Movie Review

Review: ‘Halloween,’ a trick or a treat?
Image courtesy of film-book.com Story by Cassius Croom / Contributing Writer “Halloween” is one of the best films I have seen this year. It’s right up there with “Black Panther” and “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. Yet, here I am trying to clear my schedule …

Review: ‘I Feel Pretty’ will leave you feeling beautiful
Story by Hannah Adams / Contributing Writer This is the feel-good, relatable movie you’ve been waiting for. “I Feel Pretty” stars comedian Amy Schumer as Renee Bennett, an everyday woman who struggles with the way she looks and allows her self-doubt to dictate who she is. But when she falls while cycling, Renee is struck …

Review: ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ is simple yet satisfying
Story by Andrew Nation / Contributing Writer Simple. Fun. Destructive. These are the words I would use to describe “Pacific Rim: Uprising.” What the movie lacks in a cognitive story or compelling characters, it makes up for in the Jaeger robots beating up on the Kaiju monsters. It’s a fun movie to see, because it allows …

Review: ‘Tomb Raider’ proves to be mediocre
Photo courtesy of IMDB Story by Nick Lester / Contributing Writer They say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. If that’s true, Lara Croft should be able to bench-press a mountain by now. The new “Tomb Raider” movie, starring Swedish actress Alicia Vikander as the titular character Lara Croft, is trying to break …

Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ fails to meet high expectations
Photo courtesy of IMDB Story by Nick Lester / Contributing Writer “A Wrinkle in Time” was released in theaters on March 9. If you went to into the premiere completely blind and hadn’t seen any trailers for the movie, you might have had a hard time believing that the same studio responsible for the live-action …

Review: ‘Game Night’ proves to be a refreshing comedy
Photo courtesy of IMDb Story by Delaney Dickey / Contributing Writer Comedic movies have been steadily heading in a downhill spiral over the past two years. Not straying far off the mediocre path, “Game Night” attempts to revamp the genre with suspenseful plot twists. “Game Night” is also full of witty one-liners that kept the …