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Star Trek Beyond is another solid addition to the franchise and a standout this summer

No need to fret everyone. Summertime can finally be celebrated, for the latest of installment of the Star Trek franchise is here....

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Eat That Question - Frank Zappa in his Own Words is just that and remarkable in its own right

Part of the legacy of Frank Zappa is that no one can quite pin down exactly who or what Frank Zappa really is. Sure, he’s...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Tickled: shocking new doc reveals the dark and twisted world of competitive tickling

It’s easy to forget what kind of strange madness goes on in the random dark corners of the world. Sickness. Death. Tickling....

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

The Fits is a standout whimsical drama about belongingness and identity

It really doesn’t take long before you realize that The Fits is going to be a special experience. If you happened to see...

Cooper Copeland

Film TV Time

"OJ: Made in America" is an incredible exploration of history and media breeding a monster

It all boils down to simple bewilderment. Perhaps I can blame my age. On that fateful night of June 13th, 1994, I was a mere...

Cooper Copeland

Film Special Features

Why feminists have an obligation to see 'Ghostbusters'

I have Friday, July 15, circled on my calendar already. Like many moviegoing women, for more than a year I’ve been anticipating...

Andrea Adelson

Film Blog

LA Greek Film Festival celebrates first decade capturing the films of Greece

Festival to honor Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons10th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, June 1-5, 2016, Egyptian Theatre,...

Campus Circle Staff

Film Movie Reviews

Weiner turns what once was a joke of a political scandal into an alluring tale of pathos

Back in 2011, a political scandal leapt to the top of headlines across America, and not because of its particular menace or its...

Cooper Copeland

Film Special Features

LA Film Festival Unveils 2016 Competition Lineup

42 World Premieres chosen for U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, LA Muse, and Nightfall Competitions The 2016 LA Film...

Campus Circle Staff

Film Movie Reviews

From rags to drag, Viva is a Cuban story worth telling

Walking into the small theater, cozying up into my rickety chair, and readying myself for Viva, I have to admit my expectations...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Elvis & Nixon: an absurd kind-of-true tale of two icons meeting

What happens when Elvis Presley walks into The Oval Office to ask President Nixon to make him an undercover narcotics officer?...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Lots of faults won't bring Jake Gyllenhaal and Demolition down

I’m pretty sure a lot of people aren’t going to like Demolition and probably for many good reasons. It often relies...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Strong performances can't make Miles Ahead woo us like its subject Miles Davis did

Despite the pedestal and the ideals of perfection we bestow upon them, us cultural undertakers like to see our legends torn and...

Cooper Copeland

Film Interviews

The cast of The Bronze talks the fickle nature of fame and free Wetzel's Pretzels

They say good things come in small packages, but clearly they, whoever they are, have never met Hope Ann Gregory. She’s...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

My Golden Days reminds us that the past is an ugly, gorgeous thing

It’s hard to say what kinds of memories we will cling to in the later years of our lives. The adventures, the romances,...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Norway's first disaster film The Wave leaves a lasting impression

The power of a disaster film relies on its ability to instill a distinct set of fears within the viewer. Feeling like it could...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Triple 9: not enough grit and grime in this dirty cop drama

Talking about cops has become a thing of habit these days, and the pendulum seems to swing in the negative direction more often...

Cooper Copeland

Film TV Time

"The New Yorker Presents" is basically everything you've wanted the magazine to be

If you, along millions of others across America, subscribe to The New Yorker, then you probably know that as technology begins...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

The future of weed journalism lost in the smoke in new doc Rolling Papers

Just when you thought print journalism was dead—ahem—one paper decided that it was just a matter of adapting to the...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Embrace of the Serpent: with brimming beauty, the Amazon speaks back

It’s pretty safe to assume that we—the collective we—like to believe we know something about our culture, our...

Cooper Copeland

Film Interviews

The cast of How to be Single talks dirt on modern dating

Unless you’re one of the lucky few who constantly finds yourself in a stream of long-term relationships, each more profoundly...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Jane Austen would only think it's kind of funny

Alright, people. Here we have a unique specimen: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Not is this just an adaptation, but it’s...

Cooper Copeland

Film Interviews

Dir. Grímur Hákonarson talks Rams and the particularity of Icelandic humor

Somewhere deep in the chilled waters where the Atlantic and the Arctic meet, lies an island where the bond between man and his...

Cooper Copeland

Film Interviews

Actor Michael Shannon gets real

Michael Shannon has played fictional characters, such as General Zod in “Man of Steel.” He’s also taken on...

Film Movie Reviews

JeruZalem and watching flying zombies through Google Glass

What happens when a demon, a zombie, and a fairy walk into a bar in Jerusalem? If you guessed that everybody walks out of said...

Cooper Copeland

Film Blog

CA & RI Filmmakers Prep Touching Romantic Dramedy Film to Benefit Autism Charity

RHODE ISLAND / LOS ANGELES – L.A. & Rhode Island filmmakers team up with The Autism Project, Rhode Island to raise...

Campus Circle Staff

Film Special Features

2016 winter-spring movie sneak previews

Jan. 15AnesthesiaThe assault of a philosophy professor ties together the existential dilemmas of a disparate group of New Yorkers....

Film Movie Reviews

Good Morning Karachi: a good step for Pakistani filmmaking, but not big enough

It’s easy to take for granted the kinds of stories that fill our screens here in America. In order for us to take a second...

Cooper Copeland

Film Movie Reviews

Son of Saul: a Holocaust film evolved

I like to think of Son of Saul as a windowsill. The window itself contains the familiar images of tragedy that The Holocaust...

Cooper Copeland

Film Special Features

DiCaprio’s long wait outside the winner’s circle may be ending

Awards nominations are a regular occurrence for Leonardo DiCaprio, who turns up on prestigious seasonal film lists as often as...

Zach Bourque