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Opinion — I haven't read the book

Opinion — I haven’t read the book

Megan Poe March 29, 2024

As Alia Atreides says, “You are not prepared for what is to come.” Denis Villeneuve’s second installment of the sci-fi series comes to theaters and goes home with its audience. Between the immaculate...

Opinion — The Oscars are the epitome of America's cultural collapse

Opinion — The Oscars are the epitome of America’s cultural collapse

Megan Poe March 15, 2024

Hunger Games Capitol jokes aside, Hollywood will have to try harder than that to persuade America to care about exchanging golden trophies of prestige from one arthouse aristocrat to another.   There...

Opinion – Review of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

Opinion – Review of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

Jakob Ross April 18, 2023

This may come as a shock, but “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has got to be one of the best video game movies to ever hit the big screen. There, I said it. Both the beautiful animation and the movie’s...

Opinion — Review of “Infinity Pool”

Opinion — Review of “Infinity Pool”

Jakob Ross February 8, 2023

"Infinity Pool" is the latest horror film by Director Brandon Cronenberg. The film follows James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) a failed writer who is taking a vacation in a fictional third-world country...

Opinion — Review of “Skinamarink”

Opinion — Review of “Skinamarink”

Jakob Ross January 20, 2023

I do not have a clue how it was done but watching “Skinamarink” was like reliving childhood trauma.  Like everyone else, I was afraid of the dark as a kid. I was not necessarily afraid of the dark...

Opinion — Review of “Hocus Pocus 2”

Opinion — Review of “Hocus Pocus 2”

Lilly Griebel October 24, 2022

In the fall months of 2005, I was exposed to the first scary movie that I would ever watch. Well, scary at the time for a three-year-old.  Released roughly 12 years before, Kenny Ortega’s “Hocus...

DISAPPOINTING - Olivia Wilde's much-anticipated film, "Don't Worry Darling" has fallen short of expectations. One actor's brilliant performance and the movie's arthouse aesthetics fail to make up for a costar's poor acting and a lack of substance in the plot.

Opinion — Review of “Don’t Worry Darling”

Jakob Ross, Contributing Writer September 29, 2022

Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling” is a puzzle without any connecting pieces.  The horror/thriller has been ranked high on my list of anticipated movies for this year since filming began...

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Satire—A ‘movie review’ of the Winter 2021 semester

Katarina Rothhorn April 20, 2021
By now I’m sure everyone is familiar with the recent release of “The Winter 2021 Semester” and the mixed reviews it has received.
'Joker' Review: Disturbing, not deadly

‘Joker’ Review: Disturbing, not deadly

Akasha Khalsa October 9, 2019

Leading up to the controversial Oct. 3 release of the new DC Comics film “Joker,” there was a great deal of conflict and fear surrounding the possible societal impacts of the movie.  The movie...

Dropping the hammer on the new Thor movie: Marvel’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ does not rock

Dropping the hammer on the new Thor movie: Marvel’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ does not rock

Michael Brzezinski November 16, 2017

In 2011, Kenneth Branagh tried to bring a fresh Shakespearean take to the popular “Thor” comic to uneven results. Then, in 2013, “Game of Thrones” director Alan Taylor decided to do nothing even...

‘Jigsaw’ has new style but same cruel tricks

‘Jigsaw’ has new style but same cruel tricks

Benny Garbacz November 2, 2017

For seven straight years around Halloween time the “Saw” series had premiered the next installment until the studio deemed it time for the franchise to end. The films were mostly panned by critics,...

‘Stranger Things’ season 2 heats up the action

‘Stranger Things’ season 2 heats up the action

Jamie Glenn November 2, 2017

Story: The Duffer Brothers bring on the heat with nine new chapters of the second season of their Netflix original series “Stranger Things.” They take us back to Hawkins, Indiana to make new friends...

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