Reviewing a review
By Nicholas Davies “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” do you always have to start with the title its bad form you know relying on the same tricks over and over again still on with the rest of the review oh look a witty lead oh that’s real original Davies that opening paragraph loses its train of [...]
The hungry games
By Nicholas Davies Despite the unending publicity, much of the populace, myself included, has no idea what on earth “The Hunger Games” is about. As such, I have done some research and I am now attempting to present what I found. (Note: Spoilers follow) Tweet
Spinach and Ricotta Spaghetti
By Katheryne Rivera Ingredients -2 tablespoons Onion -2 teaspoons minced garlic -3 to 4 ounces fresh spinach – 1½ cups ricotta cheese -2 tablespoons butter/oil -Salt -Pepper Tweet
Review of ARAB ON RADAR’S SOAK THE SADDLE!
Colby West Here’s the sound as recorded by Imagination: When the needle of this record dropped, so did Sisyphus’s boulder off his back and through the Crystal Palace ceiling of the Occident. Tweet
JOHN CARTER
A Review By Nicholas Davies Adapting a book into a film is a lot like cutting a pie: no matter how you cut, some of the filling is going to be left out. Perhaps this is why many book-to-screen adaptations ultimately fail: they either try to keep everything in or they simply discard everything [...]
Congratulations to A Dream Play
By Nicholas Davies And now for something completely different: the Kennedy Centre has bestowed three awards upon the Bridgewater College production of “A Dream Play”, which traveled to the Kennedy Centre American College Theatre Festival two months ago. Awards were given to Holly Labbe for Distinguished Costume Design and to Jessica Snellings for Distinguished Sound [...]
Prof. Hough exhibits ceramics in Charlottesville
Michael Hough, associate professor of art, celebrates the opening of his solo show of ceramic work, “Play, in Clay, Once a Day: Clay Sculpture and Vessels,” in the gallery at City Clay on March 2. The show runs from March 1 – 31. The gallery is located at 301 West Main Street in Charlottesville, VA. [...]
It’s a mediocre night for Oscar
By Nicholas Davies “So tonight, enjoy yourselves because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.” -Billy Crystal Sometimes I don’t know why I subject myself to watching the Oscars every year; no matter how long I try to convince myself [...]
Transforming Relationships
By Nicholas Davies Silence (n): a natural occurrence where nothing can be heard or does not exist. The opposite of what one might find in a Michael Bay film. To say Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation” revels in its pauses and endless moments of quiet is an understatement. Yet, the most obvious aspect [...]
Creating Relationships
Circle Mirror Transformation opens this week By Nicholas Davies “It was a kick in the pants.” At least, that’s how Scott Cole describes his experience at the KCACTF in January where Bridgewater was invited to perform their previous production “A Dream Play”. But, even before “A Dream Play” opened on campus, Cole was [...]
Hip to be square
Goodbye – Chuck By Nicholas Davies “Operation Moron is over?” -John Casey I don’t usually write about television. It’s not that I believe that film is somehow a higher art form than its visual counterpart. (On the contrary, television has numerous advantages over film, but that’s another conversation entirely…) Rather, the quality of television has [...]
On the “Money”
by Nicholas Davies The majority of sport films are adrenaline pumping, feel good affairs that are meant to allow the audience to leave their respective screenings floating on Cloud Nine and feeling pretty damn good about themselves. While there is some aspect of that in “Moneyball,” the rest of the film is not necessarily about [...]
Woody Allen’s Paris
By Nicholas Davies It is natural human behavior to yearn for something beyond our reach. For some, it may be love or at least some sort of competent relationship while others may simply want the consolation of a night eating comfort food whilst listening to cheesy 80’s rock. Others though yearn for something greater: [...]
The other game
By Nicholas Davies Every year, millions of viewers tune in to watch the Super Bowl, which has become arguably the biggest sporting event in America. Yet, beneath the titanic clash of plastic helmets mixed with blood, sweat and tears, there is a secondary game going on. Don’t worry; I’m not trying to state that [...]
The editor in the mirror
By Nicholas Davies On December 30, 2011, an intrepid reporter, Nicholas Davies, set out to interview the new Arts and Style Editor, Nicholas Davies. The subsequent interview was deemed so gruesome, so horrifying, so mediocre that Nicholas (the first one for those of you playing along at home) was removed from his job and [...]
The ballad of our dreams
By Nicholas Davies I’m going to try something different here, so bear with me… In a windswept land, in the frozen north, where the snow doth fall and Jimmy Stewart adorns every street corner, there was a gathering of forces. This congregation found shelter from the cold and the dark within a space adorned with [...]
The Oscar complex
By Nicholas Davies There are many things that one can rely on to be dependably predictable: the changing of the seasons, the inevitability of death, and my reaction to the works of Michael Bay. Perhaps though the most predictable event of the year is the Oscar nominations; that is, that the Oscar voter’s picks for [...]
Barrister books
By Elynia Betts Down a little street in Staunton, tucked out of way, is Barrister Books. On the outside of the building is a big, green banner proclaiming, “used books!” for passersby and literature majors alike. Opening the bright red door reveals a comfortable room with antique wrenches and other interesting items on display. There [...]
Cold Cave’s review
By Colby West This is winter within the Moog, a wonderland of dirty digital soundscapes blanketed by the cool fuzzy snow of automaton creations reciprocating the digital age of beep, beep, beep. And that’s just the noise… Tweet
“Super 8” Review
By Nicholas Davies Back in the days before the Michael Bay and the other Pop Video directors began taking over our cinemas, summer films were not just tent pole releases that would pay for the smaller films to come later on. They were proper films in their own right, full of wonder, heart and character, [...]
Accumulation through repetition
By Elynia Betts “I’m interested in the idea of time, and accumulation as evidence of it” said Bridgewater Adjunct Instructor in Art, Eric Kniss. “Not just in a passive, natural sense, but a fixated sense of accumulation through repetition.” His latest sculpture, CON_Sequential Complex, is currently on display in the Smith House Sculpture Garden in [...]
“Muppets” make strong comeback
By Nicholas Davies One of the biggest elements missing from modern cinema is heart, and perhaps no other group of performers has more heart than the Muppets. That being said, they have been M.I.A. for a number of years now, which makes their return all the more exciting, especially for long time fans of the [...]
Breaking yawn
By Katheryne Rivera As a fan of the Twilight novels, I have to admit that I have been rather disappointed with the previous attempts to turn them into films. Stephanie Meyer has written her books with so much detail, and am hard-pressed to see how they can possibly fit one within a two-hour time limit. [...]
Artist talk
by Jahna Merritt The students who gathered in the Boitnott room at the Artist Talk on November 14 were treated to the surreal artwork of Paige Critcher, professor of art and photography at Sweet Briar College. Critcher considers herself to be a “restless photographer”—always working. She said she had been working on her first collection [...]
