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The Rubicon

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The Rubicon

CAUGHT IN THE MIDST. While voting for whether or not to keep playing the deadly games, player 456, Seong Gi-hun, finds himself standing in the midst of his fellow players fighting and arguing for their own decisions. Everyone is trying to convince each other of their own opinions, but Seong, who knows the lethal nature of the game, is lost in his mind thinking of ways to stop the chaos. (Screen capture from “The Red Light Green Light Game Returns | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix” by Still Watching Netflix on YouTube.)

[TV REVIEW] New season, new commentary: “Squid Game” continues to impress

Zimo Xie, Creative Design Manager January 17, 2025
The hit South Korean thriller TV series long awaited 2nd season builds upon it's predecessor
NEW CINEMA. A wave of movies this fall-winter season hopes to compensate for the disappointing cinema earlier this year. (Press release images from various studios, credited later in each individual chapter)

[OFF-SCREEN WITH OSTREM] The good and not-so-good of recent cinema

Peter Ostrem, The Rubicon December 17, 2024
In this extended review, A&E Editor Peter Ostrem makes movie recommendations for winter break.
FRIENDSHIP: Star player of the Chuska warriors gets in a mental funk when a reporter asked him about his dead family members. Best friend Jimmy Holiday steps in and helps his friend. (Photo taken by Lewis Clark, released by Netflix)

[MOVIE REVIEW] Rez Ball inspirationally melds basketball and Native American representation

Peter Lipinsky, RubicOnline December 12, 2024
The film illuminates the struggle of the Navajo nation with an underdog basketball story
GRAVY FEST. Yung Gravy sold out The Armory, which has a maximum capacity of of 8,400, for his first Gravy Fest

[CONCERT REVIEW] Yung Gravy’s hometown tour stop disappoints and disgusts

Georgia Ross, The Rubicon December 10, 2024
Yung Gravy's performance was crude, misogynisic, and insulting... and the crowd loved it.
MUSICAL HISTORY. The 2025 GRAMMYs will be the 67th ceremony, with the first having been held on May 4, 1959. The first Album of the Year award was given to Henry Mancini for his soundtrack to the TV series "Peter Gunn."

Ranking the 2025 GRAMMY album of the year nominees

Yassin Mokbel, RubicOnline December 6, 2024
From Taylor Swift's “The Tortured Poets Department” to Charli XCX's "BRAT," which GRAMMY albums fall short and which ones shine bright?
ICE CREAM SODA. After a misunderstanding between Emily Webb and George Gibbs, George takes her out for some ice cream soda.

[PLAY REVIEW] Finding life, love and grief in Our Town

Lani Ngonethong, RubicOnline November 25, 2024
On Nov. 22 and 23, the US Theatre performed the American classic play "Our Town."
Listeners swim through the tumultuous waves of adulthood with Tyler on his eighth studio album. Fair use image by Colombia Records.

[ALBUM REVIEW] Top tracks from Tyler, The Creator’s “Chromakopia”

Mariam Malik, Social Media Manager November 22, 2024
Masked Tyler, The Creator unmasks his deepest fears in Chromakopia.
CHRISTMAS SCARES. Art the Clown embraces the Christmas theme of the third Terrifier film, donning a Santa suit and hat for most of the movie. (Screen capture from “TERRIFIER 3 Official Trailer (2024) Red band” by Movie Trailers Source on YouTube.)

[OFF-SCREEN WITH OSTREM] “Terrifier 3:” shocking gore and shockingly bad filmmaking

Peter Ostrem, The Rubicon November 7, 2024
A lousy film dominated by gruesome gore.
ONSTAGE VILLAIN. The creator and star actor of All The Devils are Here, Patrick Page, takes the stage in his exploration of Shakespeares protrayal of the villain. Page monologues in a scene of Hamlet where Claudius griefs that he murders his brother and whether he can be forgiven or not. All the Devils Are Here runs at the Guthrie until Nov. 17. (Press Release Photo: The Guthrie Theater)

[THEATER REVIEW] Devils offers a veracious exploration of villiany

Grace Medrano, The Rubicon October 31, 2024
All the Devils are Here is a production at the Guthrie Theater that runs through Nov. 17.
EIC'S BIRB. The Rubicon Editor-in-chief Annie Zhang uses Finch daily. Her birb revels in the abundance of accessories Zhang has collected.

[APP REVIEW] Stop scrolling; Finch makes self-care fun, easy and cute

Thomas Chen, Beats Manager October 27, 2024
Finch emerges as a refreshing antidote to harmful digital practices, proving not all screen time is harmful.
WHERE ARE YOU? The climax of Halloween features Michael Myers (Nick Castle) and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) engaged in a cat-and-mouse chase (image from Compass International Pictures).

[OFF-SCREEN WITH OSTREM] Halloween (1978): The Horror Standard

Peter Ostrem, The Rubicon October 26, 2024
The film’s minuscule budget did not prevent it from becoming the pioneer movie of modern horror.
UP FRONT. The "Black on Both Sides" album cover features a portrait of Bey looking into the camera. The direct nature of the cover is reflected in the album's powerful lyrics (photographed by Alvaro Gonzalez-Campo, released by Rawkus Records in 1999).

“Black on Both Sides” remains the pinnacle of hip-hop

Yassin Mokbel, RubicOnline October 24, 2024
Even after its 25th anniversary nine days ago, the album is still a timeless and influential masterpiece.
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