Is it a deadly brain-eating zombie movie, or is it a teenage romance? Let’s call it a mixture of both along with some horror and humor. “Warm Bodies” is about a zombie named R (played by Nicholas Hoult), who happens to have a conscience and a bit more intelligence than the other typical zombies ...
The theatre’s main stage was lit up with silk patterns and corsets at Longwood University as “L’Amour: An Opera Theatre Workshop” took the stage. Set in an unspecified French town, the story of the play revolves around several performers and their romances among each other. The opening night ...
“Skyfall” – The 23rd installment in the everlasting series, James Bond returns from the dead, ready to jump back into business. When MI6 comes under attack by a former operative, 007’s loyalty is put to the test when the plot is directed at M specifically in order to exact revenge on her from ...
This film is one of most rare late-winter gems in recent memory. A thriller involving pharmaceutical drugs is a risky investment that, on paper, should not work. Yet it somehow does in the provocative and intriguing thriller “Side Effects.” Steven Soderbergh may be one of Hollywood’s most unheralded ...
“Dangerous Territory” It is another day at Carrie’s internship in the city before a hot new guy walked in. How many can there be in her life? Except he might not be as new as we think. His name is George, and Carrie has known him since she was four-years-old apparently. George, of course, ...
It’s the biggest night in the music industry. It’s the Superbowl of music. It’s the maker and breaker of singers all around the world. But really, it’s the Grammy Awards. Between 81 categories and 35 genres of music, the nominees are endless, with only the best of the best getting screen time ...
Since grade school, Valentine’s Day has meant something to everyone. In elementary school, it was all about who gave you what Valentine, because of course if it had anything with a heart or some kind of mushy doesn’t-mean-a-thing symbol on it, you automatically assumed that person liked you. Then, ...
The band, Bullet for my Valentine, released their new album “Temper Temper” on Feb. 12. From their past three albums they were a great example of metal music with good use of solos and drums as well as screaming. But their new album did not seem anything like their past albums “The Poison,” ...
For those unaware parties, “Suits” follows the exploits of the law firm Pearson Hardman. Created by Aaron Korsh (“Everybody Love Raymond”), “Suits” is a witty and interesting look at the lives of lawyers and their clients in the Big Apple. It centers on the characters of attorney Mike Ross ...
Amy Stevens is an artist of many different talents who came to Longwood’s campus Tuesday, Feb. 5. To say her work is merely original would be an understatement. Her creativity and ability to make something that looks flawed become art were shared with the students of Longwood. Her story, as she explained, ...
Yesterday, I went to Bath for the day. Bath is famous for being one of the homes of Jane Austen, famous for her powerful love novels where the heroine is a girl. As a dedicated English Major it was exciting to travel to another literary relevant location. In most of her novels she mentions Bath as a ...
Farmville, Va.—Andy Stefanovich, an innovative marketing consultant, will speak Thurs- day, Feb. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in Longwood University’s Blackwell Ballroom. The lecture, “The Museum of Life,” free and open to the public, is part of the Barbara L. Bishop Distinguished Lecture Series in the ...
Farmville, Va.—L’Amour: An Opera Theatre Work- shop Production, will be presented by the Longwood University theatre and music programs for the 7th Annual Opera Workshop. The adaptation of the 19th century play La Ronde will be performed from Tuesday, Feb. 19, through Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. ...
Enter a world of fantasy in Grimm’s classic fairytale, “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.” However, the classic fairytale takes a spin into the action-horror genre in the 2013 adaptation directed and co-written by Tommy Wirkola. In the prologue of the hour-and-a-half-long film, their father ...
“Cougar Town” Season One – Recent divorcee, Julie Cobb, runs a successful business, has amazing friends and a son she loves without fail. However, the single mom’s biggest issue: relationships. She discovers more and more that in order to find herself, she needs to let herself go and sometimes ...
Studying abroad is a lot like listening to a scratched CD. There are moments when the music is coming out of the speakers perfectly, everything is going smoothly and you are just singing along. Then, you hit that first scratch and the music snaps into repetition before abruptly stopping for a long, ...
2013 seems to be the year for sequels. I mean, come on – not only is the ever-popular “Hunger Games” sequel, “Catching Fire”, coming out this fall, which is possibly one of the most anticipated sequels of the year, but we’ve also got everything from the “Smurfs 2” movie to "Star Trek: ...
In this week’s episode of "The Car- rie Diaries", it was Halloween night in the year 1984. Carrie was still trying to handle her breakup with Sebas- tian, so she played an awkward game of hide-and-seek in her high school hallways in an attempt to avoid him. Instead of going to Sebastian’s party, ...
Acclaimed American singer, song-writer and musician Josh Groban released his latest album yesterday. The album, entitled “All That Echoes,” is overall a mellow, deep, classic Josh Groban sound. Honestly, I was never the biggest Josh Groban fan. I have listened to his music, and he is widely popular ...
