Saturday, April 27, 2024
Photo Courtesy of Bill Ebbesen, Wikipedia Bruce Springsteen is my all-time favorite musician. I still remember the first time I heard one of his songs — I was in my dad’s truck and he put Bruce Springsteen’s “Greatest Hits” album into the CD player. He played the song “The River” […]
Photo Courtesy of Tabercil, Wikipedia Over the years, there have been several “Jungle Book” movies, all adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 novel of the same name. The film adaptations started in 1942, with a live-action version, and that format was repeated in 1994. However, most people remember the classic 1967 animated […]
Photo Courtesy of MingleMediaTV, Wikipedia Since Chris Farley’s passing, there has yet to be a comedic actor as adept at physical comedy as him – at least that was true until Melissa McCarthy hit the scene. After appearing on television in “Gilmore Girls” and “Mike and Molly,” McCarthy became a […]
Photo courtesy of El Paso, Flikr “Meet the Blacks” is a comedic parody of the 2013 film “The Purge.” The original film, which starred Ethan Hawke, was a horror flick that wasn’t all that good, and unfortunately, the parody is even worse. It seems that every year another movie like “Meet […]
Photo courtesy of Mingle Media TV, Wikipedia Although it boasts a stellar cast made up of two Academy Award nominees and one winner, “Get a Job” never lives up to their star power. The film, about recent college graduates suddenly thrust into the real world of trying to find jobs, […]
Photo courtyes of Christopher William Adach, Wikipedia Released in 2015 internationally, “The Program” – a film about Lance Armstrong’s unprecedented rise to the top of the cycling world and his sharp descent – has finally come stateside. “The Program” follows Armstrong, played by Ben Foster, from Tour de France contender, to […]
Photo courtesy of Mingle Media TV, Wikipedia Tina Fey’s new film “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” based on the memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan” by Kim Barker, is a tale of two movies: the first half of the film is a comedy, much likes its previews suggest. However, […]
Photo courtesy of David Shankbone, Wiki Jesse Owens was one of the greatest Olympic athletes of all time. Unfortunately, “Race” – the new movie about his life and his participation in the controversial 1936 Olympics – doesn’t live up to that greatness. Every year, a plethora of sports movies hit […]
Photo by Carlie Viemann Give them food and they will come. At least that was the thinking of Alex Hoteck, senior and co-president of the College Programming Board, who tried to get more people to attend Tuesday’s Open Mic Night at Linden Hall. Tuesday’s Open Mic Night was attended by […]
