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REVIEW: Lorde Illuminates On Opening Night of “The Ultrasound Tour”

September 23, 2025 The Patriot Talon
By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer The dim blue lights flooding the Moody Center arena slowly faded to black, and a single beam cuts through the layer of darkness, landing at the center of the stage as the [Read More…]
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Standouts of Tyler Film Festival 2025

September 21, 2025 The Patriot Talon
By DEBI OKEKE/Staff Writer Festival season is in full swing. While Venice and Toronto are making headlines, they’re far from the only ones. The Tyler Film Festival 2025 was held this past weekend, transforming Liberty [Read More…]
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Duke Reviews: “DON’T TAP THE GLASS” by Tyler, The Creator

July 29, 2025 Orion Baker
By Orion Baker/Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: “DON’T TAP THE GLASS” by Tyler, The Creator Tyler, the Creator has been on a roll following the success of “CHROMAKOPIA”, While still being on his world tour, [Read More…]
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Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025)

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker
By ORION BAKER/ Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025) As we all know by now, live-action remakes these days often fall short of the original. This is often the case [Read More…]
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Duke Reviews: “Isotope” by Wasia Project

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker
By ORION BAKER/Assistant Video Editor Duke Reviews: “Isotope” EP by Wasia Project Hello! I’m Orion, and welcome back to Duke Reviews. Today’s submission was from the former Marketing Editor of Talon Student Media, Breanna Bolle. She [Read More…]
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REVIEW: A Tortured Popstar: Taylor Swift’s Most Vulnerable Album Yet Releases

April 25, 2024 Paulina Mata
By PAULINA MATA/Social Media Editor Even with a broken heart, Taylor Swift has just released her biggest album yet, both in terms of tracks and of sales. Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” [Read More…]
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Hangry Joe’s Review: Hit or Miss?

March 7, 2024 Porter
By PORTER STAGGS/ Staff Writer As a college student, finding food can be a tricky task. Aspects of our lives such as balancing budgets, working through classwork, and any other college-isms take up so much [Read More…]
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REVIEW: New Wonka Movie A Success, In Its Own Way

January 29, 2024 Nathan Witt
By JOHN ENABOIFO / Staff Contributor Curious about the new Wonka Movie? Well, quiet up and listen down. No, scratch that — reverse it. Paul King, director of the well-beloved (and rightly so) Paddington movies, took [Read More…]
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Times Square Grand Slam: Review from a Broke College Student

January 29, 2024 Porter
By PORTER STAGGERS/Staff Writer I have always loved going to the movie theater. The popcorn, the seats — everything has always felt like magic. When the lights go down and the movie begins to play, I [Read More…]
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The Tallies: The Talon Staff’s Favorite Music of 2023

December 7, 2023 Larry Bonilla
By TALON STAFF/ Organized by LARRY BONILLA Friends and Fellow Patriots, welcome to “the Tallies!” This is a special Talon Staff review to tally up the music that made us cry, had us enchanted, and shaped our [Read More…]

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