This article was originally published in the Fall 2018 “Culture of UNF Issue”.  Culture is everywhere. In a sense, culture is everything. It’s in our attitudes, our media, our art, even in our...

“You’re a convicted felon now…until you prove otherwise. Prove otherwise at all times.” The above is a rough Blindspotting quote from a minor character that majorly captures the film’s most...

Color and shade? You bet! The Teen Titans are using both techniques to paint a beautifully dirty portrait of superhero films. No comic book movie franchise is immune, and the Titans are reading them all...

Possible. That word’s threshold is rarely ever pushed and stretched to its potential the way it is when it comes time to make another Mission Impossible movie. Fallout, the sixth entry in the series,...

Listen up everybody who loves a shocking documentary about a story that’s just too wild to be true with sudden dark twists and turns and ultimately leaves you questioning your entire life afterwards!...

Last week, UNF's Campus Security Update hit a few bumps in the road before being sent out to students and staff. Many who were on campus at the time were left wondering why they were not informed...

Boots Riley goes for broke in his directorial debut, Sorry to Bother You, about a telemarketer named Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who quickly rises through the company ranks to find spectacular financial...

New details have emerged in the days after former UNF Student Greg Yutuc, 22, passed away in a car accident. Spinnaker reached out to Greg’s father, Gerry Yutuc, on Facebook, who said Greg saved...

*Correction 7/16 @ 11 a.m.: The article originally stated that the former student was 24. His father confirmed that he was 22. Former UNF student Greg Yutuc has passed away, according to his family....

Every town has its stories. In Cape Cod, the myths, like the people who reside there over the summer, are filthy stinking rich. Such is the basis for writer/director Elijah Bynum’s Hot Summer Nights,...

In a few ways, the Ant-Man saga feels different from the majority of films currently making up the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU. For one, its emphasis on comedic elements is rivaled only by Guardians...

The Purge franchise has gotten the prequel treatment. What does this mean for the franchise? As it turns out, nothing other than that no matter how many times this series tries to be relevant commentary,...

You wake up. Time to head out into the living room, where dad is undoubtedly on his third viewing of The Patriot this week. Mom is making sure everything is in order for the cookout in a little while,...

The sun doesn’t set until about 8:30 on Independence Day. Ya know what that means? You've got a lot of time to kill before the big fireworks show that night! Here are a few of Spinnaker’s suggestions...

My screening of Sicario: Day of the Soldado is one I won’t look back on fondly. The primary reason for this actually isn’t the movie itself (although we’ll get to that later), but the two oblivious...

Kaitlin Legg bellows a warm welcome through the open doorway of her first-floor office in the University of North Florida LGBT Center. Her socks have little pictures of pizzas on them, putting my bland,...

The park is gone. And unfortunately, so is most of the fun. Fallen Kingdom is comparatively smaller, quieter and contains much less teeth than 2015’s Jurassic World, not to mention the magically fearsome...

Bored? Looking to procrastinate? Or just trying to find a summer activity that doesn’t involve sweating? Think about checking out some of these movies coming to theaters over summer session. Jurassic...

When leading up to the release of Incredibles 2, I asked myself who this film would be for. Would this kids’ movie truly be just for kids? Would it be for the now-college/high school-aged students...

“Uh, everything’s under control…situation normal. We had a slight director malfunction but everything’s perfectly alright now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here…now…thank you.” –Probably...

He’s the bringer of pain. The distributor of justice. Demolisher of the fourth wall. Deadpool, the world’s favorite antihero, is back with all the violence, gore, vulgarity and crude humor one could...

An early contender for trippiest film of the year, The Endless is a mind-boggling and frightening experience that may qualify as a hallucinogen. Filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson also star as...

Charlize Theron has taken on a diverse range of roles over the course of her career—a gritty rebellious heroine (Mad Max: Fury Road), infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos (Monster), and a smooth-talking...

