There are few actors who can successfully survive slogging through the depths of bad movies time and time again and still come out with their career and dignity intact. Bruce Campbell has managed to do just that with a combination of sheer charisma and a natural comedic talent.
It’s not often a film comes along that feels so heartfelt, so relevant and so entertaining, but Milk is all these things and more. Gus Vant Sant directs this story of Harvey Milk, the legendary San Francisco politician who was ruthlessly gunned down by a co-worker along with the town’s mayor in 1978.
Amid the frantic jubilation following Portland State’s first ever Big Sky Conference Championship and Division I NCAA Volleyball Championship berth, the beaming grin of associate head coach Jeff Mozzochi could have easily been lost.
If you’re wondering why there are so many WWII first-person shooters, blame Steven Spielberg. Not content to let the war rest in peace after the phenomenal box office success of Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg went on to produce Dreamworks Interactive’s Medal of Honor for the PS one.
As expected, heavily favored Eastern Washington easily dismantled Weber State in three sets in the semi-finals of the Big Sky Volleyball Championships at the Stott Center Saturday evening. After rolling past the Wildcats by the score of 25-18 in each of the first two sets, the No.
When I first heard about Mirror’s Edge, I was a little skeptical. The idea sounded interesting enough, emphasizing leaping from rooftops and sprinting away from enemies rather than engaging in mass baddie-genocide, as is usually the case. The game’s presentation, though, was a bit of a letdown. Even after I saw the much-lauded E3 trailer, I wasn’t that interested. I mean, why make a game revolving around Parkour-based acrobatics if it’s going to be in first-person?
Wall-E might be the best film of this year. It has everything going for it: emotional depth, a surprising thematic depth and beautifully rendered landscapes. It’s cute–surprising for a movie set on post-apocalyptic Earth–and is imbued with a sense of wonder and purpose. In short, Wall-E is a continuation of Pixar Animation’s incredible track record of filmmaking, from Toy Story to Ratatouille.
The words were simple. “Nah, nah, nah, nah… From east to west… From east to west… You know the Viks are the best… You know the Viks are the best…Nah, nah, nah, nah.” But the sheer emotion on the faces of seniors Aaron Dickson and Jonathan Benjamin-Nichols as they led their teammates in Vikings’ spirited post-game celebration proved the moment was less simple and more monumental for the two.
Portland State’s theater production of Pierre Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love is the tale of a princess who goes undercover as a man to infiltrate the home of the man who is both the rightful heir to the throne and the love of her life. Like most women in drag, the play is passable on the surface but doesn’t bear up under close scrutiny.
Ask head coach Jerry Glanville what his expectations for this past season were, and he will tell you this: “Whatever they were we didn’t meet them.”
Without a doubt the biggest buzzword around campus has been “sustainability.” But with a new university president, the opening of a newly renovated Shattuck Hall and an array of construction projects sprouting up around campus the notion of change has definitely given sustainability a run for its money.