‘The Last of Us’ season two starts quiet but strong
By Ben Konuch
“You can't heal something unless you're brave enough to say it out loud.”
When “The Last of Us” premiered on HBO in 2022, it quickly became one of the most well-received video game adaptations of all time. Following a harrowing journey across a violent post-apocalyptic America, HBO’s “The Last of Us” focused more on the human drama of loss, grief and love than it did on action. Anchored by stellar lead performances by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, the series ...
‘Severance’ season two immerses audiences in a split reality
By Teagan Warren
Many people crave to escape the tedious, stressful or confining nature of work. These people live for life’s adventures and pleasantries. Other individuals find their refuge in work from difficult home situations, enjoying the empowerment of doing good work. If these ideas connect with you, perhaps I could interest you in a procedure called “severance.”
In season one of the hit television series “Severance,” Mark Scout received this procedure to escape his ...
‘A Minecraft Movie’ is certainly a movie about Minecraft
By Sophia Monastra
I have one game on my computer, and it’s Minecraft. There’s something about it–the sleepy villages, the ruins left by unknown people, the horrifying mobs that crawl out at night, the strange and unusual biomes and the general vastness of the open world that keeps on calling me back. I don’t play as much as I should, but Minecraft has been a way for me to connect with my younger sister, whether we’re watching an SMP on YouTube or playing side by side on different ...
The princess saves herself in ‘MAYHEM’s’ story
By Justin Kemp
Mother Monster is back with what fans and critics are calling her best album yet. While not the unleashed, grungy, dark-pop sound fans expected from lead single “Disease” and the album’s promo, Lady Gaga’s “MAYHEM” is an immaculately crafted experience through the inner turmoil of an artist who has spent half her life in the limelight. Its bombastic, gothic exterior quickly reveals a beating heart full of pain and ready to embrace its fractured pieces in all their ...
‘House of David’ episodes 4-6 are a weaker journey with a thrilling conclusion
By Ben Konuch
“It is not about the greatness of man, it is about the greatness of God!”
Prime Video’s “House of David” had a phenomenal first half of a season, with deep storytelling and characterization of its characters that brought a well-known Bible story to life. Filled with surprisingly intense action and intriguing political tension, “House of David” was off to a fantastic start across its first four episodes. Its second half, however, began to show some cracks that ...
The last three episodes of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ return to form, but is it too little too late?
By Ben Konuch
“We're not serving justice here, we're babysitting chaos.”
While I previously complained about the disjointed nature of episodes five and six of “Daredevil: Born Again,” its last three episodes demonstrate the exact opposite.
Episodes eight and nine were the first episodes since the premiere completely created by the new showrunners Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead, and the difference in quality, directing and tone is immediately clear. If episodes eight ...
Comedy brings relief to murder mysteries like ‘The Residence’
By Danielle Cherry
Every good murder mystery needs a location, and what better location than the White House? “The Residence” is filled with murder weapons, rooms and suspects galore. But what do you do when an already packed house is even more packed because of an Australian state dinner? The only rational option is to find the best detective in the country; no, not Sherlock Holmes, but Ms. Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba).
Cupp is a professional birdwatcher who does detective work ...
Prayer room in the Dixon Ministry Center serves as an important reminder to the student body
By Sam Sofio
When Cedarville students walk into the prayer room, they immediately encounter a room filled with a golden glowing light, a large map of the nations and three wooden frames on the back wall entitled “Prayer Requests,” “Prayer for the Nations” and “Prayed For.”
Next to the wooden frames, students write their prayer requests and place their requests in either the “Prayer Requests” slots or the “Prayer for the Nations” slots.
Constructed in ...
Testimony Tuesday: The power of prayer
By Bella Agnello
For the past 14 years, Deidre Sizer served as the assistant director and tutoring coordinator for The Cove, Cedarville University’s tutoring center. Stepping into retirement, she knows that God will continue to lead her faithfully in the grand adventure he has planned for her.
Sizer did not always see God this way. Until college, she did not know how personal God was, or what living by faith looked like.
That is how Sizer learned the power of prayer firsthand. Her ...
‘The Electric State’ is a poor critique of consumerism and phone addiction
By Katlynn Rossignol
What do you do when a population of sentient mascot robots revolts for rights in the 90s? Drop your weapon and make friends, make robots to fight back or hijack one with your mind to go on a road trip rescue mission? “The Electric State” takes you on a journey through an alternate future, where robots are exiled after a revolution for freedom and VR technology keeps humanity apathetic. Amid this changing landscape is Michelle, played by Millie Bobby Brown, and her ...
