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Movie Reviews

‘Truth or Dare’ plays to lose

‘Truth or Dare’ plays to lose

Andy Moser Apr 16, 2018

  In short, it’s everything it was shaping up to be. The only thing that could have saved Truth or Dare is self-awareness, and there’s no trace of it. We kick things off with a scare-less...

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The four giant monsters in the movie. Warner Bros.

Movies to see in April

Tristan Reyes Apr 11, 2018

Truth or Dare 4/13 Truth or Dare seems to be a film where people get permanent Snap Chat filters on their faces, then die horrifically. A group of college students play truth or dare with someone...

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‘A Quiet Place:’ Silence is golden

‘A Quiet Place:’ Silence is golden

Andy Moser Apr 6, 2018

If you were never any good at the quiet game, you probably wouldn’t last long in John Krasinski’s (yes, “that guy from The Office”) hellish scenario. In the near future, ravenous monsters befall...

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‘The Director and the Jedi’: In defense of Rian Johnson

Andy Moser Apr 2, 2018

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Rian Johnson the Wise? Or perhaps the Unwise…depending on your point of view. Johnson, just years ago, began the long and arduous process of creating a Star...

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'Ready Player One': an Oasis of nostalgia

‘Ready Player One’: an Oasis of nostalgia

Logan Ansteatt Mar 29, 2018

There’s something both magical and cringe worthy about seeing The Iron Giant and a Gundam battle Mechagodzilla. It’s outrageous and nonsensical, but also just beautiful enough to illicit nostalgia...

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'Pacific Rim' sequel takes a deep dive

‘Pacific Rim’ sequel takes a deep dive

Andy Moser Mar 24, 2018

It seems Pacific Rim is just one of those movies that should never have gotten a sequel but did, thanks only to its box office potential. Uprising, the second installment, has become this franchise’s...

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Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Pierce Turner, Features Editor Mar 20, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwievZ1Tx-8[/embedyt] Avengers: Infinity War is just over a month away and it promises to be the epic culmination of the 18 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies...

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'Tomb Raider' is a shadow of an adaptation

‘Tomb Raider’ is a shadow of an adaptation

Tristan Reyes Mar 18, 2018

Tomb Raider is a long-running video game franchise that went through a reboot in recent years. In the first film adaption, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Angelina Jolie portrays the unstoppable gun-wielding...

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'Love, Simon': A light in the closet

‘Love, Simon’: A light in the closet

Andy Moser Mar 17, 2018

Coming of age is not restricted to one kind of person. Not just boys. Not just white people. Not just straight people. We all grow up, and we all deserve to have stories told about it—to see ourselves...

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'A Wrinkle in Time' needs to be ironed out

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ needs to be ironed out

Andy Moser Mar 11, 2018

There’s a universe where A Wrinkle in Time is the fantastical, awe-inspiring, and polished blockbuster many of us were hoping it would be. Unfortunately, we don’t appear to be living in that universe. Director...

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Movies to watch in March

Tristan Reyes Mar 8, 2018

This March, several movies are coming out for Ospreys to enjoy during Spring Break! A Wrinkle in Time March 9 A Wrinkle in Time is a film based on the book with the same name by Madeleine L’Engle....

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Jennifer Lawrence can’t save the dark and dissatisfying ‘Red Sparrow’

Jennifer Lawrence can’t save the dark and dissatisfying ‘Red Sparrow’

Andy Moser Mar 5, 2018

Besides it being a spy/action thriller containing little in terms of action or thrills, Red Sparrow, directed by Francis Lawrence, offers a uniquely grim take on sexual exploitation. It tries, in vain,...

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