‘The Watch’: A Fun-filled Movie With Aliens, Dick Jokes, and Richard Ayoade
The Watch follows the grand tradition of combining sci-fi, fantasy and comedy. Like Gremlins, Evil Dead, and Paul before it, The Watch teeters on that borderline of irony and it adds a more grounded take on the genre. For the most part, the movie went beyond my expectations — and my expectations were quite low....
The Amazing ‘Les Misérables’ 2.0 Will Make You Feel Miserable in a Good Way
It’s been about 11 years since I saw Les Misérables. I actually saw it four times. During my time at Texas A&M University, I was a member of this organization that hosted the national touring musical companies coming through the giant metroplex known as College Station. That said, I was a volunteer usher that showed...
A fashion writer reviews ‘Star Trek’
Spock (Quinto, left) and James T. Kirk (Pine) start their final frontier bromance in Star Trek. Every time any kind of “reinvention” occurs under the pop culture umbrella, I am skeptical. With fashion, we have seen inappropriate comebacks of ‘80s and ‘90s trends: broad Working Girl shoulders, glaring neon colors and grotesque acid wash. In...
