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Fiction Book Club - October Review!

Fiction Book Club – October Review!

Elizabeth Koch October 31, 2025

Throughout the month of September and the beginning of October, the VPM Fiction Book Club read The Reappearance of Rachel Price by bestselling author Holly Jackson. Jackson is known for her thrilling,...

Smiling Friends Season 3 Review

Smiling Friends Season 3 Review

Dona Nguyen, Opinions Editor October 31, 2025

Smiling Friends is an interesting show that grasps your attention with amazing voice actors, a variety of animation styles, and hilarious lines that are right on brand for a story published at Adult Swim....

Shelby Oaks: The Best Horror Movie You’ve Never Heard Of

Shelby Oaks: The Best Horror Movie You’ve Never Heard Of

Ellie Andrews October 31, 2025

While browsing the internet, you might have seen a poster asking “What happened to Riley Brennan?” featuring nothing but a short description of her popular Youtube show (Paranormal Paranoids), how...

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Silksong Is So Good It Poses A Real Danger To My GPA

Amalia Weix September 30, 2025

Silksong, the highly anticipated follow-up to Team Cherry’s hit indie game Hollow Knight, has been released after seven years of development to a fanbase so enthusiastic that they actually crashed Steam....

The Conjuring: Last Rites Review - Are We Really Still Doing This?

The Conjuring: Last Rites Review – Are We Really Still Doing This?

Ellie Andrews September 30, 2025

Spoilers for The Conjuring: Last Rites ahead. Horror buffs everywhere were shocked and dismayed to learn of the release of yet another Conjuring movie on September 5th. After three movies, two spin-offs,...

Something Rotten Review

Patrick Mulkey, Co editor in chief March 1, 2025

VPM’s Music and Drama department recently put on the musical “Something Rotten”. The show was excellent! Everything was executed perfectly from the acting to music and set design and lights and choreography....

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Slay The Princess is a Dating Simulator and You Cannot Change My Mind

Amalia Weix February 1, 2025

It’s February, which, as a month, is singularly defined by Valentine’s Day—a celebration of love, the commodification of human connection, and chocolates. If I wrote an article about the latter two,...

Image is the cover of Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Everyone Needs To Read Frostbite

Amalia Weix February 1, 2025

Frostbite by Nicola Twilley embodies everything that makes a truly excellent work of nonfiction. It’s a wonderfully written and witty window into a well-known but ill-examined fragment of the modern...

Marvel Rivals: Is it Worth The Download?

Marvel Rivals: Is it Worth The Download?

Ben Thom January 1, 2025

On December 6th, Marvel Rivals released to PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, easily solidifying it's place as a more than competent Hero Shooter, with a fast growing community looking for anything that is Overwatch,...

Abigail!

Abigail!

Max Knight, Opinion’s Editor April 30, 2024

From the filmmaking duo that brought you Ready or Not and the 2 most recent Scream movies comes Abigail, the 2nd film in the last 2 years to ask “what if the killer in a horror movie was a little girl...

A Literary Analysis of Garfield as a Piece of Media

A Literary Analysis of Garfield as a Piece of Media

Thomas Heinz March 31, 2024

We all know Garfield. Large, orange, and a bit evil. But what about his origins? What are the meanings of specific stories? Time to find out, and take a little journey into the history of Garfield and...

A Timeless Performance — Les Misérables at Overture

A Timeless Performance — Les Misérables at Overture

Anvika Annyapu March 6, 2024

“Les Misérables” is one of the most recognizable musical performances, and the national tour passing through Madison as a part of the Overture’s Broadway season didn’t disappoint.  With a...

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