Author Archive for Monica Sandler
Screenshots of Sundance: A Preview of Promising Films
I stood outside for four hours in the snow and stared at a heated tent that I didn’t dare enter. Suddenly, a black van pulled up with a strange logo reading ‘film takes place.’ Out of the van stepped a group of overly excited filmmakers that soon rushed past me into the tent. Another unique [...]
Fall TV Premieres
This year’s network premiere week featured some new television shows with great potential, and some that hopefully will soon by canceled and forgotten. Many returning favorites instantly lured audiences back into the story lines. One thing is certain: great new stories in our beloved adventures are about to unfold.
‘Dirty Sexy Money’
Wednesday 10 p.m., ABC
‘Dirty Sexy [...]
What to Watch for This Fall on TV (Part 3)
Ugly Betty
‘Ugly Betty’ ended it’s season masterfully: Santos, Hilda’s fianc
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Pres. Elections Should Meet ‘American Idol’
Commentary
Classic Thai Cowboy Story in ‘Tiger’
‘Tears of the Black Tiger’ tells the story of a Thai cowboy and the woman he loves. Basically, it’s the clich
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New University Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary
‘An Inconvenient Truth’
A Legend in the Making: Antstock 2006
Brush up on your guitar chords and practice keeping a steady drum beat. The first annual Antstock music festival will be held Nov. 14.
Antstock was put together by the Computerstore as a counterpart to the highly successful ’24-Hour Mad Film Dash’ competition, which will be held again next quarter.
‘This is like the last part of [...]
Mediocre ‘Fire’ in South Africa
Phillip Noyce’s ‘Catch a Fire’ is a hit-you-over-the-head political commentary about attaining freedom in the South Africa of the early 1980s and today. There is little depth to the message except that white South Africans are bad and black South Africans are good.
Based on a true story, ‘Fire’ tells the story of African National Congress [...]
