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Romantic movie surprisingly cliche

By Dawn Muenchrath

Much to the surprise of moviegoers, Hollywood’s newest romantic film, The Secret Drawer, is receiving a less than enthusiastic response from viewers and critics. The movie, released just in time for Valentine’s Day, is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s bestselling novel, The Secret Drawer of Beautiful and Melancholy Love Letters. Despite the dismal quality of… Continue reading Romantic movie surprisingly cliche

Fall in love Like Crazy

By Pauline Anunciacion

Embracing the tangled emotions of the most common human feeling in the world is no easy task. In recent years, no filmmaker has truly captured the complexities of love without offering audiences the all-too-familiar scenarios and cliches that completely miss the real intensity that comes with the uncertainty of first love. However, Like Crazy, which… Continue reading Fall in love Like Crazy

Twitter allows socially inept to shape frightening and indifferent world into his own image

By Brent Constantin

Three minutes into a Sunday Olive Garden family dinner, third-year U of C English major Jeffrey Willis subversively turned the event on its head by posting topical and well-placed barbs on the popular social media site Twitter.Willis, under the pseudonym @bigJ_Will, began offering his dry wit on a range of topics including the decorum of… Continue reading Twitter allows socially inept to shape frightening and indifferent world into his own image

Online Only: Oscar predictions you can bank on!

By Ryan Pike

The ballots have been cast and the lights have been dimmed, so it must be time for the Gauntlet’s annual Academy Awards preview. This year, resident movie nerds Hoang-Mai Hong and Ryan Pike tackle Hollywood’s tribute to itself. Who will win? Who will lose? More importantly, who will predict more winners– Hoang-Mai or Ryan? [Editor’s… Continue reading Online Only: Oscar predictions you can bank on!

The Gauntlet’s 2008 Academy Awards Preview

By Ryan Pike

The Academy Awards have become solidified over time as Hollywood’s tribute to itself. Thankfully, it’s also provided gambling junkies with an opportunity to bet on things that are completely separate from professional sports. The Gauntlet’s dynamic duo of cinematic geekery, Entertainment Editor Ryan Pike and E&P Editor Jordyn Marcellus, attempt to accurately predict who will… Continue reading The Gauntlet’s 2008 Academy Awards Preview