Students Interview Comedy Central Cast

October 6, 2011 by

If you haven’t heard of “Workaholics,” the work-place comedy from Comedy Central that’s now entering its second season, you’re missing out. The comedy, from creators and stars Adam DeVine, B...
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Superheroes: More Than Just the Spandex

September 29, 2011 by

For those of you like me (i.e. without lives), you know DC comics created a vast, universe-spanning reboot for 52 titles that are now arbitrarily labeled with #1 issues across the board. This is the b...
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Mario as Michelangelo: Video Games as Art

September 22, 2011 by

It takes a long time for a new form of art to be accepted as a “true” form of art, whatever that means. Generally when people think of art they think of paintings, literature or sculptures, but ar...
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The Worst Movie in Existence. Period.

September 15, 2011 by

A lot of people talk about the worst movie ever without knowing what they’re talking about. To them “the worst movie ever” is simply a long movie filmed in black-and- white, declaring every movi...
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Cash Rules Everything Around Me: An Exploration of the Complex Relationship Between Popular Film and Commercialization

June 2, 2011 by

  What is art? How do you define art? Is it only classical and traditional forms of expression, such as painting, sculpture and music? Or does it encompass a larger spectrum? Can a toilet bowl be...
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‘Thor’: Superhero Template 101A

May 12, 2011 by

It’s no secret that I love superheroes—or at least, it isn’t now. I have gone to every midnight showing for every superhero film since X-Men (yes, including Ghost Rider and…ugh…Elektra). Tha...
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Atlas Shrugged With a ‘What Were They Thinking?’ Look on His Face

April 25, 2011 by

Many films need a hook to get you to see them, and reasons to keep your interest once you’re there. The producers of Atlas Shrugged: Part I forgot that idiom. This is not a movie. This is an anti-mo...
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“Drive Angry 3D” Needs More Action

March 3, 2011 by

Whether or not you’ll enjoy the film “Drive Angry” is based entirely on how many times you roll your eyes while reading the synopsis.
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3 Worst Superhero Movies

March 3, 2011 by

Now, I’m going to admit upfront that I love superhero movies. But that love is being tested.
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The 3 Worst Romantic Comedies Ever

February 17, 2011 by

Ah, Valentine's Day. A day for your girlfriend to force you to buy her shit because otherwise you don't "love her enough.”
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“The Social Network”: Better Than Hitler

November 18, 2010 by

The plot synopsis is one that, if it weren’t for the overly positive reviews, I would avoid like a plague of AIDS. A movie about Facebook?
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“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”

November 18, 2010 by

“An epic of epic epicness.” That’s the surreally accurate tagline for this great comic book adventure. I really don’t need to explain more than that, but I’m going to anyway — so here it g...
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Ridley Scott’s “Alien

October 28, 2010 by

“Alien” is pretty much your standard haunted house flick — transported into space. And that makes it a thousand times more awesome. I mean, it’s about a monster that’s on the loose in a smal...
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William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist

October 28, 2010 by

This choice seems like a cliché, I know. But this film, about a little girl who gets possessed by the devil, is the perfect horror film. You see, when horror deals with the supernatural, it only real...
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“No Ordinary Family”

October 14, 2010 by

The superhero is so ingrained in our public consciousness that any variation on it has about as much potential for originality as a sorority tank top.
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