HORROR FILM LIVES UP TO ITS PREDECESSOR 1977’s cult slasher flick “Suspiria” was resurrected this fall, with a brand-new interpretation that presents a satisfying blend of clever similarities, thrilling variations and unconventional terror. The original “Suspiria,” directed by Italian filmmaker […]
Read more‘Searching’ for Safety
FILM SERVES AS CAUTIONARY TALE There are a number of horrifying things that can happen outside of our control, and staying safe is a high priority. In the recent hit movie “Searching,” the disappearance of high school student Margot Kim […]
Read moreConfusion, Courtship and Condoms
ROM-COM GOES POSTAL Don’t you hate it when your younger sister mails your love letters to a slew of your past and current crushes? “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” is based on Jenny Han’s 2014 book of the […]
Read moreComing to SCC: “Kumu Hina”
TRANS LIFE IN HAWAII All over campus, signs read “You are welcome here” and that includes LGBTQ people. The award-winning film, “Kumu Hina,” shows how universal acceptance was the norm in traditional Hawaiian culture and how this tradition is being […]
Read moreNot Your Average Athlete
BODY SHAMING IN SPORTS Even world-class athletes endure insecurities about their bodies. Body shaming is an issue pervasive across many spheres of our society today. Measures have been taken to stamp it out, but it remains as a last crude […]
Read moreAnd The Oscar Goes To…
GREAT ‘BEST PICTURE’ RIVALRIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The Oscars are largely an excuse for the industry to pat itself on the back. Louis B. Mayer started the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He used the new entity […]
Read more“Wakanda Forever”
“BLACK PANTHER” LIVES UP TO HYPE The Marvel film we’ve all been waiting for has finally premiered. On Feb. 16, “Black Panther” blessed the big screen. The fillm features a beautiful, dominant black cast, an all- black produced soundtrack and […]
Read moreLady Bird Soars to New Heights
SACRAMENTO TEEN STRIKES EMOTIONAL CHORD High school is that one elusive time period in many of our lives. It is a time of change of identity and discovery as high schoolers move out into the real world. For these reasons […]
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“THE ROOM” LEAVE SPACE FOR LAUGHTER “Spoons!” was the first thing I heard, before a storm of plastic silverware hailed down on the second row in Pacific Place Theater. “The Room,” director Tommy Wiseau’s love-child of 2003, returned to the […]
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A GOOD FILM ABOUT A BAD FILM. “The Disaster Artist” seems to exist to answer the one question that is asked about all bad movies: “How did this film get made?” To its credit, the movie does try to answer […]
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