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Several changes have been made to the Greenwood Library since the opening of Brock Hall this fall has allowed for some library departments to move there, freeing up more space for student requests, according to Dean of the Library Brent Roberts.
By any measure, last season was nothing short of historic for the Longwood women’s soccer team. Their loss in the Big South championship game to the High Point Panthers wasn’t how they expected to conclude their season by any means, but their monumental performance over the course of the year etched their way into Longwood history.
Farmville Police Department (FPD) are investigating a single-car crash that resulted in the Longwood Landings losing power overnight on Aug. 20. FPD have identified Michael Aaron Cook, 28, of Burkeville, Va. as the cause of the accident when he lost control of his vehicle, crashing into the transformer that controls the power of the northwest building of the landings.
My name is Jesse Plichta-Kellar, and I am a vegetarian. Normally I don’t open with that, because it’s really not the most interesting thing about me. I write, I’m Jewish, I started a club, I love history, I went abroad this summer. All of those things are more interesting, but my dietary restrictions are relevant to the discussion, I promise.
Routine, downtrodden, played out and exaggerated are some of the words that could describe the romantic comedy genre. This type of film is so outplayed there have been films about being haunted by dead exes, couples rekindling love while searching for buried treasure, witches using spells to make others fall in love and even convincing the family of a man in a coma that you’re his girlfriend.
Some films have political ideas or messages riding quietly underneath their plots and characters. Some directors like to place subtle nods or hints towards ideas and references within their works. “BlacKkKlansman” is not one of those films, and Spike Lee is not one of those directors. His ideas and the political stance of his films, especially this one, are bold and brash, completely out front. Is the film itself good enough to back up the boldness?
A surefire way to tell if someone is a psychopath is as follows: ask them if they liked middle school. If they reply yes, they’re a psychopath. While not equally awful for everyone, middle school tends to be such a random assortment of hormones and pre-algebra tests that no one enjoys. It doesn’t have the freedom of high school or the care-free nature of elementary school. No film in recent memory has shown this turbulence better than Bo Burnham’s directorial debut, ‘Eighth Grade”.
Winnie the Pooh is probably the most unlikely candidate to make a comeback in today’s age of excitement and genre pushing excess. He’s slow, witty and tends to meander about. Rarely does he do anything with expediency and most of his stories tend to have an element of sadness to them. The latest film featuring the bear of very little brain, “Christopher Robin”, is set to tell the story of what happens to the Hundred Acre Wood after its human caretaker grows up. Is the resulting story as sweet as honey or is it of very little brain as well?
Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise will undeniably put himself on the line for his beloved “Mission Impossible” films. “Fallout” is no different, featuring lots of real world stunts and crazy action, but it's also unique within its own series.
For those unfamiliar with the show, “Teen Titans GO!” is a reboot of the original early 2000’s “Teen Titans” TV series. It abandoned the original’s serial-based plots and anime inspired style, for colorful flash animation art and quippy pop culture references and poop jokes. While the show has received generally mixed reception over its run, Warner Bros. Animation has decided to bring it to the big screen with “Teen Titans GO! To The Movies.” Can it be better than its source material?
Everything you’ve heard is true. “Sorry To Bother You” is incredible. Boots Riley’s directorial debut is a contradiction in and of itself. A film advocating against capitalism that is smashing box office records. It’s a film that shouldn’t exist in this day and age, and the fact that it does makes it all the better.
In a way, the first Ant-Man film was a throwback to the early days of the Marvel Cinematic universe when it was released in 2015. It was a solo film with smaller stakes that introduced the world to a bizarre hero. It was good, but not great. And it was soon followed up with its main character appearing in a team up film. However, will Ant-Man and Wasp continue to follow in the footsteps of their Marvel Cinematic Universe counterparts, and produced a sequel better than the first?
After a decomposed body was found on Wednesday, June 27 at 9:00 a.m. that was unrecognizable to determine the identity on the scene, it was confirmed around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 30 by friend Miriam Loya that it was Denise Martin '18.
Almost 10 days have passed since Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) received reports that 22 year old Denise Martin had gone missing from the Virginia Beach, Redmill and Hampton Road areas.
Coming 14 years after the original, “Incredibles 2” enters into a world saturated with iron men and American captains. When the original was released, super hero films were occasional and not very good. The world has changed a lot since then, most evident by the fact that this sequel releases just a few months after “Infinity War,” a giant space opera of a super hero film. Do the Parr’s and their world still work well in this new day and age?
If the news that horror director J.A. Bayona would be tackling the next “Jurassic World” movie has you excited, it would be understandable. The “Jurassic” sequels have lost the scare factor that dinosaurs on the loose provided so well back in 1993, and this new direction could have injected some life into a series that needed it.
Denise Martin was declared missing to Virginia Beach law enforcement on June 19, 2018. Police are currently searching the VA Beach, Redmill and Hampton Roads areas.
With excessive rain amounts hitting Farmville over Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19, Farmville Area Community Emergency Services (FACES) was in the midst of their normal Saturday morning distribution when water started coming in forcing them to shut down, according to FACES President Ellery Sedgwick.
A fan would be forgiven if their excitement level for “Solo” isn’t as high as other Star Wars films. The behind the scenes turmoil, coupled with the confusing idea of doing an origin story for a nameless smuggler makes this film seem like a very odd thing for Lucasfilm to focus on. But now its out, the marketing, behind the scenes and weirdness has passed, and now all that remains is the film itself. Should you have a bad feeling about this?
Ryan Reynolds seems to love Deadpool and hate himself. Not literally, of course, but the amount of pot shots he’s taken at his career and persona are easily entering the millions at this point. Now he’s back with his latest adventure with the Merc with the mouth in “Deadpool 2”, a sequel to the 2016 smash hit. Is it dead on arrival or an adventure of crude intentions?
