"The Father", directed by Florian Zeller, is about an elderly father, played by Anthony Hopkins, as he and his daughter, played by Olivia Coleman, navigate the challenges of his aging.
What sets this...
"Mank", directed by David Fincher, stars Gary Oldman as screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, writer of the legendary film "Citizen Kane". The film is about Mankiewicz's experience in 1930's Hollywood, shown...
"Judas and the Black Messiah", directed by Shaka King, stars Daniel Kaluuya as leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party Fred Hampton, and Lakeith Stanfield as William O'Neil, an FBI informant working...
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", directed by George C. Wolfe, is an adaptation of an August Wilson play about a turbulent 1920's blues recording session. The film stars Chadwick Boseman as gifted yet difficult...
"Sound of Metal", directed by Darius Marder, stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben, a heavy metal drummer that begins to lose their hearing. The film follows Ruben as he copes with this disruptive change.
I really...
"Minari", directed by Lee Issac Chung, stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Youn Yuh-jung, Alan Kim, and Noel Kate Cho as a Korean family moving from California to Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s. The film...
"Nomadland", directed by Chloé Zhao, stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who lost their home in the Great Recession and travels across the country living in her van, joining a community of other...
"One Night in Miami", directed by Regina King, stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Civil Rights activist Malcolm X, Eli Goree as the greatest boxer of all time Cassius Clay, Aldis Hodge as one of the greatest football...
"The Trial of the Chicago 7" is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, and many others. This film is about the trial surrounding seven different...
"Promising Young Woman" is directed by Emerald Fennell and stars Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham. Without spoiling anything, "Promising Young Woman" is about a woman named Cassandra who goes to clubs pretending...
"News of the World" is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel. Taking place in the American South soon after the Civil War, this film is about traveling newsreader Captain Jefferson...
HAIM is a pop-rock band from Los Angeles consisting of three sisters. HAIM have been critical darlings since their 2013 debut album "Days Are Gone". Their latest album "Women in Music Pt. III" has been...
Jhené Aiko has been a rising R&B talent in the last few years. Aiko has been featured on songs by Drake, Childish Gambino, Big Sean, and many more. Despite a mixed critical reception, Aiko's latest...
Black Pumas are a psychedelic soul band from Austin, Texas. Their self-titled debut album is perhaps the most surprising nomination for Album of the Year. As the clear underdog, do Black Pumas impress...
Coldplay, one of the most successful rock bands of the 21st century, has returned in 2019 with a double album titled "Everyday Life." This is their second album to receive a Grammy nomination for Album...
Jacob Collier is a 26 year old musical prodigy. Collier can play basically every instrument and has perfect pitch. Jacob's pure talent has grabbed the attention of many musical greats across many genres,...
Dua Lipa is an emerging pop super-star, with massive hits like "Don't Start Now" and "Break My Heart" dominating the charts last year. Her 2020 album "Future Nostalgia", packed with hits, has been nominated...
Taylor Swift's album "Folklore", released in July of 2020, is nominated for Album of the Year. Is this album worth a spin?
"Folklore" is not like Swift's recent work. As a result of the pandemic, Taylor...
In 2018 and 2019 I listed some of my favorite songs of the year. Since this is the last time I round up my favorite tracks of the year, I thought I would go all out. Here are my top 50 songs of 2020.
#50:...
Aries - Gorillaz feat. Peter Hook & Georgia
Gorillaz are back at it again with another single titled "Aries". This is my favorite single they have released for the "Song Machine" project. This...
Sunny's Time - Caribou
Caribou is a electronica project by Dan Snaith. I hadn't heard anything from him since his new album "Suddenly", and this is my favorite track from the album. This album starts...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Louis as issued a stay at home order. As a result, every business that requires being physically at their location is going to be hit hard. This means that businesses...
Imagine having to make this choice: your baby lives a life of slavery, or your baby must be killed. Toni Morrison in her magnum opus “Beloved” is not afraid to ask this question.
“Beloved”...
Run - Joji
Just like “Slow Dancing in the Dark” in 2018, Joji has come out of nowhere with possibly his best song yet, “Run”. Joji’s voice is incredible. It seems like with every new single...
The Parkway Central Scholar Bowl team participated in tournaments at Washington University on Feb. 15 and Orchard Farms High School on Feb. 22. The Washington University tournament, known as WUHSAC, is...
#9: Ford v Ferrari (3/5)
WHO’S THIS FOR?: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and racing fans, this movie is for you. If you know this story and want to see it told on the big screen, this was a pretty well...
Imagine being under constant surveillance: every step, car ride, and movement monitored by a personal stalker.
For many students, this is their reality. Apps like Life360 allow parents to constantly monitor...
Academic lab is universally loved by students. It’s the only period of the day where all students are given almost complete freedom with their time. People can study, meet with teachers, or go to the...
EVIL TWIN - Denzel Curry ft. Zillakami
My favorite track from Florida rapper Denzel Curry, “EVIL TWIN” is one of the hardest tracks I’ve heard so far this year. This track is lo-fi, abrasive,...
