Posts from "Arts & Entertainment"
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.16, 2017
Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Teasers
By Kerry Torpey `20 A&E Staff With a highly anticipated seventh season on the way, the hit HBO series Game of Thrones released its first official teaser for the second-to-last season. Despite the show’s strong tendency to keep…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.16, 2017
New Jokes and New Fans, 600 Episodes Later
By Joe Clancy `18 A&E Staff For nearly 30 years, The Simpsons have been the satirical face of the average working class American family. The show first aired in 1989, and just recently celebrated releasing its 600th episode,…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.16, 2017
“Blackbox” Leaves Users Puzzled
By Ryan Cox `18 A&E Staff You are presented with only a dark screen and a grid of colored boxes. Tapping on one of the boxes, or “lights” as the game calls them, brings up a sparsely-designed screen.…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.16, 2017
Always an X-Man: Hugh Jackman Stars in Last Film as Wolverine
By Michael Welch `17 A&E Staff For millenials, Hugh Jackman is Wolverine. The actor has cemented himself as the face of the X-Men hero by starring in a number of films as the character. However, Jackman’s run as…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
Celebrating Film in Dramatic Fashion
By Joe Clancy `18 A&E Staff “And the winner is…,” well, that is a good question. This Sunday, February 26, the audience of the 89th Academy Awards heard that phrase a lot, in fact, one too many times.…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
French Films Come to Providence
Brigid Walshe `19 A&E Staff French cinema has been creating quite a buzz in the film industry recently with French actress Isabelle Huppert winning a Golden Globe for her performance in Elle, a performance she received an Academy…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
‘Hidden Figures’ Finally at the Forefront
By Kerry Torpey `19 A&E Staff In front of a room of Hollywood elites and over 32 million viewers worldwide, 98-year-old Katherine Johnson took center stage. Almost immediately, the crowd rose to give her a standing ovation. Called…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
Jordan Peele: So Versatile It’s Scary
By Michael Welch `17 A&E Staff Get Out has eclipsed Lego Batman as the top movie at the box office in its opening weekend. The film takes cues from the horror, thriller, and comedy genres to address themes…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
Let’s Rant: An Entertainer’s Place in Politics
By Ryan Cox `18 A&E Staff We live in a world of constant political opinions. Media outlets are saturated with political rhetoric and analysis, and this often spills over into the various branches of the entertainment industry. While…
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Arts & Entertainment | Mar.02, 2017
This is…Suspenseful
By Elizabeth Jancsy `18 A&E Staff One of the most talked about shows this season is slowly coming to a close, as fans brace themselves for the upcoming season finale of This Is Us on NBC. The network’s…
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