This previously ran in our April 2023 print issue. On the evening of Sunday March 12, the 95th Academy Awards – also known as the Oscars – were held in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles California.  The event was attended by hundreds of notable...

“Don’t you see what is happening to your mind?”  This is what Evelyn Wang’s father says to her as he tries to convince her to kill her daughter in order to save the world from a black hole. Only it’s not her real father, or her real daughter,...

This previously ran in our April 2022 print issue.  Following the recent release of superhero hits such as box-office smash Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel’s latest release, Morbius, had the potential to continue the streak of the studio’s many...

After going through intense controversy surrounding his past actions and a worldwide pandemic, director James Gunn finally returns to the big screen with his newest film, The Suicide Squad.  Not to be confused with Suicide Squad, the 2016 film with...

In the Heights is exactly the kind of wide-reaching, crowd-pleasing film that could have been released at any time. Despite this, no other time would be as perfect as right now. Directed by Jon M. Chu, In the Heights is the feature film adaptation...

  It is rare in life when truly fortunate things come out of dismal circumstances, but not impossible. Especially this year, a light-in-the-dark situation is precisely what some people need. Although heartwarming, the story of Zach Sobiech may...

Meliha Anthony I associate the holidays with candy canes and gingerbread houses, with the streets lit up in a stunning display of excitement. Perhaps the best part of Christmas, though, is the way that society stops to celebrate, making the world appear...

This story ran in the November 2020 print issue of The Stinger. Over the past several months, countless industries have faced unprecedented difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. To say the future of movie theaters is up in the air would be...

It’s that time of the year, everybody: Mickey Mouse's birthday!  It has been 92 years since Mickey first appeared on television, in a movie called “Steamboat Willy” in 1928. Minnie Mouse also made a brief appearance in this movie, making Nov....

For the first time in 51 years, “Charlie Brown” holiday specials will not air on network TV and will instead be available on AppleTV+. What would Lucy have to say about this? Maybe something about commercialism or the economy. Charlie Brown...

After six months of one of the strangest movie seasons the world has seen in years, audiences have received a glimmer of hope for the film industry in the form of the latest Christopher Nolan blockbuster. To attempt to understand Nolan’s film Tenet...