Mix between reality TV, narrative in ‘Grandpa’
From the creators of “Jackass” comes “Bad Grandpa,” a raunchy roadtrip comedy full of hidden cameras and real reactions. Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville “Jackass Number Two”) has to get his grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll “Fun Size”) to North Carolina to…
VH1 film highlights life of R&B trio
After watching the biopic “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” one might think it would actually be a curse to have been born a stunning, driven, talented black girl with big dreams. The movie revealed how the industry tore up a group…
TV Spotlight
This show continues to follow its storytelling by going back into the past. As we see into the past of Captain Hook (portrayed by Colin O’Donoghue, “The Rite”), we learn more about who he really is. It’s always really enjoyable…
Caribbean direction in Arcade Fire’s broad album, ‘Reflektor’
How do you top a Grammy Award-winning opus like “The Suburbs?” Canadian musical collective Arcade Fire has attempted to do just that with their genre-bending, border-smashing fourth album “Reflektor,” a record completely unlike their previous works. While still displaying an…
Documentary reveals child abuse in African cocoa industry
Imagine being taken away from your family and all that you know, and thrown into a foreign land with empty promises of wealth and prosperity. Imagine being 11 years old and being forced to work on plantation for little to…
A-list cast, aimless plot fail to deliver in ‘The Counselor’
As the credits roll, “The Counselor” claims that 13,000 jobs were created during the making of the film. From briefly reading the credits, it is easy to conclude that a large part of the crew were Latino workers from Mexico….
Creative Writing
Cheated for the better By Sarah Fessler It started with the words, “I think its time we talk about this.” The elephant in the room was starting to get antsy. It had been three weeks since that day and no…
Horoscopes
Aries You might not be very happy about the attitude of a coworker today and may feel the need to confront the issue. You’re not sure if you really want to stir things up so much that you lose your…
“The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass”
[slideshow_deploy id=’14569′] The Syracuse Vocal Ensemble made its way to Oswego State to showcase its unique musical stylings this past Sunday, playing to a packed Sheldon Hall Ballroom. The performance, entitled “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass,” was a blending…
