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OPINION

Magnitude of madness

Zane O'Dell November 7, 2019 0 Comment

Fantastic DC comic villain origin story retelling has media and consumers in awe Todd Phillips’ 2019 adaptation of DC’s Gotham City nightmare, the Joker, has shattered box office records, earning $279.702 million and $858...

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Five feature films of 2016

Eric Hus and Joey Lundahl April 19, 2016 0 Comment

The Revenant One of the most critically acclaimed movies of this awards season has been the Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle called “The Revenant”. Directed by Alejandro Inarritu, the movie has been racking up awards and...

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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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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

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...