This semester at CCNY, there are scheduled four productions put on by the Theater Department. By today, Halloween (Happy Halloween, everyone!), two productions have been staged, Jesus Hopped the A Train and 6 Characters in Search of an Author. Jesus Hopped the A Train ran from September 27 through 29th. The play was written by Stephen Adly Guirgis […]
Author: Allison Bigelow
Hey, my name is Allison Bigelow, and I'm a freshman at Macaulay at City College! I'm from Illinois, so I've traveled quite a ways to get here. I'm a theater major, but I'm also really interested in creative writing!
Film Review: The Hunger Games
The newest series to achieve fandom status is the sci-fi thriller, The Hunger Games. The film version of the first book in the trilogy was released on March 23rd, and has grossed $357 million. Directed by Gary Ross and starring Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence, it is poised to be the next Harry Potter or Twilight […]
Film Review: The Iron Lady
Nominated for Academy Awards in both acting and make up, The Iron Lady has attracted a lot of attention from both the critics and regular moviegoers. Director Phyllida Lloyd, telling the untold story of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s life after leaving her political office, takes the iconic “Iron Lady” out of Parliament and […]
Film Review: Amigo
Amigo is the seventeenth film by writer/director John Sayles, arguably the king in the world of independent cinema. In the film, head man of his village, Raphael (Joel Torre), has a responsibility to protect his citizens. His brother, Simon (Ronnie Lazaro), is one of the major leaders of a group of guerilla revolutionaries attempting to […]
Film Review: Moneyball
I am not a baseball fan. I watch a handful of games per year to appease my baseball-loving father. I walked into the theater to see Moneyball doubtful; however, as soon as the film started rolling, I was blown away. Set in 2001, Moneyball tells the story of Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), general […]
Film Review: The Help
Based on the wildly successful book by Kathryn Stockett, set in Jackson, Mississippi during the height of the Jim Crow laws, The Help tells the enthralling story of the lives of African-American serving women and their bratty, young, Caucasian socialite employees. When bookish Skeeter Phelan (played by the spunky Emma Stone) returns home from college, […]