On Jan. 2, President Donald Trump ordered the assassination by airstrike of Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Seemingly overnight, the American consciousness and the world at large feared...
“Little Women” is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Saorise Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen. Based off of the classic novel of the same name, this movie is...
“Parasite”, directed by Bong Joon Ho, was insane. This movie is about the extremely poor Kim family as they form a complicated relationship with the wealthy Park family as the Kims attempt to get themselves...
"Ford v Ferrari" stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, a race car designer, and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, a hot headed but wickedly talented race car driver. Shelby and Miles team up with Ford to try...
“1917”, directed by Sam Mendes, is about two British soldiers in World War I who must deliver a message before the next morning to stop another troupe from walking into a trap that could kill hundreds...
“Jojo Rabbit” is about a 10-year-old Nazi fanatic who is imaginary friends with Hitler, and somehow this was one of the most wholesome, beautiful movies I have ever seen.
Written and Directed...
“The Irishman” is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeren, a hit-man that rises through the ranks of organized crime under Russel Bufalino, played by Joe Pesci, while...
Marriage Story is a character study of New York City theater director Charlie, played by Adam Driver, and actress Nicole, played by Scarlett Johansson as the two go through a divorce
The acting in the...
Last year, I made a top ten list of my favorite songs of 2018. Now that 2019 is over, I thought I would go even bigger. Here are my favorite 25 songs from 2019.
#25: Crime Pays - Freddie...
Over the last few years, the number of sub sandwich restaurants in the area has exploded. It’s sometimes hard to keep track of which is good, which is bad, and which is which wich.
Luckily for you,...
Registration season is one of the most overwhelming times of the year for students, both for high schoolers and for middle school students coming to this scary building for the first time.
One of the...
In all my years as a Corral Reporter, I have never found a case as hard to crack as this one. Here’s the scene: it was 3 o’clock in the morning, the faint moonlight glistening over the victim’s home....
School sport tradition states that each sport has two teams: one for boys and one for girls. For wrestling, this is not the case. At least not anymore, after two girls were recruited for the team this...
Now that Halloween is over, we are now fully submerged into the holidays, and that means only one thing: Oscar season. This is the time of the year where studios release movies they believe are most likely...
Imagine having a student in a music class with a “1 in 10,000” musical superpower. Now imagine having two of them in the same class. This sounds like a choir director’s daydream, but this is reality...
In entertainment news a couple weeks ago, one name rang through people’s ears over, and over, and over again: Dave Chappelle. There are all sorts of headlines about him right now that make you think...
This year has seen a fair share of high budget blockbusters. “The Lion King”, “Spiderman: Far From Home”, “Toy Story 4”, “John Wick 3”, and who could forget “Avengers: Endgame” are...
BROCKHAMPTON just released their 5th studio album GINGER. BROCKHAMPTON is a hip-hop “boy-band” formed in 2015.
The group had a meteoric rise to fame in 2017 with the release of their SATURATION...
Tyler the Creator released his sixth studio album titled IGOR last Friday. Tyler the Creator is a man of many talents, from rapping, to producing, to singing, and even fashion design. Tyler the Creator,...
There are 82 days of summer vacation, then school comes along just to end it. The annual problem for the administration is finding a good way to spend it, as well as the rest of the break days distributed...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have just released their fourteenth album, titled Fishing for Fishies. King Gizzard are a psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, Australia.
What first brought me to...
Social media has become a backbone of social interaction. According to the Pew Research Center in 2016, over 70% of teens are on at least two social media services. When people meet each other, people...
Weezer has had an up and down music career, to say the least. Weezer is a Los Angeles rock band formed in the early nineties. The group’s first two studio albums, Weezer (also called The...
Contrary to the name, high school isn’t just about school. Along with academic opportunities, there are a plethora of other activities you can take part in. You can join a sport, debate, academic challenge,...
People have numerous methods to help them study, such as studying with friends, caffeine kicks, and tutoring. In recent times, a new method has become easier than ever: listening to music. With services...
#10 - "Playing Possum" by Earl Sweatshirt
Earl Sweatshirt, a former member of rap group Odd Future, released a solid album this year titled Some Rap Songs. “Playing Possum” is one of the few...
Pop music, also known as popular music, shows us what’s trending, what music listeners value, and who listeners appreciate. Throughout time people have gone to different sources for their music, from...
Twenty One Pilots were one of the biggest music groups of 2016, when they launched into popularity with their massive hit song “Stressed Out”, landing at number five on the year-end chart. If you pay...
Second on Charts, First in Hearts
The only album this summer to stay at number one for more than a week was Travis Scott’s Astroworld (other than Scorpion, of course). Travis Scott is a trap artist...
The Harlem Shake is one of the biggest online phenomenons of earlier this decade, and it all started with one man. Nobody could have guessed that he would become one of the most exciting new artists of...
