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 […]
Arts & Entertainment
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 […]
Period Drama Bridges History with Stylish Effects
Photo Courtesy of Georges Biard, Wikipedia With Steven Spielberg on his streak of directing history-centric movies, it doesn’t come as a surprise that he took on “Bridge of Spies,” a Cold War-era film based on the true story of an insurance lawyer who is requested to negotiate a trade after […]
Halloween Weekend Packed with Spooky Events for Students’ Enjoyment
With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, Ramapo is planning on making the day quite eventful with help from the College Programming Board, Commuter Affairs, the Women’s Center and other organizations. With events like the Gender Bender Costume Ball, Trunk or Treat and black light mini golf, the weekend […]
Mystery Surrounding a Childhood Tragedy Acts as Catalyst for Play
Photo by Alex Baran “Yet half a beast is the great god Pan / To laugh as he sits by the river / Making a poet out of man.” This line comes from the poem “A Musical Instrument” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the work that served as the inspiration behind […]
Lush Cinematography Makes up for Predictable Plot in New Guillermo del Toro film ‘Crimson Peak’
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmor, Flickr Creative Commons Guillermo del Toro’s new gothic horror film “Crimson Peak” is black and white and red all over – a gory, lavish masterpiece just in time for Halloween. The beautiful cinematography is undercut by a half-baked plot but is saved by the excellent cast […]