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‘Selma’ gains success as dramatic biopic, despite criticisms

Bruce Walton January 19, 2015

“Selma,” the historically dramatic film of the struggles of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, has been receiving almost constant attention since its national release...

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Simply a selfie or shameless advertising?

Zac Younkins March 5, 2014

The Academy Awards was, for the most part, fairly predictable this year. Nothing out of the ordinary happened and no unexpected winners were crowned. Everyone predicted “12 Years A Slave,” Matthew...

News on the go: Feb. 3rd, 2014

Carrie Blazina February 2, 2014

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday in his New York apartment of what law-enforcement officials said was an apparent drug overdose. Hoffman said last year he had fallen off the wagon after...

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Sometimes your elders really do know best

Zac Younkins January 22, 2014

The Academy Awards are not the Grammys. What I am saying is simply that the job of the Academy is to recognize all movies of the highest caliber, despite their budget, sales, or production company. If...