Archive for Arts and Entertainment

Breaking Dawn Part 1: Can Love Between a Vampire and a Human Endure Anything?

By: Carly King-Staff Writer

Breaking Dawn Part 1 isn’t just the beginning to the end but it’s the part of saga that pulls everything together and shows just how strong Edward and Bella’s love is. “No measure of time with you would be long enough, but we’ll start with forever.”

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Writer and Filmmaker Diane Glancy Enlightens Saint Leo

By Greg Robinson – Online Editor

Saint Leo University was fortunate enough to have award-winning writer Diane Glancy on campus from Monday, November 7 to Wednesday, November 9. The prolific writer, who has authored a number of short stories, novels, plays, collections, and poems, spoke to classes, read from some of her works, and held a screening of her first full-length film, The Dome of Heaven.

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Jane’s Addiction – The Great Escape Artist Review

By: Chad Wise – Sports Editor

Released on Oct. 18, the fourth studio-recorded album by the Los Angeles-based rock band reminds listeners that Strays was not indicative of Jane’s Addiction losing its way. This is the second consecutive record without founding bassist Eric Avery – Strays was released in 2003 – with Dave Sitek and Chris Chaney splitting the duties. Avery made a short-lived reunion with the band on its NIN/JA tour alongside Nine Inch Nails in 2008-10, but called it quits again before the band headed to the recording studio.

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Rap’s Stepfather

By: Lindsay Renner – Copy Editor

Normally, I am not the sort of person to enthuse over rap music. I enjoy listening to it, but my musical passions have always been in a different genre. With the release of Childish Gambino’s fourth studio album,Camp, my entire perspective on rap has been changed.

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In the Pit of the Stomach Review

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By Grant Schrantz - Staff Writer

 

 

I recently found myself listening to Scotland based indie rock band, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ new album In the Pit of the Stomach, released last month and honestly didn’t think too much of it.

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The Dome of Heaven: Where Dreams are Dangerous

By: Brooke King – Arts and Entertainment Editor

“Everything is a struggle. Nothing is easy. We just have to keep going.” With these words of advice that echo through the film and into the hearts of the audience, The Dome of Heaven brings new bearing to the societal perception of Native American culture and family relations.

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In time: A world where time is everything

By Carly King – Staff Writer

In Time introduces a world where money doesn’t exist and people stop aging after they turn twenty five, which might seem ideal for many. Thanks to Oscar nominated Screenwriter-Director, Andrew Niccol, viewers learn that a world like this isn’t so much a dream as it is a nightmare. The catch is that after the first twenty-five years of life, each person is given one year. Since time is the new currency, in order to stay alive they must work to earn time on their clock. Not only is time the only thing keeping someone alive, it’s also what must be used to pay for everything and anything. Everyone in the less fortunate time zones struggle to keep their clocks ticking.

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Anonymous: Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

By Brooke King – Arts and Entertainment Editor

Over centuries, one issue within the literary world has sparked speculation and intrigue from academics and non-academics alike: did Shakespeare indeed author the plays that were credited to him?

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

 

By Amanda Butler – Online Editor

When mad hatters, un-birthdays, talking flowers, and crazy tea parties intertwine, Alice and the rest of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland come to mind. Saint Leo Dramaturgy recently presented a play based on the two famous tales, adapted for the stage by Saint Leo’s own David McGinnis.

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The Rum Diary: A Partial Homage to Hunter S. Thompson

By Brooke King – Entertainment Editor

Based upon the autobiographical novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary has everything that a Thompson fan would love; binge drinking, LSD induced acid trips, and deranged characters that often land themselves in the most precarious situations.

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