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All content by Becquer Medak-Seguin
From ‘Avatar’ to ‘Sherlock Holmes’ – Few films stand out this year
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 18, 2010
Review: “The Last Song” and “A Prophet”
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 17, 2010
Even on its own terms, ‘The Back-Up Plan’ remains unimaginative
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 27, 2010
‘Kick-Ass’ spoiled by seriousness; ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’ deserves its Oscar win
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 22, 2010
Oscar-winning documentary to screen at Kimball
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 16, 2010
‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ not as self-conscious as its title suggests; Dreamworks still lags behind Pixar with ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 15, 2010
Predictability, cliché bog down stellar cinematography in ‘Green Zone’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 8, 2010
Get carried away by “Jules and Jim”
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 8, 2010
Burton, Depp combo botches ‘Alice in Wonderland’; bad accents ruin ‘Shutter Island’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 30, 2010
All students should attend ‘Prom Night’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 11, 2010
Music video meltdown: Prepubescent birthday edition
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 10, 2010
Minor problems don’t keep Saffron from offering solid, if untraditional Mediterranean fare
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 1, 2010
2010 Oscar predictions
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 1, 2010
‘Juno’ creator finds success with no-frills ‘Up in the Air’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 24, 2010
T. Maccarone’s new Olive Marketplace and Café taps into excitement, experiments with café/marketplace hybrid
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 17, 2010
New director Cooper garners Oscar buzz with ‘Crazy Heart’; ‘American Radical’ captures professorial life
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 17, 2010
Get ‘Lost,’ It’s Worth It
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 15, 2010
The Age-Old Film Debate: Formalism or Realism?
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 12, 2010
New on DVD: ‘The Cove’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 11, 2010
Marshall’s Oscar-nominated ‘Nine’ fails to meet basic requirements of film
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 11, 2010
‘Avatar’ hindered by heavy-handed allegories, pathetic plot
Becquer Medak-Seguin
January 24, 2010
Top Films of the Decade
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 24, 2009
Top Films of 2009
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 24, 2009
Review: ‘The Messenger’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 24, 2009
Holiday films: What to see, what to skip
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 7, 2009
‘Precious’ deserves an honest chance, despite harsh criticism
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 7, 2009
Is the (lack of) early Oscar buzz worrisome?
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 3, 2009
‘Broken Embraces’ not to be missed
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 27, 2009
Humor simmers in ‘Pirate Radio,’ Emmerich lugs ‘2012’ plot along
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 18, 2009
Films to watch (or not to watch) over break
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 17, 2009
‘Damned United’ shines, ‘Couples Retreat’ flops
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 9, 2009
‘Paranormal Activity,’ ‘This Is It’ make amateur mistakes
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 2, 2009
‘In the Loop’ pokes fun at Iraq war
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 29, 2009
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ captures child’s psyche, avoids children’s movie traps
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 22, 2009
On the cinematic horizon
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 20, 2009
Current cinema: “The Informant!” and “Away We Go”
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 20, 2009
The best of current cinema: ‘District 9’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 17, 2009
Summer flicks
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 3, 2009
‘The Great Buck Howard’ shies away from all-out satire
Becquer Medak-Seguin
June 2, 2009
‘Rudo y Cursi’ misses the goal
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 27, 2009
A failed eulogy to print media in ‘State of Play’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 7, 2009
‘Dry Creek’: Second episode creates romantic parallels
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 6, 2009
Postmortem meditation drives ‘Dry Creek’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 5, 2009
Subtlety lacks in conceptual ‘Thinking of You’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 2, 2009
Artistic weight drowns ‘EmPlosive’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 28, 2009
‘blue moon’ short films leave much to be desired
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 28, 2009
‘Hunger’ satiates
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 26, 2009
Hey Panhellenic: give the rest of Whitman a vote
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 23, 2009
Festival de Cannes Selection Announced
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 23, 2009
Iron Mike is Back in ‘Tyson’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 22, 2009
Welcome…
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 20, 2009
Don’t ‘Observe’ this film
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 16, 2009
Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Ricks on campus
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 2, 2009
Foreign, ‘art-house’ cinema provide much-needed escape from Hollywood
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 2, 2009
Obama has a Latin American obligation
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 5, 2009
Who knew these buttons could be so creepy?
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 5, 2009
The predictable, ‘It’s-About-Time’ Oscars
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 26, 2009
I’m ‘Just not that into’ this movie
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 19, 2009
Top twelve non-Oscar nominated movies of 2008
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 5, 2009
Too many sparkling vampires spoil this adaptation
Becquer Medak-Seguin
December 4, 2008
Core discussed at ASWC Town Hall
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 20, 2008
U.N. must act in Congo
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 20, 2008
‘Titanic’ still sinks, stinks
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 13, 2008
ASWC solicits student input
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 6, 2008
Residence life must amend contracts, apologize
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 6, 2008
Fire prompts Clinton Court evacuation
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 4, 2008
Justice Dept. steps in after research by ’06 alumnus
Becquer Medak-Seguin
November 4, 2008
The song-and-dance routine is over for these ‘tweens
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 30, 2008
Will a relook at civil war bring closure for Spanish families?
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 23, 2008
Bon Appetit considers going trayless
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 23, 2008
Library shuts doors during crunch
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 16, 2008
Umatilla tribe to reclaim Maxey artifacts
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 16, 2008
A look at Sarah Palin by a true Alaskan
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 16, 2008
The New Classics: hard times in the ‘City of God’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 16, 2008
The Mbeki legacy and the Zuma prospect
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 15, 2008
ASWC Reviews $344,000 Surplus
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 9, 2008
Bailout is a burning house
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 2, 2008
Hand count determines firstyear Senate election results
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 25, 2008
Bush’s Pakistan policy
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 25, 2008
Penelope Cruz dazzles audience in Woody Allen’s latest feature
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 25, 2008
The example of our power
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 18, 2008
Construction workers injured
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 18, 2008
Whitman only U.S. college to stream Al Jazeera English
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 18, 2008
The new gold rush
Becquer Medak-Seguin
May 1, 2008
Presidential debates’ ‘lip service’
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 24, 2008
Congress needs new fiscal diet: Use earmarks sparingly
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 24, 2008
Nepal’s choices: Bad government or bad government
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 17, 2008
A tale of two currencies: The fall the the U.S. Dollar
Becquer Medak-Seguin
April 3, 2008
A necessary presidential library
Becquer Medak-Seguin
March 6, 2008
Stop supporting dictators
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 28, 2008
Rethinking Sarkozy’s senseless suggestion
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 28, 2008
Educating away religious hostility
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 14, 2008
Goodbye Mitt Romney, R.I.P.
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 14, 2008
Kenya: The next Darfur
Becquer Medak-Seguin
February 7, 2008
The forgotten BRIC: Why Brazil might be the next world superpower
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 25, 2007
Belgium’s government needs to unify to prevent civil war
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 18, 2007
Why Zimbabwe’s problems are our own
Becquer Medak-Seguin
October 4, 2007
Petraeus-Crocker report slaps America with harsh reality of Iraq
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 19, 2007
Chavez’s rise in Venezuela contains his own seeds of destruction
Becquer Medak-Seguin
September 12, 2007
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