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...

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"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...

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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...

World War II is no stranger to Hollywood. We’ve seen the fight up close in “Saving Private Ryan,” under the ocean depths in “Run Silent, Run Deep” and in the intelligence offices of “The Imitation...