Because of the coronavirus pandemic, people have not been able to see new movies in theaters. Personally, going to the movies is one of my favorite things to do and, as it turns out, one of the only things I frequently do when I meet up with friends. While theaters […]
Film/Television
Coping with Sitcoms
I didn’t plan to binge-watch all nine seasons of The Office throughout April but that’s exactly what I ended up doing. Before quarantine, I had never really been interested in watching sitcoms, and I never had the time to sit down and watch 10 consecutive episodes of a show. Once […]
The Rise and Splintering of Streaming Services
This past June, fans of “The Office” were shocked to learn that the massively popular sitcom would be leaving Netflix. NBCUniversal, the company that owns the rights to the show, released a statement informing fans that the sitcom would be leaving Netflix and be exclusively feature on NBC’s own standalone […]
1917: The Movie Shot in One Take
This movie seems like it is filmed in one shot. One very long shot. Sam Mendes’ upcoming feature film, “1917,” follows the journey of two British soldiers tasked with transporting news across devastated WWI landscapes and behind enemy lines to another British battalion of 1600 troops to warn them of […]
How “The Good Place” Redefines Sitcom
“The Good Place,” a fantasy comedy television series, describes the lives of four friends in the afterlife. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), who discovers after speaking with the angel-architect overseeing the Good Place neighborhood, Michael (Ted Danson), that she was mistakenly put in the Good Place, a heaven-like […]
A History of Shakespeare to Screen
The works of William Shakespeare often haunt the nightmares of high school students. “I think [students] hear about Shakespeare, and what they know of it is that it’s complex language, and it was written a long time ago,” said freshman english teacher Ms. Eckert, when asked about why many students […]