Student Senate to redo presidential election
The election for Student Senate president has been overturned and a new election will need to take place. The candidates who will be on the ticket are Nikki Shonoiki and…
Student Senate denies AFAB’s budget proposal
The Allocable Fees Appropriation Board (AFAB) was scheduled to meet Thursday night to discuss budget revisions in the wake of its proposed budget being rejected at the March 23 Student…
Holiday movie offers little cheer
The theatrical poster for “Everybody’s Fine” is misleading in two ways: 1) It sports a Christmas tree decked out in glitz and glam standing proud in the background, signaling to…
Family film earns fantastic title
For the second time in as many months a young and gifted filmmaker has used puppetry and rampant imagination to transport audiences to a tangible land of make believe and…
CGI saves ‘2012’ from annihilation
I can’t help but wonder – what does director Roland Emmerich have against Earth? He stomped on it with “Godzilla,” attacked it with aliens in “Independence Day,” and sent it…
Anti-war satire thrills viewers
The last (near) decade has beared witness to a cavalcade of rallies, protests and antiwar sentiment poured out of the American mainstream. But none of that even begins to compare…
Hand-held horror film terrifies viewers
To say that “Paranormal Activity” is like no horror movie you’ve ever seen is an understatement. The film, completed on an anemic $15,000 budget, is decisive proof that sexy stars…
Aviatrix biopic crash lands
Everyone knows about the tragic disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the American aviatrix who mysteriously vanished somewhere over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to become the first female to aeronautically…
Children’s book marvels as film
What kind of movie can a 10-sentence long children’s book make? Apparently, a damn good one. Spike Jonze said he wanted “Where the Wild Things Are,” an adaptation of the…
‘Couples Retreat’ lacks depth
It is fitting that “Couples Retreat” begins with a toddler peeing in a store toilet, and ends with that same youth pooping in that same store toilet just before credits…