By Kacie Burns, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• February 9, 2024
Mean Girls (2024) hit the big screens at the start of the new year. A reimagined and musical retelling of the original 2004 cult classic, Mean Girls (2024) sadly lacks the same spunk as the original.
Set in the modern day, Mean Girls (2024) tells the same story of the original, but with song...
The Napoleon movie got history fanatics excited to grab a ticket and see if it’s worth the watch. But since it hit the screens, opinions are all over the place, especially about how accurately it portrays Napoleon and the real events that took place in French history. Some say it’s spot-on, while...
Even with Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese, a cast of Academy Award-winning actors, and a seemingly genuine intent to document one of many examples of Native American exploitation, Killers of the Flower Moon falls flat in most regards.
The first film to depict the “Reign of Terror,”...
By Elaine Clarke, Opinion Desk Editor
• September 29, 2023
Greta Gerwig is a fantastic director. She has proven herself again and again through amazing movies like Lady Bird and Little Women that she is able to weave important feminist messages within empowering stories about womanhood.
However, her most recent attempt at a feminist narrative fell short....
By Kacie Burns, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• January 27, 2023
One of the most memorable children’s movies of our generation is Shrek-- it's been quoted, memed, and has shaped the comedic minds of thousands of kids. The Shrek saga introduced unforgettable characters like Donkey, the Gingerbread Man, and Puss in Boots. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish follows the...
Avatar: Way of Water follows Jack Scully (Sam Worthington) and his family as they again fight off the military forces trying to destroy the home they love. This time, Jack and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), his wife, must take their family and leave their forest home to protect the ones they love. We follow...
After a lengthy and creatively hindering pandemic, many directors returned this year to release ambitious films that push the boundaries of art and entertainment. Classic characters were reimagined in films like The Batman, films like Everything Everywhere All at Once broke boundaries no one even realized...
Director Adam McKay is famous for his witty satires and comedies, poking and prodding at important (and unimportant)topics. With a list of movies like Step Brothers, Booksmart, and The Anchorman under his belt, his new movie Don’t Look Up had high expectations. To many, however, this movie just wasn’t...
This past summer, despite the coronavirus cancelling many traditional July 4th barbecues and get-togethers, families across the US still had something to look forward to; in May, Disney+ announced that it would begin streaming a movie version of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton on July 3rd, just...