Movies

'Philomena' is a moving drama in a season of blockbusters

By Rich Kersting -

Sometimes, ‘splosions and overdramatic love scenes are just too much for your little heart to handle. Sometimes, you want just an all-around good movie. ...

Movies

Counting down our favorite Woody Allen movies

By Darian Lusk -

Now with the directing of 44 full-length features under his belt, Allen’s personal stamp is evident regardless of genre. ...

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Oscar and Hunger Games winner catches fire and new fans

By Odeya Pinkus -

If you don’t see “Catching Fire” to root for Team Peeta or Team Gale (if you are Team Gale, you don’t know what true love is), then go see it for its ...

Television

Netflix films and TV shows you didn't know exist

By Patrick Hao -

You could browse Netflix for hours and not find something you know you want to watch, mainly because you’ve never heard of half of these movies and shows. ...

Television

Woody, Buzz and the gang get trapped in a haunted spinoff

By Ilana Lipowicz -

While some critics have not been able to get on board with Pixar’s recent obsession with sequels, there’s no doubt that the studio has a flair for taking old characters and stories ...

Movies

'Captain Phillips' takes the pirate film genre into uncharted waters

By Guest Author -

The film gets to the hijacking right away and spends the majority of its running time portraying it in the all-too-familiar Hollywood shaky-cam style. Not to say that it isn’t handled well. ...

Movies

Fall in love with this season's hottest Oscar contenders

By Becca Porath -

Along with changing leaves and an abundance of everything pumpkin, fall marks the return of watchable films to theaters. ...

Movies

'Gravity' is miles above every other film in theaters

By Jacob Shamsian -

“Gravity” is obviously influenced by the visuals of “2001: A Space Odyssey” – it is perhaps the most technologically ambitious movie set in space since then – but Cuarón also responds to ...

Movies

Guest directer presents a tour of Vienna in new film

By Patrick Hao -

Jem Cohen’s wonderful film “Museum Hours” was screened to an audience of students and film aficionados Friday night as a part of Harpur Cinema’s “Passages” film series. ...

Movies

Visiting filmmaker Scott Stark gets experimental

By Ilana Lipowicz -

Stark seems to have a special enthusiasm for the most socially charged of his pieces, “More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda,” in which he himself does Jane Fonda’s workout video ...