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Skyline Students' Top Alternative Music Picks

Skyline Students’ Top Alternative Music Picks

Chamayli Fauble March 21, 2025

Music can connect, inspire, comfort, and is a part of personal identity and self-expression. In the diverse world of alternative music, where genres and styles blur boundaries, listeners find unique voices...

Eight albums of 2024: Brat, Alligator Bites Never Heal, The Tortured Poets Department, Bright Future, We Don't Trust You, Charm, GNX, and Hit Me Hard and Soft. Edited together by Kathryn Plotner.

2024 Music Breaks Records Like Never Before

Evi Edlund March 19, 2025

Brat by Charli XCX Charli XCX’s Brat should be the new standard for club music. With its iconic green album cover, Brat brought the club music genre back to the public eye. It gained popularity...

The title screen of Mindwave.

Dive into Mindwave: Snappy Gameplay With a Story

Kathryn Plotner March 12, 2025

Enter the Mindwave tournament. Dive into your opponent’s mind to play a series of microgames based on their thoughts and memories. See who they are — and be careful to remember who you are. This...

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl poster.

Wallace & Gromit Are Making a Comeback

Eva Becker March 12, 2025

Wallace and Gromit, a dorky man and his dog, are a classic dynamic duo from a series of movies and short films created by Aardman Studios. Their first appearance was in a short series that included many...

Emilia Pérez, movie poster, IMDb, 2025

Does Emilia Pérez Deserve Its Oscar Nominations?

Shiloh Merges March 7, 2025

Emilia Pérez is very similar to Drake's "It's All A Blur Tour”: overhyped, undeserving of positive recognition, and failing to deliver on the things that matter. Despite not even paying to watch this...

University of Michigan

Skyline High School to Host 51st Annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow

Nathan Smith March 7, 2025

“Today’s powwows are, at their core, an act of community resistance,” says executive board member of the Native American Student Association at the University of Michigan and one of the head coordinators...

Smile 2 - Movie cover

Smile 2: Is it Worth the Watch?

Addie Fife March 6, 2025

Smile 2, where a simple smile turns into something sinister, deepening the mystery of the sequel, while twisting psychological horror with unsettling twists. Smile 1 follows psychiatrist Rose Cotter...

Big red no sign across Disney Castle.

Disney Going Downhill

Eva Becker March 5, 2025

When people think of Disney, they think of good old-fashioned, vibrant musicals. Despite Disney’s success with their classics, lately they seem to be straying away from the genius creativity they once...

brat (Atlantic Records), GNX (Interscope Records), I Lay Down My Life for You (AWAL), The Secret of Us (Interscope Records), The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records), Might Delete Later (Dreamville Records)

Skyline’s Favorite Albums of 2024

Zach Huber March 5, 2025

2024 was one of the best years for music in a long time. Albums such as Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, Charli XCX’s Brat, Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don't...

A spaceship floating through space.

Starfield: A Disappointment to All of Space

Shannon Anderson March 4, 2025

Starfield is a game set in space, roaming from planet to planet making decisions of either good or evil. Starfield is a free roam role-play style game that was developed in 2023 by Bethesda Game Studios,...

Combination of albums that dropped in 2024.

Skyline’s Least Favorite Albums of 2024

Bodhi Loftus February 28, 2025

As we make the transition into 2025, students have weighed in on the music that left them unimpressed during 2024. From unfinished tracks to wack beats, two albums in particular — Vultures 2 by Kanye...

Lucius feeling the sand representing the iconic scene from the first movie done by Maximus.

Gladiator II: Does the Sequel Live Up to the Legacy?

Joshua Starr February 27, 2025

When Gladiator came to theaters in 2000, it carved a place in cinematic history with its breathtaking battles, performances, and a story that left audiences chanting, "Are you not entertained?"  The...

Tyler, The Creator expresses himself to deeper levels on his new album, Chromakopia, than seen in his previous albums.

Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia: A Showcase of Introspection

Zach Huber February 26, 2025

Chromakopia (2024) is the newest studio album from Tyler Okonma, better known in the music world as Tyler, the Creator. It’s his eighth album overall and a return of sorts – his first album in three...

Lana Del Rey's Album Cover for "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd" Credit: Ninth Studio Album
SZA's Album Cover for "CTRL" Credit: Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records 
The Marías Album Cover for "Superclean, Vol. ll" Credit: Superclean Formats

Unwrap My 2024 Spotify Wrapped: Music That Defined My Year 

Phoebe Spadafore February 24, 2025

On December 4th, Spotify took the spotlight, almost outshining the Christmas season as users immersed themselves in the gift of a year's worth of music.  For those unfamiliar with the infamous Spotify...

PUBG poster

PUBG Mobile: A Big Game on a Small Screen

Arthur Zheng February 24, 2025

With 1.3 billion downloads and grossing over 9 billion dollars, PUBG Mobile is one of the oldest mobile FPS (first-person shooter) games to reach its level of popularity. It is often seen as a pioneer...

