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With a weak supporting cast and lack of innovation, "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" doesn't give Lara Croft's origin story a satisfying end.
ARTS

Lara Croft stumbles in ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’

Ever since 2013’s “Tomb Raider” reboot, Lara Croft has been on a successful run. The iconic video game heroine was redesigned to be more grounded and relatable, a change further developed in the 2015 sequel, “Rise of the Tomb Raider.” Even the new “Tomb Raider” movie starring Alicia Vikander was decent — for a film based on a video game, being decent is no small feat.


While BROCKHAMPTON stays true to their roots, iridescence sees the group venturing into new creative territory.
ARTS

BROCKHAMPTON illuminates on ‘iridescence’

Self-proclaimed boy band BROCKHAMPTON dropped their much-anticipated album 'iridescence' this past Friday. Forming only three years ago, the group had already released four albums, including All-American Trash and the Saturation trilogy. With the constant influx of content, their experimental sound and unique aesthetic, the group has been experiencing tremendous growth in popularity, whether it’s having a Viceland series to hanging out with iconic producers like Rick Rubin and Pharrell Williams.


The divine presence of Father John Misty elicited an atmosphere of spiritual autonomy.
ARTS

Father John Misty blesses the Orpheum

Concerts are the closest thing to church I attend. I’ve noticed this in the stories I’ve written about shows, almost always making comments like “I think *insert artist name here* and the heavenly lights were summoning me to the afterlife.”


UW-Madison physics research has been transformed into art with the help of the Arts+Literature lab. Photo by Maggie Liu.
SCIENCE

LAB3 work synergizes physics, scientists, arts

A scientific paper detailing detection methods of dark matter and words like electrons, neutrinos and muons thrown about—these are things expected in a physics lecture or in the office of a physics professor at UW-Madison, but perhaps not at all expected in a local Madison art gallery.


With comical performances and a bizarre plant that talks and sings, “Little Shop of Horrors” has it all.
ARTS

Theater to look forward to this fall

Madison is a hub of culture when it comes to the arts — concerts, art shows and poetry slams can be found every weekend. Few realize, however, that Madison also hosts dozens of theater performances, from Broadway tours to local productions. Here’s your guide for what to keep an eye out for this fall.


The open world Western game “Red Dead Redemption 2” is one of 2018’s most-anticipated releases.
ARTS

New video game releases for Fall 2018

I feel it’s necessary to preface all this by admitting that, as a man who plays a lot of games, I’m not the type of person to anticipate new releases. Games are just too expensive of a hobby, and getting caught up in hype trains all the time is a quick and reliable way to lose your shirt. If I didn’t write this column, I’d never pick up a game the first day it was out. With the exception of Nintendo and a few particularly smart indie game developers, every company drops the price of their games drastically a few months after release.



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