Rachel Beard, Author at UPDATE ONLINE

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BLOGS

Red carpet recognition

Rachel Beard March 11, 2014 0 Comment

The 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 1 was a night to be remembered: host Ellen Degeneres ordered pizza for Hollywood’s finest (which Brad Pitt served on paper plates), Meryl Streep set a record...

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BLOGS

Second time’s the charm

Rachel Beard November 15, 2013 0 Comment

For some unfathomable reason, the long-awaited sequel to “Thor”, “Thor: The Dark World”, has a mere 66 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes’ infamous Tomatometer. I was expecting it to be in the eighties, at...

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FEATURE

Final sims 3 stuff pack hits the shelves

Rachel Beard September 30, 2013 0 Comment

On Sept. 10, Sims 3: Movie Stuff, the ninth and final stuff pack for the computer game, the Sims 3, was released. A stuff pack is an expansion for the game that can include...

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BLOGS

Star Trek 2 a sub-par movie

Rachel Beard June 11, 2013 0 Comment

On May 17, “Star Trek into Darkness,” the long-awaited sequel to 2009’s “Star Trek,” hit the theaters. Although J.J. Abrams’ latest film has a respectable 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, “Star Trek into Darkness”...

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NEWS

And the Oscar for best picture goes to…

Rachel Beard March 20, 2013 0 Comment

Not many Americans understand the relationship between Middle Eastern countries, such as Iraq and Iran, and the United States. Most people look at the hostage crisis of 1979 as the beginning of the tension...

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BLOGS OPINION

Lincoln is a great historical drama

Rachel Beard January 19, 2013 0 Comment

Watching historical films never seems to end well for me. By the end of the film, there have been too many history faux pas for me to still take it seriously. So when the...

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BLOGS

50 Years of 007

Rachel Beard November 20, 2012 0 Comment

For a 44-year-old man, Daniel Craig is pretty good at jumping off of bridges and roundhouse kicking bad guys in the jaw. It isn’t hard to see that “Skyfall” shines because of his all-star...

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BLOGS OPINION

Silence is golden

Rachel Beard October 30, 2012 0 Comment

When The Artist won the Academy Award for Best Picture, I was shocked. I’d been rooting for Hugo. It seemed nobody had heard of The Artist, a French film starring no one I’d ever...