Jennifer Russell
Staying In: The Five
October 11, 2018By: Jennifer Russell Best for: Crime lovers Amateur investigators The Five is an intense one-season series comprised of ten episodes, and is a cliffhanger-crazy mystery of a show that will keep you staying up late just so you can watch the finale. Harlan Coben, an American mystery and thriller novelist, is the creator of this British-produced miniseries. The basic premise of the series is as follows: four young friends (Mark, Danny, Slade, and Pru) go into the woods to play, and Mark’s younger brother, Jesse, tries to join them. When Mark convinces Jesse to go home, he never…
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Lemony Snicket’s famous work is reinvented through TV
May 20, 2018By: Jennifer Russell The Netflix original A Series of Unfortunate Events artistically captures the bleak yet hilarious world that was first created by Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket) in his novels. Even though the story focuses on the lives of…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
February 28, 2018By: Jennifer Russell Stuff We Like: New Girl If you’re looking for an entertaining show to binge on Netflix, look no further. New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day, is consistently hilarious from season 1 through 6. …
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I, Tonya is a compelling account of a controversial story
February 19, 2018By: Jennifer Russell With the 2018 Winter Olympics now underway, there is no greater time to watch the movie I, Tonya and learn about the former (controversial) Olympic athlete, Tonya Harding. The film itself deserves a gold medal for its…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
February 15, 2018By: Jennifer Russell Stuff we like: Call of Duty: WWII Prop Hunt Prop Hunt is a special game mode offered in Call of Duty: WWII that allows players to play hide-and-seek as mundane objects in their regular match maps. In each…
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Downsize your expectations if you want to see Downsizing
February 1, 2018By: Jennifer Russell If you want to maximize your time and money, don’t see Downsizing. The movie had such a promising, original concept, but it fell apart in the execution because the writer and director, Alexander Payne, seemingly couldn’t decide what…
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Burnt Shadows is a novel that explores history in unexpected and moving ways
January 17, 2018By: Jennifer Russell Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows follows the interwoven lives of two families as they live through what are now considered major historical events. As soon as I opened the novel and saw the date and location, I couldn’t…
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The best movies of 2017
January 7, 2018By: Jennifer Russell 2017 was a great year for movies. DC temporarily redeemed their reputation with the release of Wonder Woman, and Marvel repeatedly proved to be the superior superhero filmmakers with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.…
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Medicine Walk is a well-crafted story that examines the nuances of family
November 15, 2017By: Jennifer Russell Richard Wagamese’s Medicine Walk is almost guaranteed to be one of the best modern novels you’ll ever read (and that’s coming from an English major). One of the main reasons this book is such a success is that…
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Happy Death Day is one of the best blends of comedy and horror to hit the silver screen
October 30, 2017By: Jennifer Russell If you’re looking for a movie that combines comedy and horror, Happy Death Day is perfect for you. I went into Happy Death Day without knowing anything about the movie except that it is a time loop…
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