Game of Thrones Season 7 Review
October 15, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
The seventh season of the HBO hit Game of Thrones was perhaps less of a hit than its predecessors. The show was once lauded for its originality, unpredictability, and writing, yet it now seems to have lost these elements. Despite its defects, this season brought the biggest and best in terms of battles a...
Baby Driver: An Unexpected Hit
September 9, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
From Baywatch to The Dark Tower, moviegoers this summer found themselves plagued by a series of disappointing film-flops. Baby Driver, in many ways, was expected to be no different from its counterparts. The cast was talented, but not star-studded enough to bring people running to the theater. The plot seemed ...
Dunkirk Review
September 7, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
This summer, Christopher Nolan brought audiences the next great World War Two film in Dunkirk. The two-hour film tells the story of the evacuation at Dunkirk, a near-miraculous event in 1940 that saved the lives of over 300,000 soldiers trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France after the German victory....
Battery Dance Festival
September 7, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Since 1982, the Battery Dance Festival has been connecting with the world through dance. This event is the longest running free public dance festival in New York City. Located in Downtown Manhattan, this celebration of dance has drawn an audience of over 12,000 people every summer. The festival co...
A Shinning Star in Moonlight: Jharrel Jerome
March 4, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Moonlight, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, is a movie drama of a journey of self-discovery. Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tyell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight won Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globe Awards. It also achieved eight Oscar nominations at the eighty-ninth Academy...
La La Land, Reviewed
March 4, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
La La Land, a fast-paced love story, comedy, and musical, tells the story of a jazz pianist who falls in love with an aspiring actress. The love interests, Mia and Sebastian (played by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling), carry the film with their talent and on-screen chemistry. The movie begins with a massi...
Hidden Figures, Reviewed
Zachary Buller '20 and Josephine Schizer '20
March 4, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Hidden Figures is a special movie. The plot (which is based on a true story), acting, humor, and emotional moments all make this film completely worthwhile. The movie features three brilliant women who work for NASA in the 1960s. The women cannot pursue their talents fully because they are African-A...
Denial Reviewed
Zachary Buller '20 and Josephine Schizer '20
November 20, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
The movie Denial, which recently came to theaters, is based on true events that Professor Deborah Lipstadt spoke about when she came to Ramaz. The movie depicts the trial between Professor Lipstadt, a historian of the Holocaust, and David Irving, a British historian and Holocaust denier. Irving brought a...
Nerve: Reviewed
September 20, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Friends pressure high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), to join popular online game “Nerve.” Nerve is a game similar to truth or dare, just without “truth.” Users who play Nerve choose to be in one of two groups: players or watchers. Watchers must pay in order to watch other people...
Room: A Movie of Tragedy and Recuperation of the Human Spirit
April 22, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Five-year old Jack has lived in a tiny one-room garden shack his entire life. He calls the shed “Room,” but Jack believes that Room is the world in its entirety. What he does not know is that his mother has been held captive for seven years by a man who abducted her when she was only seventeen-years...
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (Dual Perspectives)
Netanel Kamel '18 and Sam Schair '18
April 22, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Netanel's perspective: The movie opens two years after Superman’s (Henry Cavill) colossal battle with Zod (Michael Shannon). The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck). The film begins showing what the...
Sisters Review
March 10, 2016
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Sisters has an amazing and funny cast consisting of Saturday Night Live alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The movie is about two middle aged sisters who must bid adieu to their childhood home when their parents (Dianne Wiest and James Brolin) tell them that their house has been put on the market for ...