I am proud to report that I actually read a non-required book this week––"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. Okay, okay, it's an easy fun read, 374 pages with big print, with words of fewer...
Every weekend I try to entice my Jewett Hall buddies to join me while I "work" by watching a movie—usually, a mindless bloody action adventure is an easy draw. Surprisingly, last weekend I persuaded the gang to see “The Descendants," and none of us were disappointed.
Ever wish you could break away from the stress of life? “Wanderlust" painfully attempts to show a couple's escape attempt that lands them in a hippysville—a place were only a select few of us could survive.
My 16 year-old sister suckered me into seeing “The Vow" on Friday night by saying Channing Tatum was an 100 percent better actor than Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Lautner. In honor of Valentine's Day, I forced myself to see this amnesic chick flick.
“The Artist" throws the recent onslaught of 3-D and "Avatar"-esque visual effects out the window, and returns to the era of black and white and silent movies.
Friday night I wanted to see a movie that would make me laugh and forget about the looming work of the new semester. 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' was not that movie—it was horribly sad . . . but still worth seeing.
With the 2011 movie season concluded, save for the upcoming Academy Awards, it's time to look forward. 2012 appears to have some goodies coming our way. Here's my can't-wait-to-see film list in the action/adventure, comedy and thriller genres.
Little baby penguins singing and dancing are only cute for so long. “Happy Feet Two" tries to rekindle the love of the first dancing and singing penguins movie but falls flat like a penguin trying to fly.
