In a cinematic surprise, the recently released “Wonka” movie has captivated audiences with surprise musical elements and a standout performance by lead actor Timothée Chalamet as the iconic Willy Wonka. I was initially skeptical of Chalamet’s portrayal in the movie, a prequel of the well known “Willy Wonka” story by Roald Dahl, due to doubts…
“The Boy and The Heron,” the rumored last film in the famous Studio Ghibli franchise, won awards and soared to popularity over the winter months. Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese filmmaker, has a reputation for producing strikingly beautiful and profoundly deep animated films. This reputation holds for “The Boy and The Heron,” which won the Golden…
As we say farewell to 2023, great movies and TV shows of the past year will continue to be discussed heading into 2024. The Golden Globes and Primetime Emmys award shows premiered over the past month, with trophies being awarded to shoe in favorites and a couple surprises as well. To no one’s surprise, Christopher…
20 years after “Mean Girls” (2004) was released and six years after “Mean Girls The Musical,” Tina Fey is back as the director for a film adaptation of the musical. The movie stars singer and actress Reneé Rapp as Regina George and Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the 2016 movie “Moana,” as Janis Imi’ke….
Actor Giancarlo Esposito filled nearly every seat in Edwards Auditorium and attracted several different generations of people on Monday. Esposito had an unorthodox upbringing that shaped him into the man he is today. During the event, the actor brought up how he was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian stagehand and carpenter father and…
Casey Chan-Smutko: Halloween News Editor Just because “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has the word Christmas in it does not make it a Christmas movie. I’ve watched this movie a thousand times exclusively on Halloween because it is a Halloween movie. You could argue that Jack Skellington goes to Christmas Land to become Santa Claus, but…
64 years before the 74th annual Hunger Games, Coriolanus Snow, future president of Panem, was made to be a mentor for the runt tribute, Lucy Gray Baird. Ever since then, the Hunger Games has been a bloodbath aimed at squashing any hope of rebellion against the Capitol from the districts. “The Ballad of Songbirds and…
“Five Nights at Freddy’s’” has been a widely loved horror game video franchise for many years since its release in 2014 . The new “Five Nights at Freddy’s’” movie that came out this past month on Oct. 27 brought a whole new community to the “FNAF” franchise, including myself. To summarize, the movie follows the…
After the release of “Elvis” in 2022, audiences were left with a deeper understanding of rock n’ roll; after watching “Priscilla” in 2023, audiences were left with a deeper understanding of manipulative control. Directed by Sofia Coppola, A24’s latest film “Priscilla” takes the cameras off Elvis and pivots them onto his ex-wife, revealing their story…
Over this past month, the department of modern and classical languages and literatures collaborated with the film/media department to host a film festival featuring a lineup regarding French cinema. While it was not the first time an event like this was held, this year’s rendition is the most recent since the start of the COVID-19…