Share: The first volume of the fifth season of Stranger Things was released on November 26, leaving us talking about it. The beloved Netflix series is coming to an end with its final adventure to Hawkins. The first episode of season five opens with a bit of a time jump, a testament to the actors being much older now, which makes it less convincing that they are teenagers. Nonetheless, it was great seeing everyone interact with one another, from Will finally being back with the …
The Courier vocalizes their favorite music of 2025
Share: It’s safe to say 2025 has been an interesting year for music. Shortform social platforms continue to dominate discovery, pop girlies have stayed in the mainstream, and British underground rap has dominated worldwide. Here at the Courier, we’re ready to go over some of our favorite albums released in 2025. Geese – “Getting Killed” 2025 is the year Geese finally made their breakout into the mainstream. After 2023’s “3D Country,” Geese have reinvented themselves as Brooklyn’s new Strokes: vaguely experimental crooning indie-pop. “Getting Killed” …
JJK: Execution fails to escape its own hype
Share: Though Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution has been promoted for over two years, the end result has left much to be desired. The movie starts off with recapping the Shibuya arc, in which the jujutsu sorcerers respond to a crisis that was set as a trap for Gojo. It progresses to showing Todo intervening when it appears Mahito is about to finish Yuji off in his poor mental state. While they are busy with Mahito, Nobara is also fighting a version of him as well. Eventually, …
After watching this show I think I might hate L.A.
Share: “What?” It’s LA!” Rachel Sennott’s ‘I Love LA’ has finally arrived after being stuck in pre-production limbo amidst the 2023 WGA strike and rising production costs. Sennott rose to niche internet fame on Twitter, where her dry commentary found an adoring audience. In a video posted on Twitter several years back, she pokes fun at what she feels like LA represents to her. Personally, this video seems to be when the show was born. Having been the target audience of someone who lives in …
The Courier rates the top 10 fashion moments of 2025
Share: 2025 was the year for the chronically online to shine with meme-ified pieces, and for the daydreamers to cosplay their dream life with whatever core aesthetic was brought to the TikTok app that month. Both the minimalist and the out-of-the-box dressers. It is safe to say 2025 was a year of fashion. Read on to find out more about fashion moments that have shaped this year’s fashion. Oversized fur jackets, cropped Bringing back the controversial mob wife faux fur jackets, both cropped and oversized, …
‘This is our Peak Cinema’ Courier ranks top films of 2025
Share: Taylor’s Ranked 2025 Sorry, Baby The breakout of Sundance Film Festival 2025, Eva Victor’s debut feature charmed audiences and critics alike. The film is tonally magical: it shifts from sharp, witty dialogue to heavy emotional beats with ease. Sorry, Baby follows its main character Agnes through the aftermath of a traumatic event: as life moves on, Agnes feels trapped in the memory of what happened to them. Victor deserves the Best Original Screenplay nomination for their work here. Trigger warning for themes of sexual …
PCC harmonizes with month long Jazz, Piano, and Opera performances
Share: Curtains lifted all November long as genres of music echoed around PCC. The concerts featured many of PCC’s musical talent from across the Performing Arts and Communications Division. Below is just a sample of some of the events that took place across the month and discussions with some of the talented performers Lancer Jazz Big Band | Directed by Brian Carmody A free jazz musical concert open to the campus community, as college students, professors, and proud parents were in attendance. The performance showcased …
Welcome to Derry weaves a web to all of Stephen King’s works
Share: It: Welcome To Derry is a new small series on HBO Max and HBO that explores the origins of Pennywise and slowly builds up a much stronger narrative for their viewers by releasing new episodes on Sundays. The first episode was released on October 26 while the most recent was released this Sunday on December 7th which is episode seven out of eight total episodes to complete the series. Many mixed reviews have been made about the seven day waiting period release date of …
The legacy of ‘Tron Ares’ will be its corny defense of AI
Share: AI and its usage has risen over the past few years; Recently to the point where people can’t tell if it’s really AI generated or real. So what happens when an AI generated code turns into a human and tries to gain sentience? Well, you get Tron Ares. For almost four decades, Walt Disney Studios has been keeping the Tron franchise alive. In 2010, they released Tron legacy, sequel to the original movie which was a commercial success. Now on October 10, they’ve released …
Anxiety is what truly lurks in Derry
Share: Gruesome. A great way to describe the new “Welcome to Derry” show. From the first episode alone it gets straight to what makes the “It” movies great, the horror and disturbing imagery. Our time is split between the kids and military, with the children hoping to solve what’s been going on and later on hoping to put an end to Pennywise’s terror and the military is hoping to contain him and use him for a super weapon of sorts. This show is sure to …