Category: Entertainment
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SXSW Film Review- Running With Beto
Written by Nathaniel Torres Running With Beto is a film that “started with baseball like so many other great things,” says director David Modigliani. Speaking to the audience at the SXSW 2019 premiere of his film, Modigliani shares with the crowd how he met now 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke while playing for the Texas…
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Fashion Incubator Celebrates Grand Opening
Story and Photos by – Ruben Hernandez The ACC Fashion Incubator recently celebrated its grand opening at ACC Highland, drawing in many students, faculty, and community members. The Fashion Incubator gives students an opportunity to learn skills utilized within the fashion industry, and work with local designers and businesses to help create a thriving fashion…
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Film Review: “Greener Grass” SXSW 2019 Premiere
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Review & Photo by Taylor Kokas Haven written and starred in the short film of the same name that premiered at SXSW 2016, Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are back in 2019 as writer/director duo and once again stars of their debut feature film, Greener Grass. An absurd satire about life in suburbia where people…
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Film Review: “Olympic Dreams” SXSW World Premiere
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Review & Photo by Taylor Kokas Olympic Dreams is a sports romantic comedy directed by Jeremy Teicher that was shot during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The film centers around Penelope (played by Teicher’s wife; Alexi Pappas) a 22 year old cross country skier who is trying to make the most out…
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Film Review: “Villains” SXSW World Premiere
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Review & Photos by Taylor Kokas Dan Berk and Robert Olsen are back again as director duo for their third feature film, Villain’s. A dark comedy crime thriller about Mickey and Jules (Bill Skarsgard, IT)(Maika Monroe, It Follows), two lovers on their way to Florida. After making a successful gas station robbery their car happens…
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Film Review: “The Highwaymen”
Written by – Nathaniel Torres Stories of outlaws, gunslingers, and renegades have a tendency to captivate a wild side of our souls. By 1934 Bonnie and Clyde succeeded in procuring public favor in such a way. They were wanted for multiple murders and countless robberies. They didn’t evade police, they blew through them; escalating shootouts…
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Show Review: The Contortionist & Intervals
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Written & Photos by Taylor Kokas Recently The Contortionist and supporting band Intervals made a few stops on their latest tour in Texas. The Reimagined tour is unlike what most fans of this genre are used to, with only two bands on the ticket both were able to play much longer sets, and if you…
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Show Review: Make Them Suffer @ Come and Take It Live
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Written & Photos by Taylor Kokas The symphonic metal/deathcore band from Perth, Australia have made their way back to the lone star state on their latest US tour supporting Erra and two headliners who are both celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their albums; Acacia Strain’s Continent and After The Burial’s Rareform. Last time Texas…
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Film Review: Mid90s
Written by Martay Whitfield Jonah Hill wears many hats in the creation of Mid90s. Mid90s focuses on 13-year-old Stevie’s (Sunny Suljic) teenagedom in the 1990s. Stevie lives in a low-income neighborhood of Los Angeles with children of different ethnicities, experiencing troubles of their own. Stevie escapes his troubled home by making new at the local…
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Film Review: The Happy Prince
Written by Kevin Lopez The Happy Prince stars, written and directed by Rupert Everett and this makes it his directorial debut in this film. For his directorial debut, Everett chose a biographical film based on the last days of Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett). Everett places us inside Wilde’s mind as he creates scenes that connect…