In this episode of StarNotes, Assistant Editor Ryan Day and Opinion Columnist Nia Jackson discuss the impact “A Minecraft Movie” has had on not just in the film industry but also in meme culture.  Despite the film’s explosion in meme culture,...

Movie and short film lovers are in luck as an abundance of independent short films and animations come to the big screen during the Reality Bytes Film Festival.   The Reality Bytes Film Festival kicked off from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Cole...

In this episode of “The Trend,” Editor-in-Chief Brynn Krug and Managing Editor Sarah Rose discuss Coachella 2025 Weekend 1. The music festival seemed like a let down as a whole with long shower lines and unenergetic crowds. Krug and Rose...

NIU’s annual Reality Bytes Film Festival returns this week, featuring student-made films from around the world.  Reality Bytes is a free event where short films are shown to the DeKalb community over the course of two days.  This year, the film...

In Shahrzad Motallebi’s “Code to Cast” art exhibition, Montallebi combines ancient metalsmithing traditions with modern technology to create 11 pieces that are influenced by her Iranian heritage. The exhibition was held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m....

One of the breakout movies from 2023 was “M3GAN,” which featured a robotic doll named M3GAN, short for Model 3 Generative Android, whose purpose is to protect her owner, Cady, from harm. The killer android made $95 million domestically on a budget...

In this episode of “The Trend,” Editor-in-Chief Brynn Krug and Managing Editor Sarah Rose discuss the season finale of "The White Lotus." The finale was a satisfying end to an action packed Season 3. However, many of the twists were predicted by...

In this episode of StarNotes, Assistant Video Editor Ryan Day and Opinion Columnist Nia Jackson discuss several elements of the Looney Tunes film "The Day the Earth Blew Up." Following the old-school characters "Porky Pig" and "Daffy Duck," the film puts...

Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers.   Matthew Murdock, also known as Daredevil, has his work cut out in Disney+’s “Daredevil: Born Again” as old friends, new enemies, familiar personalities and more tragedies appear. Yet,...

In this episode of “The Trend,” Editor-in-Chief Brynn Krug and Managing Editor Sarah Rose discuss Ashton Hall's viral morning routine. His morning routine video blew up for it's unrealistic content and time stamps. The video has been recreated...