Hurricane Harvey: Ordinary Heroes
Brynne Herzfeld, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 16, 2017
Filed under Blogs, Cartoons, Top Stories
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Brynne Herzfeld, Co-Editor-In-Chief
August 16, 2017
Filed under Cartoons, Media, Top Stories
The Jungle Book, a visual masterpiece bolstered by a talented cast and a classic story
Seth Ritchie, Contributing Writer
April 20, 2016
Filed under Blogs, Entertainment, The Media Room
The Jungle Book is a live-action remake of the 1967 classic of the same name and follows Mowgli (Neel Sethi) as he attempts to flee the jungle with the help of his mentor Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and the laid-back Baloo (Bill Murray). The Jungle Book boasts incredible visual effects, with every anim...
10 Cloverfield Lane, a thoroughly engrossing psychological thriller that will knock the wind out of you
Seth Ritchie, Contributing writer
March 16, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, The Media Room
10 Cloverfield Lane, released March 11, 2016, is a spiritual successor to the 2008 film Cloverfield and follows Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a woman who is brought to a bunker after a car crash and effectively kept hostage by Howard (John Goodman), a survivalist who claims the world outside has been ra...
Eddie the Eagle, a cliché but entertaining underdog story
Seth Ritchie, Contributing Writer
March 3, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, The Media Room
Eddie the Eagle, released Feb. 26, tells the real life story of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards (Taron Egerton), a rather inept ski jumper who strives to go to the Olympics with aid from his washed up coach Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman). Eddie the Eagle is a very self aware movie, and it plays to its ...
“Risen” a great concept, but hindered by lax storytelling
Seth Ritchie, Contributing Writer
February 23, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, The Media Room
Risen, released Feb. 15, follows a roman military tribune named Clavius (Joseph Fiennes) as he and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton) scramble to find the disappeared body of Jesus Christ to prevent a revolt in Jerusalem. Risen is quite an interesting take on the resurrection of Christ as it is told th...
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons
Seth Ritchie, contributing writer
February 11, 2016
Filed under Entertainment, The Media Room
All being said, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a fun movie. What it lacks in narrative weight it makes up for in a well-cast, well-executed and hilariously strange premise that will delight some who are willing to accept its faults.
Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Seth Ritchie, Contributing Writer
December 29, 2015
Filed under Blogs, Entertainment, The Media Room
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, released December 18, 2015, is the latest installment in the wildly successful Star Wars franchise. It takes place 30 years after Return of the Jedi and has two new heroes, an ex-Stormtrooper named Finn (John Boyega) and a lonely scavenger named Rey (Daisy Ridley), who fight ...
“My All-American”: More than just another sports movie
Brynne Herzfeld, Voice Editor
December 2, 2015
Filed under Entertainment, The Media Room, Voice
All in all, “My All-American” is enjoyable and bittersweet, regardless of viewers’ college allegiance or interest in football. It stands above other sports movie with its remarkable faithfulness to Freddie’s story, to college life and to Texas football.