Score: 2/5  This review is based on the first four episodes of Beast Games, which will air its remaining six episodes by Feb. 13.

X&Y, Coldplay’s third album, is turning 20 years old this year.  

Throughout 2024, numerous long-anticipated books from countless genres were finally released. 

Score: 4/5 The latest film from Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn is a hypnotic examination of power dynamics and a vulnerable exploration of sexuality. 

As the winter wind howls and exam season looms, it’s time for me to reflect on some of my favourite and most nostalgic holiday movies.  

Score: 3.5/5  Wicked has promoted itself as the blockbuster event of the year, but does it live up to its own ambitions?

In the wake of the annual Hallmark slop that gets dished out every year, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers skyrockets to the ranks of other beloved, acclaimed Christmas classics. 

As the weather gets colder and the year comes to a close, we’re met with the warm hue of an earlier sunset, often sooner than some would like. 

4/5  Kendrick Lamar’s surprise full-length release, GNX, shows the illustrious Compton MC capitalizing on the sagacious bellicosity generated by his decisive victory in the diss-track-mediated pop-culture-spectacle feud he had with Drake over the summer in fun and masterful West Coast hip hop fashion.

Rating: 4/5  Linkin Park makes its triumphant return with From Zero, proving naysayers wrong and launching the band into a new era.