Disney is remaking the wrong films
Lauren Coates, Staff Writer
September 11, 2020
Last week saw the slightly controversial release of another live-action remake of an animated Disney movie: “Mulan.” Once destined to make millions in global box office revenue, the film was initially pushed back and then eventually slated for a $30 pay-to-watch release on Disney+ due to worldwide the...
Pop culture hills I would die on: Iron Man is a better superhero than Batman
Rebecca Meluch, Opinions Editor
September 6, 2020
People love using the phrase “that’s like comparing apples to oranges” when they try to defend a less superior item in a well-mannered comparison. In the comic book world, the apples and oranges mentioned are Marvel and D.C. Universes. The simple truth is: fruit can be compared and so can ...
The most overrated and under-appreciated films of 2020, so far
Logan Peterson, Contributing Writer
September 6, 2020
The pandemic has changed everything. We have had to quickly adapt our entire lives and plans. People’s lives have been unceremoniously upended — I sometimes lose hope thinking about the damage that has been done. In the past, whenever I felt sad or isolated, I would find comfort in movies. No...
Why ‘Big Brother’ is the perfect show to binge during COVID-19
Lauren Coates, Staff Writer
September 6, 2020
When it comes to entertainment in the age of COVID-19, this past spring and summer have created an odd dynamic for the film and television landscape. Although everyone has been stuck indoors all year and is thus have had more time than ever to be catching up on shows, production on nearly everything...
REVIEW: In conversation with ‘Tenet’ star John David Washington
John Cotter, Contributing Writer
September 6, 2020
“Tenet” opens with an opera house heist mission. The packed, maskless audience on-screen makes for an apprehensive mood within the Covid context. An interesting duality that only presents itself when I am socially-distanced and masked-up, hoping that any other ironic imagery doesn’t suck me out o...
COLUMN: Movie theaters must adapt or die
Logan Peterson, Contributing Writer
September 2, 2020
I can remember the first time a film moved me. I can remember the first time a film truly terrified me. I can even remember the first time a film gave me a character I loved, and then quickly betrayed me. I love film and I miss going to movie theatres. The rampant onset of COVID-19 onto the world...
The best new shows, movies to come out of quarantine
Lauren Coates, Staff Writer
August 18, 2020
In the five months since quarantine started, there have been dozens of movies and TV shows vying for the public’s attention — capitalizing that for several months, the entire world is stuck at home with little to do than turn on the TV and see what’s on. Although in the coming months we’ll be ent...
Every Tom Hanks film, reviewed
Keira Wingate, Contributing Writer
August 14, 2020
“Willsoooooooooonn!” is probably how everyone is feeling right about now. Alone, drained both physically and mentally, and who knows, maybe you’re floating on a raft. With COVID-19 requiring most of us to stay at home, it makes for the perfect time to binge every single one of Tom Hanks...
REVIEW: ‘Selah and the Spades’ tackles intense themes in coming-of-age drama
Alayne Trinko, Contributing Writer
August 4, 2020
Walking through the halls of The Haldwell School for Boarding and Day School, students of the 5 factions lurk in the social shadows, wait for a reason to pounce in order to preserve their power and control over the student body, and remain out of sight and out of mind of the headmaster. The perfe...
Are movie theaters doomed?
John Cotter, Staff Writer
July 25, 2020
Back in March, I was genuinely attempting to make bets with friends as to whether Disney’s heavily-marketed “Mulan” live-action film was to be released as planned, or pushed back due to COVID-19, as many other films fates have been attributed to the latter. In retrospect, that betting game was both fick...
REVIEW: Season opener of “Blindspot” shows that it is on its way out
Chinyere Ibeh, Staff Writer
May 27, 2020
Blindspot’s season opener proves that it has run its course and it is ready to bow out. The NBC show has been on for four seasons, and the fifth season has been confirmed to be it's last. "Blindspot" originally premiered in 2015 as another crime drama featuring an FBI team and a tattooed woman...
REVIEW: In ‘The Last Dance’ final episodes, ‘it’s all about basketball’
Logan Peterson, Contributing Writer
May 25, 2020
The final two episodes of “The Last Dance” come crashing in like a bat out of hell, only this time, it’s all about basketball. For weeks, the series gave us insight into the inner-turmoil of the Bulls’ final season together – the in-fighting, the clashing of personalities and all. The entire...
