Spring Break
Renowned activist Charlotte Bunch discussed human rights issues with a large emphasis on women's rights and culture in the Konover Auditorium yesterday afternoon. The lecture was called "Passionate Politics: The Intersection of Gender, Culture, and Human Rights" and was sponsored by the Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture Series Program. (0) comments
As the holiday release schedule begins to pick up speed, retailers are jockeying for consumers money. This week sees the release of "Fable II" and "Wii Music," while next week "Fallout 3" and the delayed "Littlebigplanet" will make their debut. Every week leading up to the release of "Chrono Trigger" for the Nintendo DS will mark the delivery of some triple-A title. (0) comments
Men are troubled people. You wouldn't know it - I don't think - but they are. Most of them are, at least, and the ones that aren't probably just aren't paying attention. And who wouldn't be? Life is rough on everyone sometimes. Both Men and women have bad things that happen, hard times they can't shrug off. (0) comments
Answer this if you would: should video games ever be made into movies? Don't even think about it. The answer is no; but even though it shouldn't happen, it does. Not surprisingly, "Max Payne" falls headlong into the disappointing videogame-to-movie pile. (1) comment
If you see any raunchy, teen-oriented, Judd Apatow-influenced movie this year, make it "Sex Drive." In a world of comedy clichés played to death, some works made in the same factories rise above the rest to become the new standard, they accurately capture the youth of the times and make people laugh about it. (0) comments
The biopic. It's a genre as old as time itself; the kind of stuff that Oscars are made of. And there seems to be no exception to this formulaic rule with the Oliver Stone film "W." starring Josh Brolin, the movie is a surprisingly unbiased look into the roller coaster-like rise and fall (and rise and fall) of current Commander in Chief George W. (0) comments