NewsfeedWhen Joel and Ethan Coen last explored the crime/thriller with Fargo, they captured the grit while maintaining a level of quirkiness, which was unsettlingly impressive. With No Country for Old Men, they have perfected this contrast, and the genre, by capturing horror with grit and humor instead of simple quirkiness. »
Awake is the type of twist-filled movie that seems incapable of invoking any sort of emotion. Nobody is who they seem, and those with truthful identities are boring. It's not that it isn't interesting, but the lack of three-dimensional characters combined with an outrageously short runtime made me almost entirely apathetic to the story. »
Musicals are a troublesome lot. The vast majority of the time, the only real purpose a musical can have is spectacle with a simple and universal message, yet there are musicals that strive for something more. Pippin, the SVSU Theatre Department's latest production (and a Tony Award winning musical from 1973), seems to be a little confused about which category it wants to fit into, and that confusion seems to have affected Director Richard Roberts' take on the show. »