Love songs and hot takes in KU’s R&B Survey

Love is in the air as people around the world prepare for Valentine’s Day. Of course, the most romantic day of the year calls for that perfect soundtrack, and R&B is the ideal genre thanks to its timeless, melodious vocals that really tug at the heartstrings and mesmerise the listener.  

RAYE performs a standout set at the O2 Arena

I’ve been a RAYE fan for more than ten years, back when she was the name tucked inside songwriting credits, the type of artist you’d play for friends with a quiet insistence that she was going to be huge one day. When she stepped on the stage at the O2 arena this year, not as a support act, not as an unknown backing vocal, but instead as the headlining show for her own tour, I realised that she wasn’t my little secret anymore, and I couldn’t think of anyone else more deserving of her success. The atmosphere before she came on wasn’t the usual pre‑show buzz; it felt more like a collective breath being held.

Resident Evil: Requiem – we are so back

Resident Evil is back, baby. Capcom’s bold, dual-natured entry has embraced the series’ split identity between both survival horror and explosive action. By dividing its campaign between two distinct protagonists, it creates a dynamic rhythm that constantly shifts tone, mechanics, and pacing.

Coraline: Why this creepy classic still has us button-eyed

Over fifteen years ago, a little blue-haired girl crawled through a secret door and Henry Selik took the story and turned it into one of the best pieces of cinema. Released in 2009, Coraline was marketed as a children’s film, but let’s be real, it’s the type of stuff from some twisted adult therapy session. With its incredible stop-motion animation, button-eyed doppelgängers, and a villain who’s basically a spider-mum from hell, this film has aged into a cult classic. As its sweet sixteen approaches, fans are still dissecting every frame (me being one of them). So let’s dive into the theories and why Coraline feels weirdly relevant in 2025.

Josh Safdie’s storytelling is the real hero of Marty Supreme

Storytelling drives Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” storytelling of such level of quality that deserves comparison with other elitist prose. From the likes of Tarantino’s unique blender that is “Pulp Fiction” to Sorkin’s witty “The Social Network.” Like these, Safdie faultlessly pins down the balance between a humorous and narcissistic level of inspiration derived from Timothee Chalamet’s adaptation of the table tennis phenomenon ‘Marty Mauser.’