The Weekly Reel: Animation of the Rising Sun
Borrowing from the French word for cartoon, Japanese “anime” has become incredibly popular here in the United States. Even back in the days before...
Folio: Open to creativity like never before
Folio: Noun. A collection of related material. A sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript. Created...
SLCC choirs “Showcase” their talents
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...
SLCC’s new black box offers intimate and powerful theater experience
After directing Crimes of the Heart last year in the Choir Room at South City Campus, Frank Gerrish, director of Theatre and Film Studies...
Lautner the action star
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
The past couple of weeks, we took a look at the situation of 2D animation in Hollywood and how it might disappear from the...
‘Moneyball’ is not a good investment
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
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
Salt Lake Community College has hosted many great entertainment events over the last few years. Last year SLCC hosted the famous MTV dance group...
One ‘Drive’ not worth taking
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...
‘Straw Dogs’ takes bad to whole new places
If movies are to be believed, then small Southern towns are backwards nightmarish places and anyone with any common sense would flee them the...
‘Warrior’ is a knockout
When I say the phrase “sports movie,” what may come to mind are films such as Field of Dreams or Remember the Titans. When...