TV
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. concludes its strongest season yet
May 23, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the broadcast television arm of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), whose recent conclusion of its fourth season saw what many found to be its most compelling season yet. First airing in September 2013, Agents follows a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division) operatives as they keep the peace in a world of increasing superpowers while having none of their own. The team, as it stood in the first season, included Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), the handsome, by-the-book special operations agent; Skye (Chloe Bennet), a rebellious hacktivist; Melinda…
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Unfortunate might be in the title, but it’s no way to describe Netflix’s latest series
January 23, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Staff Writer Based on the quirky and delightfully dark 1999 book series, Lemony Snicket’s A series of Unfortunate Events is the latest addition to Netflix’s growing library of original content. Consisting of eight episodes which cover…
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Stuff We Like and Stuff We Don’t Like
January 16, 2017Stuff We Like — The Night Manager By Tessa Perkins Good looking people, even better looking locations, and chilling suspense make The Night Manager an incredible miniseries. Tom Hiddleston plays Jonathan Pine, a seemingly non-threatening night manager at a hotel…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
January 16, 2017Stuff We Like — The Night Manager By Tessa Perkins Good looking people, even better looking locations, and chilling suspense make The Night Manager an incredible miniseries. Tom Hiddleston plays Jonathan Pine, a seemingly non-threatening night manager at a hotel…
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Fall TV Reviews
October 11, 2016How to Get Away with Murder If you thought the third season of How to Get Away with Murder would come with fewer twists, time jumps, and murders, then you are in for disappointment. The show found its niche and…
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TV Reviews
September 26, 2016Atlanta (FX Tuesday) Atlanta is the latest comedic offering from Donald Glover (Community). The show follows his character Earn Marks as he tries to manage his up-and-coming rapper cousin, Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). Broke with a kid…
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BrainDead puts a funny sci-fi twist on American politics
September 6, 2016By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Politics in the United States have been rather extreme lately, and it is because mind-controlling space ants have eaten the brains of members of Congress. At least according to BrainDead, a show which premiered…
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Ten TV shows coming to you soon
August 2, 2016Many things experience a summer hiatus — such as school, The Peak, or your favourite TV shows. While I’m sure we’re all looking forward to a nice break before Fall semester kicks off, there are a lot of great shows…
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Give the penis its time in the limelight
July 18, 2016Flaccid penises are awkward. There really isn’t any other way around it. They just kind of hang there, flopping about in the breeze. But that really isn’t a good enough reason to not feature more full-frontal male nudity in film…
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Five reality shows that deserve a comeback
June 20, 2016By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Reality shows tend to get a bad reputation. They're called repetitive, vapid, self-indulgent, and inauthentic; shallow popularity contests for the simple-minded. While that may be true of some or many of the reality shows…
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