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What makes a ‘killer’ horror movie? Kent State students weigh in

Alexis Hood, Reporter October 24, 2025

Screams, suspense and sudden jump scares; it’s officially horror movie season. As Halloween nears, Kent State students dive into what really makes a scary movie worth watching: not just blood and monsters,...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers

Cinema Is Back To Having Films With Meaning

Peter Caram, Columnist September 22, 2025

In the current age of cinema, most films are either cash grabs or films that lack any meaningful message. However, this year's lineup of films has proven that studios have listened to audiences and are...

Illustration by Emily Riebe.

The best blockbusters of the summer

Peter Caram, Columnist September 17, 2025

With the semester beginning again and the fall season slowly coming up, it's safe to say that the summer season has come to an end. However, one of the biggest highlights of summer 2025 was the films that...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers

Marvel attempts a comeback era with new movies

Peter Caram, Columnist May 4, 2025

The Kent Stater hopes to encourage lively debate about today’s issues in our Opinion section. To submit an opinion piece for potential publication, email your article to [email protected]. If you're...

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OPINION: The most essential sights and sounds of the summer

Nick Keller, Opinion Writer May 5, 2024

Ahh summer, we all love it. At least I do! You know what else I love? Movies and music.  So I thought, “Hey, why don’t I give my lovely readers a guided list through my favorite pieces of artistic...

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: watch more weird movies

Sophie Swengel, Opinion Writer February 1, 2024

When I asked my editor if I could title my column Great Moments in Revolutionary Culture — a nod to an old, underground Kent mag clipping featuring a pre-Pretenders Chrissie Hynde — I had a challenge...

KentWired illustration by Gabrielle Lutz

OPINION: Saltburn: masterpiece or wannabe?

Ava Branz, Opinion Writer January 31, 2024

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Saltburn (2023).   If you’ve been on the internet at all this past month or two, you’ve heard about "Saltburn". Directed by Emerald Fennell, "Saltburn"...

OPINION: EGOT: A look inside the lucrative status

Annemarie Karabinus, Opinion Writer January 30, 2024

Elton John recently joined the very elite club known as EGOT status. He is one of very few to achieve this elusive feat, and I believe he deserves it 100000% and then some. I absolutely adore Elton John;...

KentWired Illustration by Mia Marino

OPINION: Why ‘The Holdovers’ is a wild-card choice for film of the year

Matthew Kiraly, Opinion Writer January 29, 2024

While scrolling on TikTok one day in November, I came across a video from user Cameron Kozak that was a movie review for a film I had not heard of before.  He started the video by saying, “So, we...

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OPINION: Are movie theaters going extinct?

Hannah Bulgrin, Opinion Writer November 16, 2023

Streaming services have been America’s number one source for television and movies for quite some time now. Netflix started streaming in January of 2007 and ever since then, more and more apps have popped...

OPINION: I am tired of Hollywood’s unoriginality

Audra McClain Opinion Writer March 21, 2021

Dear Hollywood, please stop making remakes and reboots. The reviews of every movie and television show often read a little something like this, “This show was fantastic, I’ve never seen anything like...

OPINION: Are we cultivated to be entertained 24/7?

Gregory Hess Opinion Writer March 10, 2021

On the surface, we are creatures of habit and engagement. The former being an ever-growing concern in the younger generations over the older generations as we go into this new decade after the 2010s. As...

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