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Michael Keaton as V.A. Vandevere, an impresario who runs a menace-filled amusement park, in "Dumbo."

REVIEW: ‘Dumbo’ disappoints with unnecessary, style-less remake

Cameron Hoover April 2, 2019

Another addition into a disturbingly long line of disappointing live-action “reimaginings” of Disney’s more magical years, “Dumbo” never gets off the ground long enough to leave a meaningful...

Actor Michael Keaton meets with Kent State students for a 30-minute Q&A in the Center for Performing Arts before his commencement speech Saturday. 

Michael Keaton holds student Q&A before commencement speech

Cameron Hoover May 12, 2018

Actor Michael Keaton met with Kent State students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Theatre and Dance for a Q&A session before heading to commencement Saturday.The...

AP: ‘Birdman’ takes flight at Oscars

Jake Coyle (AP) February 23, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long take of "Birdman" has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past, took Hollywood's top honor in...

Mike Richards is a senior English major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mrcih51@kent.edu.

Opinion: What I learned from ‘Birdman’

Mike Richards November 12, 2014

This past weekend, I made my way out to the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland to see the new Michael Keaton movie, ‘Birdman.’ I won’t delve too much into a review of the film, but it was incredible,...