The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

movie. review


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

When the original “Jurassic Park” was released in 1993, I was still young enough to wonder why actors would sign...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

If you have ever wondered what Jason Segel would look like as a Muppet, how Cee Lo Green's hit song,...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

J. Edgar is as much a historic tale about J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI and the...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

By ANDREA FORCUM Set against the racially volatile backdrop of the 1960s American south, “The Help” will be bringing vibrant...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

By ERIN KENDERISH Imagine a world where you and I would only age for a few more years. When we...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

What was truly scary about the first two films in the “Paranormal Activity” franchise was that the malevolent demon that...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

A galaxy far, far away has finally made it’s way to Blu-Ray, accompanied by never-before-seen deleted scenes from the original...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

By ERIN KENDERISH “50/50” is undoubtedly one of the most realistic looks at cancer seen on the silver screen. Based on...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

"Moneyball" is a rarity among sports movies: it is appealing and interesting for both sports fans and non-sports fans alike....


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
2 min read

I saw “Larry Crowne” over the summer with my mom. I thought it was boring, and she thought it was...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

By MATTHEW BLAIR There were a lot of good superhero movies released over the summer, and DC’s “Green Lantern” was...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

By JUSTIN THOMPSON You honestly have no idea what you’re getting yourself into. If you go into “Drive” expecting a...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

By MADELINE MCDONALD People of Mary Washington: here is a chance to snatch back your childhood from the utter depression...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

By NICK HALL A preview of “Contagion” will probably remind any film buff of the 1995 Dustin Hoffman movie “Outbreak.”...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

I hate kids. In movies and in life. They’re loud; they’re obnoxious; and they can’t act. If I had it...


Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/bgonline/public_html/wp-content/themes/newsphere-pro/inc/template-functions.php on line 518
3 min read

By ALLISON HOLLOMAN “Colombiana,” which was recently released in theaters, operates under a highly original and innovative concept: believable dialogue,...

2 min read

by Brittany Adams Universal Pictures completely re-vamped their vision of the classic werewolf legend in "The Wolfman," which opens in...

2 min read

By David Tindell In an era of apocalyptic fear, we are certainly in no shortage of end-of-the-world movies (think “2012,”...

2 min read

by Paulina Kosturos Who knew Sherlock Holmes could sport a pair of ripped abs! In Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes,” an...

2 min read

Maybe I would have liked James Cameron's mega-movie “Avatar” if I hadn’t seen Disney’s “Pocahontas” fifteen years ago. But I...

3 min read

BY ELIOT HAGEN There’s never really been an unwatchable Bond movie. They all follow the same formula, incorporating guns, gadgets,...