Netflix has solidified itself as one of the best generators of original programming, rivalling the likes of modern powerhouses like AMC and HBO. No longer must cord-cutters leave their rooms to join their family around the hearth and watch shows together, but now we are allowed to be cooped up in our rooms and binge-watch whole shows, getting jaundiced...
From the first point that I saw the giant antenna on top of the tiny building near the dorms blasting radio waves to the masses, I knew what I wanted to do.
As a student journalist in high school, I came to UCR knowing that I wanted join the newspaper, but the radio was something new to pique my interest....
I know almost nothing about professional wrestling.
When I was on my junior high’s annual eighth-grade graduation trip to Washington, D.C., I had to beg to watch the Ducks win the Stanley Cup on TV in between my roommates wanting to watch WWE. To be honest it could have been another wrestling league. I didn’t know and didn’t care. My...
“I’ll see you at the movies.”
This was the last line of the last blog post written by Roger Ebert the day before he died. By the time I was old enough to be conscious of what was on TV, the program was already called “Ebert & Roeper.” The glory days of famed film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel’s...
The word “vagina” makes a lot of people unduly uncomfortable. Despite the fact that it is merely a word designed to describe part of the female reproductive system, it tends to carry a negative connotation in the common lexicon. So when master of ceremonies Sarah Doyle had the gathered crowd repeat the word “vagina” three times at full volume...
Although aliens and monsters are nothing new to animated kids’ movies, “Home” manages to stay original in its take on alien invasions. It avoids a simple good-versus-evil scenario, as the aliens are portrayed as refugees who come to Earth only out of necessity. Despite a rather generic soundtrack and a few unrelatable characters, “Home” is a well-made and thoughtful...
Riverside is a proud city that has participated in the cultural and economic changes within California through several milestones. From helping build California’s then-miniscule citrus industry in the early 1900s to having Tomas Rivera, the first Hispanic UC chancellor, Riverside has never been afraid to be inclusive and outgoing.
The Riverside International Film Festival is taking place this year at...
One of the many things that doesn’t follow the horror genre is a decent reputation. However, with David Robert Mitchell’s new horror film, “It Follows,” the horror genre seems to be working incredibly hard to ditch a stigma that has developed over the past few years due to the repeated release of shoddy, unkempt horror films.
“It Follows” tells the...
“I should have known better / Nothing can be changed / The past is still the past / The bridge to nowhere.”
We are all constantly grieving. No matter our positions in life, we are almost always grieving for something. These things vary in weight, of course. A failed test. A lost wallet. A lost job. A lost house. A...
My patience with Will Ferrell is starting to wear thin. While I wouldn’t call him a stellar performer, he certainly has some acting range. So when he was once again cast as an idiot man-child with poor emotional and impulse control who learns a contrived lesson about maturity in a comedic context (e.g., “Talladega Nights,” “Anchorman,” “Step Brothers”) I...