Just under a year after the release of Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS, this film continues to make headlines and impact the greater film and music industries. Whether it be Austin Butler’s awards and nominations or the promise of an extended cut in the future, fans continue to be satisfied by the success of the film and the crew’s continued support. Nothing shows this more clearly than the release of the ELVIS: DELUXE EDITION movie soundtrack last month, and as someone who listened to the movie soundtrack on repeat since its release, I can say it was more than worth the wait.

“Reminders From Home”

As The Hunger Games movie trilogy left Netflix last week, it seems that fans have once again been met with an end to their favorite story. The movies and books saw a massive resurgence in popularity over the last month or so, whether it be on TikTok, Twitter, or Instagram, praising the master storytelling that defined our generation—possibly even more than Harry Potter. It seems that right now is the perfect time to look at why exactly we feel such a strong connection to the books, and why that connection is more than deserved.

On Mar. 24 2023, Lana Del Rey released her highly-anticipated ninth album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. In true Del Rey fashion, the singer-songwriter had been teasing the album months beforehand on social media, sharing family photos, concept art, and nude monochrome portraits. The album concept felt far less elusive than some of her previous works, which hinged not upon specific aesthetics, but on Del Rey’s shifting songwriting concerns, which began to favor rambling meditations over catchy hooks. Ocean Blvd is a seamless combination of both interests: a tribute to the Americana that made her and a showcase of her ever-improving lyricism.

*Major Spoilers*

In the early 2010s, Cartoon Network was at the height of success, profiting largely from well-received projects like Regular Show (2010) and Adventure Time (2010). These successes allowed this company to take risks with what they wanted to broadcast, experimenting with the genre and testing the waters to see if another project would catch fire. Shockingly, this risk would result in great success; this newfound freedom allowed several show writers and staff from these two projects to begin splitting their time between their current projects and ones left dormant. Patrick McHale was one of these shows’ staff members who took up this pursuit.  

There exists an overwhelming and particularly powerful misconception among American citizens that classic literature is unapproachable, aged, and avoidable. As someone who came into Geneseo as a psychology major, I was among the population that believed this—that supported, even, the idea that the past is best kept right where it is. Obviously, after 23 issues of the Lamron Lit Corner, it is obvious that I no longer subscribe to this idea, and that is largely thanks to Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor.

Many movie lovers across the globe constantly debate what the best film genre is. While horror and animation are in a golden era right now, the genre that offers the most diversity along with the best quality has to be science fiction. 

Swifties campus-wide rejoice: the ultimate opportunity to share your love of Taylor’s music has arrived. For the rest of the semester, not only will a number of writers be putting their own ranking in print for fans to see and discuss, but you, dear reader, have the opportunity to have your ranking of Swift’s ten main albums published in The Lamron as well! Simply email lamron.arts@gmail.com with your picks and something about what makes you love Swift’s music to see it published in a future edition!

*Minor spoilers ahead* 

Yes, you read that title correctly. This article is about a movie titled Unicorn Wars (2022), but please stay with me, because this is a prolifically deep movie hidden under a cutesy and colorful exterior. It is a movie that I promise will thoroughly entertain you and, shockingly, will make you think about aspects of our society differently through the actions and beliefs of teddy bears.

Good moviegoers of Geneseo, I implore you to not look away from this article’s silly title. I know what you’re thinking—‘Cocaine Bear?! Now that sounds like an idea too ridiculous to transform into a film worth sitting through. What makes this movie note-worthy enough to write or read about? What is Cocaine Bear even about, and why should I care?’

Through the last few months, there have been a handful of movies that are gaining significant traction online, whether it’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) or Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). But one has been shining above the rest: an indie film titled The Whale (2022). 

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is just fine. The 31st installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was released on Feb. 17 to some less-than-stellar reviews from critics. The Rotten Tomatoes score for the third installment in the Ant-Man series currently sits at an unimpressive 48%, the second lowest of any MCU movie to date, despite a down year for the franchise in 2022. While many of the topics for negative discussion about the movie are justified, the film as a whole succeeds in doing two key things and should be praised for doing so. 

“The Unbeatable Foe”

(Continued from last week’s article, found online!)

In Caroline Polachek’s relatively brief career, she has made herself into a indie pop icon like no other; her buzzing sonic quality mixed with her exciting and playful lyrics have made her into a force to be reckoned with, and one that has indeed already been recognized by artists like Charli XCX and Beyoncé. With this successful musical debut behind her, let’s get into Polachek’s most recent release—her new album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (2023).

Among the most banned books of the 20th century sits George Orwell’s novel 1984 and novella Animal Farm, both philosophical looks at the same idea, but through radically different lenses. On the one hand, 1984 (covered previously in the Lamron Lit Corner) imagines and realizes a “utopian” society in which a unified government holds complete control over massive amounts of lands and populations; banned for a number of reasons, including mentions of sex, mental illness, and torture, 1984 was also banned in the USSR for its clearly anti-authoritarian message. Even more clear was Orwell’s Animal Farm, which is not only anti-authoritarian, but also specifically anti-USSR. That begs the question: why was Animal Farm also frequently banned in the United States if it criticized their main rivals?

With Peter Gabriel’s “i/o” tour beginning in Europe in just a few short months, it seems like the perfect time to look back at the musician’s rise to fame and the best songs in his solo catalog. Initially known in the early 1970s as the lead singer of the progressive rock group Genesis, Gabriel stepped down in 1975 and went on to release nine studio albums, win three Grammy awards, and create the international arts festival, World of Arts, Music, and Dance (WOMAD). Even now, in 2023 and with Gabriel recently turning 73, he continues to impress and plans to release a new album this year. With that said, here are my picks for the top ten Peter Gabriel songs!

Junji Ito is one of the most influential and prominent mangakas (manga artist) of all time, producing several works that have grown to be renowned worldwide. These works contain grotesque, detailed imagery that encapsulate feelings of dread, sadness, eeriness, and fear seamlessly with a storyline that will leave a reader thinking existentially. Though they sound like morbid intrigue, these works are some of the most well-known and talked about on a global scale, and that’s because of the universal feelings that Junji Ito brings about in his approach to storytelling. Ito’s stories have simple characters with an understandable, everyday motivation, forced into a straightforward but horrid situation. 

“there she stood”