Tag: Film

By Logan Niehaus

Modesty is a rare trait in today’s world and is even rarer when it comes to celebrities. Some stars attempt to play the modesty card through fake attempts and poor intentions and end up looking like pretentious, uptight, nasal discharges of insecurity. One individual sidesteps these mishaps. Displaying a much softer side when it comes… Continue reading Film Review: Chappelle shows

By Janice Tran

With the heavy advertising the Eco-Club has invested in promoting their Eco-Club Movie Nights, students should be familiar with what these movies are aimed at doing by now. In the hopes of raising awareness of the catastrophic impacts industrialized societies have inflicted on the environment, the Eco-Club is showing a series of three environmental documentaries… Continue reading Film Preview: Eco-Club wants to change the world through film

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

Be sure to sneak up on the rhinoceros from behind so that it can’t gore you when it wakes up and tries to gore you.” Parents are full of little pearls of wisdom like this as they guide their offspring towards maturity. However there comes a time in every child’s life when one has to… Continue reading Film Scoop: Simple Curve simply good

By Garth Paulson

Adapting a beloved childhood memory to the big screen is a daunting task. Those who take up the challenge don’t generally have much to worry about from the actual kids presently in love with the source material. Quite frankly, these children–the scourge of the earth–are far too stupid to understand when they’re watching the filmic… Continue reading Film Review: Curiousity should kill the Curious George

By Jason McKay

“A woman is like an artichoke, you have to work a bit to get to the heart.” These famous words were once spoken by France’s “best” investigator, Inspector Clouseau. Thankfully, Steve Martin’s newest film, The Pink Panther, isn’t a woman. The film succeeds for a variety of reasons, chief among them is director Shawn Levy… Continue reading Film Review: Pink Panther finds its heart

By Sherri Shergill

Trashy and so not very classy are the nicest possible ways to describe video hos these days. The majority of popular hip-hop music videos all share the common thread–and in some cases that is all the girls have got on–of gorgeous girls in smutty clothes who have never caught a beat in their life, but… Continue reading Film Review: The plight of the video ho

By Colin Flynn

Being the most widely used illicit drug, for both medicinal and recreational applications, controversy surrounding the flora known as marijuana is only to be expected. Waiting to Inhale, a documentary directed by independent filmmaker Jed Riffe, who produced and directed the Emmy-nominated Ishi, the Last Yahi, examines this controversy. Riffe focuses on the ongoing battle… Continue reading Film Review: Inhaling pot good for everything

By Peter Hemminger, Kyle Francis and Rob Scherf

40-Year-Old VirginThe 40-Year-Old Virgin won’t pick up any Oscar nominations and quite frankly it shouldn’t, but it succeeds admirably at everything it attempts. It is a one joke gross-out sex comedy, a bizarre coming-of-age film, a heartwarming romantic comedy and an affectionate character study all in one. Considering it balances each of those elements without… Continue reading 2005: Best in show

By Kirstin Morrell

Somewhere in the future there exists a world stripped of people by a devastating plague. One last city-state ruled by a brutal regime remains. A single woman fights against this system. In a g-string. This is the world of Aeon Flux. Based on Peter Chung’s stylistically cunning animated series of the same name, the upcoming… Continue reading Film Interview: Theron in Flux

By Kenzie Love

Pride & Prejudice, the latest take on Jane Austen’s classic novel, is bound to face an uphill climb being one of the few in recent years not starring Colin Firth. However, if those still swooning over the brooding actor’s shirtless appearance in the BBC adaptation of the book give this version a try they might… Continue reading Film Review: Pride and Prejudice should be proud, now don’t be prejudiced towards it.