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Actors Serena Gaylord, Arya Nasikkar and Justin Reed act in Check Please!, Broken Box's last show of the year. Though the actors couldn't meet physically, the show was presented via Youtube.

Check Please!–a showstopper, almost stopped by COVID-19

June 17, 2020

Riot Games's newest release takes a

Riot Games’s newest release takes a “Valorant” leap into the gaming spotlight

May 25, 2020

It’s time for a change, and that’s why I’m team “Tangled”

It’s time for a change, and that’s why I’m team “Tangled”

May 21, 2020

Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer) and Aster Flores (Alexis Lemire) on their first “date.” “The Half of It,” directed by Los Altos alum Alice Wu is a sweet and clever rom-com that breathes life into the genre.

Los Altos Alum Alice Wu’s Film to Hit Netflix — but that’s not even “The Half of It”

April 30, 2020

A pair of checkered yellow Vans. Staff Writer Katy Stadler writes about her experiences with being of mixed ethnicity.

Half and half, but not the milk kind

April 12, 2020

Staff writer Kaavya Butaney writes about her experiences using technology during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tech in the time of corona

April 11, 2020

The Talon gives some ideas about things that people can do during the shelter-in-place.

8 activities to help make the best of your quarantine time

April 7, 2020

Staff writer Kaavya Butaney on the left and staff writer Vaishu Sirkay on the right. Kaavya and Vaishu write about how their friendship has developed over the years.

Friends who fight together stay together

April 6, 2020

Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) and Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) release a paper lantern on their first date together. “P.S. I Still Love You” was a lukewarm follow up to “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” as it fails to back up the chemistry of its leads with solid story.

“To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You”: Sweet but shallow

March 27, 2020

Mitch Emhoff (Matt Damon), along with many others, attempt to cross the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, only to be forced by the National Guard to turn around and go back into quarantine. “Contagion” holds many parallels to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and offers lessons we can learn from.

Contagion or COVID-19?

March 20, 2020

“Rey, the protagonist of the trilogy, is joined by Poe Dameron and Finn, along with C-3PO, BB-8 and Chewbacca in the finale,

“The Rise of Skywalker”: classic turned catastrophe

February 29, 2020

Under the direction of Bong Joon-Ho, “Parasite,” a Korean film, follows the unemployed Kim family as they slowly overtake the house staff (tutor, art teacher, driver, housekeeper) of the wealthy Park family.

“Parasite”: as good as everyone says

February 20, 2020

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