Category: Reviews

There was something unnerving about watching the catastrophe they called the Video Music Awards held on August 25, 2013. Personally, I could feel my eyebrows growing tense and my teeth biting harder on my bottom lip with every shake and tongue gesture during Miley Cyrus’ performance of her new song “We Can’t Stop.” Although I… Continue reading Kings of Leon brings new sound with ‘Mechanical Bull’

“Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” the follow-up to “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” dwarfs the first in both scope and storytelling. Based on the book series – which I haven’t read yet, so don’t expect any comparisons – the film follows the tale of the half-blood children of the Greek gods and… Continue reading Review: ‘Percy Jackson’ haunts audience

“Man of Steel,” the new Superman franchise reboot, is the typical summer entertainment, but with substance. Zack Snyder, the director of “300,” “Watchmen” and “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” also takes on Superman’s origin story. This script works well for Snyder’s abilities. He also gets to showcase his love of capes, as… Continue reading Review: ‘Man of Steel’ soars above expectations

When previews for “This Is The End” began to appear, many thought that it would be the funniest movie ever. However, after seeing the film, I can say that there are a lot of funny moments, but if you don’t enjoy watching graphic, gory scenes, this movie might not be the one for you to… Continue reading Review: ‘This Is The End’ turns out amusing, yet graphic

“The Great Gatsby” far exceeded my expectations. To be clear, I never read the book and no, I don’t know how I missed that in high school. The point is this: I can’t make any comparisons between the book and movie. The film follows Nick Caraway as he spends the summer of 1922 becoming entranced… Continue reading Review: ‘The Great Gatsby’ impresses

“Star Trek Into Darkness” makes absolutely no apologies as it lights up the theater. For the Trekkies out there, the following sentence contains a rather important spoiler, which you may or may not have surmised from the advertisements. Yup, John Harrison is Khan. I apologize for bringing it up, but it would be extremely difficult… Continue reading Review: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ stands its ground

“Iron Man 3” rocketed into theaters this last weekend. In this film, Tony Stark faces off against The Mandarin, a terrorist who is bombing things and generally just wreaking terror, as the word “terrorist” implies. The actual identity of The Mandarin isn’t exactly who viewers might think he is, however. That’s all I’ll say, lest… Continue reading Review: ‘Iron Man 3’ does not disappoint

On the night of the Spring Dance Ensemble performance, the stands steadily filled up right until the moment that the lights went down and the show started. Christina Aguilera’s “Show Me How You Burlesque” began the show and many other popular songs were featured in the show, with music ranging from show tunes to moving… Continue reading Spring Dance Ensemble recital gives audience variety

There were plenty of reasons for Evil Dead fans to worry about the new version of the classic horror Holy Grail hitting theaters. The era of superior horror remakes (The Thing, The Fly) vanished over two decades ago, and while we’ve had our share of decent ones in the past few years (Dawn of the Dead, The… Continue reading Review: ‘Evil Dead’ pleases horror fans