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SLCC choirs “Showcase” their talents

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There is something about seeing a group work together as a whole that brings magic to the stage. This was certainly the case at the...
Black Box Theatre

SLCC’s new black box offers intimate and powerful theater experience

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After directing Crimes of the Heart last year in the Choir Room at South City Campus, Frank Gerrish, director of Theatre and Film Studies...
Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins in 'Abduction'.

Lautner the action star

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Before I go into reviewing Abduction, I have a little housecleaning to do. Yes, I am aware that Taylor Lautner is in Twilight, and...

The Weekly Reel: The Safe Havens of 2D Animation

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The past couple of weeks, we took a look at the situation of 2D animation in Hollywood and how it might disappear from the...
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball'.

‘Moneyball’ is not a good investment

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Sports movies don’t have a complicated formula. Take a bunch of ragtag characters who are unlikely to become friends, make them play a sport...

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at The Grand Theatre

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In 1939, a little movie called "The Wizard of Oz" was released. It is about a girl named Dorothy and her struggle to find...

Plain White T’s at SLCC

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Salt Lake Community College has hosted many great entertainment events over the last few years. Last year SLCC hosted the famous MTV dance group...
Ryan Gosling in 'Drive'

One ‘Drive’ not worth taking

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The concept of Drive seemed simple enough. A Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Something like that isn’t easy...
Kate Bosworth in 'Straw Dogs'

‘Straw Dogs’ takes bad to whole new places

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If movies are to be believed, then small Southern towns are backwards nightmarish places and anyone with any common sense would flee them the...
Tom Hardy (left) and Joel Edgerton in 'Warrior'.

‘Warrior’ is a knockout

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When I say the phrase “sports movie,” what may come to mind are films such as Field of Dreams or Remember the Titans. When...

Hollywood and the animated film, part 2: 2D vs. 3D

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Last week we took a look at the history of animation, studying its evolution up through the Disney Renaissance and the rise of Pixar....
'Contagion' movie still

‘Contagion’ is the cold you want to catch

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There’s a word in German which best describes Contagion. The word is schadenfreude, and it means happiness at the misfortune of others. There’s something...