‘Age of Adaline’ director Krieger talks with Drexel students
Following a screening of “The Age of Adaline” at the Ritz East April 15, the film’s director Lee Toland Krieger dropped in for a brief question and answer session at Drexel University’s Cinema &...
View ArticleBlake Lively acts beyond her years in ‘Age of Adaline’
“The Age of Adaline” tells us that being immortal isn’t entirely the joyride that one would imagine. Everyone you love and care about dies while you don’t. Trying to keep your immortality a secret also...
View Article‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ brings franchise to new heights
After 30 years in Hollywood’s development hell, George Miller’s fourth installment in the “Mad Max” franchise has finally arrived. “Fury Road” heralds the return of the road warrior Max Rockatansky,...
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Gyllenhaal and Clarke reach new heights in ‘Everest’
Photo courtesy Universal Pictures Basing a film on a true story is a difficult balancing act between reality and fiction. This difficulty is one that “Everest” has to contend with, making sure that the...
View Article‘Escape the 1980s’ is Philly’s newest interactive puzzle
Traditionally, weekends for teenagers and grown-ups would involve a visit to the movie theater, a Netflix binge, a bout of drinks at a pub or watching Sunday Night Football. Besides the drinking, all...
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Mandell Theatre presents Watership Down
Since Nov. 4, student and professional actors alike have been performing in the Drexel University Mandell Theater’s latest production, Watership Down, directed by Allen Radway. Conceived when Richard...
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Charlie Kaufman writes cerebral stop-motion animated film ‘Anomalisa’
Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures Animated movies aren’t synonymous with thought-provoking material. They are the kind that forces audiences to ruminate on the nature of human existence or some other...
View Article‘How to be Single’ makes for mediocre at best rom-com
As the title itself suggests, “How to be Single” follows the story of a handful of women trying to lead proactive single lives in New York City – in other words, “Sex and the City.” Though there are...
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‘Zoolander 2’ marks Stiller’s return to ridiculous role after 14-year hiatus
Photo courtesy Wilson Webb Silly. Preposterous. Occasionally insensitive. More than a decade after the first “Zoolander,” it seems that Ben Stiller and his team of comedic juggernauts haven’t lost a...
View Article‘Barbershop’ makes for surprisingly good comedy
After 12 long years, Ice Cube and his entourage of barbers and hair stylists arrive yet again in movie theaters for “Barbershop: The Next Cut” – the third installment in the Barbershop franchise. While...
View ArticleBestseller ‘Gone Girl’ stars Affleck in film adaptation
In a Missouri neighborhood, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) visits the bar he owns alongside his sister Margo. It’s his fifth wedding anniversary and it’s clear that his marriage to Amy (Rosemund Pike) isn’t...
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Nolan’s Interstellar features star-studded cast, interesting effects
Melinda Sue Gordon, MCT Campus Christopher Nolan’s space opera “Interstellar” begins on more terrestrial grounds on planet Earth, set in the near future. Humanity has regressed to a more primitive...
View ArticleTwo Drexel students launch party-hosting iOS app, Kegg
It is not just hearsay when people state that Drexel University’s party scene is as dreary and dull as Death Valley. Finding things to do or places to go to can be a gargantuan challenge during the...
View Article‘American Sniper’ smashes box office records
I hadn’t heard of Chris Kyle until Clint Eastwood decided to make a movie about America’s most lethal sniper, based on his 2012 book “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in...
View ArticleDrexel Co-op Company showcases “Peanuts” adaptation
From Feb. 12 to Feb. 21, the student-run Drexel Co-Op Theatre Company presented the production “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” at the Black Box Theater situated in the URBN Center...
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