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So happy together: A review of “EVE Online”

John Mendiola February 15, 2014

"The Office" is over and Dwight Schrute is doing whatever it is he does best: beet farming, running his bed and breakfast and generally being obnoxious. There is probably one thing different about him....

All the pieces come together in “Lego Movie”

Mason Walker February 15, 2014

I have been thinking about "The Lego Movie" for two days straight now, and my brain shows no signs of letting up. I certainly did not walk into a movie about talking toys with the expectation that it...

Domo arigato, Mr. Google, mata ah-oo hima de.

John Mendiola February 7, 2014

The title of this article came to me suddenly while a frigid breeze blasted my face and body as I walked to class. I knew instantly that this was the best idea I have ever had and ever will have. I had...

The master is gone: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Mason Walker February 7, 2014

To look back on Philip Seymour Hoffman's highly variegated, tragically short career is to see before you a gallery of characters who could've easily been camera-hugging caricatures. A technician working...

What to look forward at the Winter Olympics

Maddie Smith February 7, 2014

2014 marked the year that every American learned that there's a city in Russia called "Sochi" and that it is apparently important enough to hold the Olympics.  I am personally very excited because,...

#ReadWomen2014

#ReadWomen2014

John Mendiola February 1, 2014

Even though it is 2014 and there are more female readers and the same amount of female authors as male ones, the works of female authors are drastically overlooked by consumers, newspapers and literary...

The best films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival

Maddie Smith February 1, 2014

The Sundance Film Festival is held every January in Salt Lake City, Utah, to promote and celebrate the year's greatest achievements in the independent film industry.  In the past, movies like "Streetcar...

Warning: do not trust your internet service provider

John Mendiola February 1, 2014

Imagine going to netflix.com and picking a movie to watch on their instant streaming catalogue. After a few seconds of buffering, the movie starts playing and you sit back to enjoy your fifth viewing of...

TV review: sleuthing out the revolutionary “True Detective”

Mason Walker February 1, 2014

In our popular culture, we deem something "revolutionary" just about every other month. If revolutions were this frequent, we would not even have a stable status quo to revolt against, for God's sake. Therefore,...

Why the film “The Hobbit” tarnishes Tolkien’s good name

Maddie Smith January 31, 2014

"The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" is a three- hour- long epic drama film that meticulously details roughly one hundred pages of a children's book.  It's the second installment in the Hobbit trilogy...

Welcome to the future! A review of 2014

John Mendiola January 31, 2014

No longer does NPR stand for the National Public Radio nor does SAT stand for the Scholastic Assessment Test. In the same vein, CES no longer stands for the Consumer Electronics Show. The acronym has been...

The J-LAw phenomenom explained

Mason Walker January 31, 2014

Since I last wrote for the Trinitonian in early December, I have noticed two major trends in the world at large. First, Chris Christie can do nothing right. And second, it would seem that Jennifer Lawrence...