In “The Lost Story” by Meg Shaffer, two boys, Jeremy and Rafe, go missing for six months after getting lost on a school field trip to a forest in West Virginia. During that time, they...

I suppose I should preface this review with a few disclaimers. First of all, I have not actually completed “Factorio”—I got the game fairly recently and just haven’t had the time or energy to finish...

2024 was quite the year for music. The Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, Feb. 2 and had a lot of interesting results, both in my mind and in a large part of the music community....

“Anora” (2024), despite its disappointing Golden Globes performance (where it lost in all five of its nominated categories), has had a monumental weekend, sweeping the top prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, Directors Guild of...

Early on in my freshman year of college, the first season of “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” a series about four freshmen in college, came out. I was instantly hooked, and was glad I...

There really isn’t anything like live Shakespeare. At least, there isn’t for me. I try to seek out as many productions of live Shakespeare as I can, and last year, I was lucky enough to...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! What’s up Deisians? Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland! I hope the grind is going well. Personally, I’m loving Edinburgh. It feels like I’m in a literal fairy tale with the old architecture and mountains in...

Bernadette (Orly Krupp ’25) and Oliver (Liam Delaney ’26) stand on opposite sides of the stage and deliver lines that seem oddly choppy, with the addition of seemingly arbitrary numbers added after each delivery. The...

Back in 2020, Doctor Who was my quarantine show. I watched every single episode of Doctor Who, classic and modern. As more series came out, I kept out with those too. Now, do I recommend...

It was a bright, sunny day in the forest—the sunlight cast dappled shadows over fallen leaves, the squirrels chattered and gossiped on their high branches, and the wind carried the faint scent of wildflowers through...

At the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards honoring the “best” in film and television from 2024, a genuine surprise happened in a major award category. Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres won Best Actress in a Motion...

Consisting of frontman Brandon Flowers, guitarist Dave Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., the Las Vegas-based band, The Killers, are perhaps one of the greatest rock bands of this century, but sadly,...

Family history can be what makes every individual who they are, and their current relationship with family can be what guides them in life. This sentiment is prevalent in the dramedy “A Real Pain,” with...

One of my first articles for The Hoot was my thoughts on the casting for the upcoming, at the time, “Wicked” movie. I wrote that article back in 2021. Now, here we are three years...

In keeping with “Bake Off” tradition, this year’s semi final was patisserie week. Fiddly and French, patisserie is what separates the hobby baker from the one who has to bake to maintain their mental health....

Hey Hoot Readers … sorry about my previous article. I got a little crazy there. If you’ve been keeping up with my articles this semester, you’ll see they’ve become rather dark. I’m very proud of...

Let me introduce you all to the concept of “doing a Richard,” a term that my mom and I coined. Richard Burr was a finalist in 2014, and he absolutely dominated his season, winning five...