Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is finally over. The pinnacle of awards season for films and filmmakers has arrived. This Sunday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 87th Academy Awards ceremony (now officially known as The Oscars) will honor the best films of 2014, and with it evidently comes a new batch of winners whose works in the...

“As friends we’ve gathered, hearts are true. Spirits near, we call to you.” These words echo in my head like a broken record, a reminder of the squandered 1 hour and 23 minutes of my life I will never get back. Yet, Stiles White’s (screenwriter behind “Knowing” (2009) and “Boogeyman” (2005)) directorial movie debut, “Ouija” surprisingly tops the weekend box...

The crowd explodes to a boisterous roar as they cheer for triumph. With a victorious smile plastered across her face, she stands in confidence as the gleaming crown is placed upon her dark, long auburn hair. Meanwhile, the striking raven-haired lady standing next to her forces a dry smile in an attempt to suppress her tears. A sense of loss,...

Beep! Tap. Tap. Click. Click. Click. These all-too-familiar rhythmic sounds make up the soundtrack of the new digital age. Every single day, every single one of us partakes in an elaborate musical act where smartphones, tablets, and laptops are the instruments of melodic choice. Technology, literally in the palm of our hands, has weaved its way into the core of...

If you’ve been living under a rock the past couple of years, you may not remember a time in the spring of 2012 when a literal rock star, which gained both national and international news coverage, was the center of media attention. This rock is none other than the infamous 340-ton granite boulder first discovered in December of 2006 at...