For today’s throwback you need to go all the way to the year 2014, November 2014. Sure, that was only a couple months ago, but you might remember this. The third season of VGHS was one of the more heavily advertised web series ever and a big push was made by YouTube to present it […]
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The Oscars: One Girl’s Opinion
I love the Oscars, even those years when I cannot stand the Academy. Studying up on the awards race is one of my favorite pastimes, and I would like to think I’m a good predictor of how this one is going to go. Here is my take. BEST PICTURE Will Win: “Boyhood” The fact that […]
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Mike Matei: The Other Half of the Cinemassacre Duo
Starting with a couple of humorous rants against a pair of Nintendo games, the Angry Video Game Nerd and his home website, Cinemassacre, has become an internet phenomenon. And though the Nerd is the man on the screen, he doesn’t work alone. On multiple occasions, the Nerd has been joined on screen by many characters […]
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13 Best Films of 2014: Four Overlooked Categories
I love movies, I hate ranking them though. This quote sums up my problem nicely: “Putting great movies against each other it sometimes feels more akin to taking your kids, giving them knives, throwing them into a pit, and seeing who survives” – Film Crit Hulk So instead I am recommending three films, each separated by […]
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From The King of Funk to an Inhuman Odyssey: The Top 10 Films of 2014
In a crowd of wholly traditional fare, it was the films that tried something different that stood out over the course of the year. For every movie like The Theory of Everything, there was a Birdman. For every Imitation Game, there was a Boyhood. The films I chose for my top ten are all, for […]
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November Netflix Picks: Giant Robots & Royalty
After a healthy dose of mashed potatoes and gravy, a mountain of stuffing, and a plate full of turkey, there is no better way to digest than to plop down in front of your Netflix account and escape into a new TV show or movie; evading your pesky relatives at least for a few hours. […]
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Fringe Recommendations: Netflix Picks
At one time or another, most of us has found ourselves at a moment when we just scroll through the endless titles on Netflix Instant trying to find the perfect movie or television show to watch so we can ignore life’s hardships like homework and for introverts like me, a social life. So, to steer […]
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UWM Student Film Festival Interview And Recap
In between studying for finals, students were able to see the creative work of fellow students at the 65th Annual Student Film Festival, a biannual event hosted by Rho Eta Xi and sponsored by the UWM Film Department and Student Union. I had the privilege to sit down with President Thomas Sorensen, Head of Communications Nicholas […]