http://thecurrent-online.com The student voice of UM-St. Louis since 1966 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98vampires-suck%e2%80%99-well-duh/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98vampires-suck%e2%80%99-well-duh/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:17:20 +0000 Matthew B. Poposky http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=2732 Hate “Twilight?” Those who do will absolutely love “Vampires Suck,” the recently released parody of the film, following the likes of “Epic Movie” and the “Scary Movie” saga.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98vampires-suck%e2%80%99-well-duh/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/best-comic-book-movie-ever/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/best-comic-book-movie-ever/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:11:53 +0000 Andrew Seal http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=2693 No matter what, everyone has baggage that they bring to a relationship. Some people have very little baggage, and others can have quite a lot. Sometimes it is something best kept under wraps, and for others, it is seven evil exes hell-bent on eliminating a current boyfriend.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/best-comic-book-movie-ever/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/inception-breaks-through-summer-doldrums-with-innovation-originality/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/inception-breaks-through-summer-doldrums-with-innovation-originality/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:35:41 +0000 Cate Marquis http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=2606 Summer had settled into its movie doldrums of sequels, remakes and rehashed ideas, while the intelligent speculative fiction thriller “Inception” has blown in a fresh breeze of innovation.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/inception-breaks-through-summer-doldrums-with-innovation-originality/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98despicable-me%e2%80%99-is-anything-but-2/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98despicable-me%e2%80%99-is-anything-but-2/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:13:12 +0000 Andrew Seal http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=2540 “Despicable Me” is the story of Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell), a super villain who has big dreams. All of his heists before this have been chump change. His next plan is to steal the rarest thing of all: the moon.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98despicable-me%e2%80%99-is-anything-but-2/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98girl-who-played-with-fire%e2%80%99-proves-fast-paced-thriller/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98girl-who-played-with-fire%e2%80%99-proves-fast-paced-thriller/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:52:06 +0000 Cate Marquis http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=2445 “The Girl Who Played With Fire” is an edgy, riveting crime thriller with a unique, brainy and tough female lead character and a tattooed computer expert with a shady past. It is a film that puts most other entertainment films in theaters this summer to shame. This top-quality crime tale has enough mystery and surprises (more)]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98girl-who-played-with-fire%e2%80%99-proves-fast-paced-thriller/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98the-bounty-hunter%e2%80%99-provides-cheap-laughs/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98the-bounty-hunter%e2%80%99-provides-cheap-laughs/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:43:54 +0000 Samuel Abraha http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=1832 “The Bounty Hunter” is a romantic comedy with two big name actors Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. It may satisfy audiences who are already fans of these two stars or just out for a Friday night date, but if you are looking for a quality movie that you will want to see twice, this will not be your choice.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98the-bounty-hunter%e2%80%99-provides-cheap-laughs/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/action-packed-%e2%80%98green-zone%e2%80%99-may-be-best-iraq-war-movie-yet/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/action-packed-%e2%80%98green-zone%e2%80%99-may-be-best-iraq-war-movie-yet/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:37:11 +0000 Cate Marquis http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=1823 Director Paul Greengrass may be known best as the director of two of Matt Damon’s “Bourne Identity” action-thrillers. But the British filmmaker also directed “United 93,” a harrowing recreation of 9/11 events aboard the hijacked flight, easily the best 9/11 movie ever made.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/action-packed-%e2%80%98green-zone%e2%80%99-may-be-best-iraq-war-movie-yet/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/alice-in-wonderland/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/alice-in-wonderland/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:57:04 +0000 Cate Marquis http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=1520 The anticipation for Tim Burton’s 3D “Alice in Wonderland” could not have been higher. A better match in artistic sensibilities than between director Tim Burton and Lewis Carroll’s classics “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” would be hard to imagine, as the material seemed custom-made for the director.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/alice-in-wonderland/feed/ 1 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98last-station%e2%80%99-has-history-farce-drama-and-tolstoy/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98last-station%e2%80%99-has-history-farce-drama-and-tolstoy/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:22:25 +0000 Cate Marquis http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=1374 At the beginning of the 20th century, Leo Tolstoy was one of the most famous authors in the world. It was a time when movie cameras were a novelty and capturing footage of famous people, like the aging author of “War and Peace,” was new enough that celebrities had not yet learned to shy away, a time when World War I and the Russian revolution are both on the horizon.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98last-station%e2%80%99-has-history-farce-drama-and-tolstoy/feed/ 0 http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98valentine%e2%80%99s-day%e2%80%99-is-over-rated/ http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98valentine%e2%80%99s-day%e2%80%99-is-over-rated/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:23:56 +0000 Matthew B. Poposky http://thecurrent-online.com/?p=1053 Take the theme of love, spice it up with Valentine’s Day specifics, and add in 20 or so big-name actors and you get the movie “Valentine’s Day,” which premiered in theaters on Friday, February 12.]]> http://thecurrent-online.com/ae/%e2%80%98valentine%e2%80%99s-day%e2%80%99-is-over-rated/feed/ 0