When a beloved book series is adapted to film, fans become both excited and nervous with good reason. Some book to film adaptions don’t stay true to the original story, thus destroying the greatness of the book. Fans of “The Hunger Games” had nothing to worry about with the first movie and definitely ...
“We’re the Millers” – When drug dealer David is robbed, his supplier demands his money back and decides to send David on a trip to Mexico to pick up a large drug package. To get across the border, David creates a “family” complete with a stripper as ...
This week’s episode opened to find Blaine twerking as he sets up the choir room, only for the audience to later find out that Tina had been filming it on her phone the whole time. “Glee” started off in the negatives for continuity points as ...
Last week on Tuesday, Nov. 12, fans of the popular show “Sons of Anarchy” were glued to their televisions as they watched an episode of what will be considered one of the most shocking seasons in the show’s history. With the absolutely stunning ...
The truth is I had to be coerced into watching this show, mostly because I'm a chicken. I don't like to be afraid. I don't find it thrilling, and I have no desire to be kept up at night. However, I jumped on the bandwagon and started watching ...
“Thor: The Dark World” picks up right where The Avengers left off. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has returned to Asgard and is repairing the damage that Loki (Tom Hiddleston) caused. Thor is constantly watching over Jane (Natalie Portman) and ...
With its final film of the semester, The General Education Film Series: Reference a Different Frame, allowed students to peer into yet another vantage point of the human experience previously fairly unexplored. This time, we enter the harsh, fluorescent ...
As Jazz Ensemble B filed onto the Jarman Auditorium stage Tuesday night, they were greeted by a full auditorium and loud applause from the audience. Without any introduction, Jazz Ensemble B launched into their first tune entitled “Rachel is ...
English majors, professors and other bookworms gathered in Hull Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18 to listen to three panelists as they debated “Why Literature Matters.” This event was the third installment of the Humans Being panel discussion ...
In pursuit of citrusy love cast upon him by a villainous sorceress, a hypochondriac prince, accompanied by a raucous clown, combats a cast of silly and suspiciously sinister characters, as well as his own daftness, through a fairy tale kingdom; all ...
The Wind Symphony went back in time on Nov. 7, specifically to 1963, when they played music all from that year. Prior to the start of the symphony, Associate Professor of Communications Jeff Halliday took the podium as announcer for the event. He ...
On Friday, Nov. 8, dozens of confident, beautiful women and one brave man of the Longwood Company of Belly Dance graced the stage of the Jarman Auditorium. Many spectators were drawn to the performance in the support of friends, but the impeccable posters posted around campus, featuring members of the ...
“Man of Steel” – With their planet on the verge of a takeover, Jor-El and his wife send their child to Earth for safety, not knowing that the man trying to take over their planet will be arrested during his travels. However, when Martha and Jonathon ...
This past Tuesday night, a small crowd, including members of the local Farmville community, Longwood faculty, and Longwood graduate and undergraduate students, gathered in the Hull Education Center’s auditorium for a screening, and later, a discussion, of ...
Last Tuesday, FX’s crown jewel “Sons of Anarchy” aired an episode that will go down as one of the most stress-inducing of the show’s history. After a tumultuous first half of the show’s sixth season, things can only get rockier with so many ...
"Grown Ups 2" – When Lenny relocates his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up, the group realizes they have a lot more to learn than they think. Hoping to have his kids become friends with his old pal’s kids isn’t the only thing he has to worry about, however, when the ...
Last week, the most recent episode of FX’s signature show “Sons of Anarchy’” premiered on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Following up one of the most talked about episodes of the season, and arguably the series, fans had their eyes glued to the screen. Fans are still reeling over ...
A group of adolescent boys in the 1950s running down the street after having hilariously and gloriously stolen a bottle of scotch as well as defeating a corner bully sets the stage for the friendship featured in “Last Vegas.” After this snapshot of the past we meet the ...
Located in Cumberland, Va. is Zephyr Stables, a barn specifically created to give rescued horses a home. The owner, Rhoda Cooper, has about 80 horses and offers many different attractions to horse lovers in the area. Zephyr Stables offers trail rides, birthday parties, riding lessons, pony rides and ...
Welcome to the first week of “Wednesdays, With a Side of Sex!” This first week is quite serious, but don't let that discourage you from reading the column every week, for it won't always be so. I'll talk about sex, and hopefully you'll read about it. Sex. We all know what it is. Sex is everywhere. ...
