The hit show You will be renewed for a second season by Netflix. You, based on Caroline Kepnes’s novel of the same title, first aired on Lifetime in September 2018 and then made its way to Netflix in December 2018. The decision to move the show to Netflix was made after Lifetime said that the second season did not fit with their business… Continue reading ‘You’ gets a second season
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Bundy biopic prompts backlash
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, a new Ted Bundy biopic, has recently released a trailer. Joe Berlinger, director of other crime thrillers such as Paradise Lost (1996) and Whitney (2014), is focusing his attention now on the real-life story of Elizabeth Kloepfer, played by Lily Collins, who is battling her suspicions of her boyfriend Ted Bundy, played by… Continue reading Bundy biopic prompts backlash
A half-hearted halftime review: Super Bowl 53 disappoints
To the dismay of many, a lackluster Super Bowl was made even more forgettable by an equally lackluster halftime show. This year, for Super Bowl 53, the halftime show lineup consisted of pop band Maroon 5, rapper Travis Scott and Atlanta artist Big Boi. What I don’t understand about the Super Bowl halftime show is… Continue reading A half-hearted halftime review: Super Bowl 53 disappoints
Letterkenny gets at our neighbor to the north
Letterkenny is a wonderfully hilarious CraveTV original show about a Canadian town full of 5,000 “hicks, skids, hockey players and Christians.” The dialogue and slang might come off as hard to understand on first viewing, as a lot of American viewers likely won’t understand half of what the characters say. But once you learn the… Continue reading Letterkenny gets at our neighbor to the north
Contrasting artists compare wonderfully in current exhibit
The “Prints and Paintings” guest artist exhibition held in the Fine Arts Gallery showcased works by Freed Hardeman University Arts faculty Brian Bundren and Laquita Thomson. The exhibition runs through Feb. 9 from 1-5 p.m. In the gallery, one entire wall displays works by Bundren, and the other displays Thomson’s works. Nearly all of Bundren’s… Continue reading Contrasting artists compare wonderfully in current exhibit
Beale Street tells a lovely tale
If Beale Street Could Talk is the screen adaption of the James Baldwin book by the same title. The movie was directed by Barry Jenkins, who also directed the award-winning film Moonlight. The movie opened Christmas 2018. The story follows a young couple named Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James) as Tish recalls the circumstances of how they… Continue reading Beale Street tells a lovely tale
Mrs. Maisel’s dizzying season two needs more acts, less actors
If you followed along with Midge’s double life as wife ex-wife and dive-bar comedienne in season one, then you were surely excited for season two of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. However, the transition season felt more like a tilt-a-whirl inside a rainbow than the jolting and enthralling inner look at upper-town Jewish life that season one… Continue reading Mrs. Maisel’s dizzying season two needs more acts, less actors
Fall comedy shows bring lots of laughter
UTM’s Improv Alliance proved very funny during two shows on Friday, Nov. 30, in the Vanguard Little Theatre of the Fine Arts Building. The local group, which has existed since 2015, teamed up with another improvisational comedy troupe from Murfreesboro named M-Prov. The two groups played games with full audiences. Those games were One Word… Continue reading Fall comedy shows bring lots of laughter
Miss UTM and Miss Tennessee Soybean
The honored crowns of Miss University of Tennessee at Martin and Miss Soybean Festival now gracefully rest upon the heads of two new queens: Amanda Mayo and Tera Townsend. Mayo and Townsend were crowned at the annual scholarship pageant on Sunday, Nov. 11. Mayo, a junior double major in Biology and Geology from Lilburn, Georgia,… Continue reading Miss UTM and Miss Tennessee Soybean
Red Dead Redemption 2 review
Rockstar Games, the king of the open-sandbox shooter genre, has really outdone themselves with the masterful sequel to 2010’s Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2. A prequel to the original game, Red Dead Redemption 2 begins following outlaw Arthur Morgan and his struggling gang’s trek through a heavy blizzard in the mountains after a failed heist in… Continue reading Red Dead Redemption 2 review