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“Hold the Dark” is the latest effort of rising directorial star, Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier first turned heads back in 2013 with “Blue Ruin,” and again in 2015 with “Green Room.” These two muscular thrillers established Saulnier as a director of lean, visceral action, and white knuckle suspense. These two films gained almost unanimously high praise, so “Hold the Dark” had ... Read More »
Film
Does “Crazy Rich Asians” Have an Appropriation Problem?
When “Crazy Rich Asians” opened on August 15, 2018, it was a monumental achievement for Asian-Americans everywhere. The film centered on Rachel Chu (played by Constance Wu), an economics professor at New York University who is invited by her boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to visit Singapore for his best friend’s wedding. Little does she know his family is one ... Read More »
Review: Love, Simon
“Everybody deserves a great love story.” The tagline to the Greg Berlanti-directed film “Love, Simon” seems to critique the over-saturation of heterosexual love stories in media. Doesn’t the LGBTQ community deserve that same cheesy love story that we all fantasize about? 20th Century Fox, the studio behind the film, believes so. “Love, Simon” features actor Nick Robinson in the titular role. ... Read More »
“Black Panther” Exceeds Expectations in Opening Weekend
“Black Panther” is the movie Marvel fans have been waiting excitedly for, and it certainly does not disappoint. The movie just hit theaters on Feb. 16 and already brought in an estimated $201.8 million, breaking multiple box office records. The plot fits nicely into the Marvel series, picking up right where viewers last saw the lead character, T’Challa, in “Captain America: ... Read More »
Road to the Oscars: Academy Award Nominations Announced
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony is approaching, and film enthusiasts across the world have their eyes on Hollywood as the most critically acclaimed actors and projects from 2017 compete for recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Guillermo del-Toro’s triumphant return to fantasy drama, “The Shape of Water,” accrued the most award nominations, 13 in total. The second ... Read More »
Now Playing in a Theater Near You: Holiday Movie Season Begins
With the coming of the holiday season, new movies have arrived in theaters across the country. The Thanksgiving weekend box office has been dominated by high-octane superhero flicks and touching emotional adventures. For fans of fights and tights, “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Justice League” have entered theaters to provide moviegoers with a new round of action movies based on beloved comic-book ... Read More »
The Few Pitfalls of Stranger Things 2
The first season of “Stranger Things” is the timeless, classic tale of a young boy taken into an alternate dimension by a creepy, flower-headed monster and the friends and family members who try to figure out what happened to him. There are also evil scientists, an adorable bald girl with telekinetic powers, alcoholic sheriffs and a glorious dose of ’80s ... Read More »
Film Review: It – You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry, You’ll Scream, You’ll Die
Last year around this time, America had some strange run-ins with clowns. They started popping up all over the country last October to terrify American citizens. There was even one in Thompson Hall of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. After the clown-pocalypse of 2016 ended, we could breathe easy since the clowns finally receded back into whatever creepy sewer system ... Read More »
Animation Revamped with a Side of Live-Action
There’s something exciting and nostalgic about turning on the TV and having a favorite childhood show come on. A recent trend in entertainment has been to remake classic TV shows and movies college students watched in their youth. The past few years have welcomed reboots of cartoons such as The Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack. Nickelodeon has announced a film ... Read More »
Discussing 13th: Popcorn, Panels and Perspective
The Black Student Union hosted a showing of the documentary, 13th, on Tuesday night in collaboration with Sigma Delta Rho and Sigma Tau Delta. The film investigated the social and political repercussions on the African American community in the wake of the abolishment of slavery by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. After the showing, there was a panel of ... Read More »