“The Hunger Games,” the teen action-adventure film that opened to big numbers last weekend, is, without question, a parable of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s also a cautionary tale about Big Government. And undeniably a Christian allegory about the importance of finding Jesus. Or maybe a call for campaign-finance reform?
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On Sunday, Waco’s Got Talent announced its winners for the 2012 talent competition season. Labraska Washington won the adult category, while the duet group of Reagan Bruce and Lillian Kennedy won the child category.
The film version of “The Hunger Games” is a sanitized version of the book — which is already arguably a rip-off of the terrific novel-turned-film “Battle Royale” — but it’s still pretty good.
Thursday morning started off like every other Thursday morning — nothing new, nothing special. I walked into my Art History class 15 minutes early, like always. Then my professor began to play music, like always.
With the zombie craze sweeping the nation, thankfully not literally, film majors and movie lovers in the Austin area will be excited to hear about filmmaker Edgar Wright’s upcoming appearances at the new Slaughterhouse Lane Alamo Drafthouse. Friday and Saturday night, the Drafthouse is welcoming Edgar Wright for screenings of his films “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.”
What can be more controversial than killing children? How about children killing children for a game that’s hyped up like it’s the Olympics or Super Bowl when the entire world is watching?
Hosted by Baylor’s own Uproar Records, Project Greenway is a one-night event where students design pieces of apparel created and inspired by recyclable goods and showcase the garments to a panel of judges while Baylor musicians perform.
World salsa champions David Zepeda and Paulina Posadas will be teaching and showcasing their salsa skills this weekend at the ninth Annual Salsa Invasion, presented by the Baylor Latin Dance Society. The event will take place in Hoffman Hall, located at 400 South 4th Street in downtown Waco.
Here’s the pitch: The state forces kids into a death match where only one is left standing.
Director Gary Ross knew he needed someone who was super-cool and a trendsetter to play the avant garde stylist Cinna in “The Hunger Games.” The first person he thought of was Lenny Kravitz.
“Big Easy Express,” documentary director Emmett Malloy’s rail-riding music documentary, made its first stop in Austin on the final day of SXSW.
Two former Baylor students were among the big winners at the 2012 Austin Music Awards.
One of the highlights of the SXSW Film lineup explores the darker, even homicidal, daydreams that many people have when pushed too far.
Christians have made themselves “selfishly holy,” Micah Bournes, a traveling artist and spoken word poet, said in Chapel on Monday.
Increasingly, the media zoo that is SXSW looks more like today’s overlapping media world.
Famous faces have graced the annual campaign of MAC Cosmetics’ Viva Glam. Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin will be the spokespeople for the 2012 spring campaign, which will feature two products: a lipstick and lip conditioner.
It may be impossible for an author to achieve more acclaim than Toni Morrison, now 81, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993. Her work is “characterized by visionary force and poetic import,” the Nobel Committee wrote, and we’ll get more of it May 8, when her 10th novel is published. “Home” is the story of an angry African-American veteran of the Korean War who returns unhappily to the Georgia community where he was raised.
Anyone with a Facebook account spent much of last evening watching their Facebook news feed blowup with reposts of the “Kony 2012” film made by Invisible Children.
Tracey Gold and Alan Thicke, who played Kirk Cameron’s sister and father on the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” have joined the chorus of performers taking exception to their castmate’s anti-gay comments.
If you need another demonstration of the star power attached to Sarah Palin, look no further than “Game Change,” the movie airing on HBO at 8 p.m. Saturday.
“I’m in love with genuine stories that present that human quality,” country singer songwriter Zane Williams said. “And this new documentary ‘Troubadour’ shows the real stories of real artists. I know that is rare.”
Baylor Theatre’s latest production gives audiences a glimpse into the world of contemporary plays, as well as a chance to see two premieres from the Baylor Theatre community.
A diverse all-star lineup will celebrate the 80th birthday of Johnny Cash with an April concert.
Bereft of fine dining establishments, LaSalle Avenue rarely crosses the ravenous college student’s mind when he or she prowls for nourishment. Yet nestled between a humble transmission repair shop, an unfinished furniture store and a competing Mexican restaurant, sits Taqueria Zacatecas, a dash of flavor along the formerly bland street.
A horrific car crash turned Michael Britten’s life upside-down. His wife died. His son died.
Going to Pigskin 1st place: Kappa Kappa Sigma (Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Sigma) 2nd place: Kappa Omega Tau 3rd…
In an upcoming film, Baylor students are picking up the story of some soldiers where war movies like “Jarhead” and “The Hurt Locker” end.
Please choose from the following genres: action, adventure, comedy, crime, drama, romance or thriller. Can’t make up your mind? What about all of the above?
Is Rockify.TV the new Pandora for music videos? That’s the comparison that CEO and founder Joel Korpi makes.
The Kanrocksas Music Festival — which featured headliners Eminem and Muse in its 2011 inaugural showing — has been placed…
