“You Win or You Die”: Game of Thrones holds strong in its sophomore season
As it rolls through its second season, Game of Thrones looks to prove that a leading actor in no way holds a show together. The first season starred Sean Bean, who played Boromir…
Gotta Get Down on Friday the 13th: Wig & Candle’s latest production pulls from many inspirations
Friday the 13th is a cursed day for all, especially for the counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, where a murderous zombie runs rampant. The young counselors work hard by day, but at night…
Titanic in 3-D
For some, watching Titanic is something akin to a religious experience. For others, it’s three hours and fourteen minutes of their lives that went right down with the ship. Now, fourteen years after its record-breaking…
Channing Tatum Is Funny? 21 Jump Street produces unlikely new comedy duo
In high school, Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, respectively) played the roles one might expect. Jenko was the loud-mouthed jock, Schmidt the outcast dressed, as Jenko puts it, “not so…
Bringing the Sixties Back: Mad Men Season Five Premiere
The wait has finally ended. As of last week, Mad Men is back on the air. Following a seventeen-month hiatus, the tremendously popular and acclaimed show about advertising executives working on Madison Avenue…
A Little Taste of History: Why Downton Abbey is such a popular show
Sunday night used to be the night when I mourned the end of the weekend, trying to mentally prepare for my Monday morning class while finishing up last-minute homework. That was until I…
Hold Me, Bat Boy: Conn theater brings creepy to a whole new level
Gushing blood, sexual violence and mysterious creatures filled the world of Bat Boy, this year’s main stage musical. The show, performed this past weekend in Tansil Theater, tells the strange and twisted tale…
Even Superhero-bros Can’t Save This Film: Why Chronicle isn’t worth your time
When making a “found footage” film, the trickiest part is ensuring that enough information is revealed without defeating the notion that what is documented is reality. Because the consistent point-of-view shots grow quickly…
Analyzing The Artist
It has been widely praised for its artistic choices, superb acting, screenplay and score, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won three Golden Globes (including Best Comedy), but is The Artist truly…
The Feeling of Shame
Shame, the controversial and acclaimed new film by British director Steve McQueen, was one of the most depressing, uncomfortable and bleak movies I have seen recently. It was also one of the most…
Top 5 Movies of 2011
Making lists of the best movies of the year is never easy, mainly because no matter what you choose, there will always be a film that’s overlooked, and people who completely disagree with…
Top 5 Overrated Movies of 2011
When it comes to movies, I like to be a contrarian, but I am open-minded. Still there’s nothing I love more than coming across a movie that everyone loves and then explaining why…
Take Care Releases Somewhere Safe
Take Care’s new album Somewhere Safe, released on January 10, is a collection of songs that — as suggested by the title — hopes to find a friendly place among a yet to…
Dissecting Descendants
I had my doubts from the beginning. George Clooney, a script full of daddy issues and the perpetually pregnant girl from The Secret Life of the American Teenager all in one movie? And,…
Breaking Dawn Breaks Expectations
I liked the new Twilight movie. Whoops. This is a particularly problematic and embarrassing revelation for me. In addition to being a snooty critic of cinematic craftsmanship, I have also spent the past…
