BY SARAH SHARPE The Broward Center for the Performing Arts presented American Idiot on Saturday, March 29th. Set to the music of Green Day, American Idiot tells the story of three best friends from Jingletown, USA who long for an escape from their monotonous suburban lives. Finding love, dealing... Read more

BY ZOE SHIR Despite entering its 4th season, the TNT hit series Rizzoli and Isles is still keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. With a cast of interesting characters, Rizzoli and Isles continues to impress. With a suspenseful plot displayed through the true drama portrayed on the... Read more

BY BLUE KAUFMAN The Grand Budapest Hotel is some kind of a weird masterpiece.  It’s visuals and dialogue collide with full force , intertwining effortlessly as the film builds toward a glorious crescendo. Most films today seem to be caught in a stupor, an endless haze of programmed formulas and routines. But The Grand... Read more

BY JACOB FERREIRA The Lego Movie had been in development since 2008, and while many had originally shrugged it off as “just another kid’s movie,” the film turned out to be one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. The story follows the journey of Emmett... Read more

BY MELANIE SMITH Dark curls falling to his eyes, he swaggers in with the collar of his coat pulled above his neck, taking in the crime scene with an eerie delight, clearly enjoying it.  Within seconds, clues that have stumped the police for hours, days, and even weeks, become... Read more

BY SARAH SHARPE Memphis, the Musical, which had a run at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, follows the highs and lows in the career of Huey Calhoun, a white guy from Memphis, Tennessee who discovers and falls in love with a beautiful, black R&B singer named Felicia... Read more

BY KATIE LERNER The punk/alternative rock band Against Me! originated in Gainesville, Florida in 1997. The band independently released three studio albums, but then moved to Fat Wreck Chords and finally a major labor, Sire Records, in 2007. Their major labor debut New Wave reached number 57 on the... Read more

BY A.J. KURZMAN Every now and then, a movie will come to the big screen and truly surprise you, engrossing you into the world it portrays.  Lone Survivor is one of those movies.  Based off the true events that took place during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, Lone Survivor packs an... Read more

BY RACHEL CALLAHAN & SARAH SHARPE Susan Collins’ The Hunger Games was a fantastic series, and because of many fans’ passion and love for the books, there was a fear that the movies had wouldn’t live up to expectations. The initial Hunger Games was cool, but it lacked action... Read more

BY JEREMY HAAS Imagine our country 30 years from now, perhaps even as little as 20. What will things look like?  Will we still be obsessed with our smart phones? How much more realistic will our video games be? Maybe in this not-so-far-off future, our technology will be even... Read more