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FILM: Weekend Movie Preview, Oct. 2-4

Oct 02, 2009 No Comments by

Here we go with another Weekend Preview. This week will be much shorter, because nothing much has changed since our last update. Before I get into anything else, let me remind you that White on Rice will be playing again this weekend in Provo and attendance will be the determining factor of whether or not [...]

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SPORTS: Brief Thoughts About Coach Rose

Sep 30, 2009 No Comments by

This isn’t usually what I write about, but stories like these are inspiring and have a tendency to put things into perspective for readers. Andy Katz, senior writer for ESPN.com, has written a fantastic article about BYU men’s basketball head coach Dave Rose. Months ago, Rose was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and his most recent [...]

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FILM: Weekend Movie Preview, Sept. 25-27

Sep 24, 2009 No Comments by

It may be a relatively slow weekend for big Hollywood releases. The book-turned-animated feature Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has taken a commanding role atop the box office list since opening last Friday. $20 million behind is The Informant, starring Matt Damon. Everything else seems to be scrap-metal or old news. My wife and [...]

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FILM: Redbox Review of the Week: State of Play

Sep 21, 2009 No Comments

If you’ve ever been to the Redbox machine, you know that 90 percent of the movies are absolutely silly. The Day the Earth Stopped is one of my favorites, even though I haven’t seen it. Mind you, this is not the same as The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves. So even though [...]

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FILM: Weekend Movie Preview, Sept. 11-13

Sep 10, 2009 No Comments

So we once again find ourselves immersed in a challenging and time-consuming semester of college. No matter what campus you may be on, you are never alone. The halls are always crowded, the food lines are always long and, at the end of the day, nothing sounds better than a little entertainment to escape from [...]

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FILM: Are You Ready For Some Football?

Sep 03, 2009 No Comments

Hey football fans, I wanted to do something a little more interactive this week, especially because IT’S THE MOST EXCITING WEEK OF THE YEAR! (Please excuse my all-caps outburst, but I am really excited.) College football is happening. Finally. Teams from all over the nation have been preparing for another amazing and unpredictable season. Rah [...]

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FILM FAVE OF THE WEEK: 17 Again

Aug 28, 2009 No Comments

After much deliberation, I have finally decided that I will feature 17 Again for this week’s film fave. I never, ever thought I would feature a Zac Efron film as a fave, but I have managed to surprise myself. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the 17 Again trailer was [...]

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FILM: Calling All LDS Movie Buffs!

Aug 18, 2009 No Comments

If you’ve never heard of ‘Fice, Mind the Gap or The Infinipede Space Monster From Outer Space, you are missing out on some of the best films of 2009. Each of these films screened and won awards at the 2009 LDS Film Festival that took place at the Scera Theater in Orem this past January. [...]

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FILM FAVE/FAIL OF THE WEEK: J.J. Abrams/Knowing

Aug 11, 2009 No Comments

In previous articles, I have confessed my love for Star Trek. I admittedly have not always been a Star Trek fan, however. This is a recent development. As soon as I heard the Star Trek franchise would be reborn under the direction of J.J. Abrams, I became an immediate fan, knowing the Lost creator brings [...]

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FILM FAVE/FAIL OF THE WEEK: Jared Hess/The Proposal

Aug 04, 2009 No Comments

This week’s film fave is a more local name: Jared Hess (and his wife, Jerusha.) With only three major films on his resume, Jared Hess has already become a well-known writer/director, his wife faithfully at his side. His history is as brief as his resume, but what it lacks in quantity is surely compensated in [...]

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