The film begins in black and white, featuring Oz, played by James Franco, as a cheesy- humored magician that can barely make a buck. Although this is a children’s film, there are some borderline inappropriate scenes of romanticism, particularly noticeable in the beginning and less prevalent throughout. ...
On February 28, Colson Whitehead was awarded the prestigious John Dos Passos Prize for his exemplary work in literature through his novels and essays. The Dos Passos Prize was established at Longwood in 1980 and annually honors an extremely talented yet somewhat overlooked American writer of the century. ...
Among many of the bizarre happenings on Sunday night during the 85th annual Academy Awards, one of them was the unique finale, in which host Seth MacFarlane began singing a closing number with Kristin Chenoweth celebrating “the losers.” The musical number went on throughout the closing credits, ...
Music filled Jarman Auditorium on the evening of Feb. 26 as the Longwood University Wind Symphony took center stage. They were joined by guest conductor, Glenn Nierman, the current President-Elect of the National Association for Music Education as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the International ...
If you thought the awards season was over with the Grammy’s, you thought wrong. The Oscars, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, came around again to honor all the great movies we’ve spent our money on in the past year. The glamour, the outfits and seeing our favorite stars win (or lose) got packed into the ...
Sweltering, slimy, sweat-drenched misery. Pillow damp as the fan drowns you in a lukewarm river. The fiery sacrifice to some wretched, demanding, ancient deity. Car engines hum a faint putting sound over the whirring drone of the fan; together a symphony of carefree, sputtering children forming the ...
The finale for the fourth season of “The Vampire Diaries’” is fast approaching and the suspense continues to build. The audience learned in the previous episodes that a cure for vampirism exists, but there is only one dose, and while Stefan wants Elena to take it, Rebekah desires it for herself. ...
“The Master” Freddie Quell is a young, ex-naval officer with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after fighting in World War II. When the older Lancaster Dodd decides to help, he takes Quell in as a surrogate son and tries to help him by having him join a somewhat cult-ish movement to get rid of Quell’s ...
Despite the rain n Tuesday, Feb. 26, 25 students gathered in the atrium of Greenwood Library to listen to poetry written by Longwood University professor Dr. Craig Challender. Challender has been teaching at Longwood for the past 30 years as a Creative Writing, American Literature and Mythology professor. “When ...
On Feb. 20, Longwood University students took part in the recent fad known as the Harlem Shake. The event was coordinated by David Clipp over a Facebook group. Steven Sommer acted as videographer during filming of the event while Clipp dressed in a hot dog suit with an Albert Einstein mask. Before every ...
For a few months, fans of the series “Suits” will have to sit and ponder the events of season two’s finale. After an impressive build-up over a split second season, the finale of season two, entitled “War,” largely fell flat from a storytelling standpoint. This episode picks up where the last ...
We’ve all been waiting for this moment: Spencer reveals to the girls that Toby is A. Emily tries her hardest to defend Toby but Spencer has obviously decided he’s not the person they want to believe he is. Hannah is still battling with her own secret between her and her mother: not telling the girls ...
Nicholas Sparks has done it again. On Valentine’s Day, he premiered his eighth film adaptation nationwide in the form of “Safe Haven.” This page-turner took audiences by storm with its heart-wrenching story of Katie, a twenty-something-year-old who mysteriously stays in the small town of ...
Recently, I went to go see “Safe Haven,” a book turned film, in theatres. Now, I read the book for the first time several months ago and when I heard the movie was coming out, I was obviously a little skeptical about how it was going to reflect the novel. Nicholas Sparks’ film adaptations have ...
“Beautiful Creatures,” the movie adaptation of the first book of “The Caster Chronicles” by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, brought a less-than- typical romance to audiences on Valentine’s Day. Less heroic than the “Harry Potter” series, but not nearly as sappy as “The Twilight Saga,” ...
Detective Wilden is the main suspect of this week’s episode of“Pretty Little Liars.” It starts with him being extremely sketch as he shoves CeCe into his car right in front of Hanna and her mom, Ashley, who is quick to notice his creepy stare toward Hanna. When Ezra comes back, Aria still conflicted ...
**Former A&E Editor Katie Reilly is studying in England this semester, chronicling her weekly adventures as she travels through Europe** I went to Ireland this past weekend for four days. It was a bit of traveling getting there, though the flight itself was only 45 minutes. That alone had the power ...
Not all eyes watched the meteor streak, bursting a thundering word weighed down last syllable; conversely, A moth of fire, self-sufficient light, Unpacking ice and rock, an outer chrysalis of air. Not all ears were cracked Like office windows, not all hands broken up like zinc factory brick. Not all ...
“Argo” The movie follows a dramatized version of the heroic and heart-wrenching rescue of six American fugitives during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979. When CIA exfiltrator Tony Mendez comes up with an elaborate and daring plan to disguise them as a Hollywood movie crew, he and his associates ...
Based on the latest “Suits,” this week’s season finale should be an interesting bout of law warfare. This episode picks up shortly after the events of “He’s Back.” Pearson Hardman is attempting to fight the outrageous lawsuit from former partner, Daniel Hardman (David Costabile). At the ...