I bet you thought that hitting your head and having your hair sucked into a stationary bike didn’t have its benefits. Okay, you probably still want to avoid this particular circumstance (if that means...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Oscars may be over, but awards season is still in full swing in Northeast Florida. On Monday night, UNF hopefuls sat in a theater of hundreds as they anxiously waited for their films to be screened...

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...

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,...

Listen. I get it. Why didn’t my favorite movie get nominated? How come they never nominate movies that people actually see? Why is every other camera shot a close-up of Meryl Streep? These are a few...

Foreign films can be a turn-off for those who aren’t passionate about cinema. It’s difficult to get into something new and different, and reading subtitles can be distracting. Without making the...

When you enter the theater to watch Annihilation, you’re anxious, ill-prepared, and don’t have the faintest idea of what lies ahead of you. In this way, you’re just like the characters, who enter...

Mauricio Valderruten knew absolutely nothing about running a business when he dropped out of UNF (three years into his college career) to start Shack Maui in 2015. He runs the restaurant with his...

I said my safe word over and over again, but nobody turned off the movie. "Fifty Shades" is back for a third round of uncomfortable sex scenes and melodrama to propel its problematic narrative. Christian...

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh_N4hSCzo8[/embedyt] Video by Carly Kramer Being single through the Valentine’s season can be soul-crushing. Lonely Ospreys need not worry about finding...

Welcome back to the Maze Runner series, where teen dystopian drama meets The Walking Dead. The Death Cure is the third and final installment which sees our hero, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) on a mission to...

As a human being, you (yes you, reader) have the tremendous and special ability to feel feelings. Cheers to you. No really, that’s pretty incredible. And it’s all you need to get the full experience...

The Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels made its way to the Student Union ballrooms of UNF on Thursday. Students got the chance to attend the museum and learn more about African-American history. The...

The semester stress is already upon us, Ospreys. And sadly, it’ll be a while before it’s over. Luckily, we have some pretty interesting movies to look forward to almost every weekend to help us get...

Like many of the journalism dramas that came before it, The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, reminds us of the indispensability of journalism and the free press. Though set in the early 1970s, the major...

“I thought being famous would be fun. I was loved for a minute. Then I was hated. Then I was a punchline. It was like being abused all over again. Only this time it was by you. All of you. You’re all...

One breakthrough success and two sequels later, Pitch Perfect has gone from charmingly in-key to surprisingly flat. This third installment sees the return of the Barden Bellas a cappella group. Reunited...

Once the credits roll and John Williams’ “Finale” plays to signal the end of The Last Jedi, a myriad of things happen. Among them, you’re reoriented in dull reality. Your mind races to predict...

Welcome to Spinnaker’s History of Star Wars! To celebrate the upcoming release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, we are looking back at the past seven episodes as well as Rogue One, all leading up to...

Welcome to Spinnaker’s History of Star Wars! To celebrate the upcoming release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, we are looking back at the past seven episodes as well as Rogue One all leading up to the...

Well, they can’t all be great. Attack of the Clones continued a low point in the Star Wars saga that The Phantom Menace started (and before you accuse me of being a prequel hater, I’ll have you know...

Welcome to Spinnaker’s History of Star Wars! To celebrate the upcoming release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, we are looking back at the past seven episodes as well as Rogue One all leading up to the...

Welcome to Spinnaker’s History of Star Wars! To celebrate the upcoming release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, we are looking back at the past seven episodes as well as Rogue One all leading up to the...

  Star Wars Battlefront II released on Friday, which means EA is back for our wallets yet again. Or are they? Unexpectedly, EA has altered the deal. The Battlefront II of a couple weeks ago...

If ever a murder took place on a locomotive chugging its way through the icy mountains of Europe in the 1930s, it’s only fitting that the greatest fictional detective in the world would be a passenger. Hercule...

