Episode 13, of "The Following," titled "Havenport," was a simple yet not intricate title. We can keep it as a title, I guess. This week was all right, so I will give it a B. Brief summary: the episode was made up of some surprising moves from key characters as well as an unexpected body count. The episode ...
It’s the return of our favorite eyeliner-filled band, Fall Out Boy, with their new album “Save Rock and Roll.” This 11-track album brings together an interesting mix of featuring artists that will initially cause listeners to question the legitimacy of its title. The band has just brought itself ...
Every spring, Longwood University plays host to bands from all over the country. In the case of this year, there were even bands who have toured overseas that were present during WMLU’s 20th anniversary Bandfest. Jason Tsai, a senior English major and member of WMLU, said the whole committee was a ...
Spring Weekend was kicked off with Bandfest Friday, April 12, but the big events came on stage Saturday night with a star line up of bands. The performances were free to all students. The stage, including soundboards and equipment, was set up behind the Lankford Student Union under a tent in case of ...
It seems more and more celebrities have started to develop this strange God Complex. Thinking they are better than everyone else in the world, it seems. They think they can get away with pretty much anything just because they have this podium of power. How is that even close to the qualities that ...
“Save the Date” Two completely different half-sisters have not-so- different love lives: they’re both complicated. The differences? While Beth is happy and ready to get married as she plans her wedding to her fiancé, her sister Sarah rejects her own boyfriend after his hasty proposal and decides ...
Driving takes on a new meaning in Longwood Theatre Department’s new production, “How I Learned to Drive.” The play opened on Thursday, April 11 and ran through Sunday with one show a day. It will continue on the stage for a second weekend from April 19-21. Bruce Speas, director of the play, did ...
There is a world where water floats miles above everything else and sometimes when that water loses grip upon horizon it slips and falls down, racing its way to tops of heads and sidewalks, crags. There is a world where hairs of every color, texture, thickness, taste sprout from the ground itself and ...
The year-long author series concluded on Monday, April 8 in Wygal auditorium with award-winning horror-fiction writer Peter Straub. The author has won some of the most prestigious awards in writing including the Bram Stoker Award (which he has been selected for on numerous occasions), World Fantasy ...
So, a woman with a psychotic serial killer for a husband tries to escape her ex-husband’s creepy cult mansion with her son in hand by running toward the front gate. I repeat, Claire Matthew’s (Natalie Zea) brilliant escape plan is to run to the front gate of her husbands’ cult plantation? The ...
“He sang a sweet song in tones so full and soft that no human ear could resist them, nor fathom their origin.” This is the quote from the Grimm brothers that opens this exciting new episode of the hit TV show “Grimm.” Instead of introducing a new kind of Wesen, this episode deals with two that ...
Disney, Lucasfilm, "Star Wars," merger. Everyone pretty much heard last October that The Walt Disney COmpany was planning to buy Lucasfilm from George Lucas. Turns out the deal did go through in early October and that Disney would hand over $4.05 billion in stock and cash for the company. If Lucasfilm ...
There are a lot of people out there who love horror, but gratuitous, in-your-face blood and guts courtesy of a deranged ax-murderer isn’t quite their cup of tea. Rather than slasher films, they’re going to go with something with a bit more plot and sophistication, something more along the lines ...
On Thursday, April 4, in the Molnar Recital Hall inside Wygal, The Chamber Music Series closed off with Julie Fowlis, a Scottish folk singer. She sings primarily in Gaelic but is known to have a couple of songs in English as well. Even though many people are not too familiar with the name, she is kind ...
Second half of spring semester. While it seems to be the part of the semester that goes by the fastest, has the most events, and even has the best weather — it is also possibly the most frustrating andtime-consuming semester of the school year. These past two weeks have been the busiest of my semester ...
Episode 11, “Whips and Regret”... Well, isn’t that a cheesy title? Either way, this episode proved to be much better than last week's episode. Jacob, as a character, is thriving. I know it’s sort of sick to say, but I think that killing Paul was the best thing that could have happened to him. ...
Farmville’s own J. Fergeson Gallery has brought many a talented artist to town this year. The next artist to be featured will be Jeremy Satterlund, a local Virginian from Richmond who usually works from a studio in Fulton Hill. He received his degree in painting from Pacific Northwest College of Art ...
It has been a long time since Hollywood has made a political- action thriller that was this patriotic. It seems that since 9/11, many of the films about or featuring politics have centered on characters exposing some dark secrets about the government. Director Antoine Fuqua bucks that trend in favor ...
Stephenie Meyer is once again being praised with the film adaption of her novel, “The Host.” If you think “The Host” is simply another “Twilight” but with aliens instead of vampires, you would be dead wrong. Director Andrew Niccol, known for his previous sci-fi movies, brings a new human ...
