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Swift Musings: Why you should emotionally detach yourself from the sale...

Imagine waking up one morning, reading the latests posts on the Internet, and seeing this as a major headline: “Microsoft buys Minecraft for two...

“The Maze Runner” is an entertaining “Lord of the Flies” try-hard,...

Another day, another young adult book trilogy turned into a movie franchise for Hollywood to milk for every cent. The film has everything we’ve...

Comedy Apocalypse XI offers few cringes, plenty of laughs

As a newcomer to Comedy Apocalypse, I was going into this with a fresh mind. Last quarter’s Comedy Apocalypse X proved that the Barn...

Riverside soaks up art and culture

“We are all volunteers,” reads a print at the do-it-yourself workshop in downtown Riverside. That line best sums up the massive art-house project that...

Reveling in the Splash: Spring Splash 2014

The timing of Spring Splash is impeccable. It hits campus right in the middle of midterm season, at a time of ends and new...

Blackballin’ brings four accounts of truth to UCR

I can use any number of words to describe “Blackballin’.” A few of them might be: crazy, surreal, hallucinatory. But the word that truly...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Sets the Bar for Marvel

One of the first things that came to my mind after watching “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (besides “Whoa, what an awesome movie!”) was...

Liam Neeson delivers in “Non-Stop”

I just love it when a movie delivers on its premise. “Gravity” promised moviegoers the chance to watch Sandra Bullock float through a green-screened...

“The Monuments Men” Movie Review

“The Monuments Men” was one of those movies that I went into with high hopes. Even with the troubling news that the release date...

“That Awkward Moment” Review

I tried giving “That Awkward Moment” at least some credit for attempts at originality by using a hashtag as its title — until the...