A Sea Change
A harsh look at what’s happening to our seas BY JAMES STEMPLE A sea change is defined, according to Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” as a change brought about by the sea. It’s an idiom often used to signify a notable…
Category: movies
Top 10: grossing films of 2017
Top-10 grossing films of 2017 (so far) 1) Beauty and the Beast (2017) | $461,124,384 2) Logan | $222,428,262 3) The LEGO Batman Movie | $173,972,739 4) Get Out | $168,638,145 5) Kong: Skull Island | $162,423,946 6) Split |…
From group home to front of the camera
A Discussion with Nicole Opper, documentary filmmaker BY BASMA HUMADI, STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, April 19, Mason’s Visiting Filmmaker Series held a screening of the documentary “Visitor’s Day.” A Q&A discussion with Director Nicole Opper followed the screening, facilitated…
Movie Review: “Get Out”
BY ALEX SHEDD High-quality horror movies are hard to find in cinemas these days. From the fifteenth spinoff of a sequel of some “Blair Witch Project” ripoff to this month’s gory jump-scare, the horror genre has left something to…
90’s nostalgia
College students reflect on 90’s Movies and TV BY BASMA HUMADI, STAFF WRITER College students run on a nostalgia for the yesteryear entertainment of the late 90s and early 2000s. This was a time when the average vocabulary included…
Column: Controversy and the Beast
Disney movie a huge hit despite controversy BY ALEXANDER SHEDD [Minor spoilers for Beauty and the Beast below] The Walt Disney Company is no stranger to controversy. Ever since their earliest animated classics, Disney has been plagued by angry…
Visiting filmmaker series: Hans Charles
FAMS screens Oscar-nominated documentary “13th” BY BASMA HUMADI, STAFF WRITER Not a seat in the Johnson Center Cinema was left open. In the back of the room, audience members were left standing just to get a glimpse of the…
Top 10: Grossing rom-coms of all time
Just in time for Valentine’s Day The following numbers reflect lifetime gross. Information courtesy of Box Office Mojo. Used with permission. 1) “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” | $241,438,208 2) “What Women Want” | $182,811,707 3) “Hitch” |…
Check out this week’s on-campus events
Monday, Feb. 13 Last day to drop classes (33 percent tuition penalty) “The 13th” film screening | JC Cinema | 4:30 p.m. | Free Tuesday, Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day Paul Mitchell Fashion Show Event | The Hub Ballroom | 2…
REVIEW: The allure of “La La Land”
BY BASMA HUMADI (Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for those who have not yet seen the film.) “La La Land” swept away the Golden Globes this year by winning all seven awards it was nominated for, setting the record…