PODCAST: Stream Fiends (‘THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD’ S2, E7+8
March 3, 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NcEEUhJEKlZLHhQmkMvLj?si=e21sBUFHSpStXU7DCmI3YA • This podcast episode is also available on Anchor, Apple Podcasts and five other platforms! All of the tension, character development and exciting storytelling of Netflix's "THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD" has led up to this moment; Bonnie is finally confronting James and Alys...
PODCAST: Stream Fiends (‘You’ S1, E6 through 10)
February 29, 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4flRnQ93Zkd1EvfYEQRwij?si=mP4XaxAfQfO0si1Sxq10PA This podcast episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Anchor and five other platforms! Netflix's drama/thriller series "You" has had some high highs in the second half of its first season, but the lows, when they do pop up, are very low. The second half of the first season started off ...
PODCAST: Stream Fiends (‘THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD S2E5 and 6)
February 16, 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6boBclf5vzGyfomESgrQAL?si=aW5t-DPeRumaKiFm5UMs6g This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Anchor and five other platforms! The episode of THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD we're reviewing in this episode of stream fiends is full of confrontations. James confronts Alyssa, Alyssa confronts Todd and Bonnie confronts Alyssa. The great writing that's come to be expected...
PODCAST: Stream Fiends (‘You’ S1, E1 through 5)
January 31, 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OmwV8XxRLv3xL9HwjL0YT?si=12ATXnx2SYSXDYt15ycuZw • This podcast episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Anchor and five other platforms! In preparation for a full review of Season 2 of “You” on Netflix, we’re revisiting the first season. The thriller “You” combines excellent writing with a cast of talented actors, and ...
PODCAST: Stream Fiends Episode 4 (‘THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD ep. 7 and 8)
December 10, 2019
Podcast available on Spotify and Anchor. Remember when we said every episode of THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD was packed full of important scenes, characters and information? Well the final two episodes of the first season are no exception: In these episodes, we meet Alyssa's father Leslie, see Dete...
PODCAST: Stream Fiends Episode 3 (‘THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD’ ep. 5 and 6)
November 29, 2019
Things are moving extremely quick in episodes 5 and 6 of Netflix's THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD. We were left wondering what the heck would happen next after Alyssa decided to ditch James following feelings of distress after he killed the creepy professor in his own home. But, as our only viable pr...
PODCAST: Popcorn Talk Episode 8 (‘Joker’)
October 23, 2019
Joaquin Phoenix blew viewers away with his portrayal of comic book icon Joker in the 2019 film of the same name. Audiences were pretty split after the film's Oct. 4 debut because of its unusual depiction of the Joker. Instead of seeing a raving, hysterical, maniacal clown sabotage vig...
Popcorn Talk Episode 7 (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and It Chapter Two)
October 9, 2019
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gMhsDXDS1kb6iSPnUlqCT?si=J5H7VLkBQ7eIUIAaVQ5WEw In this episode we looked at two movies: Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and Andrés Muchietti’s “It Chapter Two.” In Quentin Tarantino’s 10th film, actor Rick Dalton gained fame and fortune by starring in a 1950s televisi...
PODCAST: Popcorn Talk Episode 5 (‘The Lion King’ 2019)
July 29, 2019
"The Lion King (2019)" is the newest Disney remake to hit theaters; it tells the classic story of an envious, evil uncle set on overthrowing the current monarch and his son and almost succeeds in doing so. Fortunately, our hero Simba comes out on top and proves that he still has some of his father in...
PODCAST: Popcorn Talk Episode 2
June 20, 2019
"Popcorn Talk" is a 30-minute long podcast dissecting movies both new and old and providing a decent review that will at least help you decide if a movie is worth seeing or not. In this second episode of "Popcorn Talk" Logan Raschke, a senior journalism major at Eastern Illinois University and...
A ‘Game of Thrones’ review from someone who just started watching
Jessica Stewart, Columnist
May 20, 2019
I had never seen an episode of “Game of Thrones” until my dad made me watch three episodes from season five with him a few weeks ago. It was pretty interesting, and I had been wanting to give it a try for a while, so I decided to start watching it myself. A few days ago, I started watching...
‘Saban’s Power Rangers’ fun despite tone shifts
Ben Bruflat, Contributing Writer
March 26, 2017
When five teenagers discover an ancient power deep within a mine, they are tasked with using their newfound abilities to defend the Earth from a resurrected evil in “Saban’s Power Rangers.” “Saban's Power Rangers” was directed by Dean Isrealite (Project Almanac). I was not the biggest Powe...
