Gabriela Danger | Opinion director On Dec. 4, the second Five Nights at Freddy’s movie came out in theaters, and the internet hasn’t been able to put it down. That makes sense, considering the first film, released in 2023, is Blumhouse’s biggest hit to date, grossing $300 million globally and making Freddy’s an instant success, […]
By Sophia Noya | Staff Writer Nobody in all of Oz (including me!) is missing out on Wicked: For Good, which has enjoyed an enormous opening week and overall positive reviews. As a Broadway fan who, like everybody else, walked out of watching Wicked feeling like I had just witnessed Cynthia Erivo invent electricity, I’ve […]
By Karen Alava | Staff Writer After months of anticipation, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has finally come to life on Netflix. The gothic reimagining, which premiered earlier this year in select theaters, is now streaming and it’s already sparking both admiration and debate. Del Toro, known for his love of misunderstood monsters (Pan’s Labyrinth, The […]
Cosette Lipscomb | Assistant Entertainment Director After 18 long years of making music, Twenty One Pilots released what may be their last studio album for a long time. “Breach” is the perfect ending to over a decade-long story made by the band itself, starting in their fourth studio album, “Blurryface,” and all subsequent albums, which […]
Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Do you believe in miracles? I’ll tell you this much, the fact “Daredevil: Born Again” has seen the light of day is nothing short of divine intervention. After Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige rang the fire alarm on the series in late 2023, new showrunner Dario Scardapane and directors Justin […]
Sophia Noya | Staff Writer We take journalism seriously here at PantherNow, so obviously I’ve spent hours today thinking critically about Minecraft. Released last Friday, Jared Hess’s A Minecraft Movie–which is already a massive box office hit– stars Jack Black as Steve, the video game’s famous default character. Steve fights to save The Overworld from […]
Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Complacency is the death of creativity. Like it or not, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, has become the poster child for this notion, coasting off the success and built-up goodwill from a saga that ended more than five years ago. Now, all that’s left of the franchise is a […]
Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Reel Big Fish’s cover of “Take On Me” is a drug, and I’ve been fiending for a fix for the last month and a half. My addiction is justified, so please hold your concerns for just a moment. When third-wave ska — a natural evolution of the two-tone sound which […]
Sofia Bellon | Staff Writer No matter where you’ve been the past couple months, it seems everything is bathed in pink and green. From dolls, to coffee cups, to Xfinity commercials, “Wicked” is absolutely everywhere. However, despite the musical-turned-film being one of the most anticipated films of 2024, Jon M. Chu’s iteration felt lackluster and […]
Sophia Noya | Staff Writer Lindsay Lohan continues her successful comeback to Hollywood with Netflix’s “Our Little Secret“, her second Christmas movie for the streaming service. The film finds Avery and Logan, a pair of exes who discover their new partners are siblings, struggling to lay low and keep their past a secret while spending […]
Duvasana Bisoondial | Staff Writer As Native American Heritage Month comes to an end, we turn to a comedy-drama film praised for its authenticity and representation of Native American culture. “Smoke Signals” combines modern-day situations with Native American ideals, tackling tropes of death, alcoholism, domestic abuse and more. Directed by Chris Eyre, the movie takes […]
Sophia Noya | Staff Writer It’s been 20 years since Hayao Miyazaki’s classic “Howl’s Moving Castle”, based on the novel by Dianne Wynne Jones, was released. The English language version stars Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, and Billy Crystal. Mortimer’s Sophie, a young hatter, is cursed into becoming an old woman, while Bale plays Howl, a […]
