The Women's Center and student group KSURGE (Kent State Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity) screened the documentary “Sex(Ed) The Movie” on April 2 in Nixon Hall as part of its event series in...
After the blockbuster success of “American Sniper,” Hollywood is moving forward with another military movie. The book “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special...
Kent State University Independent Films produces a full feature length film every other year. Last year we saw the group produce the horror film, “Hell at Heathridge,” and now we see them head down...
I wouldn’t normally be in support of full-blown, legal murder, but this movie might make me think twice about it. In the first movie, “The Purge,” a new installation of government creates a holiday...
I finally saw “Gone Girl” this week, and it reminded me of another favorite film adaption of a novel, “My Sister’s Keeper.” Jodi Picoult’s popular book hit the big screen in 2009 starring Abigail...
I got this movie at a Redbox at one point because I thought, at first glance of the cover, that it featured Dustin Hoffman and Idris Elba. What an interesting combination of actors, right? It caught me...
In any movie, when you throw a guy like Robert Redford in jail - especially when he’s a likable, war-torn, three-star general in the U.S. Army - expect a good story. With “The Last Castle,” you get...
It started with an advertisement. “Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only...
It turns out Shailene Woodley can do more than play a frail girl with cancer, as she did in “The Fault in Our Stars.” It’s hard to see past that, though, when this movie opens with her and her brother...
My first impression of this movie went something along the lines of, “Ew, look at Joaquin Phoenix’s pedophile stash,” and, “These guys sitting around talking to their computers are in need of social...
This 2013 suspense-thriller will have you at the edge of your seat. Halle Berry plays the role of Jordan Turner, a 911 operator in “The Call.” After making a deadly mistake with an emergency call six...
