“Nirvanna The Band The Show”
In the vein of comedy characterized by publicity stunts and feigned ignorance — the kind Sacha Baron Cohen and Mega64 have become known for — Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s Viceland mockumentary series, “Nirvanna The Band The Show” is gut-bustingly hilarious. An updated take on their web series of the same name, the show revolves...
It must have been a breezy, Wednesday evening in the spring quarter of 2016 when Christopher Iverson hooked up his sleek, compact white projector to his Wii U and took it right outside Surge 173. The projector emitted its light onto the northernmost wall of the Highlander Union Building and once it came into focus, a title screen emerged...
This article contains light spoilers
Let’s get this straight: “The Flash” is a fun show. Its first season burst with excitement and confidence — a special kind of confidence that’s hard to come by in a show’s premiere season. It brought forth just the right mix of comedy, heartfelt drama and action coupled with an engaging cast, especially the enthralling...
This article spoils major plot points of “Twin Peaks” seasons one and two.
David Lynch and Mark Frost introduced “Twin Peaks” with a straightforward question that distanced itself from its 1990 soap-opera contemporaries: Who killed Laura Palmer? A cultural phenomenon, “Twin Peaks” and its central question etched itself into the minds of millions of viewers interested in solving a mystery...
After two weeks of rehearsals, the Guardian Ambassadors and Model Minority Theatre Collective, in partnership with the UCR Department of Media and Cultural Studies and the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, presented “Princess Ten Ten and the Dark Skies” in Humanities 411. Adapted for the stage by Maggie Herskowitz, a CSULA and Boston Conservatory graduate, and composed...
On the surface, “Everything, Everything” appears to be just another emotional love story that deals with a girl falling for a mysterious guy, but that’s not the case at all. The film doesn’t just rely on the romance between the main characters, it also deals with the relationship between Maddy (Amandla Stenberg) and her strict and controlling mother (Anika...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Ham on Rye” by Charles Bukowski.
Written by novelist, poet and short story writer Henry Charles Bukowski, “Ham on Rye” centers around the early stages of his life, from his childhood...
“Baywatch” centers around some meat-headed lifeguards who handle extremely farcical incidents that occur on a hazard-prone beach. With a beach so susceptible to danger, one would think the police would be involved, but no, it’s the unqualified lifeguards. As expected, the movie does try to parody the ‘90s “Baywatch” television series, but its gags quickly desiccate, concluding with no...
“Call of Duty” is the most ubiquitous video gaming franchise for relatively good reason. While incredibly repetitive, each new installment since “Call of Duty 3” has featured fine-tuned controls and rewarding online upgrade systems that make for a dependable (if often mindless) experience. And with the addition of the wave-based Zombies mode first introduced in “World at War,” players...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Against Innocence” by Jackie Wang.
Jackie Wang’s essay, “Against Innocence,” is a critical interrogation of the uses of innocence.
Pulling from an array of academic disciplines like Black studies as well as...