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"May the best man win." This truism is the idea behind This Means War, a film that features one girl dating two guys – two guys who are not just best friends, but also partners in the CIA. Directed by McG (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle), This Means War features a solid cast, well-written script and some good ?old-fashioned romance.
Rumored by critics as the female version of the famous Bourne franchise, Haywire does not even come close to living up to its expectations. Steven Soderbergh's film lacks polish with a poorly written script, unexciting musical score and sub-par acting by the protagonist.
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky … and now they can sing! The classic show The Addams Family comes back from the dead in a new musical of the same name. The 11-time Tony Award-nominated musical is funny as well as clever.
Vampires, wolves and babies, oh my! The Twilight saga continues with the new film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1. With a more seasoned cast and faster ?plotine, the newest addition to the Twilight saga keeps the audience entertained.
A movie that captures life and its emotions is not an easy feat to direct. Alexander Payne (Sideways) attempts to take on the challenge in his new film The Descendants. Although the film features all-star actor George Clooney (The Ides of March) and gives a realistic look into one family's struggle to stay afloat, it loses momentum with a weak subplot.
Murder, greed, war: William Shakespeare's Macbeth is rich with drama. Performing this play can be tricky due to its notoriety (it is rumored to be cursed) in the theater world. The Rice Visual and Dramatic Arts Department does a tremendous job in its execution of Shakespeare's Macbeth with a talented cast and unmatched technical details.
A one, a two, a one, two three four! Rock and roll music radically changed the United States with its fast rhythms and its mischievous lyrics. The transition from soft and conservative music to hot and heavy rock and roll did not occur over night but took time for people to adjust. Young musicians, both black and white, struggled for years to gain acceptance into the main music sphere. The musical Memphis highlights this struggle and how one man can help initiate this change. With a dynamic cast, well-deveoped set and rockin' music, the musical Memphis is a must-see.
Good horror films have anxiety-filled silent moments, loads of blood and gore and a screaming girl; the better ones are unpredictable and give you nightmares. Van Heijningen Jr.'s The Thing is not one of those movies. With its mediocre cast and predictable plot, The Thing fails to deliver as an epic horror film.
Girly comedies like Bridesmaids and Knocked Up are becoming ever more popular in this day and age – and thank goodness for that. What's Your Number has its share of comedic goodies thanks to its sharp writing and acting sensation Anna Faris.
One act of physical contact is all it takes to catch the deadly virus in Steven Soderbergh's (Ocean's Eleven) new drama, Contagion. Soderbergh's vision of the world as it reacts to a raging epidemic is incredibly frightening, not because it features gory, graphic death scenes but because it realistically captures our fear of the unknown. Due to its phenomenal cast, well-developed plot and ability to instill a real fear into its audience, this film is a ?must-see.
Now that Beer Bike is over, Will Rice College can focus on other aspects of college life, like college theater. Its play selection, Fools by Neil Simon, makes the college look anything but foolish. With a small but strong cast, good set design and an amazing script, Fools is a huge success.
With recent shows like West Side Story, Hello Hamlet! and The Pillowman, Wiess Tabletop Theater has managed to set a high bar for college theater. Their spring musical, Aida, unfortunately falls short of the company's usual brilliance. Aida lacks polish due to an ineffective supporting cast, novice orchestra and poor costume design.
Have you ever wished that you could take a pill, something more powerful than Adderall, that allows you to access your brain at a faster pace? The movie Limitless essentially examines that scenario through the life of an unmotivated, unimportant book writer. While the title eludes to greatness and grandeur, the movie's actual entertainment value falls slightly above average.
For the first time in their 42 year lifetime, Baker Shakespeare is producing the Shakespeare masterpiece Hamlet. Known for its wit, action and famous monologues, Hamlet is a classic Shakespearean play that every cultured individual should experience at least once in their lives. With a stellar cast, great directing and an excellent script, Baker Shake's rendition of Hamlet will undoubtedly delight all audiences.Hamlet follows the lives of the royal men and women of Denmark, opening one month after the death of the wise King Hamlet. One month after her husband passes away, Queen Gertrude remarries the dead king's brother, Claudius. All is well in this marriage until the former king's son, also named Hamlet, who still remains in Denmark, sees a spirit of his late father and turns to seek revenge for his father's death. In the eyes of the court, Hamlet goes mad, and King Claudius and Queen Gertrude attempt to discover the meaning behind Hamlet's insanity. Through a series of deaths and misfortunes, revenge and tragedy unfurl in one of the English language's most eloquently emotional stories.
