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Maroon 5’s overexposure suits the band well

Overexposed, Maroon 5’s newest and fourth LP, is for the masses. It is shiny pop perfection, wrapped up with a bow and created for the millions of fans who watched frontman Adam Levine spin around on...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a biting review of a movie that leaves no mark

Faced at last with the opportunity to see a movie about a U.S. president and the undead, one should think of no better time for it than midnight. Yet, why anyone would try to think like this about a film...

Battle for an Oscar: The Tree of Life

Nick Mitchell ('13)/ Eastside Staff February 27, 2012

The Tree of Life might not be the most popular of nominees, but that doesn’t make it any less great. It is a movie, made with a certain tenderness and attention. A movie that tries to wrestle with convoluted...

Battle for an Oscar: Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy and a fantasy directed by Woody Allen. The main character is Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), an accomplished screenwriter. Gil is visiting the beautiful city Paris with...

The Battle for an Oscar: The Descendants

Joe Incollingo ('13)/Eastside staff February 26, 2012

Life is hard a lot of the time. Take Matt King as an example. The man juggles two troubled daughters and an emotionally-distant and recently comatose wife, while still making the life-changing decisions...

The Artist deserves an Oscar

After over an hour of an amalgamation of pure genius, spectacular imagery and histrionic, yet divine, performances, is it sad that what looms in my mind the most is George Valentin’s (Jean Dujardin)...

The Battle for an Oscar: The Artist

The Artist is a film worth talking about for a number of reasons, the first of which is that it is not likely to be very popular with the average moviegoer. The Artist is a black and white silent film...

The Battle for an Oscar: Moneyball

Baseball movies are always either extremely good or terribly awful. In a good movie, like Bull Durham, humor, drama and realism are all incorporated nicely, and an instant classic is formed. On the other...

The Battle for an Oscar: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Sarah Robbins ('13)/Eastside staff February 26, 2012

By now you must have heard of the movie that treads the line between a sentimental portrayal of a grief-ridden family and a wrenching story of the horrors of 9/11. Set in a Manhattan flat, in 2002, 9-year-old...

The Battle for an Oscar: The Help

In a year filled with countless sequels, book adaptations and 3-D remakes, Hollywood produced a record number of films completely devoid of any semblances of originality.  Still, several such films did,...

The Battle for an Oscar: Hugo

Katie Rimdzius ('13)/Eastside Staff February 26, 2012

  Over the course of the past year, many great movies have been released.  Hugo, released on November 23, 2011 was one of the most recognized films of the year. Both the skillful use of 3D effects...

We need to talk about kevin, and also how good the movie is

We need to talk about We Need to Talk about Kevin.  Gripping, horrifying, nearly unwatchable, We Need to Talk about Kevin artfully dissects the complex relationship between mother and sadistic son.  Adapted...

Of Montreal ditch sanity, pick up Bowie on Paralytic Stalks

Of Montreal ditch sanity, pick up Bowie on Paralytic Stalks

Nick Mitchell ('13)/Eastside staff January 31, 2012

"We Will Commit Wolf Murder. Exorcismic Breeding Knife."  "Authentic Pyrrhic Remission." These somewhat intricate and foreboding song titles appear on the band Of Montreal’s new album, Paralytic Stalks,...

The not-so-secret life of the American teenager, Shailene Woodley

Daphna Varadi ('14)/Eastside staff January 31, 2012

Recently, Shailene Woodley has made an unbelievable breakthrough in the entertainment business.  Since the summer of 2008, Woodley has played the lead role of ABC Family’s hit television series, “The...

Oscars seek new venue for ceremony

Abby Hoffman ('14)/Eastside staff January 31, 2012

To a lot of people, the Academy Awards is more than just an awards ceremony where celebrities receive large golden statues, otherwise known as Oscars. For many, the ceremony holds important traditions,...

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