By Julz Levesque | Arts & Culture Editor Rushmore (1998). It’s been a little over a year since I started doing these MovieTalks, and a year ago, I did not expect to become the sole writer for the column. Now that I’ve gotten more comfortable and feel I have more freedom in what I write,…
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MovieTalk: The Substance
By Julz Levesque | Arts & Culture Editor “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? Younger. More beautiful. More perfect?” Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star as famous television aerobics instructors (Elisabeth Sparkle) and (Sue) in the body horror feat of the year The Substance (2024). The film generated interest on social…
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Civil War By Julz Levesque | Arts & Culture Editor On April 26, 2024, the independent film and television company A24 released a film highlighting the significance of the press during a fictional war within the United States. Civil War, directed by Alex Garland made $122.5 million at the box office and earned an 81%…
MovieTalk: Strange Darling
By Julz Levesque | Arts & Culture Editor Hello and welcome to the first MovieTalk of the semester! As a film lover I am always watching new and old films when I can, logging them into letterboxd, and getting excited for upcoming films. I’m going to be honest with you. I’ve been slacking this summer….
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Poor Things By: Julz Levesque, Staff Writer The film Poor Things was highly anticipated and generated buzz before and after its initial release in American theaters on December 8th, 2023. The film racked up $117 million at the box office and was one of the top contenders during awards season this year. It won five…
Movie Talk: Society of the Snow
By Julz Levesque and Elizabeth Hildebrandt, Staff Writers Society of the Snow is one of Netflix’s most recent films being theatrically released on December 13, 2023, in Uruguay, following a release in Spain a few days later, and finally hitting streaming in the United States on January 4th, 2024. Society of the Snow was directed by…
Movie Talk: Anyone But You
By Cammie Breuer, Arts and Culture Editor Will Gluck, director of Friends With Benefits and Easy A, brings us another romantic comedy, this one inspired by William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The very attractive romantic leads were portrayed by Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. Sweeney is probably best known for her role as Cassie…
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The Creator By Cammie Breuer- Arts and Culture Editor Garret Edwards newest sci-fi flick, The Creator; is a thrilling take on how technology has permanently transformed our way of life. Other films of his include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; Star Wars: The Last Jedi; and 2014’s Godzilla. This film has a small but…
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The Creator By Cammie Breuer, Arts & Culture Editor Garret Edwards newest sci-fi flick, The Creator; is a thrilling take on how technology has permanently transformed our way of life. Other films of his include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; Star Wars: The Last Jedi; and 2014’s Godzilla. This film has a small…
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Bottoms By Julz Levesque, Contributor A blockbuster raunchy comedy is something we all need to get us into the theater at times. It’s an experience to share with friends and it can be a breath of fresh air from high-brow dramas or intricate and drawn-out plots seen within the ever so present Marvel Cinematic…
What’s Happening in Hollywood
The strike goes strong By Cammie Breuer/ Arts and Culture Editor On May 2nd The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced that their negotiating committee, board of directors, and their counsel had voted unanimously to go on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). After several weeks of negotiations with major…
Movie Talk: Barbenheimer
For months many moviegoers have had July 21st marked off in their calendars whether that be for Director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie or Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Despite the fact that both of these huge films were set to premier the same day there was never any sense of rivalry. Gerwig and lead, Margo Robbie, posed…
MovieTalk: Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise is the latest installment to the legendary demonic possession horror franchise, Evil Dead. The franchise has mainly delved into the presence of “deadites,” or a parasitic demon that plagues the people around it to possess them as well. The story in each of the franchise’s films remains to be rather uniform, with…
MovieTalk: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Children of Nintendo and the Super Mario Bros. video game saga have rejoiced with the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The animated film stars an ensemble cast of Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as Mario & Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach and Jack Black as Bowser, with Keegan Michael-Key as Toad, and…
Everything Everywhere all throughout awards season
By Ben Reed, Arts + Culture Editor A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once has single-handedly taken award shows–and the world–by storm this past year, following its release in theaters last March. The film has been noted for its “genre anarchy,” using elements of absurd comedy, science-fiction, fantasy, martial arts films, and animation to tell the…
MovieTalk: Scream VI
By Ben Reed, Arts + Culture Editor The slasher subgenre of horror films is one that is filled with nostalgia for many movie lovers. Classics include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street, among countless others that have spawned their own franchises. While remakes of these landmark flicks have…
MovieTalk: Till
The tragic true story of the murder of Emmett Till and the pursuit of justice undertaken by his mother Mamie Till-Bradley is explored in Till, directed by Chinonye Chukwu. Emmett Till was a 14 year-old African American boy who traveled from his hometown of Chicago to visit relatives in Mississippi when he was kidnapped and…
MovieTalk: Knock at the Cabin Door
Night Shyamalan’s catalog of films, including The Sixth Sense, Split, and Old, are now accompanied by his latest project: Knock at the Cabin. Adapted from Paul G. Tremblay’s novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, the film follows a vacationing family of three who are approached by four strangers at their cabin. The…
MovieTalk: Avatar The Way of Water
In 2009, James Cameron introduced audiences and movie lovers everywhere to the mesmerizing world of Pandora and its blue-skinned natives, the Na’vi, in his blockbuster hit Avatar. Since its release, viewers have confused the term “Avatar” to mean either The Last Airbender, or the tall, blue, Na’vi-human hybrids that the film encompasses. It garnered near-universal…
MovieTalk: The Menu
The exploration of the stupidity within ultra-wealthy classes, and the near-comedic minimalism of high-end dining prevails in the Hollywood palette cleanser, “The Menu.” Directed by Mark Mylod, and starring an ensemble cast with Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, & more, “The Menu” follows a group of 12 strangers who find themselves trapped…
MovieTalk: Black Panther Wakanda Forever
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has just concluded its fourth phase of installments with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler. This film is a sequel to its predecessor, Black Panther, and sees the African nation of Wakanda in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. Due to the discussion of details…
MovieTalk: Halloween Ends
The infamous 1978 slasher flick “Halloween”, directed by John Carpenter, has since spawned a lengthy franchise that has spanned almost 40 years. The saga has included various adaptations of Michael Myers and his rampage across 13 films, including two remakes, and now what finally appears to be its final installment. “Halloween Ends”, directed by David…
Movie Talk: The Batman
By: Brandon Kennedy, Staff Writer It’s here. The big one. The Batman. So far, it’s the best movie of the year and possibly the greatest film in its series. While films like Batman Begins were an attempt to weave a more realistic story for the Batman universe, painting a stark contrast against Tim Burton’s more…
Movie Talk: Uncharted
by: Brandon Kennedy, Staff Writer Two of my favorite things when it comes to entertainment are movies and video games. Well what do you get when you combine one of the best game franchises with a world renowned film director who excels in the buddy-cop genre, and to top it all off you have Tom…