Beauty as Criterion for Art
A sunrise. The end of a disney movie. The mountains. A towering chrome building. A painting. The face of your lover. A poem. Often, these sorts of things would be considered “beautiful,” possessing some sort of aesthetic pleasurability that almost implies or touches upon The Divine. Beauty, colloquially, is often considered a positive quality, desirable, […]
Stoker’s Vision On Two Screens: Nosferatu and Dracula
Good Evening, stay for the night as both the 1929 silent Nosferatu is examined side by side with Bela Lugosi’s audible 1931 Dracula. Who can forget the classic horror movies forever emulated by modern-day hopefuls? These two classics films have the same origin: Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. They share a story to the detail, […]
New Television Show Bates Motel Premieres
The T.V. station that brought Duck Dynasty and Storage Wars has come up with another series. However this one is not reality. Bates Motel is a physiological thriller series that will premiere on A&E. The show is a prequel to the events of Robert Bloch’s novel, “Psycho”, which was famously portrayed in Alfred Hitchcock’s film […]
Duck Dynasty Makes its Way into America’s Hearts in Their Third Season
The third season of “Duck Dynasty” premiered on February 27, 2013. This was A&E’s number one telecast ever and racked up 8.6 million viewers. Topping all other TV broadcasts for the night, “Duck Dynasty” is the most popular unscripted show on television. The Robertsons, who live in the bayous of Louisiana, became wealthy from their […]
Popular 90’s Show Comes Back With a Spinoff
Calling all 90s T.V. fans! A new spin-off is coming soon. “Boy Meets World” was a popular family show that lasted from 1993 to 2000. The show’s main character was Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage. Savage grew up and had to deal with the trials and tribulations from middle school all the way to […]
#BelieveinSherlock
What do Sherlock Holmes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek all have in common? The answer is simple, really: actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. It’s caused quite the uproar and an entire web-based fan movement. Cumberbatch will play the role of Khan in the upcoming Star Trek film, while Freeman made a big impact as […]
Andy Hofmann Reviews “The Lake House”
Imagine: It’s 2006. First off, I’m so sorry. Seriously, 2000-2009 was honestly just pretty horrible all the time. It’s like, it was 1999, and then Y2K happened, and instead of destroying humanity, it ended up ruining every film, book, and piece of music for the next ten years. So, you’re in the thick of that. […]