Drowning out the noise of everyday life with ambient sounds

Jazmine I Gracia, Contributor/Writer • March 17, 2025

As media consumption evolves, multitasking and background noise have become common, raising concerns about the decline of attentive viewership.

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‘Cobra Kai’s’ finale crane kicks viewers with spontaneous life lessons

Jesie Garcia, Staff Reporter • March 7, 2025

“Cobra Kai” leaves viewers and fans with a fulfilling conclusion tying in all aspects and struggles of life both inside and outside of the dojo.

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Films and movies hidden from the public eye: The Red Turtle Cinema

Joseph Ezekiel Montero, Staff Reporter • February 26, 2025

The Red Turtle Cinema is a student organization at UTEP. They screen unique movies and films people don’t usually watch. Whether you are a casual movie watcher or a film buff, the club welcomes everyone.

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Spider-Man swings onto Disney+ with ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’

Joseph Ezekiel Montero, Staff Reporter • February 19, 2025

The favorite wall crawling superhero has a new show on Disney+. The show follows Peter Parker’s journey of great power and responsibility. With Spider-Man being beloved by many what do fans think about the character’s newest iteration?

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‘Wicked’ brings the magic of Oz to life and to the box office

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter • December 5, 2024

'Wicked' the movie adaptation of the musical brings the world of Oz to life with beautiful visuals and amazing performances all while exploring the complexities of friendship and the struggle for justice.

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Body horror is back: The movie you can’t eat while watching

Dominique Macias, Contributor/Photographer • October 16, 2024

Newest Body Horror film, The Substance, hit theaters this month. Directed by Coralie Fargeat, setting her intentions with this movie, making everyone leave the theaters a different person—no pun intended. Making younger and older generations grateful for their own bodies.

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Oculto Film Festival showcases borderland horror with thrilling creations from local filmmakers

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter • October 9, 2024

The sixth annual Oculto Film Festival was a bi-national event, taking place in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. The event gave horror enthusiasts a chance to watch films created by filmmakers from the borderland and around the world.

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Sitting at the edge of your seat: El Paso Film Festival Returns

Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2024

For the seventh year in a row, West Texas’s Preeminent destination for Indie film has come and gone. The Film Festival’s fallout is one which hopes to inspire the inner director of those young and old.

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“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”: A Twisted Revival of the Strange and the Unusual

Rumi Sevilla, Staff Reporter • September 23, 2024

Following the 1988 release of Beetlejuice, Tim Burton has brought back both longtime fans and newer generations to theaters —36 years later— with the newest release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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Lights, Coffee, Action; Coffee Party’s Movie Party

Frida Acuna, Arts & Culture Editor • July 29, 2024

Local coffee shop, Coffee Party, is rooted in the love for sharing coffee and making connections. In 2017, coffee enthusiast and owner Santiago Castro, started a fundraiser cafe in his mom's living room, inviting friends over for a cup of coffee. As...

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“Longlegs” defines a new meaning for psychological thrillers

Marco Hinojosa, Audience & Engagement Editor • July 22, 2024

Although Halloween is a handful of months away, Oz Perkins delivered a haunting new film to the big screen. “Longlegs” is a horror, mystery, and psychological thriller starring Nicolas Cage as Longlegs and Maika Monroe as FBI Agent Lee Harker.   With...

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“Mean Girls,” so fetch or not so fetch?

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter • February 1, 2024

There is a new “Mean Girls” movie and yes, it is a musical. The movie has received many mixed reviews spanning from the fashion to the awkward product placement to some not even knowing that it was a musical in the first place, which caused a bit...

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