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6 Horror Movies, New and Old, to Set The Season With

6 Horror Movies, New and Old, to Set The Season With

Max Knight, Opinion's Editor September 30, 2023

The leaves are browning, the sky is graying, and the lawns are once again being filled with a menagerie of skeleton and pumpkin decorations; we all know what that means. The month of all things spooky...

A Haunting in Venice: Rows by on Vibes Alone

A Haunting in Venice: Rows by on Vibes Alone

Max Knight September 30, 2023

A Haunting In Venice, the latest adaptation of the works of Agatha Christie, by director Kenneth Branagh, begins not as a murder mystery, but as a ghost story. A murky black-and-white dream sequence gives...

My Favorite Horror Movie From Someone Who Hates Them

My Favorite Horror Movie From Someone Who Hates Them

Alexandra Saffman September 29, 2023

I cannot watch horror movies. The moment I hear eerie music or am forced to sit through an unusually long scene in the dark, I get up, take a walk, and try to forget what I saw. Blood, ghosts, clowns,...

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola, Jacob Elordi and Youree Henley attend a red carpet for the movie Priscilla at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

“Priscilla” Sofia Coppola’s Upcoming Film

Ben Arnoldussen, Operations Manager September 6, 2023

     Rarely do we see films directed by women, and even rarer do we see films from the perspective of women, but Sofia Coppola is changing that.       The director announced her new film ‘Priscilla’...

The Movies of Summer 2023: What’s Worth Watching and What’s Not

Max Knight August 30, 2023

It’s an oversimplification to say that this past summer was an especially turbulent one for the film industry. While more people have steadily continued to return to movie theaters post-lockdown, the...

Disney Live-Action Remakes

Disney Live-Action Remakes

Monika Jeraj August 30, 2023

With the release of The Little Mermaid in May 2023, Disney added another film to its rich repertoire of live-action remakes. The movie was met with general approval, earning a 67% score on Rotten Tomatoes...

We Cant Get Kenough of Barbenheimer

We Can’t Get Kenough of Barbenheimer

Monika Jeraj August 30, 2023

 On July 21, 2023, Barbenheimer rocked the world for the first time as crowds of moviegoers swarmed theaters for the optimal viewing experience, duly promised by this popular portmanteau. The joint release...

US actor Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for King Richard onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Smith Wins Second Best Actor, Set to Host 96th Academy Awards

Vince Kim April 4, 2023

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS SATIRE AND IS MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. In response to the relatively quiet Academy Awards in recent years, groundbreaking moments unfolded at this year’s...

A Review of Scream 6 (Minor Spoilers)

Max Knight March 31, 2023

The Scream franchise, from its inception, has always been an outlier among its slasher film franchise contemporaries. With the first film coming out not long after the 6th Halloween entry and the 9th Friday...

A 95th Academy Rewards Review: An (Occasional) Success

Max Knight March 31, 2023

The 2023 Oscars started out strong--if you choose to block out the overlong and unfunny introduction by third-time host Jimmy Kimmel. Awards ceremonies, especially the Academy Awards themselves, are always...

Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania: Too Big for Its Own Good

Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania: Too Big for Its Own Good

Max Knight February 27, 2023

*Minor Spoilers* The first of Marvel’s Phase 5 movies has arrived, and its title is more of a mouthful than ever; Ant Man and The Wasp: Quantumania entered theaters this last weekend. However, the...

Review of Avatar: The Way of Water

Max Knight February 3, 2023

It’s no controversial statement to say that Avatar is a strange franchise. Despite its massive budget and even larger box office revenue, the reception of the first film was mostly lackluster, aside...

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