As another one of the major party weekends rolls around, the excitement on campus is palpable. Dartmouth students have a habit of building up events to mythic proportions -- that's half the fun -- only to be satisfied, but not overwhelmed, when the weekend passes.
"King Kong" A monument to excess, Peter Jackson's "King Kong" is the kind of grand entertainment that Hollywood so often promises, but fails to deliver.
The term "jarhead" is military jargon for marine. The movie "Jarhead" is a simple synonym for tedium.
Aimed squarely at the intelligentsia and film-festival crowd, "Proof" is a literate film in every sense of the word -- talky and serious, with occasional bursts of cynical humor.
For much of the last month, a nation of millions has been glued to the television, awestruck as it witnesses the destructive power of nature and, in its aftermath, the shameful exposure of our society's inadequacies.
"Crash" is a determinedly challenging affair. It asks tough questions and refuses to provide easy answers.
Over the years, Roald Dahl's books and stories have proven to be a treasure-trove of source material for Hollywood executives looking to score the latest, greatest family hit.
Summer term at Dartmouth evokes images of laid-back classes and floating in the river, accompanied by a general sense of relaxation.
The most anticipated movie event of the year is here, and thankfully, it does not disappoint. In "Star Wars: Episode III " Revenge of the Sith," Lucas has carefully melded emotion, adventure and tragedy to deliver the best entry in the series since "The Empire Strikes Back." Disgruntled fans and cynical critics take note: not only is this film vastly superior to the other prequels, but it also ends cinema's most beloved series with a resounding triumph. The film starts out with a rousing space battle in which Anakin (Hayden Christensen) and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) are engaged in a skirmish with a Sith Starfleet.
Nuclear technology does not have a terribly illustrious legacy. The very thought of "nuclear power" conjures up ghastly images of destruction, mayhem and mutation; the term is inextricably linked to the detonation of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.