movies

A fun, heartwarming, slightly questionable list of holiday specials

Folks, let’s get festive. How? Movies! When? The whole holiday season, duh. Including exam period (but we don’t suggest that—it’s just recommended for your health). We advise that you include…

MRT: Episode 4 – Flicks and Votes

If you have ever been curious how Oscar voting works or whether or not slates are a good idea for university elections but have never been able to seamlessly transition…

Hollywood official announces, “We’re out of ideas!”

Variety sources have revealed that Hollywood has finally hit rock bottom as no one can come up with a new, original film. With a lack of new books and newspapers…

Marvel-ously bad

A biting commentary on modern film franchises

Linklater’s Boyhood is subdued and sublime

Imagine 12 years of your life, from childhood to matriculation, caught on film every summer. Actor Ellar Coltrane grew before our eyes as Mason in this summer’s hot indie flick,…

Events: August

Community 2014 Victoria Kidney 2.5K Walk/ 5K Fun Run Clover Point, 1332 Dallas Rd. Sun. August 17, 9 a.m. Join the movement to support and raise money for kidney disease…

Events: July–August

Community Beacon Hill Children’s Farm Beacon Hill Park: Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily Located in the beautiful Beacon Hill Park, this petting zoo has everything: chickens, pigs, peacocks…

Three surprising pop culture tearjerkers

I have never been averse to a good tearjerker, whether in film, television, or another medium, partly because they happen so rarely for me. Doing a minor in film studies…

10 Christmas movies that should never, ever be produced

Zooey Deschanel falls in love with a man-child who wears yellow leggings and eats candy for breakfast. An eight-year-old boy spends Christmas Eve as a vigilante, while befriending a creepy…