Movie Review

Summer Movies

The summer movie season is nearing the starting line, and it’s raring to go. Some people think that it’s more important to highlight summer’s TV shows, but rest assured, they are wrong.

Three things video games can teach movies

As time passes, the gap between video games and movies narrows. The two mediums will never completely overlap, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t learn from each other. 1. The case against horrible acting Most games nowadays have voice acting in some capacity, but nearly all of it stinks. You might think the suckiness […]

| Senior Cadenza Editor

Two things movies can teach video games

1. Look in the mirror “No More Heroes” and the “Mario and Luigi” games are known for taking good, long looks in the mirror and poking fun at themselves and the gaming culture at large. Wouldn’t it be awesome if more movies did this, too? Imagine Matt Damon asking the audience, “Are you ready for […]

| Senior Cadenza Editor

5 movies that would have been most improved had they starred Chuck Norris

Yes, I know this list is splitting hairs, since every movie ever would be better if it starred Chuck Norris.

| Movie Editor

On bromantic cinema

Every generation has to itself a pantheon of movies that define it—that speak directly to that generation in a language only it can understand. No matter how bad it may be, a generational movie transcends its own quality to grab awkward, acne-covered teenagers by the collar, shake them vigorously, and yell “I SPEAK FOR YOU!”

| Staff Columnist

Films I’m most jazzed about

Few things excite me as much as the dawn of awards season, which is quickly approaching, though seasonal coffee flavors like gingerbread do come close. The onslaught of award-worthy films is both overwhelming and exhilarating. Because there are so many “good” films coming out in the next few weeks, I’ve narrowed it down to the five that have me squealing in excitement.

| Cadenza Reporter

Exploring the IMDb Bottom 100: “Pocket Ninjas”

For the series’s maiden voyage, I’ve decided to review “Pocket Ninjas,” which clocks in at a 1.4 out of 10, horrible enough to be IMDb’s worst movie of all time.

| Movie Editor

In defense of Megan Fox

Yes, I’m defending Megan Fox, the 23-year-old sex symbol/actress who has been impossible to avoid these past few months.

| Cadenza Reporter

Taking Woodstock

“Go see what the center of the universe looks like,” one character says to another in Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock.” And the film is just that, a look into the center of American culture in 1969. But “Taking Woodstock” does not solely focus on the festival itself, as Michael Wadleigh’s documentary “Woodstock” does. Instead, more attention is given to the lead-up to the festival and the true story of the family who brought it to Bethel, N.Y.

| Cadenza Reporter

Summer movie recap

The summer break is over, and you can hear that steady beat of freshmen marching to their first college classes. The new school year brings change. Wohl Center as we know it is gone, and Bear Grylls owns a restaurant on the South 40.

| Movie Editor

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