and Jennifer Niven’s screen adaptation of Niven’s young adult novel “All the Bright Places” came out strong on Netflix among other recent, less accurate book to movie transformations. This is mostly due to its talented cast, detailed cinematography and strong soundtrack/score. The original story falls among the familiar pattern of young
Dessi Gomez | Thursday, February 27, 2020
Netflix’s new magical thriller series “Locke and Key,” created by Meredith Averill, Aron Eli Coleite and Carlton Cuse, combines fantasy with horror in a surprisingly captivating plotline. You would think that there are already lots of stories about magical keys that do terrifyingly cool things, but the only one that comes to my mind is
Dessi Gomez, Jim Moster, Ellie Dombrowski, Mike Donovan, Jake Winningham and Charlie Kenney | Friday, February 21, 2020
With primary season in full swing, our writers decided to approach politics as only Scene writers can and make a one-song playlist for each Democratic candidate. Read on for our musical takes on Bernie, Liz and all the rest. Bernie Sanders — “Our House (The Mess We Made)” by You Me At Six By Jim
Dessi Gomez | Monday, February 17, 2020
Netflix released its film adaptation of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You,” based off of the second book in Jenny Han’s teen romance trilogy on Wednesday, Feb. 12. In piggybacking off of the Valentine’s Day marketing and the success of the first film, the second film fell short of
Dessi Gomez | Friday, February 14, 2020
In realizing that I am very heavily leaning towards moving off campus next year, I’m going to take this Inside Column space to dig up the ‘Senior Exclusion Policy’ again. Although many talks, panels and surveys have been arranged since the initial announcement of what is formally known as the “policy differentiating on- and off-campus
Dessi Gomez | Monday, February 10, 2020
With a simple opening of Swift playing her piano, her newest addition to the family — Benjamin Button — confidently crawling along the keys and even the strings, viewers are immediately taken into Miss Americana’s home for a vulnerable opening to her documentary. In between reading passages from her collection of diaries, Swift tells her
Dessi Gomez | Tuesday, January 28, 2020
The 2020 Grammy Awards took place on Jan. 26 shortly after the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash that occurred in Calabasas, California. Lizzo opened the ceremony in a beautiful glittery black dress with a set consisting of “Cuz I Love You” followed by “Truth Hurts.” Both