Author: Medha Sarin

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Not-So-Great Expectations

By May Sarin   On a school night, with an inexplicable lack of homework and a mini-surge of “senioritis”, my mom suggested we watch “The Banshees of Inisherin.” The trailer had put a giddy smile on her face, and she assured me it was a funny movie with superb acting. […]

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Pinocchio: The Dark Magical Spinoff You Didn’t Know You Needed

If you take Netflix’s new animated feature, Pinocchio, and boil it down to its fundamental purpose, it answers this question: “What if we took a beloved—or maybe not so beloved—childhood character, and put them in the darkest, most polar environment imaginable?”  Now, I and many other teenagers only know the […]

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Movie Breakdown: Jordan Peele’s “Nope” is a Fun, Niche Thriller

This is a breakdown of the movie “Nope” and contains extensive spoilers. Viewer discretion advised. Jordan Peele’s third and latest feature film, “Nope”, tells the story of O.J. Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya), a cowboy and man-of-few-words, and his polar opposite sister, Emerald (Keke Palmer). After their father (Keith David) is mysteriously […]