By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Not as good as it could have been, but not as bad as it could have been, either — that seems to be the critical consensus on the new “RoboCop” film. It’s currently sitting at about 50 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics evenly
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Poor Dr. Watson — just when he thinks he’s finally managed to figure out his best friend Sherlock Holmes, the detective manages to shock him again. In the new three-episode season of the popular BBC series “Sherlock,” which just finished airing in the U.S.,
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz It’s been more than a decade since CIA analyst Jack Ryan last appeared on the big screen. The character — created by military thriller author Tom Clancy — has been played, at times, by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, and was last seen in
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz At the end of the first “Hobbit” movie, “An Unexpected Journey,” Bilbo Baggins remarks to Thorin and his band of dwarves that “I do believe the worst is behind us.” Although the travelers have already survived several Orc attacks and a foray into a
It’s time to be bold. ESO steps into the arena to cover the 75th Hunger Games! The station crew takes a look at The Hunger Games phenomenon from the novels to the movies and beyond. We’ll also review the newly released Hunger Games: Catching Fire motion picture. Plus, we’ll deliver
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz “There are no winners, only survivors.” Those haunting words, spoken by a former “Hunger Games” victor, sum up the sobering truth about the games. In a post-apocalyptic North American society, teenagers — known as “tributes” — are forced to fight in a yearly televised
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz With Marvel’s “The Avengers” currently ranking as the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time, it’s hard to believe that just five years ago, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America were all considered B-list superheroes. Batman and Superman were arguably the most famous movie superheroes,
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Do the ends ever justify the means? Is it ever acceptable to do something wrong if it helps bring about a cause that is noble? Is it ethical to require a few to make painful sacrifices for the good of the majority? These are
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz When I was a kid, my dream was to become an astronaut. I’m pretty sure I checked out just about every book on space my local library had to offer, and at night I would stare up at the sky and imagine what it
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz “With great power comes great responsibility.” That line from Marvel’s first “Spider-Man” movie has become so famous and is used so often it’s now almost a cliche. However, it’s still pretty good advice for superhero characters — and it’s advice Marvel seems to have
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz When Gary King was a teenager, he was the king of “cool.” As a sort of James Dean “Rebel Without a Cause” figure, his friends idolized him and looked up to him as a leader. The only problem is, Gary is now well past
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz With the release of “Elysium” in theaters this past weekend, the summer movie season is drawing — for all intents and purposes — to a close. Though there are still a few major releases scattered throughout the remaining weeks of August, students will soon
