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Out of Season, but still Perfect

Next week’s Dead Week. Dun, dun, dun. In theory, Dead Week is a “just-lay-back-and-review” sort of week. In reality, it’s all ten-page papers, final projects, and last-minute pleas for extra-credit. So, how do you escape this stressful mania? Booze, drugs and mindless kid shows? Eh, that works. But, I suggest a Patch Adams approach and […]

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“I’ve been a slave to vampires for 30 years.”

Right, as Ryan did a movie, I felt I should do a book. Not just any book either. But the book that tells the true story of Abraham Lincoln and his hatred toward and determination to kill all vampires (in his spare time). I speak, of course, of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith […]

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“We’re knights of the round table”

You remember when you were little and you ran around with a plastic sword slaying dragons that looked an awful lot like trees? Or when you were that princess stolen by that wicked troll (your bother) and that knight in shining armor (your dog) was there to save the day? That was the coolest thing, […]

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Ooh, who lives in a pineapple

Let’s talk about the phenomenon that is Spongebob Squarepants. He’s everywhere. Everyone knows who he is. He’s a cultural norm – you make a reference to anything Spongebob and 4 out of 5 people are going to get it instantly. Spongebob is this generation’s Bugs Bunny. And it’s just the story of a fry-cook sponge […]

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Can’t Say Too Much…

Spectacular. That’s all that needs to be said, truthfully. Spec-tac-u-lar. Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland enthralls and inspires. The CG effects (that literally pop in 3D) and the acting of Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter), Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen), and Mia Wasikowska (Alice) draw you in. There’s no escaping Wonderland here.

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Free Movie Night!

Free movie night at the Meacham Auditorium in the Union. 2012  will show at 4, 7, 10 and midnight tonight (February 26th). This movie shows us the end of the world with politics and the average Joe trying to survive. We’ve all heard the Mayan legend/prediction/interpretation of 2012, and we may or not genuinely experience […]

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Shutter Island – See It

Martin Scorsese latest movie, Shutter Island, is a dark, devious, punch-in-the face brain tease. And it’s spectacular. This intense psychological thriller will leave you shaken, shocked, thinking and talking. The wicked atmosphere alone of this movie will leave an impression, let alone the plot and characters. From the opening scene, where you meet a sea-sick […]

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Long title, but worth it…

Today sees the movie release of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief. Now, this movie has received a lot of hype (but clever hype, seeing how it’s just the same trailer reformatted over and over again). As a rule of thumb, movies that receive a lot of hype tend to run sour in […]

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Let’s go February!

February’s arrived with soggy, snow-trodden grounds, mounds of mud, and the start of school exams, papers, and projects. Not exactly the happiest start to the shortest month of the year. But, luckily, February also sees the release of many (hopefully) great movies. Let’s start with today, Friday the 5th. We have Dear John and From […]

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Son of Rambow

Proper Oklahoma weather has finally come. The “snow” is all ice and slick and impossible to play with. None of that “real” stuff we got over Christmas. That just wasn’t right. Unfortunately, this weather traps you inside. So, let’s talk movies. In this weather, we need a good laugh. From a movie that isn’t seen […]

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