By Emily Bermann
(Flagler College Communications major)

I know somewhere in the back of my closet, I have a wearable pair of “boots with the fur.” I will admit, from time to time, when at a club, the spirit has moved me to “give that big booty a smack.”

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However, I must confess I had to Google “Apple Bottom jeans.” (more…)

By Abby Sessock
(Flagler College Communications major)

When watching The Bucket List, be sure to have a best friend on one side of you and a box of tissues on the other. You’ll be reaching out for both.

Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) runs a tight ship at the hospital he owns. Assigning two beds to a room with no exceptions is routine for him – even when he is laid up in his own hospital. The stingy billionaire is now trapped in his overcrowded hospital, sharing a room with Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman), a hard-working mechanic. (more…)

By Devon Jeffreys
(Flagler College Communication Major)

While many movies claim to be the “Animal House” of our generation, “Superbad” is the one that most fits the bill.
“Superbad” is an idea that sprang from the fantastically demented minds of two 13-year-old guys, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The most disappointing part about the movie is it took until both were 27 years old for it to finally get made.
Rogen and Goldberg are portrayed in the movie by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera respectively. While Hill’s outlandish style and over the top comedy are great for the character of Seth, it’s Cera’s awkward blend of humor that makes you believe that he is an 18-year-old virgin named Evan. (more…)

As a rebellious and angst ridden 10th grader, I discovered Operation Ivy…the band that has inspired me like no other. Never before had I heard such passionate and thought provoking lyrics as can be found in Operation Ivy’s album, Energy. Jesse Michaels’ voice is unexplainable…there is just something about the way he is able to change back and forth between angelic harmonies and raspy snarls. It is captivating, moving and incredible. Tim Armstrong, of Rancid fame, Dave Mello and Matt Freeman round out this groundbreaking, timeless and influential band. (more…)

I viewed the initial announcement for a Transformers movie with extreme skepticism. The television show was a staple of Saturday mornings during my childhood, and the opening theme song still evokes strong nostalgia. So I believed a contemporary film directed by the polarizing Michael Bay could be a blasphemous reimagining of a touchstone of 80s cartoons.

My skepticism was heightened when controversial (to fans, anyway) information was leaked before release. According to various sources, aspects of the show were being transformed to suit current pop culture. One example is the how the character “Soundwave,” who transformed into a tape deck in the cartoon, instead becomes an iPod. (more…)

When I first came upon Feist, her music was playing in the Gap Outlet where I work. I looked her up and realized that I have heard many songs from her new album The Reminder. This past summer, “My Moon My Man” was on a Verizon Wireless Chocolate phone commercial. Soon after that, “1234” was picked up and used for an iPod commercial and remains the most popular song on The Reminder, according to iTunes. (more…)

Upon telling people I fell in love with David Bowie when I was little, after I saw the bizarre ‘80s film “Labyrinth,” they usually look confused or laugh at me.

I am unashamed of the fact that my favorite movie is a bizarre and obscure ‘80s movie. In the film, Bowie plays Jareth, the Goblin King, and a young Jennifer Connelly (who, oddly enough, never talks about the movie) plays Sarah, a whiny teen.

Sarah wishes for Jareth to take Toby, her toddler half-brother, away into his labyrinth kingdom. When he actually does, she gets angry. Jareth tells Sarah she has 13 hours to get through the labyrinth, or he’s going to keep Toby forever. (more…)

This review pertains neither to Vicente Aranda’s excellent 2001 film, nor to the 1995 Drew Barrymore vehicle but, rather, to Karl Freund’s horror masterpiece of 1935.

As a cinematographer, Freund helped to define the look of Weimar-era German cinema with his work on such classics as F.W. Murnau’s “Der Januskopf,” Paul Wegener’s “Der Golem” and Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis.” Emigrating to the U.S. in 1929, he became a horror specialist at Universal Studios, shooting “Dracula” and directing “The Mummy” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” (more…)

Pan’s Labyrinth was above and beyond my favorite movie of the year. Mexican director/writer Guillermo Del Toro directs his fairy tale through the eyes of young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) during Spain’s Civil-War.

Sadness, horror, and the repercussion of war are evoked via Ofelia’s eyes. Meanwhile she is attempting to escape the world of suffering, to a beautiful, enchanting, childlike realm, of fairies and a faun’s labyrinth. This is a remarkable adult fairy tale, with emotional depth, and phenomenal: set designs, costumes, and special effects. Pan’s Labyrinth exudes a magnificently beautiful world of innocence and honesty within a sphere filled of corruption. (more…)

Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” is, hands down, my favorite record of all time. At first glance, eight songs may seem a little slim for an LP. I promise you, the only thing it will leave you wanting is to hear it again. And again. It’s full of songs about people with everything and nothing to lose. Songs about hiding on backstreets and screaming down boulevards. Songs about cars, growing up and ultimately, hope. A hope that maybe, pedal floored, the radio loud enough and your girl by your side, you’ll get to where you’re going. It may be an immature, ‘grass is greener’ mentality, but if rock and roll’s not going to remind us of this, who will?