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'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' 
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A Clash between Titans!: ‘A Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review

April 10, 2024

If you say that “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” isn’t the very definition of an epic Blockbuster, then I don’t know what is. With explosive action and set pieces, the audience is never bored...

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The local spikeball club at CWU.

Setting the stage for women in spikeball

Hayley James, Columnist
April 10, 2024

Roundnet, often referred to as spikeball, is a ball sport that has become popular in the last decade. It shares similarities with four square and beach volleyball. The sport is largely popular with college-age...

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SCAN ME TO GO TO THE PLAYLIST

Editorial Staff’s Spring Playlist

April 4, 2024

Astor ‘The Other Side of Paradise’ - Glass Animals:  This song feels like it makes my bones vibrate, not in the way that it has a ton of bass or something, but that the emotion in the vocals...

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Sydney Sweeney auditioned for 'Immaculate' in 2014, but the movie went unmade. Sweeney bought the rights to the screenplay after her emergence from starring in 'Euphoria,' bringing the dead-in-the-water project back to life. (Photo courtesy NEON)

‘Immaculate,’ and Sydney Sweeney the movie star

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
April 4, 2024

“Libs saw how the anti-woke crowd embraced Sydney Sweeney as their new darling and right away had to shove her in this blasphemous, satanic, feminist, pro-abortion, anti-life movie degrading christians!...

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"Drive-Away Dolls" was Ethan Coen's first solo directorial effort. 
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The art of the double feature: ‘Dune: Part Two’ & ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

Winnie Killingsworth, Columnist
March 7, 2024

In case you missed it, The Observer’s Editor-in-chief, Isaac Hinson, is high on the spice of “Dune.” He’s written about it multiple times both leading up to the release of “Dune: Part Two”...

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Paul and Feyd's final duel. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Discovery

‘Dune: Part Two’ The biggest, boldest and best sci-fi film of the generation

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
February 29, 2024

Pretty much every decade has a saga, franchise or story that defines it. For the 70s-80s that franchise was “Star Wars” which was released in 1977, and had two sequels that followed in the 80s. The...

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Are Skincare Products a Scam?

Are Skincare Products a Scam?

Raya Miron, Columnist
February 23, 2024

Skincare looks different to anyone and everyone. Some people wash their face with a bar of Dove soap, while others have a 20-step skincare routine.  Personally, I have a two-step skincare routine that...

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The Best Picture power rankings: Can anyone beat ‘Oppenheimer’?

Isaac Hinson, Columnist
February 22, 2024

The 96th Academy Awards are right around the corner, and the race simultaneously feels decided, yet… close? It’s the general consensus that Christopher Nolan’s historical epic “Oppenheimer” is...

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A Love Letter To The Observer

Megan Foster
February 16, 2024

Dear The Observer, Over the past year I have come to know you. I have lived, learned and grown under the umbrella of your care. I fondly reminisce on the time I’ve spent with you; the memories, the...

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My autopsy of the Grammy’s

Isaac Dobmeier, Columnist
February 16, 2024

Do people still care about the Grammys? If you’re a member of this dwindling minority, enjoy some thoughts on this year's award show from someone whose music taste sadly isn’t Grammy-nominated. Let's...

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The failure of University 101

Astor Powell-Pedersen , Columnist
February 8, 2024

It’s no secret to any first-year student here at CWU that the required University 101 course in the 2023 fall quarter was something akin to a trainwreck. At CWU, along with all of your other classes...

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The real review of ‘Saltburn’

Raya Miron, Columnist
February 8, 2024

It’s a murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove hey-hey, hey-hey. Frankly I think when anyone hears the song “Murder on the Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, we are all just...

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