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Awards Season 2020: Golden Globes Preview

The Golden Globes kick off the 2019-2020 awards season this Sunday with a show that promises to be as problematic as usual. Netflix dominates with a whopping 17 noms this... Read more

By December 31, 2019

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Apple TV+ Badly Strikes out with Dickinson

A little over a month ago, I decided to start watching Apple TV+ ‘s buzzy new TV show Dickinson. I thought that with ten, thirty-minute long episodes it would take... Read more

By December 31, 2019

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Halftime’s Favorite Holiday Albums

Timmy: Like a Gift From God or Whatever (2014) by Chris Farren Chris Farren’s Like a Gift From God or Whatever is unlike any other collection of Christmas songs you’ve... Read more

By , , and December 23, 2019

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Halftime’s Favorite Holiday Films

Abby: Carol (2015) What makes a Christmas movie? Carol has everything the classics do—romance, snowy New York City streets, a capitalism-themed inciting incident—with an added lesbian period drama twist. Draped... Read more

By , and December 22, 2019

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A Brief List of Things Michael Bay Clearly Didn’t Understand While Making 6 Underground

Imagine you’re talking to a 12-year-old boy working on his science fair project and he, having binged an age-inappropriate diet of Red Bull, pixie sticks, and action movies, decided to... Read more

By December 20, 2019

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Trailer Takes: No Time to Die, Black Widow, Mulan

Trailer 1 — No Time to Die (2020) Dajour: I must admit, I’ve never seen a Bond movie—and I’m not just talking the Daniel Craig ones, I mean in general.... Read more

By , and December 13, 2019

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Beauty and Hope in the Waste Land

Waste Land, a 2010 art documentary, played at the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery during a screening on Dec. 4. Directed by Lucy Walker, the documentary follows... Read more

By December 12, 2019

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The Weekly List: Hot Girl Bummer

Hot Girl Bummer Whether it be the cold weather or finals season, Georgetown is currently in the surviving not thriving stage of the semester. Maybe you want some sympathetic bops... Read more

By December 10, 2019

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Quiz: Which Holiday Song Are You Based On Your Finals Schedule?

Are you procrastinating by taking this quiz right now? What does that say about you? Answer these five questions to find out what kind of studier you are and what... Read more

By December 9, 2019

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Harry Styles Finds Himself In “Adore You” Music Video

Harry Styles refuses to promote his upcoming album like a normal human being would. Rather than run a typical advertising campaign, Styles instead opted to create a fake tourism website... Read more

By December 9, 2019

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Best of the Decade: TV Shows

As the decade comes to a close, Halftime is celebrating by taking a look back at the best that the 2010s had to offer. Below you’ll find some of our... Read more

By December 6, 2019

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Best of the Decade: Films

As the decade comes to a close, Halftime is celebrating by taking a look back at the best that the 2010s had to offer. Below you’ll find some of our... Read more

By and December 6, 2019

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Best of the Decade: Albums

As the decade comes to a close, Halftime is celebrating by taking a look back at the best that the 2010s had to offer. Below you’ll find some of our... Read more

By , and December 6, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Antebellum, A Christmas Prince, Call of the Wild

Trailer 1 — Antebellum (2020) Emma: At first glance, the movie is gorgeous. The trailer opens to a beautiful estate, but it soon turns horrifying when the screen shows someone... Read more

By , and December 3, 2019

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Please Watch The Crown

701 days. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for season three of Netflix’s The Crown to premiere. Exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, The Crown... Read more

By November 28, 2019

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The Weekly List: The Tea Edition

Warning: This is for the drink tea rather than “the tea”; please refer to almost every other part of the Voice for that kind of tea According to Wikipedia, the... Read more

By November 27, 2019

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Quiz: What Obscure Trader Joe’s Hummus Flavor Are You?

When you arrived on the Hilltop for the Fall 2019 semester, you may have realized that the Holy Land had picked itself up and moved to Glover Park, in the... Read more

By November 27, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Sonic the Hedgehog, Seberg, Bad Boys For Life

Trailer 1 — Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Anna: I am always here for movies that mix animated characters with real actors and actresses (Detective Pikachu (2019))! That being said, I... Read more

By , and November 26, 2019

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Holly Jolly Bake-Off

As the holiday season approaches, we are blessed with many a festive Netflix special, my favorite of which is undeniably the Great British Baking Show: Holidays. It has all the... Read more

By November 25, 2019

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The Concealed Colors behind “Everything I Wanted”

Last November, Vanity Fair published this video comparing two interviews with Billie Eilish conducted one year apart from each other, before and after fame had taken her life by storm.... Read more

By November 25, 2019