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Warcraft: Fun for fans, not for us

Warcraft: Fun for fans, not for us

Eddie Sheehy, Editor In Chief
June 9, 2016

 I’ve spent the last few weeks complaining about the seemingly never-ending stream of sequels that have been hitting theatres this summer. I was hoping for some relief this week with the release of Warcraft, the original movie based off the incomprehensibly popular videogame...

TMNT: Out of the Shadows - Another hollow shell

TMNT: Out of the Shadows – Another hollow shell

Eddie Sheehy, Editor In Chief
June 3, 2016

 The summer movie season is not even a month in and I’m ready to declare this a summer of shoddy sequels. Hitting the big screen this week is a movie that seemingly continues this trend, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of The Shadows, which picks up where 2014’s Teenage...

Alice Through The Looking Glass: Nothing to see

Alice Through The Looking Glass: Nothing to see

Eddie Sheehy, Editor In Chief
May 26, 2016

 Back in March of 2010, Tim Burton released his live-action telling of the classic story of Alice In Wonderland. A moderate success with critics and a box-office smash, the movie raked in over one billion dollars during its release and started the now all too familiar trend...

Captain America: Civil War - The year heroes couldn’t get along

Captain America: Civil War – The year heroes couldn’t get along

Eddie Sheehy, Editor In Chief
May 5, 2016

 The summer movie season is quickly approaching, and while it may not technically start until June, Marvel has made it a trend over the past few years to spoil us by releasing their big “summer” movie in early May. This year of course was no different with Captain America:...

Deadpool: Justice for the Merc with a mouth

Deadpool: Justice for the Merc with a mouth

Sean Koepfinger, A&E Editor
February 18, 2016

Last week Deadpool hit theaters and boy did it hit hard, shattering box office records for R-rated movies, X-Men movies, and February releases. But Deadpool didn't just achieve this from its killer marketing campaign. Let's breakdown just what made Deadpool so amazing. (Possible...

5 Films to Take Your Date To

5 Films to Take Your Date To

Sean Koepfinger
February 12, 2016

It's almost Valentine's Day, and nothing says "I love you" like the classic date: dinner and a movie. We already covered some fresh food joints to take your special someone to this weekend, but now let's get to the good stuff! Whether you end up watching them or not, here are...

The Revenant, A Cinematic Masterpiece

The Revenant, A Cinematic Masterpiece

Trevor Young
January 26, 2016

As I walked into my local theatre to see Alajandro Iñárritu's “The Revenant” I realized that my hope for this film was extraordinarily high, so high that I began to worry the film couldn’t possibly deliver. After all, Iñárritu’s last...

Turbo Kid: An instant cult classic

Turbo Kid: An instant cult classic

Sean Koepfinger
September 4, 2015

Its not often I see indie films during their initial release but I recently had the pleasure of seeing Turbo Kid, and it was absolutely amazing.Turbo Kid, in a nutshell, is basically a gigantic nod to the 80s and cult films from that decade. Most notably is the similarities...

No Escape: Intensely average

No Escape: Intensely average

Aj Cherup
August 25, 2015

If I were asked to describe the movie No Escape in a single word, I would have to say what was going through my mind the entire film: Intense. Despite the slow and somewhat comedic start, this movie is not what I expected to see when I first saw the trailer. I thought it would...

The best and worst of summer 2015

The best and worst of summer 2015

Eddie Sheehy, Arts & Entertainment Editor
August 13, 2015

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="17" gal_title="The best and worst of summer 2015"] The summer movie season doesn't officially end until Labor Day, but I don't see much on the movie horizon until then, so I decided to jump the gun and prematurely release a list of the best and...