Tag: nathan swift
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...