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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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Will Ugly Become the New Pretty?

October 25, 2024October 29, 2024 Tara Majkic, staff writer

The movie adaptation of the novel Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, is about a young girl named Tally Youngblood (Joey King). The story is set in a future where humans have destroyed the earth with an overuse of fossil fuels. But scientists and the government decided that the real problem was human nature, our differences causing […]

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The Sound of Silence

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Elias Garcia, staff writer

The University of Virginia’s own Sound Justice Lab (SJL) recently held an event called Technologies of Silence, which seeks to explore the “stories, voices and experiences that the law does not hear, cannot hear, and will not hear,” according to the SJL’s co-director.  The final of the eight events that took place over two days […]

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Get ready to say the B-word

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Jackson Murphy, staff writer

Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Winona Ryder reprise their popular roles in the sequel to the 1988 classic, Beetlejuice. The movie is set 30 years after the events of the original movie have taken place and sees Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, navigating life as a professional medium with looming visions of her former foe. […]

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Deadpool and Wolverine, a fan letter to the lore (for those who already know it)

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Jack Megonigal, staff writer

Deadpool and Wolverine is the final film in the Deadpool trilogy. As far as franchise finales go, I have seen far worse, though that doesn’t mean this film is without its faults. My primary complaint coming out of this film is the way in which the film almost expects you to have already seen previous […]

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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Makes History

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Victoria Byers-Keegan, staff writer

The Eras Tour movie was released on Disney+ on March 5, allowing fans everywhere to stream the experience whenever they liked. The movie came out in theaters during October 2023, being marked as one of the most anticipated movies to watch. Within the first week, the movie made over $123 million dollars, making it the […]

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RVA and Charles City Featured in VA Must-See Film: “Raymond and Ray”

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 Adina Wall, staff writer

Virginia Film Festival presented a sneak preview of Raymond and Ray at The Paramount Theater on Sept. 25. The audience cheered to see brothers, Raymond and Ray, in Richmond and Charles City. Their characters were played by Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor as they find themselves brought together to, quite literally, bury their dead father. […]

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Bring Out Yer Coconuts

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Benjamin Marcus, staff writer

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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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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Peter Rabbit 2: Runaway brings a childhood classic to life

December 21, 2021January 28, 2022 Katie Austin, staff writer

Free Movie Friday is a place for college students that love the movies without paying for them, and also without snacks and drinks. Free Movie Fridays in the Dickinson theater at PVCC are offered once a month. In October, the movie was Peter Rabbit 2: Runaway, an amazing family adventure and the great expansion of […]

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