Holden’s Growing Up, Unfortunately
Rating: 2/5 Holden Caulfield spends The Catcher in the Rye convinced that everyone around him is a phony, but beneath all the complaining, he is slowly developing something more valuable: worldly intelligence. His wandering through New York becomes an education outside the classroom, exposing him to sex, loneliness, adulthood, exploitation and the complicated realities of […]
Recipe: Salad
Basic Salad that’s actually really fkn’ good. Playlist: Something summery and fun. Santeria by sublime, in too deep by sum 41 and californication by the red hot chilli peppers are a good start. Ingredients: Method:
Maybe the Movie Doesn’t Have to Be Like the Book
There is perhaps no more terrifying sentence to say in a room full of English students than: “I liked the movie better than the book.” You can practically hear the collective gasp. Somewhere, an academic is clutching their copy of Middlemarch in distress. Book-to-film adaptations are often judged on one question: “Was it true to […]
Victor Songs
It’s time to rise and grind, mother fuckers. Trimester B is coming to an end, exams are approaching, and Nexus knows all you chads are in need of a killer playlist to fuel your winning aura. Don’t be a beta, become the alpha you were born to be.
Horoscopes – Issue 23
Aries: You will make a questionable decision this week. Fortunately, it will also be your most entertaining one. Taurus: Your bed is calling. Ignore it. You have things to do, allegedly. Gemini: Stop changing your mind. Actually, change it. No, wait. Keep the original one. Cancer: Someone will hurt your feelings. You will dramatically overthink […]
Nexus Breaks the News – Issue 23
POSH PROBLEMS A sudden surge in a specific Lake Weed at Lake Karapiro threatens the region’s oft-held rowing events, which is a big concern for the most out of touch and annoying rich assholes that you know. AT LEAST THEY’VE GOT SOMETHING RIGHT, RIGHT? The Waikato region has once again proven to have the best cancer treatment […]
The End of Oak Street
Rating: 5/5 When I found out that the woman, the myth, the icon Anne Hathaway and his lordship, Jedi Master and Otter Enthusiast Ewan McGregor were the leads in an upcoming film about a random 1970s American-Dream style family getting magically transported back in time to the Jurassic, there was no other option; I was […]
Elle
Rating: 4/5 After more than a decade since the last film in the world of Legally Blonde, we return with a 1990’s prequel, known as Elle. The show is a comedy-drama, about a 16 year old Elle dealing with her first fish-out-of-water scenario as her family moves from Los Angeles to Seattle. Elle is not […]
The Gentleman – Season 2
Rating: 4/5 After rewatching the five-star masterpiece that was The Gentlemen’s first season, I leapt into season two with excitement; Theo James was back as the Duke of Halstead (and arguably more attractive than ever before) with his his work-wife Susie Glass (who has given me a new celebrity crush; Kaya Scodelario) with one goal […]
An Ode to Winter
Missing the cold, dark nights? Want to feel the warmth of a lovely winter dish again? Here is the cure to all your post-winter depression: Ingredients: Method: