Photo by Emily Perry Last summer, I worked at a movie theater during one of the hottest premiere times in cinema. I witnessed the opening weekends of It: Chapter Two, Toy Story 4, the “live action” Lion King, even Once Upon a Time in…
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Jump into the World of Drama and Romance with “Emma”
Photo ©Focus Features Do you guys remember that hand flex scene in the 2005 version of “Pride and Prejudice”, and the amount of tension that resulted from that nearly twenty-second bit? Well, “Emma”, directed by Autumn de Wilde, might just…
Elves, Magic, Oh My! A Review of Pixar’s “Onward”
Photo ©Disney Be warned, brave traveler, there are spoilers ahead! When I first heard about Pixar’s newest flick, “Onward”, the concept seemed exciting to me. I personally love weird sci-fi and fantasy interpretations, and at first, “Onward” seemed like the…
Instagram Poll – “The Sorcerer’s Stone” vs. “The Prisoner of Azkaban”: The Best Harry Potter Movie
Photo ©Warner Bros. Last week our Instagram poll asked what was the best Harry Potter book. This week we asked about movies. Our final two came down to The Sorcerer’s Stone and The Prisoner of Azkaban. While it was a…
Review: The Wild and Wacky Ride of “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey”
Photo ©Warner Bros Pictures If you walked into “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey” hoping for a fun rated-R girl gang team up, you’re going to have to wait until the last third of the movie. If you’re looking to shut…
Pixar Vs. Disney: Students Chooses Pixar
Photo ©Pixar Studios It all started in 1986. Steve Jobs purchased a small computer engineering movie company from George Lucas and made it into Pixar. With the luxury of Steve Jobs owning Apple and Pixar throughout the 80s and the…
Digital Cinema Winter Casting Fair
SOU’s Digital Cinema program will be holding four taped auditions for a variety of student and class projects, including senior capstones and a televised pilot for the Advanced Sitcom Production class. The Winter Casting Fair begins January 10th & 11th,…
The Irishman: A Review
Photo ©Netflix Warning, spoilers ahead! Martin Scorsese is back! Three years after his film, “The Silence” was released, starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver, Scorsese makes his return with a three-hour epic that premiered during Thanksgiving week. The film boasts…
Jojo Rabbit – A Review
Photo ©Fox WARNING THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS A lot of us have had an imaginary friend. Johannes (Roman Griffin Davis) is no different. Except that he grew up in a small German town during World War II and his…
Review: Going Into the Unknown with Frozen II
Warning: there WILL be spoilers here in this review, so tread carefully. The little princess inside of me was excited beyond belief. The more cynical adult inside of me, however, was apprehensive. 2019 was definitely Disney’s year; there have been…