By Tok Kai Xue (26A01B)
As the September holidays arrive, many of us are cooped up at home to lock in. But resting your mind is equally important, and what better way to recharge than by reconnecting with nature?
If you’re new to touching grass, watch this video for a list of parks and trails to check out!
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By Nithilan Balachander (26A01C)
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters its 18th year, begins its sixth phase, and releases its 54th project, The Fantastic Four has a lot riding on it. With superhero fatigue taking hold, the MCU is desperate for something fresh to break free from its string of stale box office disappointments. Who better for the job than Marvel’s first family?
The Fantastic Four is ambitious—with a 1960s-inspired sci-fi setting, a world-eating Galactus as antagonist, and a storyline spanning time and space, the film is clear in its desire to deviate from the 37 MCU films that came before it and its poorly reviewed and regarded F4 predecessors.
Yet, despite all its spectacle, grandeur, and ambition, the film fails at being much more than formulaic and forgettable.
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By Cherie Khoo (26S03B) and Christian Adriel Tan (26S07B)
Live music is an elusive, hard-to-describe sound. Perhaps it’s less of a sound, and more of a feeling. Many of us have probably heard live music in the Star Theatre, or the National Stadium, jumping along to heavy beats in the humid air. A smaller group of us, however, listen to live music in the Esplanade, or perform it ourselves, usually amidst well-dressed adults and wordless classical movements.
Yet live music doesn’t exist entirely on opposite ends of the spectrum. And there is a spectrum, one that encompasses much more than just pop and classical music. Read on for an introduction to the many different kinds of live music Singapore’s music scene has to offer, and challenge yourself to step out of your comfort zone to appreciate the beauty in something new.
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By Nithilan Balachander (26A01C)
Superman is the original. The first. The archetype of all superheroes. Debuting in 1938 with a cape and emblem, a secret identity, and an unwavering moral compass, he started what is now the most culturally dominant genre in all of entertainment.
Yet, while the MCU has established itself as a seemingly invincible box office behemoth, Superman—and DC in general, for that matter—has only declined further and further into irrelevance and insignificance.
Now, tasked with reimagining the oldest superhero and resurrecting a dead universe to go with, writer-director James Gunn (“Guardians of the Galaxy”, “The Suicide Squad”) delivers the silliest Superman feature in all of cinematic history—and it is exactly the treatment Superman needs.
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By: Tara Sim (26A01C)
As of July 15th, K-Pop Demon Hunters has maintained its No. 1 spot on Netflix on the English Film List with almost 25 million viewers since its third week of release, while songs performed by Huntrix and Saja Boys, the main K-Pop girl and boy group in the storyline, have topped the US music charts, overtaking leading K-pop groups BTS and Blackpink. But why has a seemingly light-hearted, unserious kids’ show about a monster-fighting girl group suddenly exploded in popularity–even among viewers way outside its intended demographic?
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