Oscar Predictions 2010

So we meet again, Oscar weekend. 
Oh, how I’ve waited and waited. Television was kind this year, playing entertaining winter sports to hold me over until what really matters, the Academy Awards. But now the votes are in, the ballots have been counted, and this Sunday, we get to watch everyone who is important in the [...]

Movie Review: Everybody’s Fine

Spoiler alert: In Kirk Jones’ new film, everybody is not fine. There, I said it. Now you don’t have to go see this overly melodramatic, mediocre film. Robert De Niro gives an excellent performance as a widower trying to make everything right with his four children, but even he cannot save this film.

The movie follows [...]

The Pulse, 11/1/09: Viewers respond to Chris Rock’s “Good Hair”

Chris Rock’s documentary, “Good Hair” hit theatres nationwide on Oct 23rd. Audiences broke out in laughter, but some critics say the film needed more depth on the topic. WBRU Reporter Mitra Anoushiravani talked to viewers and found out how they responded to the film. Quyen Ngo has more.

The Pulse airs weekly on 95.5 FM, taking [...]

Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are

Spike Jonze’s take on Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story hits theaters this Friday. A beautiful yet uneven film, “Where The Wild Things Are” will leave some viewers, and many children, unsatisfied.
The story follows Max, a rowdy yet sensitive boy who doesn’t fit in at school or at his home. Following a tantrum and argument with [...]

Review: The Informant!

Matt Damon stars as corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre in The Informant!, the new comedy from director Steven Soderbergh, and barely saves this mildly funny satire. Throughout the movie, Damon’s character rattles off odd irrelevant facts, and the audience gains insight into this bipolar man’s psyche.
The movie follows Whitacre, an Illinois-based chemist-turned manager who [...]

Review: District 9

Before I get to the review, let me answer some questions you probably have. No, District 9 does not star any actors you’ve ever heard of. Yes, it’s produced by Lord of the Rings‘ Peter Jackson. And yes, it’s another film about intelligent aliens landing on Earth.
But damn! For a movie whose setup has been [...]

Movie Review Round-Up: What to See and Skip

(500) Days of Summer
The best romantic comedy in recent years, “500 Days” is a unique, clever, and lovable tale of boy meets girl. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Tom, a hopeless romantic who falls in love with the beautiful and engaging Summer (Zooey Deschanel). However, she may not feel the same way. Their 500-day relationship is [...]

E-News Spotlight, 8/3/09: Rock Prophecies, and the quest to find the next rock legend

Rock Prophecies is the story of a man, his camera, and the career he’s made of helping aspiring musicians become rock legends.
In this week’s E-News Spotlight, Maggie Lange previews the documentary, which comes to the Rhode Island International Film Festival on August 8th.

The E-News Spotlight was originally included in BRU’s weekly news magazine, the Brief. [...]

Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” thrills the audience with the usual fantastic action sequences, but this latest installment gives us something that many of the others lacked – real emotion from the characters. In this film, the sixth to come our way, we get a much better sense of what the characters are feeling, [...]

Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” starring Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox, is exactly what it should be – an ear and eye-pounding spectacle that pits giant robots against other giant robots (and lets us guys watch Megan Fox in slow motion). “Revenge” is like the first Transformers, just bigger. More babes, more robots, and once [...]