Saturday, June 28, 2025
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons Like the titular character’s infamous monster, “Victor Frankenstein” is made of recycled parts: references to previous big screen adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel abound within the film’s two-hour runtime and the steampunk-inspired visual aesthetics of the movie have been cribbed from […]
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons “The Night Before” is a raunchy holiday comedy directed by Jonathan Levine of 2011’s “50/50.” Levine wrote the script with Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, cowriters of “This is the End,” “Neighbors” and “The Interview.” Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie […]
Photo by Amanda Krause On Nov. 21, the College Programming Board held the Homegrown Band Showcase in Friends Hall, featuring musicians straight from Ramapo’s campus. Students came to support their friends and enjoy food and refreshments. “There’s a lot of great performers tonight,” said Alyssa Puccio, Ramapo sophomore and musician. […]
Photo by Jana Zills, Wikipedia A slew of awards and performances were dished out on Sunday, as the American Music Awards, also known as the AMAs, celebrated its 42nd year. This year’s host was Jennifer Lopez, who opened the show with a 10-minute dance number that incorporated the biggest hits of […]
Photo by Emily Filocco The College Programming Board made themselves busy in Friends Hall on Friday preparing for their Slam Poetry event. “I completely forgot about this bad mamma-jamma,” junior Chris Cortez said, lugging a speaker across the room. At the back of the hall, others were laying out refreshments […]
Photo Courtesy of David Shankbone, Wikipedia As of 2009, a pit stop to the annual Academy Awards has been the Governor Awards, a celebration of lifetime achievement. In its seventh year, director/actor Spike Lee and actors Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds were honored. The presentation of these awards was originally […]
Photo by Alex Baran This weekend, the second student production of the semester premiered in the Sharp Theater – the 1982 British play “Top Girls” by Caryl Churchill, directed by David Gordon. The play revolves around Marlene, a progressive, successful woman of the 1980s, who is celebrating a promotion at work. […]
Photo Courtesy of David Shankbone, Wikipedia "The 33" puts audiences in a constant state of sadness, as it depicts the real calamity of the 33 miners who were trapped thousands of feet under the earth after a mine shaft collapsed in August 2010. This immense mining accident shook the entire […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Viewers of cable television often find it difficult to find new TV shows to watch. After religiously watching favorites each week and catching up, all they have left to do is wait until next week. While some people don’t mind sticking with one or two […]
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore The uncovering of the Catholic Church’s systematic abuse of young boys and girls in January 2002 was amongst the biggest and darkest stories of the decade. Helmed by the “The Boston Globe’s” investigative journalist team, Spotlight, the scandal began with the Boston archdiocese and ended […]
