SARAH KADERBEK CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST “Never grow up!” blazoned on sweatshirts, posters and coffee mugs — and the folks wonder why our generation can’t “adult” today. Let me be clear: There is a value in remaining childlike and in laughing…
SARAH KADERBEK CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST I recently encountered a rare joy: showing a friend “The Princess Bride” for her first time and experiencing her first reactions, mostly “What?!” *laughter*; “Is EVERY quote from this movie?”; “Buttercup is stupid.” To all…
SARAH KADERBEK CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST Over a year ago, I got a text from my roommate which went something like, “So, would you watch a movie with me that has nothing trashy in it but is really scary?” I was skeptical.…
SARAH KADERBEK CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST Every other classic ever might be old and boring, but everyone loves “The Great Gatsby.” Except me. I admit that Fitzgerald’s writing style is incredible, vivid and yet easy to read. But “Gatsby” is supposedly the…
SARAH KADERBEK CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST So they say. Or they don’t say, but I can read it in their eyes. Others try to be nice about it: “You’re an English major? Wow, I could never do that…” Even my history-major roommate delights in raising my…
MAGGIE PAWSEY CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST The other day, one of my close friends asked me out of the blue, “Do you have a dream?” Of course, my first instinct was to look dramatically into the distance and say, “I ……
MAGGIE PAWSEY CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST Have you ever been hyper-aware of the gaze of another person? Maybe you’ve realized someone is staring at you from across the room and it makes you squirm. Or have you ever made prolonged eye…
MAGGIE PAWSEY CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST (To be read in your best English accent) ‘Twas but a fortnight past, I was honored to have witnessed a certain video from Servants of the Savior — perhaps you, too, had the pleasure of…
MAGGIE PAWSEY CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST Maybe it was wrong of me to judge the movie by its cover, but the idea of a movie about Legos sounded more like a market ploy to drive sales than an attempt to tell…
MAGGIE PAWSEY CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST St. Valentine’s Day is upon us, folks, so what better time to talk about love in literature? The fact that love is possibly the most widespread and most-pondered theme in all of literature points to…