Category: Columns
ROVING I “Regrets, I’ve Had a Few…”
I recently read somewhere that as we age, we regret the things we haven’t done and wish we had more than the things we have done and wish we hadn’t. It got me thinking…
Cinema Funk: “Brave” Review for Adults Alike
“Brave” merges both Disney and Pixar traditions to form a fresh story that is equal parts lighthearted fun and a darker fairy tale in the vein of Brothers Grimm. However, it begs the question whether it is feminist narrative or merely the stuff of fairy tale princess fantasies?
Busy in Bristow: Soccer Mom
Young at heart mom avoided becoming a “Soccer Mom,” instead choosing gymnastics and wrestling…until she caught the bug.
Roving I: Numbers Don’t Lie (But Sometimes They Fib)
I’m sure you’ve heard that saying “Numbers don’t lie.” When I first heard it, my thought was, well, of course numbers don’t lie. How could they?
ROVING I: Teenagers and Tiaras
Nearly 35 years later, with prom season in the air, I’m wondering just what, if anything, I missed out on by not going. Might I have fallen in love? Had my heart broken? Learned how to slow dance without feeling compelled to lead?
Hippyish (In Ireland): The Tale of Two Cocoas
Contributor Katie Casey is a Prince William native and college student at The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. She is currently studying abroad in Ireland. This week I had two amazing hot chocolates, which is naturally of such importance that I must tell the whole internet. On Tuesday night after fencing training, the club [...]
CinemaFunk: Chronicle
We do not often see films that show a first-person perspective rise of a villain. When we do, we are rarely given a chance to sympathize with the individual. Chronicle mends two recent film trends, first-person perspective and super-hero narratives, to explore the abuse of power, its relationship to Survival of the Fittest, and capturing [...]
The Roving I: Winter Woes
With the late onset of wintry weather this year, it’s been even harder than usual for me to adjust to the cold temperatures of the last couple of days.
CinemaFunk: The Iron Lady
Rather than cram political agendas down the audience’s throat, The Iron Lady examines how UK’s first female Prime Minister consistently took survival into her own hands rather than relying on those around her. The conservative ideologies that the film explores are not ideologies that the film’s producers may agree with, instead it simply shows the [...]
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