When you look at the lineup of big budget Hollywood movies in recent years, there’s one trend that’s almost unmistakable: Biopics. Hollywood slang for “biographical pictures,” biopics are movies...
Star Wars under Disney’s ownership has been a wild ride, from the infamous sequel trilogy that left fans divided to the well-received “The Mandalorian.” After “The Book of Boba Fett” and “Obi-Wan...
Movies have the unique ability to take on their own sentimental value depending on the person watching. Apart from what the direct intends, we form our own emotional attachments to certain movies and the...
As the nights get chillier and the leaves begin to fall, the familiar October presence is upon us once again! Whether celebrating the spooky season entails carving pumpkins or trick or treating, enjoying...
The movie industry understands how important hype is when it comes to movies. The more hyped a movie is, the more people are going to watch it. However, some movies are just too hyped for their own good....
As many may already know, the official Black Widow movie trailer came out on March 9th. The official movie trailer reveals a little bit more of Natasha Romanoff’s past and her tormented history. As a...
Forty-five Longhorn students picked their favorite Christmas movie from a list of fifteen classics to get into the holiday festivities.
The films to select from were Elf, Home Alone, A Christmas Story,...
Lambert students and teachers channel the Halloween spirit through loved sinister and eerie Halloween films.
Students enjoy a mixture of childrens spooky movies and modern-day horror films. Favored...
Andrew Gu, Opinion Editor-in-Chief
• October 10, 2019
After watching James Gray's latest film, Ad Astra, he most certainly did not disappoint. With gorgeous visuals, powerful performances, and thoughtful messages to remember it by, this film offers a unique...
While there have been multiple successful movies that highlight LGBT characters and relationships, like Moonlight and Call Me by Your Name, these movies are typically aimed at older audiences with R ratings or more artistic audiences with showings only at arthouse theaters. In teen-aimed content, LGBT representation has a reputation for not going well, usually either having stereotypical one-sided characters or very sad storylines. In recent years this has been improving, but #buryyourgays is an undeniable trope. Some people think movies like Love, Simon aren’t necessary and that current teens won’t appreciate it but I disagree. Love, Simon provides semi-realistic positive content for teens, whether or not they’re gay, Love, Simon is a fun relatable story, and positive relatable role-models are never unneeded when you’re growing up.
The 2018 Golden Globes, hosted by Seth Meyers, featured notable movies and TV shows from the previous year with winners including “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” for Best Motion Picture,...
