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The Dartmouth
April 29, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
John Ternovski
The Setonian
Arts

Rogen channels SNL-alum Ferrell in 'Observe and Report'

By their own admission, "Superbad" (2007) co-writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg based the film's characters Seth and Evan on their loserish but horny high school selves. If that's true, then Goldberg got accepted to Dartmouth, while Rogen got the shaft. Don't feel so bad for Rogen.

The Setonian
Arts

Kate Winslet proves undeserving of Oscar in 'The Reader'

We are living in a time of change, when history is being made right before our eyes: America is led by a president who is not a white male, a financial crisis looms over most of the world, and one of the worst Holocaust movies in the history of cinema has won a slew of awards and an Oscar.

Arts

'Pathology' seeks to desensitize audience, fetishize death

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com There was something deeply unsettling about leaving the theater after watching the horror film "Pathology" (2008). It wasn't simply the brutal, gruesome, and largely sociopathic ending, but rather the entire endeavor, which managed to be one of the most stoic pieces of misanthropy that I have ever seen on film.

The Setonian
Arts

Carnivorous vines lead to 'Ruin' with horrifying gravity

Four friends travel to Mexico for "fun in the sun," but when they go exploring an old Mayan ruin they get much more than they bargained for: "Carnivorous vines try to ensnare the friends in their deadly tendrils, forcing the group into a brutal battle for survival," reads one synopsis of "The Ruins" (2008). No, I'm not kidding.

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