With "The Maze Runner" being his major motion picture debut, Director Wes Ball proves he is a force to be reckoned with, leaving audiences on the edge of their seats from beginning to end. From the crystal clear, action-packed visual effects to the endearing moments of bravery, the film adaptation of "The Maze Runner" is bound to make a reader...

As the event started at 6:30 p.m., a couple dozen stood in the back. For guest of honor, Pitzer College professor Phil Zuckerman, it was great turnout. "I was really impressed by the size of the audience for a Monday night," he said. "I was just really blown away [by] how many people packed the room." Despite overcapacity, Wargin Hall...

"The Exorcists," the original "Halloween," and classics such as "Nosferatu" will always be remembered as influential films of the horror genre. With Halloween slowly approaching, audiences usually a get a couple of horror films to fill out the weekend's box office. This year is no different, with a handful of releases hoping to ride the holiday sales (of the upcoming...

Gone Girl, the new mystery film directed by David Fincher is based on the bestselling novel of the same name. Ben Affleck plays Nick Dunne, a journalist-turned-bar-owner who comes home on the day of his fifth anniversary, to find his wife missing. Nick's wife Amy, played by Rosamund Pike, is the star of a popular series of children's books written...

The last time actor Denzel Washington and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua worked together prior to "The Equalizer," Washington had earned an Oscar for best male performance, while Fuqua had directed a film that's considered a modern crime classic. "Training Day" proved memorable, spawning imitators in films such as 2006's "Harsh Times," or even 2008's "Street Kings." Hell, ask anyone who's seen...

2014 has undoubtedly been the year of literature brought to life by way of cinema. From romances such as The Fault in Our Stars (Dir. Josh Boone) to classics like The Giver (Dir. Phillip Noyce), there is no denying that the new trend in filmmaking is to turn the words of some of today's popular novels into motion pictures. In...

One thing you can always expect every summer is to make a new discovery. The summer of 2014 was no exception. Moviegoers, literary junkies, music lovers and the social media obsessed all had something to look forward to this year.5. Goodreads (Book App)For any bookworm who has ever wanted to join a book club but couldn't find the time, receive...

According to Major League Baseball, a "no-hitter" (or "no no" for short) is when the other team is unable to get a technical hit from a pitch. By researching the MLB's record of no-hitters, it becomes certain that only skilled pitchers under the right circumstances have performed such a feat. Only one, however, had supposedly done it on LSD: Dock...

Everyone knows to expect the unexpected with the Video Music Awards is on the air and 2014 was certainly no exception. Broadcast live from the network where pop culture reigns supreme, MTV aired the VMAs from the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA on Aug. 24. In true VMA fashion, there were a slew of performances that ran together joining...

Brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba simply get it. As the creators of this year's One Book, One College choice, "daytripper," they tell an intimate tale that utilizes the medium of comic books/graphic novels to its fullest storytelling potential. The life of "daytripper's" protagonist probably could've worked as a novel or film, but letting the story unfold through each page...