You either hate Baz Luhrmann and his films, or you love them…that is if you love something insanely over-the-top, saturated beyond belief with colors, sound, glittering costumes, roaring and/or sweeping music, jarring and quick shots, and women who look like angels or devils. That being said, I love Luhrmann, and his latest film The Great [...]
There’s no point in beating around the bush, so I’m going to say it flat out: Iron Man 3 is without a doubt the funniest, most thrilling, and rewarding movie of the Iron Man trilogy. That being said, let’s move on to the particulars. Directed by Shane Black, Iron Man 3 reunites the audience with the ever-compelling Tony Stark (played by [...]
I think it’s about time to dive deeper into Norwegian fantasy films. In 2010 I discovered Troll Hunter on Netflix and was blown away. It’s a found footage film that has the most compelling story I’ve ever seen in that style of film. Recently, while stumbling around the bowels of the internet for similar films, [...]
Does a formulaic American film automatically improve when it is shot in another language? There is proof out there of this: mediocre films made in America that make it big in other countries – reimagined or not. The Quebecois film Starbuck seems to be just that – an American film stuck in the body, if [...]
Aloha, SOU! Our campus is set to receive a little taste of Hawaii later this week. On April 27th, SOU’s student organization Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club will be hosting their annual luau at the McNeal Pavilion. The Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club has hosted this event for several years, and this year could be bigger than ever. The [...]
Ordinarily I cover lesser-known indie games in this column, but “League of Legends” has become too big of a presence in my leisure time to ignore discussing it here. League of Legends (lovingly referred to as “LoL”) is a multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by newcomer Riot Games for Windows and Mac [...]
I think it would be safe to say that most people’s first exposure to Tennessee William’s masterful play A Streetcar Named Desire comes from the classic 1951 Elia Kazan film starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. With such seminal performances already in the cultural conscious (Marlon Brando shouting “Stellaaaaaaaaaa!” anyone?), it would be difficult to erase predisposed [...]
If you are a fan of science fiction film dating back to the 1970s, the first thing that you will notice about Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion is that it seems familiar. You’ve seen it before but you can’t quite place what movie it reminds you of. Then it starts to dawn on you throughout the film [...]
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s new season is one for the ages. Multiple productions are underway, including some never-before-seen works and a few classic favorites. One such favorite is the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady, which has been performed time and again since its 1956 Broadway premiere. OSF’s version, directed by Amanda Dehnert, [...]
Welcome to another stellar issue of The Nerd is the Word. In this issue, our hero’s arch-nemesis has subjected him to the torture of cleaning toilets, will he ever escape? Find out NOW. Saturday, Apr. 20, independent record stores across the country will be participating in this year’s iteration of the annual Record Store Day to bring [...]