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Like Movies? Here are the 5 Best Film Sites Currently Online
1. They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (www.theyshootpictures.com) This website is the perfect place to start for any aspiring cinephiles. In addition to having an extremely accessible layout in...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy the Sundance Film Festival Despite A Tight Budget
As January has come, so had the yearly Sundance Film Festival. It is time to go to Park City and enjoy the films, the festivities, the celebrity sightings and, of course, the parties. Unfortunately,...
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Top 10 Songs From Disney Channel Original Movies
Midterms are coming up and if I had the choice between studying and watching paint dry, I would face a wall. Every time I begin to stress out, I like to think of a much simpler time in my life. The...
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Champaign Local turned Hollywood Director makes Ground-Breaking Police Drama
Although somewhat eclipsed by 2012 winter released Hollywood blockbusters such as The Hobbit, Django Unchained, and Les Miserables, David Ayer’s End of Watch is a fast-paced, quick-witted police drama...
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Can Disney Recapture the Magic?
When we were all growing up, almost every animated film we watched came from one company—Disney. The Mouse House ruled the kids’ entertainment industry in the 90s, achieving critical and commercial...
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Opera on Screen
mary queen of scots by heartcaves/ Flickr.com/ Creative Commons Over winter break, I watched the HD broadcast of the Met Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart), based on...
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9 Things they Don’t Tell You About Being a Film Major (at UCSC)
Your peers will say they want to go to NYU, UCLA, or USC. I spent my freshman year in the Porter film hall surrounded mostly by other film majors. If I have one complaint about our film program, I’d...
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5 Seriously Strange (But Great) Horror/Sci-Fi Films I Never Would Of Seen Had...
“Untitled” by me_maya (via Flikr creative commons) 1. The Fearless Vampire Killers, Or: Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are In My Neck (1967) In this early Roman Polanski effort, a famous doctor (Jack...
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Modern Day Horrors: Has the Industry Lost its Touch?
It’s safe to say that the horror genre has evolved in numerous ways since the days of famous moviemaker Alfred Hitchcock, the first film adaptations of Stephen King’s numerous novels, and the reign of...
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Oscars 2013: Will “Wreck-It Ralph” Bring Home “Best Animated”?
“Wreck-It Ralph” could bring home the Oscar for Best Animated. Photo via Flickr user JeepersMedia The line-up for this year’s Best Animated is formidable: Pixar’s ”Brave,” Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,”...
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May the Force Be with the Mouse
Photo of the agreement posted with the Disney press release. When the Walt Disney Company announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm back in October, Star Wars fans had mixed reactions. Some were very...
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Gabbing About ‘Girls’: Week 6
This week’s episode of Girls is cleverly titled ‘Boys.’ Since they are my favorite topic of discussion, I was excited. I missed Marnie in last week’s episode, so I was grateful that this episode had a...
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Perspective: The Privileged Life
I was sitting in my four hour Geography lecture – quite a lengthy class to drill through on a Friday morning – learning about political geography. Sleep-deprived and squirming in my seat to stay awake,...
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The Highlights of the 2013 Oscars
There’s nothing I love more than awards season, and unfortunately the Oscars marks the end of it. I can’t help but picture myself sitting in that audience watching the show literally right in front of...
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Five Biggest Snubs in Oscar History
By the time this article has been published, everyone will have already had time to digest and argue about who deserved to win what and who got ripped off. Seeing that everyone will be in the mood to...
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Details on American Horror Story Season 3 Revealed
The FX series American Horror Story has had two very successful seasons. Many of the show’s viewers have been around since the pilot of season 1 with its “Murder House” theme. New fans started tuning...
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Can She Still See Russia from Home?: Review of Game Change
Image courtesy of Cinesnatch It has been months since the 2012 reelection of President Obama, yet tensions still exist in this bipartisan political divide that has characterized our nation in recent...
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The 13 Movies You Should See in 2013
We all know that 2012 was a great year for movies, but 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty good year at the cinemas as well. With the weather warming up and awards season behind us, film studios are...
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The Magical Land of Oz – A Brief History
L. Frank Baum has a history as fascinating as the Land of Oz. Check out my brief recap of his life. The debut of “Oz: The Great and Powerful”, Sam Raimi’s unofficial prequel to “The Wizard of Oz”,...
View ArticleGood Girls Go Bad: Selena Gomez and “Spring Breakers”
If you know anything about grungy, surrealist indie cinema, you know that Harmony Korine is the mastermind of the genre. Director and/or writer for highly controversial and flat-out bizarre films such...
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