Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University, CO
1 day ago by Nic Turiciano
Gathered in a garage off of South Dunbar Street, the members of Fort Collins-based Candy Claws fumbled with their self-described low-quality equipment, trying to find just the right settings. All the while the three shared a bag of popcorn and the day's anecdotes.
Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University, CO
10 hours ago by Kelly Bleck
Historical novels tend to have an informative, dry tone, dragging on about facts, figures and death without a necessary compelling interest to keep reading.
David Ebershoff breaks such mold, however, successfully combining the endearing aspects of a fiction novel with facts reminiscent of history with his novel "The 19th Wife.
Rocky Mountain Collegian, Colorado State University, CO
1 day ago by Matt Montoya
Unless you're a dedicated film buff or award show junkie, you probably didn't know that the first Oscars of the 2009 season were awarded last weekend. In a bold experimental move by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the traditional honorary award Oscars were handed out in a separate, non-televised ceremony on Sunday.
Globe Link, Salt Lake Community College, UT
2 days ago by Phillip Fairbrother
It has been instilled in our minds since we were kids: When the aliens come, they will come with the malicious intent to either destroy or control humanity. What happens when we are the aliens though?
The new animated film Planet 51 goes out of its way to get the point across that there's nothing wrong with change, and that things that may be "alien" to us aren't always out to get us.
Globe Link, Salt Lake Community College, UT
2 days ago by Phillip Fairbrother
The end is coming. The Mayan calendar predicts that the apocalypse will come on December 12, 2012. And the newest disaster film from producer and director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day), which is fittingly named 2012, showcases what might happen when the end comes.
Globe Link, Salt Lake Community College, UT
2 days ago by Phillip Fairbrother
Richard Matheson got his point across in 12 pages. The Twilight Zone conveyed the same message in 25 minutes. So my question is this: Why does it take writer and director Richard Kelly nearly two hours to make the same simple statement?
The Box (which is loosely based on Matheson's short story Button, Button) is an over-complication of a story that should have been kept simple.