Movie Review

‘Avengers: Endgame’ is an exhilarating ending

Grant Dillard Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu After nearly a year of anticipation since “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” the long awaited culmination of the past eleven years of Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally here. Given that it’s the conclusion to “The Infinity Saga,” which is the overarching story arc that’s been built up throughout the previous Read More

A look back at my movie reviewing years

Grant Dillard Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Starting next semester, The Murray State News will no longer feature movie reviews in both the paper and on the features website. Having provided several film and television reviews since 2017, I thought I would look back on my many written works; going over what I considered to be the Read More

‘Breakthrough’ breaks even

Grant Dillard Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu “Breakthrough” tells the true story of John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) a troubled teen who fell through an icy lake in January 2015, and was underwater for more than 15 minutes before being rescued. Despite having no pulse for an extended period of time, that changes once his mother, Joyce (Chrissy Read More

‘The Perfect Date’ is cinematic nyquil

Grant Dillard  Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Noah Centineo has slowly been building a reputation as Netflix’s poster boy, given how many Netflix original films he’s been involved with. Last year, Netflix gave viewers not one, but two films starring Centineo as the charming male love interest: those films being “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” Read More

All Marvel Cinematic Universe movies reviewed

Grant Dillard Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Graphic courtesy of Wikimedia Commons To celebrate the upcoming release of “Avengers: Endgame,” the conclusion to the 22-film series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has officially been dubbed “The Infinity Saga,” here is a compilation of mini-reviews of every film in the MCU so far; all done in three Read More

‘Captain Marvel’ soars

Grant Dillard Staff writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Graphic courtesy of Flickr In the post-credits scene of last year’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) uses a modified pager device to contact someone before disintegrating due to the effects of the film’s conclusion. But who was this other contact, and how did Fury come to know Read More

‘Bird Box’ is unsightly dull

Story by Grant Dillard, Staff writer Photo courtesy of Pixabay “Bird Box,” based on the Josh Malerman novel from 2014, premiered on Netflix on Dec. 21, 2018 and gained quite a bit of attention; ranging from countless internet memes to an idiotic “Bird Box Challenge” in which people would do routine tasks while blindfolded. Having Read More

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