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Irish alternative rock band Fontaines D.C. released its fifth studio album, “Dopamine Chamber,” on Friday, Oct. 16. The highly anticipated project follows the band’s 2024 Grammy-nominated album, “Romance.” The album delivers what Fontaines D.C. is known for: heavy atmosphere and...

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary film about Elizabeth Holmes, “You Can See Everything,” was theatrically released on Friday, Oct. 16. The release was on a scale seldom seen for documentary films due to its high ticket sales. The nearest...

“The Social Reckoning” is an unbearable display of Aaron Sorkin’s worst impulses. A sequel to the 2010 film “The Social Network,” written by Sorkin and directed by the great David Fincher, Sorkin returned to pen this screenplay and to sit...

Mike Flanagan’s television adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel, “Carrie,” premiered all eight episodes on Prime Video Oct. 7. This limited series marks the fifth screen adaptation of the book, but does it hold up to the title’s standards? Despite...

A new mini-series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel “East of Eden” hit Netflix Oct. 1.  Published in 1952, “East of Eden” is a behemoth of a novel that tells the multi-generational saga of the Trask and Hamilton families spanning...

The long-anticipated “Verity” was released in theaters on Friday, Oct. 2. The film is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s book by the same title, whose popularity spread like wildfire in summer 2021 after becoming popular on TikTok. Readers consider it...

Regardless of its reception, “Digger” will go down as the last film released by Warner Bros. prior to its official merger with Paramount, marking the end of an era in Hollywood. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s eighth feature film examines the...

A24’s “Primetime” hit Oxford theaters last week on an unusually crowded Thursday night showing. Fueled by an incredible marketing campaign that was all too eager to show off Robert Pattinson’s creepy impersonation of Dateline’s Chris Hansen — specifically his uncanny...

John Green’s debut adult fiction novel “Hollywood, Ending,” was released on Sept. 22 and has not disappointed his audience. The contemporary book follows two young actors as they navigate rising fame, complicated relationships and the pressures of Hollywood while filming...

After winning over readers with its mix of romance, academia and workplace tension, Ali Hazelwood’s “The Love Hypothesis” has officially made the jump to the screen, premiering Sept. 23 on Amazon Prime Video.  The film follows Ph.D. student Olive Smith...