Arapahoe Herald | Friday, December 12, 2014
CRITICAL REVIEWs
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Lollicup offers up great tasting “bubble tea” by Mason Steiner inter is coming, and if you are like everyone else at Arapahoe, you have probably made a trip to Starbucks for one of their overpriced, calorie rich coffee beverages. Of course there are other coffee places to choose from, but if you truly want a change of pace, look to Lollicup Denver.
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Located off of Colorado and I-25, Lollicup offers an alternative, fun atmosphere in addition to their Southeast Asian style of “bubble tea.” Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea based beverage. There are four choices of this tea to choose from: snow bubble, slush, milk tea, English black tea and jasmine green tea, with over 18 flavors per
type of tea. A snow bubble tea is a creamy, smoothie-like drink. A slush is an icy blended drink, similar in texture to a Frappuccino from Starbucks. Milk tea sounds strange, byt is a milky, creamy tea that is usually served over ice. They also offer English black tea and jasmine green tea that is served either hot or cold.
This sweet tea is a great way to cool off during days when the sun shines. While it does begin to clump up into lumps of ice towards the end, it is a great taste that should be experienced by all at least once.
The Dos and Don’ts of Lollicup
A Unique, warm, and delicious, hot TE K L MI rose tea is a must in the cold T S BE T weather of Colorado. This rich, NU O C CO sweet, red tea with boba is one of the best teas from Lollicup, in my This tea has a very tropical taste, providing opinion. a welcome change in the world of winter. A This drink, though, was emptied fairly TE T HO quickly. If you are a speed drinker who T S BE would rather savor their tea, I would SE RO advise against milk tea.
This coffee drink is an amazing substitute to what you may receive at Starbucks, if you are looking for coffee. It is creamy, and not overly bitter. I would recommend this to anyone who is in the mood for coffee, but does not want to conform to the world of Starbucks.
Do: Stab the straw into the top to avoid explosion Don't: Chew your straw (or your boba might clog!) Do: Get Yan yan or pocky as a snack Don't: pass up the opportunity to play board games Do: try a new flavor every time
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Photos by Mason Steiner
“The Imitation Game” revives classic movie genre
All classic movie fans remember the scene: as the cell doors open on another dreary day at Shawshank penitentiary, all prisoners step out for count. All but one: Andy Dufresne. After the guard angrily marches to his cell, he realizes that Andy has vanished. As the warden angrily throws rocks around Andy’s cell, he inadvertently discovers the tunnel that Andy dug. Andy Dufresne escaped Shawshank prison.
As a big movie fan, I can happily admit that the first time I saw “The Shawshank Redemption” was the best time. Seeing the entirety of Andy Dufresne’s genius plan unfold in a flashback after his escape really made the movie a classic. This movie is extremely special because it is not until after the climax that the fan finally gets a look inside the mind of the protagonist. I could talk about how great
“The Shawshank Redemption” is for the rest of this column, but the sad truth is that movies like this are now a dying breed. With updated technology, computer generated special effects and animation, so many movies are a part of the action genre. The rise of directors such as Michael Bay has paved a path towards continuing this trend of over-the-top special effects in the future. While this situation is all fine for contemporary movie fans, those like myself who appreciate older movies lose the type of films that share similarities with “The Shawshank Redemption.” This genre (or subgenre if “Shawshank” is considered a drama before anything else) I like to refer to as “amazing minds” movies, where the protagonists (and sometimes antagonists) have
incredible plots in mind that the viewer is not enlightened on until their plan has been carried out. While this breed seems to be fading, it still exists. The new movie “The Imitation Game,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the British mathematician Alan Turing, is a promising new chapter to the genre of “Shawshank.” Turing was the mathematician who cracked the Nazi enigma code during World War II. This film has already been released in select theaters, but it will open in theaters in Colorado on Dec. 25. As a fan of such movies, it is vital to the genre that the film succeeds. Already, audiences have given it a 4.4/5 star rating from the “Rotten Tomatoes” movie review website, which is higher than “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay–Part 1” and “Interstellar.”
Assuming that the audiences across the nation have similar thoughts on the film as those who already have the picture in their local theaters, “The Imitation Game” should be a great success. As with all modern movies, this style will almost certainly be hybridized with modern technology. As it takes place during World War II, it is safe to expect a fair share of special effects for the bombings of London, an apparent trend of all movies in the genre. As long as there are directors willing to stray from the Michael Bay-style action movie genre with new technology, this class of movies will never die. As it hit its peak inside the walls of Shawshank penitentiary, movies such as “The Imitation Game” will keep it alive.