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You would not blame Nick if he killed his wife. Amy will not go away. Director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl into a motion picture is on target. It should be; Flynn wrote the screenplay. For the most part, the setting, plot, and characters are the same. The main difference is […]
Continue ReadingCharlottesville, Va. – Piedmont Virginia Community College kicks off its Spring 2015 Fine Arts and Performance line-up with a Free Movie Friday screening of the mystery thriller Gone Girl on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Stage Theatre of the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Popular with critics and audiences alike, Gone […]
Continue ReadingCharlottesville, Va. – Piedmont Virginia Community College continues its popular Free Movie Friday series with the critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama Boyhood on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Stage Theatre of the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Filmed intermittently over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood charts the rocky terrain of […]
Continue ReadingThinking of seeing a movie? How would you like it if that movie were free? Movies have been becoming more and more expensive to see in theater; fortunately, PVCC’s Student Art Club sponsors Free Movie Friday in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Watch in comfort and on a big screen in the Main Stage Theatre. […]
Continue ReadingMichel Hazanavicius reinvigorates old silent films with the five-time Academy Award winning film “The Artist,” the story of 1920’s silent film star George Valentin. The flick’s primary action revolves around Valentin’s career dying as the age of talking motion pictures rises. At the heart of the movie is rising movie star Peppy Miller, who harbors […]
Continue ReadingEvery year, the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provides a great source for new and classic independent films to Charlottesville residents and cinema enthusiasts. This Nov. marks the 24th annual Virginia Film Festival (VFF). The festival will take place from Thursday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 6, and will […]
Continue Reading“World Peace” is an ambition many people desire. It is also a vague notion, and there have been many different ideas proposed to achieve it. One film, however, has inspired a unique idea: achieving peace through rock ‘n’ roll music. “Air Guitar Nation” follows individuals performing rock ‘n’ roll without physical instruments. Adam Lee, a local […]
Continue ReadingEleven years after the third installment, director Wes Craven returns to the horror franchise that brought him success in the ’90s with “Scream 4.” In this film, Sidney, Dewey and Gale reunite when they find themselves back in Woodsboro, only to discover the style of murders with which they are all too familiar have returned […]
Continue ReadingAcademy Award nominee Ryan Gosling stars in “Drive” as an introverted young man known only as Driver. Driver works as a stunt driver for motion pictures and moonlights as a getaway driver. After a failed robbery, a bounty is placed on Driver’s head, leaving him with no option but to fight back against those who […]
Continue ReadingComing off the success of his feature-film debut “Zombieland,” director Ruben Fleisher is back with “30 Minutes or Less.” The film follows Nick, a pizza deliveryman who is forced to rob a bank with a bomb attached to his chest, set to detonate in 10 hours. Behind the scheme is Dwayne, who needs $10,000 to […]
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