Peanuts and the gang are back but in quite a different fashion; they are all grown up. In Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, presented by the Rice Players, Charlie Brown and his friends are teenagers and, while they might be fictional, they face real and relevant problems. The cast of the show is small but strong and manages to give each character life. Bert Royal's play, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, originally premiered on May 3, 2004. Starting in New York City, the off-Broadway production quickly spread throughout the United States, claiming several awards in 2004 and 2006. Royal's dramatic parody addresses contemporary issues that teens deal with, from drugs to homosexuality. The story opens on C.B. (Charlie Brown) right after his beloved dog Snoopy has passed away.
Inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is a modern version of the romantic tragedy and has been a popular musical since its first production in 1957. Although the current production of West Side Story is the second revival of the original musical, it is definitely the best so far and is a musical must-see.Opening on the streets of New York City in the 1950s, West Side Story focuses on the rivalry between two gangs - the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets, a rebellious group of light-skinned teenage boys, do not like the idea of sharing their territory with any new gang, especially not the Sharks, a group of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans. Problems arise when one of the Shark girls, Maria, falls in love with a loyal Jet, Tony. Like Romeo and Juliet, Maria and Tony are natural-born enemies sharing a forbidden love.
A not-so-long time ago in the land of New York City, the story of Shrek originated. The ogre's adventures became well-known in 2001, when the animated DreamWorks film Shrek was released. Now there is an entire stage production, Shrek the Musical, dedicated to the green, emotionally layered ogre. Generally, musicals that are adapted from blockbuster movies are neither well-remembered nor extraordinary; unfortunately, despite some incredible technical elements, Shrek the Musical aligns with this trend.Unlike the movie, the musical begins with the childhood of both Shrek (Eric Peterson) and Princess Fiona (Haven Burton). Then, it dives into the familiar story as Shrek and Donkey (Alan Mingo, Jr.) travel to Duloc in order to prevent Lord Farquaad from dumping unwanted fairytale creatures in Shrek's swamp. To retrieve his swamp, Shrek must go on "a noble quest" and rescue the fair Princess Fiona for Farquaad to marry and become a real king.
High school and college students are quite familiar with how much of their free time is consumed by social networking websites, and whether you love or hate its constantly changing de- sign and layout, Facebook has earned the distinction of being one of the most important communication tools of this generation. With its spectacular cin- ematography, dialogue and actors, The Social Network reveals the story behind the creation of the social networking behemoth and the minds that made it a reality.From the get-go, the audience is made aware of the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) is a nerd. After breaking up with his girlfriend, Zuckerburg creates a website out of spite called FaceMash, which allows students at Harvard to view and rate pictures of female students. His creation of FaceMash brings him to the attention of Cameron Winklevoss (played by Armie Hammer, 2081) and his friend Divya Narendra (Max Minghella, Syriana), who hire Zuckerburg to help them create a networking site for Harvard students. Instead, Zuckerburg decides to create his own social networking site, The Facebook, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Wiess College freshmen are making their college theater acting debuts tonight and tomorrow in the Wiess Freshmen One-Acts, part of this year's Families Weekend festivities. Each individual one-act lasts for roughly 10 minutes and stars anywhere from two to 13 freshmen under the direction of a pair of upperclassmen. The majority of the freshmen performances in the one-acts come off as average; however, a few manage to stand out with their humorous subjects and plots. " E n g l i s h Made Simple" is one of the more enjoyable plays, featuring a narrator (played by Wiess freshman Brian Wilson) and the characters of Jack and Jill (Wiess freshmen Thomas Ladd and Meredith Jackson, respectively). Directors Dan Nelson and Molly Bryan, both Wiess seniors, did a fantastic job of casting the actors - Wilson delivers his punchy lines with good comedic timing and still manages to keep his composure throughout.
With blockbuster comedies like The Hangover and Mean Girls to top, many new comedies simply fall short of audiences' expectations. In spite of this challenge, Easy A manages to be an original and humorous movie that will undoubtedly entertain a wide variety of people. Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone, Superbad) narrates this high school tale, opening with her typecast role as the invisible girl at her school. Everything gets thrown into chaos after she lies to her best friend Rhiannon (Aly Michalka, Bandslam) about losing her "V-Card." Rumors spread thanks to the nosy, Bible-thumping Marianne (Amanda Bynes, Hairspray), and eventually Olive's reputation changes from a nobody to super-slut.