If you asked multiple people how they define race, you may get a variety of answers. Dr. Jenny Stuber, UNF associate professor of sociology, is here to help people understand what race is through...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FStnSqKi9KI Dean Devlin (Independence Day: Resurgence) takes the director’s chair for the first time after being a producer for years, and his debut is a bigger catastrophe...

A racist video uploaded to Snapchat by an alleged UNF student gathered attention on social media Wednesday night. But how exactly did the video get posted? For those who don’t know, Snapchat is a...

Game developer Electronic Arts (EA) released the beta for Star Wars Battlefront II this past weekend. The open trial period let players experience three multiplayer game modes: Galactic Assault, Starfighter...

Students who couldn’t use their weekly allotment of meals due to Hurricane Irma may be able to receive “food certificates” for use at UNF dining venues. By now, students who are eligible...

Welcome to Spinnaker’s History of Horror. Here we will be taking a look back at everything spooky in both film and video games and analyze how horror has evolved over the last century. Check back at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX2kpeyp80 The title track of Miley Cyrus’ Younger Now begins with the delicate tapping of rain on a window. Then, the first rays of sunshine break through the clouds...

UNF Dining Services is working to provide “food certificates” to students who couldn’t use their meal plans during the week Hurricane Irma impacted northeast Florida, according to the university’s...

What if I told you there is an environment where a group of people gather on a weekly basis to watch movies, talk about movies, and appreciate the fine art of filmmaking? It just so happens that such...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpICoc65uh0 It’s 3 a.m. as I sit up in bed writing this review. It’s only been hours since I left the theater, and though it’s late and I have to be up at 7 tomorrow...

“Breathe…just breathe” Star Wars fans, because Force Friday is happening September 1 and continuing throughout the weekend. Force Friday is a global event where the newest Star Wars products...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1XOshDSbg Can language count as a use of color? If so, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is a rainbow. Patrick Hughes (Red Hill, The Expendables 3) directs this action/comedy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFeWsDpy9y0 Somehow, the agonizing story of the 1967 Detroit riots didn’t make the cut in my high school U.S. history class. Instead, Academy Award-winning writer/director...

Going to the movies can be a great release for students. There’s really nothing like being able to sit down, enjoy some unhealthy food, and depart from reality for two hours as homework and studying...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKaDoUh_so Ever wondered what Mean Girls would look like as a horror film? Well, wonder no longer. Wish Upon is the newest effort from director John R. Leonetti (Insidious,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPQfcG-eimk Imagine driving down the highway in a convertible overlooking the beach under an orange California sky. The lighting is the kind that turns teal eyes blue,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2z857RSfhk Writer/director Edgar Wright has explored a variety of film genres. From comedy (The World’s End, 2013) to parody (Shaun of the Dead, 2004) to animation...

These four films competed for honors at Terminus, a national competition from June 22-25 in Atlanta, after winning Campus MovieFest earlier this year. Some of these films were awarded at the competition...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AntcyqJ6brc There are certain things in this world that are all too predictable. The sun will rise and set each day. Parking at UNF will be stressful. And Michael...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRNDOZnGKU Apparently Rough Night was a warning for what audiences would experience going to see this one. It has promise. It has star power. It has a shimmering...

Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X is beginning her push into the mainstream pop universe using her own unique sound as a battering ram. Her debut EP, CollXtion I, went largely under the radar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOYHCBQn9g Director Trey Edward Shults’s first film, Krisha (2016), earned stellar reviews and put the up-and-coming director on the map. It Comes At Night is only...

https://youtu.be/1Q8fG0TtVAY This weekend, Wonder Woman came to the aid of DC Comics, whose movie franchise was in desperate need of a revival. Over the years, DC has seen their fair share of letdowns....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VW6sg50Pk It’s been five long years since director Ridley Scott resurrected his famous Alien franchise with the prequel, Prometheus, which was met with mixed critical...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBWnst8f7w Producer/writer combo Paul Feig and Katie Dippold return with their latest effort, Snatched, a film about a mother (Goldie Hawn) and daughter (Amy Schumer)...