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  Movies  Oppenheimer Review: The Guilt-Ridden Genius By Dylan Barbee Image Provided By @oppenheimermovie on Instagram Release Date: July 21, 2023 Robert J. Oppenheimer was a man with many names; The "father of the atomic bomb", the American Prometheus, and as he once described himself referencing the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Geeta in a 1965 NBC interview “the destroyer of worlds.” He said this  while recounting his thoughts when seeing the power of his own creation. In Christopher Nolan’s latest 3-hour biopic Oppenheimer , the historically eventful life of the controversial theoretical physicist who invented the atomic bomb used on Japan is brought to the big screen. The film is based on the novel “The American Prometheus” written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Nolan uses immensely emotional visuals and a unique sound design to display a heavily compelling narrative that will bring audiences to a doomful realization.     Before watching Oppenheimer, I was dreading the

Music    Sunburn Album Review: A Scorched Memoir  By Dylan Barbee                                                                             Photo Provided by @dominicfike on Instagram                                                                                                    Release Date: July 7, 2023 Before alternative pop artist Dominic Fike signed a $4 Million deal with Columbia records, became a main character on the controversial HBO show Euphoria, and was getting co-signs from artists like Drake, he was sleeping in different houses or abandoned cars every night and day drinking on the beaches of Naples, Florida. The same day he released his 2018 debut EP Don’t Forget About Me, Demos he had to drive his mother to jail hungover so she could serve her two years for drug-related charges. Luckily, the Don’t Forget About Me, Demos EP that he created on house arrest and his 2020 debut album What Could Possibly Go Wrong caught a lot of attention and the lower income trauma he ha

Music Pink Tape Album Review: Whole Lotta Pink? By Dylan Barbee    Image Provided By @liluzivert on Instagram  Release Date: June 30, 2023 Pink Tape was first teased on an Instagram livestream by Lil Uzi Vert in December 2020. Despite the prolonged wait for the album, Lil Uzi Vert has been able to stay relevant in the rap scene with impressive features on several Yeat songs, releasing an EP in 2022 called Red & White, and reaching No. 1 on Billboard with their genre bending " Just Wanna Rock" back in February of 2023. The creative and outlandish sound of the Jersey club hit bleeds into Lil Uzi Vert’s latest release which makes the Pink Tape the most creative and genre defining mainstream pieces of hip hop music since Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red.        Pink Tape released on June 30, 2023, and the highly anticipated project contains 26 songs that span across an hour and 34-minute listen. Some notable features on this project come from Nicki Minaj on “Endless Fashio