Bheem (left) and Raju (right) dancing to "Naatu Naatu"

Dance, Drama, and Defying the British: RRR Has It All

Arthur Zheng February 22, 2025

Do you like singing? Dancing? An elaborate story? Do you have a grudge against historical British colonization? Well, you may consider watching RRR. RRR is an Indian movie originally filmed in Telugu,...

Game posters. From Software/ Bandai Namco, RockStar, Ubisoft. Edited by Kathryn Plotner.

What Games are Coming Out in 2025?

Karl Sippola February 20, 2025

The 2024 game awards came along with many exciting game announcements; there was the long awaited Grand Theft Auto VI, Assassin's Creed Shadows, the unexpected Elden Ring: Nightreign, and many more. Elden...

Adam Elliot, A Stop Motion Animator working on his film  Mary and Max.  (Photo Credit: Flickr)

Who is Adam Elliot?

Eva Becker February 20, 2025

Adam Elliot is an Australian director and filmmaker known for his claymation shorts and movies. Through his claymation films, Elliot uniquely and accurately focuses on the realistic fictional lives of...

Music to Get You Through Dark Days: Winter Album Recommendations

Marek Gustitus, Music Writer February 14, 2025

As both a fan of music and the outdoors, the albums I listen to in a season usually reflect the weather around me. These albums are some of my favorites that fit the winter season exceptionally well. Some...

Moana, Maui, Hei Hei, Pua, and Kuto set off on their journey to save Moana's people from death.

Moana 2: A Good Continuation or Cash Grab?

Shiloh Merges February 14, 2025

I had the costume and everything. Not just a cheap one with faux straws cut of fabric, but a handmade two-piece dress and skirt because of her, because of Moana. To see someone on the big screen doing...

Show cover of  Murder Drones

Murder Drones: Is It Worth Watching?

Dana Abduljaber February 11, 2025

On a planet where humanity is extinct, and robots left behind have evolved, you might think that they function or act like any other robot, but no. They tend to have emotions and behaviors and be much...

The debut trailer for beta version 1.8’s title, the Adventure Update.

Looking Back on 16 Years of Minecraft

Reese Bergey February 10, 2025

Minecraft is approaching its sweet 16th birthday. It’s come a long way since its original indie title release in 2009. In celebration, let’s take a trip down memory lane by reviewing some defining...

Wicked (2024) Movie Poster.

Is Wicked Worth the Hype?

Sydney Harwick February 6, 2025

After almost two decades of Broadway success, Wicked has taken the yellow brick road to the big screen. Much anticipation has come with the news of this film adaptation of the musical. But can the movie...

Episode 1 PILOT cover - The Amazing Digital Circus.

What’s So Amazing About The Amazing Digital Circus?

Dana Abduljaber February 5, 2025

Welcome to The Amazing Digital Circus—a mind-bending realm where the boundaries of reality glitch, twist, and distort. Trapped inside a whimsical yet surreal digital theme park, this cast of eccentric...

The cover photo of the game Homicipher.

Homicipher: What is it?

Alison Green February 5, 2025

Horror games and dating simulations are something many people got into over the covid years. So what if these two genres were combined to make one game? Your final product would look something like Homicipher. Homicipher...

The player aims to see an enemy behind a fence.

You Shouldn’t Play the Fortnite OG Gamemode, Yet

Roman Gattuso February 4, 2025

If you haven’t played Fortnite, you haven’t played one of the best video games of 2017. It’s a battle royale game where the goal is to be the last one standing, though it does have other game modes,...

Credit: Miramax

Could The Holdovers Become a New Holiday Movie Classic?

Nati Murrell February 4, 2025

Every holiday season, I turn on my TV and see the same movies being shown on repeat. Not to take a dig at the typical holiday movies like Elf, Home Alone, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, but this year...

Uglies movie poster. (Credit: BLT Communications)

The Truth About Uglies Isn’t Very Pretty

Bom Kim January 15, 2025

What if it was possible to make yourself become absolutely perfect? What if all it took to achieve that was one little surgery? What would you do? This is what Netflix’s teen dystopian movie Uglies...

Call of Duty: Mobile's app logo.

Call of Duty: Mobile—Console-Quality Gaming that Fits in Your Pocket

Arthur Zheng January 5, 2025

Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) is a free mobile FPS game, developed by Tencent under the Call of Duty franchise, and was released on October 1st, 2019. CODM combines features of the many PC and console COD...

The cover of Micheal Crighton's sci-fi thriller Prey, published by HarperCollins.

Micheal Crichton’s Prey: Smart, Fun, and Surprisingly Scary

Dominic Marroni January 4, 2025

Micheal Crichton’s Prey: Smart, Fun, and Surprisingly Scary When people look at Micheal Crichton’s legacy, they remember the world-renowned Jurassic Park, which saw most of its fame through the...

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