Author: BAILEY CANNING

Franchises Dominate Fall Video Game Releases

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]