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ARQ – Stupid name, alright movie

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer September 30, 2016

“ARQ” is a dystopian sci-fi flick exclusive to Netflix about Renton (Robbie Amell), an apparently brilliant engineer, who wakes up several times. Well, he wakes up several times because an infinite...

No sophomore slump for Frank Ocean

No sophomore slump for Frank Ocean

Taylor O'Neil Hall, Staff Writer September 7, 2016

I remember listening to “Channel Orange” in 2013 and thinking how mesmerizing all of the songs on it were. There was nothing like it at the time of its release. It was utter bliss; my ears felt like...

I Am the Ambassador: Nothing’s rotten in Denmark

I Am the Ambassador: Nothing’s rotten in Denmark

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer September 7, 2016

If the key to a successful reality show is a bickering cast and manufactured drama, Denmark did not get the memo. Originally produced as a Danish slice-of-life style reality series, “I Am the Ambassador”...

Stranger Things is worth the study break

Darrian Breedlove, Staff writer September 1, 2016

Nothing beats the classics in film and television, and this summer’s newly added Netflix thriller “Stranger Things” is guaranteed to become one show that will never get old with time. “Stranger...

AMC: A glistening shrine to movies

AMC: A glistening shrine to movies

Gavin Gaddis, Staff writer September 1, 2016

The AMC movie theater location on Pearl Drive spent most of the summer at limited capacity during a major remodel.   Now that the AMC is firing on all cylinders I felt obliged to review the...

Watsky wows with ‘x Infinity’

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer August 23, 2016

Usually, I can’t stand listening to the same album more than a couple of times in a given week. George Watsky’s new album “x Infinity” has been out for a week and I’m up to 11 full listens....

Sausage Party, painfully un-funny

Gavin Gaddis, Staff writer August 17, 2016

"Sausage Party" is the film equivalent of jangling keys in front of a baby’s face for entertainment, or to put that in modern terms: an Adam Sandler movie. The first widely-released computer-generated...

Jungle Book oddly casted

‘Jungle Book’ oddly casted

Gavin Gaddis, Staff writer April 20, 2016

“The Jungle Book” tells a good story with gorgeous visuals and great acting. A child will love this film; an adult who’s seen multiple movies by the big-name actors won’t be able to separate the...

‘Hardcore Henry’ delivers flaccid action, pacing

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

As a gamer, I bought into the idea that an entirely first-person action film could be good. I still do, but “Hardcore Henry” takes this interesting idea and delivers a mediocre action comedy experience. For...

‘Meet the Blacks’: I walked out

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer April 6, 2016
“Meet the Blacks” is the first film I’ve ever walked out of. Read on to find out why.

‘Superman Vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice’: Three movies crammed in one

Gavin Gaddis, Opinion Editor March 29, 2016
Somewhere in this bloated hulk of a film are two interesting superhero stories and a cool origin movie.

‘Peanuts’ perfection

Abigail, Suddarth March 23, 2016
After laughing until their sides hurt, audiences left “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” grief-stricken and in tears.
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