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 ...
Many Americans on Feb. 3 watched Super Bowl XLVII for the football game between the Balti- more Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Even though football is a great source of entertainment, it certainty is not for everyone. Those who did not care much for the game primarily looked forward to the memorable ...
“Cheers” from Plymouth, England. I have been in this new world for 27 days (see what I did there), and I can finally say I feel comfortable. When I first decided to do a semester abroad, I prepared myself for an entirely different kind of experience. In my mind, it was the idea of constant travel, ...
Longwood University Theatre is proud to pres- ent L’Amour: An Opera Theatre Workshop Production, a hybrid theatre-opera piece, conceived and directed by Gene Muto and Dr. Christopher Swanson. The performance will open Tuesday, February 19th at 7:00PM and run through Sunday, February 24th. The performance ...
A teardrop of water Out of the cold, lonely sky. A crack of deep thunder Follows each of his lies. The lightening that strikes Belongs to the anger in her heart. But the calm before the storm, The one whose silence is in the part, Is the one that everyone hears And the one he needs ...
Dozens of girls in white shirts lined up behind the Lankford Student Union on Jan. 20 with a crowd that reached practically a hundred people surrounding them. It was only when they emerged at the front of the line did their prospective sorority know that they, as it is said among sororities, were coming ...
Don’t lie to yourself. You have been watch- ing this show every Tuesday like it’s a reli- gion. This week, like each week, we still have more mysteries than answers. Here are a couple things we know for sure from previ- ous episodes: Toby is part of the A team with Mona and Lucas is innocent, ...
Yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but "American Idol" is still surviving. First airing in the year 2002, this will be the show’s 12th season. Although this talent show is beginning to feel more like a joke, it has produced some of America’s biggest stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, ...
"The Paperboy" After Charlotte Bless pleads for help to newspaper reporter Ward Jansen, Jansen and his associate travel to Miami, Fla. to attempt to get convicted murderer Hillary Van Wetter released from death row. While Charlotte has maintained only a written relationship with Hillary, she insists ...
So, a lot has happened on “Once Upon a Time” since the last review article was written — which was some time way back in November. Before the mid-season finale in December, Emma and Snow managed to finally return to Storybrooke after a major showdown with Cora and Hook — who has certainly started ...
This is one of my favorite seasons. No, it is not the winter; I hate the winter and the cold (minus the snow for some reason). My favorite season is awards season. Celebrities have chosen their one-of-a-kind gowns that probably cost more than I will ever see in my life, and the paparazzi are stocking ...
While “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” made its flop in theaters, its competition came to theaters Jan. 18 in the form of “Mama.” The movie stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash and Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain. After dismissing the need for his ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, masses of people met under the rotunda in Ruffner Hall for the third annual Grand Illumination of the Giving Tree. That night, the rotunda contained more than just Longwood students and faculty members. as families and residents of Farmville also came to witness the lighting ...
One thing I've always been skeptical of doing when writing sports columns is to constantly rant and rave about my favorite teams or athletes. I try to always talk about something relevant that anyone can relate to like athletes aiding relief in Haiti, steroids in Major League Baseball, etc. This time ...
Films are everything to me. There is something magical about going to the movies and seeing a film play out on the big screen. If it weren't so expensive and I had nothing else to do, I would probably want to stay there all day long. For me, what makes films so special is their ability to transport ...
This week's "Castle" takes place in a creepy alleyway where a homeless man comes across the body of the victim. Screams can be heard as the scene changes to Castle playing with dolls as he tries to gain inspiration for his next novel. Castle finds this inspiration in the form of severed heads, a part ...
This week's "Glee" starts right off with a song, and the viewer is left wondering how it's possible the "Glee" writers have run out of songs to assign each week when they have the show starting off with the disco number "You Should be Dancing." After song number one, the viewer is taken into the choir ...
The marketing department for "Cabin in the Woods" was not kidding with the tagline "You think you know the story." Director and Screenwriter Drew Goddard and Assistant Screenwriter Joss Whedon have crafted a finely-tuned horror film. "Cabin the Woods" is the kind of film that can resurrect a genre that ...
