A KICK ASS FILM THAT LIVES UP TO ITS TITLE

by Tyler Kempf

Violence is everywhere in American media: television shows, movies, music, video games and even the news. The conversation about what is appropriate for our children is always rumbling quietly beneath the surface of our nations conversations, but once in

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A COUPLE OF SECOND CITY’S FAVORITE ALUMS FINALLY UNITE ON THE BIG SCREEN

by Tyler Dean Kempf

The monotony of life seems to bring everybody down who has ever been in a long-term relationship. Everyday is the same: get up, get ready, go to work, work, leave work, go home, eat and

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PERRY’S DRAMA QUEENS AND KINGS REUNITE TO TAKE THE THRONE
by Tyler Dean Kempf

Tyler Perry has good intentions as a filmmaker. He has always tried to use his platform to create change for the better. His previous films are often moralistic and thought provoking, although not one has quite hit

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A BUDDY FILM WITH WINGS…AND FIRE

by Tyler Kempf

When computer animated films became so successful, it seemed every studio had created a new animation department to capitalize on the market. Sadly, though, it also seemed that studios cared much more about churning out films and making money than making sure

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‘The Wolfman’ 2010

by Tyler Kempf

There’s a fine line between man and beast. Universal Pictures’ reimagining of their classic, ‘The Wolfman’ starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, often seems like two different films, one as exciting as a big, snarling beast, but the other

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Peter has just run away from his girlfriend of 5 years, seeking solace in his estranged friend from high school, Fischer.
Fischer lives in a church, for free, in exchange for turning off the lights and locking the doors. It’s a good fit for him – he doesn’t really have

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Reviewed by Rea Frey (B.A. ’04)

From the first winding sentence, Columbia fiction writing professor Nami Mun constructs a blunt, gritty tale of teen heroine Joon, a strong but vacuous girl who knows nothing of grief, love, or the ordinariness of childhood. After escaping a tragic home life in favor

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