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Movie Review: Five-time Oscar-winning movie Parasite
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- February 27, 2020
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com The Oscars recently made history when “Parasite” (2019) became the first non-English and the first South Korean film to win Best Picture. It is also the first movie to win both Best Picture and best international feature. With the recent “Oscars So White” campaign, this is a huge deal in the
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Movie Review: “Fantastic Beasts”: “The Crimes of Grindelwald” only kind of fantastic
- Campus Life
- December 6, 2018
Written by: Stephen Wallen The Wizarding World becomes even more thorough in J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” In this 10th cinematic adaption of the Harry Potter franchise (second in the Fantastic Beasts series), seasoned director David Yates brings to life a Gatsby-esque magical 1920s world that begs its viewers to take a
READ MOREMovie Review: Beautiful Boy: Emotional film about drug addiction
- Campus Life
- November 16, 2018
Everything. It’s what all good parents want to do for and give to their children to help them succeed in life. It also demonstrates that their undying love will prevail, even through the most dire of circumstances. This is a sentiment reflected but also put to the ultimate test in “Beautiful Boy,” directed by Felix
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Movie Review: Hugo: A golden film that deserves to become classic
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- November 8, 2018
IT’S BEEN A WHILE!” Those are the only words of that song that I know. Thankfully that song exists on another plane where it’s normal not to know all the words and weird if you do. If you do know all words, I don’t think you’re weird. I consider you positively unique. In my opinion,
READ MOREMovie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens
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- October 25, 2018
A rather meager budget of $300,000. Making summer in southern California look like autumn in the Midwest. A simple music score involving the repetition of a few notes. An opening sequence which would make brilliant use of a new kind of camera. Most importantly, an altered William Shatner “Star Trek” mask, conveying the blank stare
READ MOREMovie Review: Peppermint: This movie is more stale than sweet
- Campus Life
- October 11, 2018
I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you.” These simple words may be one of the most popular film quotes forever ingrained into our lexicon and into the psyches of filmgoers from the recent past. Convincing. Intense. Fear-inducing. The jump-off point of Liam Neeson’s desperate search for his kidnapped
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Movie Review: A Trip to the Moon: This older star still sparkles
- Campus Life
- September 20, 2018
If you learned anything about me from last year, you should know I am the laziest movie critic of our time. Why else would I constantly review Netflix originals and movies that came out within the last fifty years? Well young voyagers, we’re now traveling farther than we’ve ever attempted before. Buckle your seatbelts because
READ MOREMovie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”: Powerful, relevant today
- Campus Life
- September 13, 2018
A plain-clothed African-American police officer chases after a white woman who has just planted a bomb on the hood of an African-American woman’s car. He tackles her to the ground trying to arrest her. A police car pulls up. Two white officers emerge with their guns drawn as the woman falsely shouts, “Rape!” Trying to
READ MOREBusiness Profile: The Black Gryphon: Community made, community oriented
- Campus Life
- September 13, 2018
This week marks an important anniversary for Black Gryphon owner and operator Anthony Morgan. Sunday, Sept. 16 marks the first full year that the restaurant has been back in operation since the fire in 2016. The Black Gryphon has risen from the ashes in spectacular fashion. In the words of one review, “it’s weird, but
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