Everyone Wins This Election
Politics and Hollywood have always had fascinating similarities. Both require a front, rely on popularity for success and are personal when it comes to business. The Ides of March, based on the…
Our Town: A Second Opinion
Director Leah Lowe’s production of Our Town is ambitious in scope, featuring a somewhat excessive running time of 150 minutes with two disorienting ten-minute intermissions (something usually done with plays that are three…
Facebook Me, Mark – Could The Social Network be the best movie of the year? This reviewer thinks so.
Mark Zuckerberg did not expect to change the world when he created Facebook. He did not mean to become a billionaire. In The Social Network, we see a character who just wanted to…
Predicting the Summer Blockbuster Season
A couple of things happen in the earlier weeks of May. The sun shines profusely and people flock to the cinemas because, as of the first weekend in May, the spring-summer blockbuster season…
3-Dimensional Cinema: The future of technology or our own bankruptcy?
In wake of recent mega-hits like Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, How to Train Your Dragon and last week’s Clash of the Titans – it appears that we ought to prepare ourselves for a…
Let’s Do The Time Warp… Again!
Lipstick, popcorn, sci-fi and sexual innuendoes light up the stage in Richard O’Brian’s culty-campy phenomenon The Rocky Horror Show – which hit Tansill Theater this weekend to massive crowds. Director Peter Deffett, who…
The Oscars: What Will and Should Win
It all boils down to the final moment in the awards ceremony, the day we have all been waiting for – the 77th Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, March 7. With ten…
Professor Profile: Dr. Nina K Martin of the Film Department
If you are involved in any film classes, productions, events or the film department at all, then you must know Dr. Martin (she actually prefers to be called Dr. M, because it makes…
“Die a good man, or live as a monster” – Shutter Island: A Review
Martin Scorsese can’t seem to get enough of Leonardo DiCaprio. While I used to be among the skeptics of this collaboration, after watching their fourth film together, I can see how beneficial it…
The Oscars: Are 10 Best Picture Noms Helping Or Hurting Films?
Well, it’s the time of the year that all cinephiles love – Oscar season. While the football fans have their Super Bowl and the baseball fans have their World Series (is that right?),…
A Decade in Film
1. There Will Be Blood (2007) There Will Be Blood is a film that teaches us a lesson about the enticing appeal of greed, corruption and hunger. While the movie is based on…
Precious: Based on the Novel Push
Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire, Lee Daniels’ Precious creates a dire portrait of a troubled, obese African-American girl who goes by the name of Precious (a nickname which she gives herself),…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Guns, prostitutes, blow, hallucinogens, Nicolas Cage and iguanas triumph in Werner Herzog’s bold, fearless Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Featuring an over-the-top performance from Nicolas Cage and off-the-wall direction from Herzog,…
Picking Your Major: A Student’s Tale
Whether you are a freshman first arriving, a sophomore gearing up for round two, a junior driving forth or a senior facing his or her last year, there is no question that there…
Theater Preview: “Doubt”
You may have heard that John Patrick Shanley’s hit show Doubt: A Parable is opening its doors to the college next weekend. This last week, I had the privilege of being able to…
