The Perfect Date Hits Netflix

The Perfect Date, a new movie on Netflix, just came out April 12th. The movie is about Brooks Rattigan (Noah Centineo), a high school student who is trying to pay his own way to Yale. He creates an app called Stand In, where anyone can pay for him to act like their perfect version of a boyfriend. However when he becomes friends with a client, things get complicated. … More The Perfect Date Hits Netflix

Soaring through Dumbo

Disney is known for its magical movies. In recent years, it has remade some of its most classic films. From Cinderella to The Jungle Book to Beauty and the Beast and then Christopher Robin, Disney has added another remake to its repertoire. Dumbo, directed by Tim Burton, aired in theaters on March 29th, 2019. Millions of people around the world have flocked to theaters to witness the charm and beauty evident in Disney’s films. Burton’s use of CGI to create the big ocean blue eyes and those lovably floppy ears added warmth to a film that explored a plethora of cold subjects. While the film was undeniably enchanting, viewers often got lost in plot twists and, as Rotten Tomatoes puts it, “a crowded canvas and [an] overstretched story.” The story was exceptionally directed, but it barely follows the original from 1941. … More Soaring through Dumbo

Is Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road worth the hype?

Old Town Road by Lil Nas X is taking the internet by storm. The controversies surrounding it are whether it is a country song or a hip hop song. The Rolling Stones say it blends banjo strums and jaw-rattling bass, rural imagery and hip-hop signifiers. Old Town Road quickly blew up on the app TikTok, which allows its users to make videos to music. The song debuted on Billboards cross-genre Hot 100, the Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart, and the Hot Country chart all at the same time. Billboard quickly took the song off the country charts, saying that the ranking was a mistake. On April 5, Lil Nas X dropped a remix of Old Town Road featuring country star Billy Ray Cyrus. This got 143 million streams during the week ending on April 11, this smashed Drake’s previous streaming record for his hit song In My Feelings. The remix has been number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks now. On Apple Music the remix is number one and the original is number four on the top charts. Is this song worth all the popularity and hype? … More Is Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road worth the hype?