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There are certain kinds of people in life that give you hope and serve as an inspiration. They demonstrate what one dedicated person can achieve if they set their mind to it, regardless of the difficulties of the circumstances they find themselves in. Pedro, the man whom the documentary film Unseen follows, is one such […]
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The movie adaptation of the novel Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, is about a young girl named Tally Youngblood (Joey King). The story is set in a future where humans have destroyed the earth with an overuse of fossil fuels. But scientists and the government decided that the real problem was human nature, our differences causing […]
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The University of Virginia’s own Sound Justice Lab (SJL) recently held an event called Technologies of Silence, which seeks to explore the “stories, voices and experiences that the law does not hear, cannot hear, and will not hear,” according to the SJL’s co-director. The final of the eight events that took place over two days […]
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Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Winona Ryder reprise their popular roles in the sequel to the 1988 classic, Beetlejuice. The movie is set 30 years after the events of the original movie have taken place and sees Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, navigating life as a professional medium with looming visions of her former foe. […]
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Deadpool and Wolverine is the final film in the Deadpool trilogy. As far as franchise finales go, I have seen far worse, though that doesn’t mean this film is without its faults. My primary complaint coming out of this film is the way in which the film almost expects you to have already seen previous […]
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Greedy People received a 61% from Rotten Tomatoes and many glowing reviews, so I sat down to watch Greedy People with excitement and anticipation; however, I quickly found myself bored by the poor writing and overplotted story line. Greedy People, released Aug. 23, is a comedy murder mystery film that follows a rookie police officer […]
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The Eras Tour movie was released on Disney+ on March 5, allowing fans everywhere to stream the experience whenever they liked. The movie came out in theaters during October 2023, being marked as one of the most anticipated movies to watch. Within the first week, the movie made over $123 million dollars, making it the […]
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When Jeremy Clarkson spoke to the press about the iconic Grand Tour series coming to an end, with only two more feature-length special episodes being aired, it was understandable that the three were beginning to want to wrap up their televised massive road trips. Clarkson, along with fellow co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, have […]
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Rowing is one of America’s oldest established team sports and has a vibrant culture and history. One such example is the best-selling book The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, which captures the true story of a novice crew from the University of Washington and their triumph at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. […]
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Mean Girls, originally released in 2004, has been an iconic movie since its release, so when a musically reenacted version was brought to Broadway, fans of the original movie and theater kids alike rushed to buy tickets. Mean Girls: The Musical The Movie was announced in January 2020 and released on Jan. 12, 2024, and […]
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