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‘Allegiant’: an ugly, lazy film.

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer March 23, 2016
“The Divergent Series: Allegiant” is probably the best comedy of 2016. It’s a pity the cast and crew attempted an action film out of it. I almost felt bad laughing out loud during multiple scenes.

’10 Cloverfield Lane’: Go for the Goodman

Gavin Gaddis, Staff Writer March 18, 2016

My feelings on “10 Cloverfield Lane” are, in a word, complicated. The film tells the story of Michelle, a woman who wakes chained to a pipe after a car crash. A suspicious figure named Howard (John...

“Gods of Egypt’: heretical cinema

Gavin Gaddis, Opinion Editor March 2, 2016
Who knew movies this bad could exist without adapting a book?

‘The Witch’: A frightening February flick

Bobby Shipman, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

It’s been a hot minute since a truly chilling horror movie has come along. Robert Eggers’ Puritan pandemonium flick about a rascally forest dweller tormenting a family of 1630s Christians is not that...

The case for crude: Deadpool

The case for crude: ‘Deadpool’

Gavin Gaddis February 18, 2016
The Merc with a Mouth delivers a dose of irreverent anti-hero goodness right up main street with the most successful R-rated opening weekend on record.

‘Love’: positively pretentious pornography

Gavin Gaddis February 10, 2016

Three minutes into Gaspar Noe’s “Love” I shouted, “either cum or change scenes” at the screen. “Love” attempts to tell the story of Murphy (Karl Gluspan), a man living in an unhappy marriage...

‘Anti’: different sound, same game

Armon Siadat, Staff Writer February 4, 2016
Shrouded in rumors and controversy throughout the three years leading up to its release, “Anti” is the greatest Rihanna album that almost never happened.

‘Dirty Grandpa’: Come for the sex, stay for the Greek

Gavin Gaddis January 27, 2016
“Dirty Grandpa” could be a hilarious comedy, in an alternate dimension.

‘The Overnight’: Sexual, strangely touching

Bobby Shipman, Editor-in-Chief January 27, 2016
Come for the prosthetic penises, stay for the subtle charm.Come for the prosthetic penises, stay for the subtle charm.

Supporting actress outshines star in ‘The Danish Girl’

Armon Siadat, Staff Writer January 21, 2016

A cookie-cutter biopic that fails to capture the external effects of its events, “The Danish Girl” achieves redemption through a handful of its actors’ performances. The film, based on the fictional...

‘The Expanse’: StarBattleFireTrek of Thrones

Gavin Gaddis, Opinion Editor January 21, 2016

If it is possible for a single show to save a network, “The Expanse” is on track to recover some of SyFy’s lost revenue and pride. A quality space opera seems almost out of place on such a degraded...

Lawrence shines in joyless ‘Joy’

Bobby Shipman, Editor in Chief January 13, 2016
Bobby Shipman shares why he was overjoyed during David O. Russell's newest film.
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