‘Going in Style’: great heist flick
Going in Style, originally made in 1979, directed by Martin Brest, and now the 2017 version, directed by Zach Braff, was a comedy with a bit of adventure, that at the same time had...
Guardians of the Galaxy
Three years ago, Marvel’s first Guardians of the Galaxy movie broke the mold of the typical superhero movie. This year, the five unlikely heroes returned to prove that superhero movies are more than just...
Les Miserables: gorgeous
The Starlight’s Youth Theater has pulled it off once again. They brought Les Miserables to the Academy of Music and knocked it out of the park, earning multiple standing ovations during the Saturday night...
Mr. Burns: a pop-fueled villain
I have been highly involved in the theater world since my freshman year of high school, starting with the show 39 Steps. At school, I have worked on many shows, ranging from full-scale musicals,...
Light Girls documentary perpetuates colorism instead of challenging it
“I think the impact that colorism has on young girls—light girls and dark girls—leave scars on the soul that follow them well into womanhood,” said author Iyanla Vanzant at the beginning of Light Girls....
If you haven’t watched Game of Thrones, you’re missing out
If you haven’t heard of Game of Thrones, you are missing out. This TV series on HBO is based off of the epic fantasy novel series by George R.R. Martin called A Song of...
1980s Polish TV drama, Dekalog, still powerful
In 1989, with the decades-old communist state on the verge of collapse, the people of Poland faced a question crucial to their national identity: what does it mean to be Polish? The same year,...
