With books, a TV show and a live-action movie, there’s not much else that can be done with ‘The Mortal Instruments.’ But has such quantity come at the cost of quality? Photo from amazon.com. “City of Bones” is the first novel in “The Mortal Instruments” series by Cassandra Clare. Being one of six books in…
Bryan Dewsbury, a URI biology professor, recently gave a talk through the Office of the URI Foundation and Alumni Engagement. Photo from web.uri.edu. Bryan Dewsbury, a biology professor at the University of Rhode Island, goes out of his way to get to know each one of his students every semester; the only problem is that…
Pitching led the way for Rhody in the team’s first series of the season at Bill Beck Field Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island Baseball team boosted its overall record to 5-5 this weekend after sweeping the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the Rams home opener. After topping the River Hawks 3-1…
The University of Rhode Island Volleyball team dropped a crucial conference game Sunday afternoon against the La Salle Explorers, losing three sets to one. The Rams had the opportunity to take possession of first place in the Atlantic 10 East, but failed to do so after the Explorers, who only had six players available, took…
URI returned to the diamond after a host of weather and COVID-19 cancellations. Photo from gorhody.com. The University of Rhode Island Softball team had a tough fight last weekend with three losses against St. John’s and Towson University. The team had a long pause of gameplay as a result of their past five games being…
Saturday saw the Rams lose for the first time this season vs Central Connecticut. Photo by James Singer. The University of Rhode Island Swimming and Diving team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday when they fell to Central Connecticut in a hotly contested matchup by a score of 149-143. Despite the final…
Woody Allen, great comedian or the punchline of a bad joke? Photo from npr.org. “Separate the art from the artist.” This is something that is often brought up today when talking about “House of Cards” with Kevin Spacey, or the films of Roman Polanski. It has also been brought up with Woody Allen, his films…
Chloe Zhao, award-winning director of ‘Nomadland.’ Photo from refinery29.com. Chloe Zhao made history on Feb. 28, becoming only the second woman to win Best Director of a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes for her film “Nomadland.” The first was Barbra Streisand, over 35 years ago, for “Yentl.” In a year of sparse theatrical releases,…
A recap of the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards. Photo from criticschoice.com. The red carpet was rolled out and the stars were dolled up for the 26th Critics’ Choice Awards. Well, online of course! The awards premiered Sunday night on CW and was hosted by Taye Diggs. The Critics’ Choice Association consists of hundreds of television,…
With both praise and condemnation from viewers and reviewers, the jury is still out on Netflix original ‘Ginny and Georgia.’ Photo from imbd.com. Netflix’s new show “Ginny and Georgia” is all but boring. Despite the corny jokes all binge-worthy television shows have, identity, love and murder all come into play at one point. However, the…