The all-star cast of “Dirty Grandpa,” including Zac Efron and Robert De Niro, is sadly this film’s only silver lining. Aside from the A-list actors, the movie only succeeds in making cringe-worthy and tasteless jokes that leaves one feeling confused as to how it went into production.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love myself a good rib-busting, neighbors-side-eying-me epic...
Thursday, Jan. 21, saw M.E. So Funny, the two-woman sketch comedy duo of Canan Tasci and Nahreen Tarzi, perform an amazing show that allowed them to poke light fun at Middle Eastern culture with sensitivity and self-awareness. The show was hosted at the Barn by the Middle Eastern Student Center, and it also happened to be the duo’s first-ever college...
Most college lectures focus on one specific subject for the purpose of benefitting students within that field of study. For example, one can assume that a math major would have blundered if they attend a "Math Used in Music Theory" lecture, and it would be equally confusing for a theater major to learn about "The Latent Causes of Behavior"...
You know, if a real gangster decided to work for the cops, he would be killed in a gangland assassination if he didn’t enter witness protection. We all know that despite his claims about owning an AK-47 and boasting that he would “swarm on any motherfucker in a blue uniform,” Ice Cube isn’t a real gangster. He did appear...
Friday evening, once again students were packed into the Barn to witness another performance this week. Lately, these Barn events have not been as common, and so to be at another high-profile event like this was wonderful. The reason for this occasion was a Spoken Word performance by New York artist Bex Kwan, aka Bxk, whose work focuses on...
It’s difficult for me to write this piece for a few reasons: One, that whatever you may think of when conjuring David Bowie up in your mind has probably already been said in the billionth Huffington Post or Gawker article you’ve read about the man. And two, that we’re all still collectively mourning him, and that being reminded again...
Michael Bay’s film adaptations over the last few years have been disappointing to say the least (ehem, Transformers). “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” breaks this streak of disappointing films in resounding Michael Bay fashion.
The siege of the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya has been an event shrouded in controversy since the attacks took place on the 11th...
Sound and sight are two primary senses that allow humans to discover the world. Because they are two distinct perceptions that function in different parts of the brain, it’s not commonly believed that a sound can be seen or a sight can be heard. However, in Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary, “The Look of Silence,” you can see silence in the...
We were tossing the football around in the street when he shouted for us to stop. A few of us turned to the voice’s direction. It came from the bus stop on the street corner. It was hard for me to tell exactly what type of voice it was. I thought it was an older voice, very raspy, but...
Rating: 4/5 Stars
The final album David Bowie released before his recent death from cancer, “Blackstar" is a representative example of his work that gives this generation a chance to experience his contributions to music. At the same time, it defies the expectations of longtime fans by, in true Bowie fashion, serving up tracks that are widely different from his...