Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
On Sept. 14, a large theater of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Charlottesville (located at 375 Merchant Walk Square) was filled with a noise like a stampede of horses. This noise did not come from the movie being played; however, instead, it was the product of the packed audience, each of whom had been given […]
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See How They Run is an irreverent murder mystery that differentiates itself from all the other irreverent murder mysteries coming out in the wake of 2019’s smash hit Knives Out through an obsession with self-reference. While hardly breaking new ground, it’s nevertheless a quality entry in the ongoing murder mystery renaissance. In 1950s London, the […]
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Like anything else to have come out of the recent Sony standalone movies, Morbius was bad. It was not bad in a visually appealing and entertaining way like Venom, or in a “Look at this dumpster fire” kind of way that might cultivate a cult following like Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, but in a “Holy […]
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Peacock took a ’90s classic and gave it a new look. Bel-Air is full of easter eggs that will instantly connect with people who loved the show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Viewers will see that one little fight that Will’s mother feared drove Will from Philadelphia. With all the same characters, and some new […]
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After delays and COVID-19 protocols, the third installment of the joint Marvel and Sony studios Spider-Man: No Way Home is finally in theaters. Watch as Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, navigates living a normal life with the unwanted notoriety of his alter ego. With a great supporting cast, this is not just a movie […]
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For those looking for a movie full of heartwarming and heart wrenching scenes, Andaç Haznedaroğlu captures those moments beautifully in My Father’s Violin, originally named Babamin Kemani. A young sassy girl named Özlem, played by Gülizar Nisa Uray, with a heart of gold and a passion for playing the violin becomes orphaned at a young […]
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Heroes rise and fall throughout time and stories alike. A new group of heroes have come to television, and what sets them apart is the influence and history they carry. The Legend of Vox Machina released its first three episodes on Jan. 28. This animated series is based off of, voiced by, and directed by […]
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On Nov. 29, I went to one of my favorite movie theaters in Charlottesville at the downtown mall area:the Violet Crown. Violet Crown surely fits the expectations it holds from their reviews. Even their concession stand holds up to scrutiny, from sodas, candies, hot dogs, pretzels, pizzas, coffee, espresso, and tea. The meals and drinks […]
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The Paramount theater celebrated its 90-year anniversary with a showing of Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times on Saturday Nov. 27. For this celebratory event, ticket prices were taken back to older times at only $0.25 a person. The show started at 4 p.m. and went for about an hour and a half. The Paramount […]
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Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife continues the story of the original Ghostbusters franchise after the audience backlash to the 2016 Ghostbusters movie. Callie (Carrie Coon) and her children Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) are forced to move to an old farmhouse in Oklahoma that was owned by Callie’s father. The children soon learn that […]
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