Photo courtesy of Ubisoft The fall season for video games is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. This October has seen the release of multiple anticipated titles, and, while most games coming out are sequels or yearly installments of an existing franchise, many of these will […]
Author: BAILEY CANNING
Murder Mystery Turns Students into Investigators
Photo by Carlie Viemann Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year for students, and the murder mystery show, put on by the College Programming Board the night of Halloween, provided even more excitement for those who were on campus enjoying the annual performance. As audience members dined […]
‘Burnt’ Delivers Bland Yet Satisfying Plot
Photo courtesy of Georges Biard, Wikipedia When thinking about the movie “Burnt,” it’s hard not to draw comparisons to many other movies about troubled cooks, most recently “Chef,” which came out last year. Unlike “Chef” and other films that center on restauranteurs, “Burnt” is less concerned with stylizing mouth-watering meals and is […]
CPB Event Pays Homage To Game Show ‘Family Feud’
Photo by Hannah Reasoner Two upbeat and enthusiastic students, junior Dawn Wilkenfeld and sophomore Kira Abrams, hosted the Family Feud event sponsored by the College Programming Board. Wilkenfeld and Abrams kept the atmosphere of the event, held this past Saturday at 10 p.m. in Friends Hall, lively and full of […]
Student Protest on Security Crackdown Lacks Focus
Photo by Nicole Williams With tensions rising over the last few weeks between students and the administration over the increased scrutiny of groups gathered on campus, one might have expected a barrage of questions and demands for reform from the student body at last Thursday’s “RamaProtest.” Instead, what occurred was […]
Popular Netflix Series Wraps Up Its Final Season
Photo courtesy of Netflix The latest season of “Hemlock Grove” was released on Oct. 23 and is set to be the last of the season. Based off of Brian McGreevy’s novel of the same name, the show made its debut on Netflix in 2013. The story is based in the town […]
Action Film Fails In Hunt to Excite
Photo courtesy of Andre Luis, Wikipedia Most well-known actors are loved for the skill with which they practice their craft. Vin Diesel is not one of those actors; the 48 year-old action star’s continuing popularity is due, in part, to his inability to deliver a believable performance. Audiences may go […]
Pixar Lineup Includes Highly-Anticipated Sequels
Photo courtesy of Pixar Since the release of their first full length film in 1995, Disney’s Pixar Studios has been pumping out a number of commercially successful family movies. In addition to their light-hearted humor, Pixar instills messages and lessons that some view as crucial to childhood development and make […]
Indie-pop Trio AJR Plays to Intimate Crowd in Sharp
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda This past Saturday the indie-pop brother trio AJR played in the Berrie Center to an intimate crowd, following an opening performance by student band Third Floor. Audience members were directed to sit in rows of folding chairs set upon the stage itself. The seating arrangement placed […]
New Fukunaga Film Tells Brutal Tale of Lost Innocence
Photo Courtesy of UK Department for International Development, Wikipedia “Beasts of No Nation” is a cinematic triumph. Writer, director and cinematographer Cary Fukunaga, director of season one of “True Detective,” tells the tale of Agu (Abraham Attah), a young boy whose life is shattered in the midst of an African […]