"Straw Dogs" is a remake of the 1971 movie of the same name and is directed, produced and written by Rod Lurie ("Deterrence,""Nothing but the Truth"), and is a relatively faithful adaptation with a scenery change, while keeping all the plot devices intact. What we get is a competent, visceral ...
On Wednesday, September 14, America's Next Top Model did something that they haven't done yet. They brought back people from previous cycles to make it an All-Star cycle on CW. Angele (cycle 14), Laura (cycle 13),Bianca (Cycle 9), Lisa (Cycle 5), Bre (Cycle 5), Brittany (Cycle 4), Dominique (Cycle ...
On Wednesday, September 14, Lancer Productions held Denice Evans, a filmmaker showing a shortened version of her latest piece of work, "Spitting Game: The College Hook-Up Culture." The film was screened in Jarman auditorium and features collegiate and medical professionals that specifically examined ...
Television is a magical thing. It's a time to bring the family together for that-day-of-the-week bonding; it's a time to have a neighborhood party, or even to have a first date. It's a time when famous people invade the lives of average people, bringing laughs and tears with them, or sometimes a mixture ...
Students and Farmville residences alike turned out to "Rock the Block" on Friday, September 16 for the third of what is sure to remain an annual tradition and partnership between Longwood University and the town of Farmville. Local businesses like Domino's, Sleeping Bee, Karen's Bridal, The Dutch ...
On September 17, the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts held a screening of the documentary, "Garbage Dreams." The 2009 film follows the lives of three young men living in the world's largest garbage village outside of Cairo, Egypt, known as Mokattam. The men are just three of 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic ...
Title: "The Bully Book" Author:Eric Kahn Gale, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang Publisher:Publish Green Price: $9.99 From the creative team that brought to the Internet "A Very Potter Musical," "A Very Potter Sequel," and "Starship" comes a small theatre troupe's first foray into the world of writing ...
"Art house" is a term used to describe a film that is independently made for a small niche market. "Mainstream" is used to describe something that is constructed for a wide audience. What happens when the two worlds collide? Films like "Drive" are the result. This film is artfully directed by Nicolas ...
This film is a comedic adaptation of the 2002 novel by Allison Pearson. It offers a star-studded cast with a plot that many modern women can identify with. The female protagonist of the movie is Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City) a hedge-fund manager in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
Based on true events, the 2010 film "Mooz-lum" tells the story of an African-American Muslim family living in Dearborn, Michigan. The majority of the film takes place around the time of the devastating events of September 11, 2001. The movie focuses around the character of Tariq (Evan Ross, "ATL"), ...
Title: "Love Struck" Author: Melissa Marr Publisher:HarperCollins Price: $1.99 for Kindle "Love Struck" by Melissa Marr is a short story that was first seen in the anthology, "Love is Hell" (published in 2008). The short story was recently released as a Kindle Single. A Kindle Single simply refers to ...
Your love is like the sun Which brightens up my dreary days Your love is like the moon Which illuminates even my darkest nights Your love is like the wind Which blows my mind in so many ways Your love is like the ocean waves Which wash over me heavily Your love is like cocaine Which I am undeniably ...
Author: Melissa Marr Publisher:HarperCollins Price: $1.99 for Kindle "Love Struck" by Melissa Marr is a short story that was first seen in the anthology, "Love is Hell" (published in 2008). The short story was recently released as a Kindle Single. A Kindle Single simply refers to a story—sometimes ...
10 years after the tragic events that unfolded on Sept. 11, 2001, where do we stand as a society? I would say that our culture is largely dominated by fear; fear of the unknown and fear of what is to come. That day was so heavily scrutinized that we base a great deal of our daily lives around the incidents ...
The country trio, Lady Antebellum, released their third country album September 13th to an eager audience. Their single hit, "Just A Kiss", went out as a teaser to country fans on May 2nd, 2011, receiving a wide span of attention and playing on country stations nationwide. The trio came together in ...
Your love is like the sun Which brightens up my dreary days Your love is like the moon Which illuminates even my darkest nights Your love is like the wind Which blows my mind in so many ways Your love is like the ocean waves Which wash over me heavily Your love is like cocaine Which I am undeniably ...
The alternative-funk-experimental rock group, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, just released a new album on August 26th! It is called "I'm with you", and sure enough, it does feel like a very personal album. Regrettably, before I reviewed this album, I knew very little about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, other ...
"Apollo 18" is reminiscent of the "Blair Witch Project" … almost a "'Paranormal Activity' in Space." The trailers for "Apollo 18" are enigmatic, confusing and fragmented, which is a good representation of the one hour and twenty-six minutes of the film in its entirety. Viewers are first ...
Based off of Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel, "The Help," the film adaptation features the lives of Mississippi women, raised in a world where mothers pass off their motherly duties to African American maids and nannies, called "the help." Set in the early 1960s, the racial discrepancies are outlined ...
The Name of the Star / By Maureen Johnson / 384 pages / Putnam Juvenile / $16.99 When Maureen Johnson, author of "13 Little Blue Envelopes", "The Last Little Blue Envelope", and the "Suite Scarlett" series, announced her newest book, "The Name of the Star", her entire fan base was set atwitter (quite ...
