Things that happened in 1998: Titanic dominated the Oscars, Bill Clinton was impeached, the FDA approved viagra and *NSYNC released their debut album in the United States. It’s been 25 years since *NSYNC released their debut album and my life was forever changed. I lived and breathed *NSYNC for the better part of my preteen […]
With Love and a Major Organ Movie Review | SXSW 2023
Falling in love after one normal interaction with a man? Relatable. With Love and a Major Organ had its world premiere at SXSW. The film which is based on the play written by Julia Lederer and is directed by Kim Albright, is set in a world where everyone’s heart is an object and the pressures […]
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Chuchi & Adaliz-Web Series Review | SXSW 2023
We need more stories about friendship! Based in the Bay Area, Chuchi & Adaliz follows the life of two childhood best friends. When life circumstances pushes them to live together for a while, they slowly realize that maybe they’re not as alike as they once were. We were lucky enough to get access to watch […]
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All The World Is Sleeping Movie Review
“What’s worse than being invisible? Being seen as disposable.” Director Ryan Lacen, with the help of 7 system-impacted women with a history of substance use, wrote the screenplay for All The World Is Sleeping in a unique collaboration that was facilitated by the non-profit Bold Futures. You always hear people in the industry say that […]
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La Civil – Movie Review
A few weeks before I started college, my brother ran away from home; a mixture of teenage rebellion and a new girlfriend caused him to make that hurtful decision. He was gone for a couple of months and I don’t think my mom slept for that entire time. So I have first-hand knowledge of how […]
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Who Killed Robert Wone? | TV Review
Peacock released a two-part documentary about the still unsolved murder of Robert Wone. On August 2, 2006 a 911 call was made from a D.C. home to report a home intrusion and stabbing. The victim was 32-year-old lawyer, Robert Wone. He had spent the night at a friend’s house after working late; the people who […]
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SANSÓN AND ME | Movie Review
For the Latine community to finally feel like we are getting proper representation in the media, we have to see all the versions of our stories. That means, even the messy and the complicated stories deserve to be told. When Director Rodrigo Reyes worked as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, […]
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Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) Movie Review | SXSW 2023
Directed by Kattia G. Zúñiga, Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) had its world premiere at SXSW 2023. An intimate coming of age film, Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) tells the story of two sisters traveling from Costa Rica to Panama in an attempt to try to reunite with their absent father. During their Summer vacation, […]
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The Secret Garden | Musical Review
From now until March 26th you can experience the magical musical based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden, at the Ahmanson Theatre. The story, which has been reimagined many times before follows Mary Lennox (played brilliantly by Emily Jewel Hoder in this production) after her immediate family dies and she has […]
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Shakira, Shakira: The GRAMMY Museum Experience
From March 4, 2023 to Winter 2024 you can experience the Shakira exhibit at the Grammy Museum. I was born in 1989 and Shakira released her first album (my personal favorite), Pies Descalzos in 1995, so to say that she was a staple in my childhood would be an understatement. I can vividly remember the […]
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