“Halloween,” “Friday the 13th” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” are widely accepted as the best and most famous slasher films to date. They all have several characteristics in common, and those characteristics define what it means to be a slasher film. The slasher film is a subgenre of the ...
You’re in your dorm room studying on Facebook. Suddenly, you get a text message and e-mail from Mercer Police emergency alert system: “LOCKDOWN MACON CAMPUS: STUDENTS ATTACKED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANT(S). SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LEAVE FOR ANY REASON.” You impulsively get up to look out your ...
After winning several battle-of-the-band competitions in 2008, Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons released four EPs, entitled “Imagine Dragons,” “Hell and Silence,” “It’s Time” and “Continued Silence” before signing a record deal with Interscope Records and releasing their debut album, ...
In their second album, “Babel”, Mumford and Sons’ subtle infusion of raw, country bluegrass and traditional British melodies and their well-researched, literary and spiritual lyrics take this style of bluegrass folk music to a higher level. Marcus Mumford’s vocals, backed by Ted Dwayne’s punctuating ...
The Mercer Players kicked off this year’s season with their production of Shakespeare’s comedic romance, “The Merchant of Venice”. Directed by Scot Mann, the cast and crew pieced together this work of theatrical art in a span of four weeks. The performances were held in Mercer’s Back Door ...
The average film adaptations of video games are usually bad. Most are based on games like “Mario” or “Mortal Kombat”—games that lack a story. What about a film that takes place in continuity with a game franchise renowned for its story? “Mass Effect: Paragon Lost” is an anime film that ...
There is a town in Maine where every storybook character you’ve ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break her spell. ABC’s “Once Upon A Time” had me hooked from the pilot. Basically, every fairytale character you grew ...
This past weekend Atlanta brought back the Music Midtown festival. Headliners such as the Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam, among many others, graced the stage to the wild enthusiasm of their many fans, who completely packed Piedmont Park for the sold-out weekend of performances. I (Heaven) arrived right ...
Sunday, Sept. 23 marked the 64th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Cal. Jimmy Kimmel received hosting honors this year and started the show off with a pre-recorded comedic bit. Several of the nights’ female stars were seen getting ready in the bathroom when crying suddenly ...
“Becky’s New Car”, written by Steven Dietz and directed by Jim Crisp, Jr., opened Theatre Macon’s 27th season. As I had never attended aTheatre Macon show, I was not sure what to expect. I was walking into an unfamiliar atmosphere to see a show of which I had never heard. When the performance ...
Known across the world as one of the most violent and controversial films ever made, “Battle Royale” is only now receiving an official U.S. release after 12 years. Attempts to release the film in the U.S. were halted due to beliefs that the film’s content would be too controversial following the ...
Oliver Sim and Romy Madley-Croft of the xx, an electronic London pop group, give vocal purpose and depth to Jamie Smith’s crisp electronic drum beats and rippling guitar melodies. Their sound is solemnly playful as the two exchange lyrics, taking conversational turns and talking over one another as ...
The studio behind “Coraline” brings another darkly charming children’s fable to life. “ParaNorman” tells the story of a little boy with a big problem: he can talk to ghosts. As the only person in his town with this gift, Norman becomes the only person standing in the way of the destruction ...
The Mercer Players are gearing up for another fabulous season and first up is Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”, which Broadway’s Best Shows describes as a tragic comedy “rich with love and betrayal, forgiveness and revenge.” The Players are not wasting any time, already jumping into ...
The punk-infused bluegrass group from Concord, N.C. is Southern simplicity and frenetic energy all shaken up in a Mason jar. The Avett Brothers’ sixth studio album, “The Carpenter”, illustrates how these musical qualities have developed with the band’s lyrical dedication to progress, hard ...
Last Wednesday, Macon’s Hummingbird Stage and Taproom received a humble portion of bluesy, southern authenticity from Water Liars’ frontman Justin Kinkel-Schuster. Called “Pete” by most people, Kinkel-Schuster and his feather-adorned guitar took the stage with an open and welcoming presence. ...
After a 10-year hiatus, 90s alternative band Matchbox Twenty has released their fourth album. Critics and fans are scratching their heads over what to make of “North”, which—though it has its moments—lacks direction and cohesion to the point where fans are no longer sure what genre they are ...
Almost a year later, the Doctor is in again. Season seven of Doctor Who kicked off recently with the much anticipated episode “Asylum of the Daleks”, which most certainly did not disappoint, even if it was a tad confusing at times. The opening title sequence was subtly revamped and Amy’s annoying ...
“Jagged Little Pill” is a very different album for Alanis Morissette who, before the album’s release, had sung dance-pop music. This album reached more genres of rock music, including post-grunge, rock, alternative rock and even acoustic rock music. Lyrically, most of the songs were written ...
This summer I became somewhat obsessed with an author named John Green. He has only written five novels and I only have two left, so I know I’ll be devastated when I’ve finished his entire body of work. And this obsession started with one book: ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, Green’s masterpiece. TFiOS ...
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