Dalton’s Cinema Spot- The Other Woman
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
April 25, 2014
PG-13, 109 minutes Starring- Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton 1.5/ 5 Stars And here in celluloid form is the death of feminism. The Other Woman centers on Carly (Diaz) who has the perfect relationship with her new beau (Game of Throne’s Nikola Coster-Waldau), until Carly...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- Noah
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
March 30, 2014
PG-13, 139 minutes Starring- Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone 4/ 5 Stars Let me start by saying, this is by no means Ben-Hur or The Ten Commandments as far as Biblical epics are concerned, but that I feel is to be expected. Noah is completely different from ...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
March 30, 2014
R, 100 minutes Starring- Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody 5/5 Stars Any fan of director Wes Anderson, and simply fans of quirky, fun, zany movies will adore The Grand Budapest Hotel. In the movie, Ralph Fiennes stars as a concierge name Gustave H., who is lov...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- 300: Rise of an Empire
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
March 7, 2014
R, 102 minutes Starring- Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Heady 2.5/5 Stars Being a fan of 2006's 300 (4/5 stars), I was excited for seeing the sequel, even though I felt it was largely an unnecessary add on to an already impressive film. Alas, I was sadly right, mostly. Rise takes place before, ...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- Non-Stop
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
February 28, 2014
PG-13, 106 minutes Starring- Liam Neeson, Juliane Moore, Michelle Dockary 3.5/5 Stars Neeson's still got the goods! Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks, an alcoholic Air Marshall who is mourning the loss of his daughter. On board a flight to London, Marks receives information from a blocked number...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- The Lego Movie
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
February 9, 2014
PG, 100 minutes Starring- Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell 4.5/ 5 Stars Who would have thought it possible that an entire movie could be made (and made well!) about Legos? The Lego Movie centers on Emmet (Pratt), a typical, generic construction worker living ...
Confessions of a Marxist
Malachi Dray, Guest Writer
January 30, 2014
(The views expressed below are solely the opinion of Malachi Dray and do not represent the views of the Howler. As a forum for free expression The Howler strives to represent diverse student opinions.) It is clear to any eye that we live in a broken world, where oppression rejoices and mercy struggles to keep pa...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- August: Osage County
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
January 13, 2014
R, 121 minutes Starring- Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor 4.5/ 5 Stars There’s an old saying that goes along the lines of this, you can choose your spouse, but you can’t choose your family. Truer words could not be spoken in describing one of the most dysfunctional families brough...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- Her
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
January 12, 2014
R,126 minutes Starring- Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams 5/5 Stars This is a very strange and wonderful film, that’s for sure. Her is set in the distant future when man is obsessed with all things technology based, so really present day. Theodore (Phoenix) is a lonely man wh...
Dalton’s Cinema Spot- Out of the Furnace
Dalton Valette, Opinions Editor
December 8, 2013
R, 116 minutes Starring- Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson 2.5/ 5 Stars “If you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen,” President Harry S. Truman used to say. Unfortunately, I wish it was a bit hotter, then maybe Out of the Furnace would have been more successf...
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