Movies

How Disney Princesses Can Be Feminists

“I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle it. Have a nice day.” – Hercules…

100 Thoughts While Watching “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

  **WARNING: Relatively Major Spoiler Alert + Potentially VERY misleading exclamations of thought** Star Wars…

Heroines Of “The Hunger Games” Teach A New Definition Of Strength

Mother, sister, soldier, heroine, sidekick, mentor, villain: In fiction, as well as in life, the…

Why “The Hunger Games” Is Important For Mental Illness Awareness

By Lauren McGrath *Warning: Contains spoilers for Mockingjay, Part II* In one of the most tense…

Celebrating 26 Years With The Little Mermaid

It’s been 26 years TODAY since Ariel (and The Little Mermaid) swam into our lives and…

Music for Rainy Days

Here in Alabama it’s been raining for what feels like weeks. In reality it’s been…

“Crimson Peak” Revives The Glory Of The Gothic Tradition

We are approaching quickly what is sure to be a wicked weekend. The films released…

10 Movies To Watch If You’ve Never Seen A Classic Film

By Chandra Chakravarthi I’m a huge classic film buff. I have been since high school, and…

Mount Everest: The Most Popular Death Trap In The World

A friend of mine leaves shortly on the ultimate quest: to scale Mount Everest, the tallest…

A New Approach To Spotify’s “Birth Of Cool” Playlist

I was scrolling through Spotify the other day and I came across their “Birth of…

Finally, A Harry Potter Bedroom For Grown Ups

So here’s the situation: You’re a lifelong Harry Potter fanatic, but you’re moving out into…

Top 10 Favorite Tom Cruise Movies

So the next installment in the “Mission Impossible” series is coming out tomorrow, and I wanted…

Why Superman Makes My Life More Hopeful

Today I got into an argument. Today someone professed his love for Batman by saying…

What Pitch Perfect 2 Taught Us About Life After College

By Chelsea Tyson It’s summer! The season full of family vacations, watermelons and graduation parties.…

6 Reasons Why You Should Go See “The Overnight”

Brace yourself for what is the farthest thing from your average sleepover. “The Overnight” is 100%…

How To Smartly Watch A Documentary

Whether documentary films are your schtick or not, everyone has watched some form of documentary…

Dear Fandoms: The Creators Have Feelings, Too

The Internet is known for creating and using words that confuse the older generations. From…

Movie To Look Out For: “Me And Earl And The Dying Girl”

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and scheduled to hit theaters on June 12th, “Me and Earl…

Characters We Hate To Love: Don Draper And Holly Golightly

“Mad Men” came to a close last week, and since then we’ve all been trying…

The 10 Best Last Lines In TV And Movie History

Originally written by Sean Reed for Spylight Saying goodbye to our favorite movie or TV…