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Wicked Now Streaming: Revisiting the “Popular” Movie Adaptation

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Author RJ Jacobs Discusses His Writing Process

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Let There Be Light Shines Through the Winter

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Live Arts Presents: “The Wizard of Oz”

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Peacock gives Bel-Air a new look

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Kristofer Jones, staff writer

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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The superhero the movie industry needed

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Kristofer Jones, staff writer

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 the Love of Music or for the Love of Family

February 27, 2022February 26, 2022 Gabriella Barber, staff writer

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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The Legend of Vox Machina: Discovering the depths of D&D

February 19, 2022February 17, 2022 Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

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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Finding Gucci in a movie theater

December 15, 2021January 28, 2022 Katie Austin, staff writer

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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Stepping Back in Time at the Paramount

December 15, 2021January 28, 2022 Laurel Molloy, assistant editor

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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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Brings Nostalgia

December 14, 2021January 28, 2022 Lamont Robinson, staff writer

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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Dune: an uncommonly ambitious sci-fi epic

December 8, 2021December 14, 2021 Max Walpole, assistant editor

On Oct. 22, Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited sci-fi film Dune was released in theaters and on HBO Max. With an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård and Javier Bardem, Dune follows the struggles of the noble house Atreides in the year 10191. Led by Duke Leto Atreides, his concubine Jessica, […]

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage keeps it simple

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Lamont Robinson, staff writer

Instead of being a sequel that attempts to live on a grander scale, Venom: Let There Be Carnage focuses on the strengths of the previous film in order to make a more enjoyable movie-watching experience. While struggling to coexist with his symbiotic companion known as Venom (Tom Hardy), Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) attempts to reconcile […]

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Eternals Dazzles in Opening Weekend

November 14, 2021January 28, 2022 Yasser Perez, staff writer

For many years, Thor: The Dark World was considered the worst installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, amassing a Tomatometer of 66% among critics on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. With the arrival of Eternals, however, it has now dethroned Thor: The Dark World as the worst Marvel movie to ever exist in the […]

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