by Michaela Jackson The first time I saw Across the Universe, 8-year-old me wasn’t sure what to make of it. It was dazzling and impressive, but I wasn’t sure what I was looking at and how I was supposed to feel about the film. A little more than a decade later, as I watched this film … Continue reading
by Jon Mendelsohn Coming-of-age years and the pain of puberty can be very difficult for most teenagers. It’s a time of questions, strange experiences, and overall confusion. But no one’s coming-of-age experience is quite as confusing as Dawn O’Keefe’s, the heroine of the 2007 cult horror-comedy film, Teeth. Teeth is a funny and disturbing movie that … Continue reading
by Jonathan Cornell If there’s one thing Steven Spielberg has proven over his multi-decade career in filmmaking, it’s his amazing ability to switch between action and drama. It’s hard to believe the same guy who made Schindler’s List and Bridge Of Spies also made Raiders Of The Lost Ark. While he has made excellent films … Continue reading
by Jake Triola Hot Rod, released ten years ago, embodies the Lonely Island’s emergence into mainstream comedy and, even more so, the dawn of a new generation’s sense of humor. After success on YouTube and then SNL (because of YouTube), the troupe, featuring Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer, decided to make a movie. … Continue reading
by Zachary Kalik Sometimes in life, when you have a bad day, something well made just simply isn’t going to cheer you up. What you need is something so unbelievably bad that its absurdity somehow ends up brightening up your day. It’s ironic that the movie in question, The Room, directed by Tommy Wiseau. was … Continue reading
by Jake Triola Bee Movie is the tale of a young nonconformist bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld), who’s fed up with the status-quo, which is, apparently, pretty harsh in the world of bees.Every bee goes to school, then to work, and then they die. Not only that, once a bee is assigned a … Continue reading
by Jackson Diianni After I watched Superbad, a friend of mine told me that the script was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg when they were just 13 years old. To be honest, I wasn’t that surprised to hear that this movie was written by middle-schoolers. The plot revolves around two teenagers who are … Continue reading
by Haley Goetz To me, watching Donnie Darko literally equates to life and death. I remember, during a cold October night, in my junior year of high school, watching the film for the first time when the phone suddenly rang. I knew it was going to be news of my grandfather’s passing. He had been … Continue reading
by Jackson Diianni The Secret World of Arrietty tells the story of a world populated by miniature people. They’re called “borrowers” because they borrow everything they need from human beings,or “beans” as they’re called in the film. When a borrower named Arrietty encounters a human boy named Shawn, she and her family must leave or … Continue reading
by Zachary Kalik Who would’ve thought that a movie about teen pregnancy would be a masterpiece in disguise? Juno, released in 2007 and directed by Jason Reitman, is a film with such brilliant charm that other films only wish they could match. The film is about a girl named Juno (Ellen Page) who gets pregnant … Continue reading
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