Category: Reviews

The new art exhibition combines three of my great loves: teapots, chainmail, and stoneware cups. This art exhibition features the art of Melissa Michel, Landon Blakesley and Kylee Dotson. Kylee Dotson, a senior Fine and Performing Arts major, is showing stoneware pieces, created via pottery wheel. In keeping with her theme of making a connection,… Continue reading Rave review for student art show

If you are anything like me, you love chicken wings, from the melt-your-face-off hot to the savory-sweet flavors. And these days, it’s hard to find a good wing place that won’t charge you an arm and a leg to satisfy your craving. Buffalo Wild Wings seems to be the first place that everyone first thinks… Continue reading Don’t miss out on delicious wings

Act of Valor topped the box office with $24.5 million this past weekend. Act of Valor” proved to be an exceptional, action-packed film due in part to the new faces of the active-duty Navy SEALS being in the spotlight. This has to be one of the best military films that has been produced recently because… Continue reading ‘Act of Valor’ honors fallen West Tennessee hero

After successful singles such as “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life,” The Fray has created catchy anthems once again with their new album, Scars and Stories, which came out Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. On this album, the piano rock band from Denver explores the idea of loneliness and heartache and… Continue reading Review: The Fray takes No. 3 on Billboard’s Top 200

Find your best travel cloak and warm up your lightsaber. Yes, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is back in theaters and in 3D (which is useless and often just distracting in this application). It all starts when two Jedi are called upon to handle negotiations between the Trade Federation and the government of… Continue reading ‘Star Wars’ back on the big screen in 3D

As ghost stories go, this one is pretty good. The story isn’t anything you haven’t seen before, but the way it is told gives it a nice fresh feeling. Fans of movies like Paranormal Activity will get their fair share of “BOO!” moments throughout the entire film. It took every chance it got to make… Continue reading From Harry to ‘The Woman’: Daniel Radcliffe back on big screen in a new dark film

On Tuesday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m., the Department of Music put on the Piano Ensemble Concert at Trinity Presbyterian Church, featuring students of the UTM piano studio. The show began with a quartet performance of a Mark Wilberg piece, featuring senior Andrew Moore, junior Tori Russell, freshman Ya Chieh Chen and senior Harold Johnson.… Continue reading Review: UTM Piano Ensemble gives talented performance

On Thursday, November 3, 2011, “Bones” fans got what they had been anticipating for months—the season premiere. And not only was it an exciting season premiere, but an entirely new direction for the show, with lead characters Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth finally taking their relationship to the next level. In this Fox television show… Continue reading Review: ‘Bones’ unearths seventh season

On October 13, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., the UTM Department of Music presented the Music Faculty Showcase Concert. Music department head Elaine Harriss introduced the show by explaining the Friends of Music program, where organizations and individuals donate money to the music program. Also, she announced the Silent Auction after the show, giving further funds to Friends of Music. The… Continue reading Review: UTM faculty give flawless performance

After seven successful albums, alternative rock band Switchfoot has hit another creative spark with their latest album, Vice Verses. As Switchfoot is infamous for, this album has a strong lyrical theme of depravity and redemption. Musically, this album is different from their last, which had a more acoustic sound. The electric, rock feel of this… Continue reading Review: Switchfoot succeeds with new album ‘Vice Verses’