Frozen depicts a moral tale of love and sacrifice, reviving Disney’s traditional charm, but forgoing some of its long-observed traditions-and it’s for the better.
Arts, Movies
Cooper’s New Thriller ‘Out Of The Furnace’ Lunges Into The Fire
Although Bale and Affleck give solid performances, Out of the Furnace lacks conviction, and suffers from a generic and unbelievable writing.
Arts, Movies
‘Philomena’ Finds Truth In Its Characters
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan explore untapped talent through their roles in Stephen Frears’ Oscar-worthy film Philomena.
Arts, Column
COLUMN: ‘Back To December’
Taylor Swift, Christmas lights, and a string of thoughts inspired a little wintertime reflection as I walked through O’Neill Plaza this week.
News, On Campus
O’Neill 24 Hours
By: Caroline Hopkins
For those dreaded two weeks during mid-December, the Boston College libraries become students’ new homes.
Arts
Captain Phillips’ Navigates Wisely, Overcoming Early Troubles
By: David Cote
With Oscar-worthy work from Hanks, Captain Phillips finds humanity in Somali pirate attack.
Arts
Paramore Struggles With A New Identity On Self-Titled Album
By: Brennan Carley
We live in a world populated by bands that exist as mere shells of their former selves. Guns N’ Roses is now the Axl Rose Experience, the Smashing Pumpkins essentially boils down to Billy Corgan and whoever isn’t pissing him off at the moment, and now, pop-punk early aught-staple Paramore is merely lead singer Hayley Williams with the help of the newly recruited Jeremy Davis and Taylor York.
Having hobbled along subsisting on one-off Twilight and Transformers soundtrack singles and the occasional award-show red carpet appearance, Paramore emerges relatively unscathed from its awkward transitional phase.
Arts
A$AP Rocky Ascends The Ranks On Debut ‘Long.Live.A$AP’
By: Brennan Carley
Much has been said about the state of New York hip-hop over the past decade, as Big Apple legacy acts like Nas and Jay-Z seem more interested in cashing in than creating iconic art. While Harlem based rapper A$AP Rocky doesn’t quite solve the problem on his debut album Long.Live.A$AP, he instead tilts the genre in a new direction, incorporating a world of styles that makes the disc more Times Square than Crown Heights.
Arts
Minaj Boldly Returns With A Solid Release, ‘The Re-Up’
By: Brennan Carley
Nicki Minaj has had a rough year. Sure, her sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded sold a boatload of copies and spawned several successful singles, but her place in rap’s hierarchy has taken a tumble.
Arts
Arabian Nights’ Beautifully Unfolds In Robsham
By: Brennan Carley
For a classical play, the Boston College Theatre Department’s production of The Arabian Nights certainly evoked modernity more than most pieces invoking Allah, the Quran, and the murder of an army of virgins do.
