Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

EASTWARD FILMS

Hoyas in Hollywood: Perfecting the Craft

By Alexandra Brunjes October 6, 2017

When Brent Craft (MSB ’08) concluded his athletic career after graduation, he shifted his focus to an entirely different passion: filmmaking. After spending time in Los Angeles after college to work...

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Movie Review: ‘Spielberg’

By Maddie Finn October 4, 2017

★★★★☆ HBO’s “Spielberg,” directed and produced by Susan Lacy, is no ordinary documentary. The film is as much a documentary about famed director Steven Spielberg’s life as it...

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Movie Review: ‘Viceroy’s House’

By Jose Villalobos September 29, 2017

★★★★☆ “Viceroy’s House” — like any film that tries to retell a major historical event — is faced with the daunting challenge of doing justice to people’s stories. The film...

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

John Carroll Lynch on His Upcoming Film ‘Lucky,’ Plans for the Future

By Alexandra Brunjes September 26, 2017

Of the many Hollywood actors who have turned to directorial roles over the course of their careers, few have had as celebrated an acting career as John Carroll Lynch. Lynch, best known for his acting...

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Movie Review: ‘Stronger’

By Meghan DeCourcey September 26, 2017

★★★★☆ On April 15, 2013, the city of Boston changed forever. What began as a day of celebration, with all eyes on the Boston Marathon, quickly turned into anguish, as two homemade bombs...

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Movie Review: ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’

By Ben Macher September 25, 2017

★★★★☆ Comical, corny and chaotic, the second installment of the “Kingsman” franchise, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” uses the momentum from the first film to deliver a high-octane...

CBS FILMS

Movie Review: ‘American Assassin’

By Jiwon Noh September 18, 2017

★★★☆☆ American Assassin is an origin story, and it starts as such at the very beginning. Like many beginnings, it sets a happy scene: Mitch Rapp, played by Dylan O’Brien, romps on the...

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Movie Review: ‘It’

By William Leo September 15, 2017

★★☆☆☆ In order for any horror movie to inspire anything beyond trivial fright, it must touch on the substance of real human experience. Through its scenes of terror, the film must tell...

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Movie: ‘Ingrid Goes West’

By William Leo September 2, 2017

★★★★☆ We live in an age dominated by the internet. Yet despite the increasing focus on image and the power of social media to show off cultural capital, few films have explored the effects...

SUMMER READING: ‘The Circle’

By Alexandra Brunjes August 13, 2017

A dystopian novel about a future that seems frighteningly within reach, Dave Eggers’s “The Circle” focuses on the pervasiveness of modern technology and its potential to overtake the fundamental...

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Movie Review: ‘Dunkirk’

By Emma Wenzinger August 7, 2017

★★★★★ Few films succeed in building such emotional depth as writer and director Christopher Nolan’s latest masterpiece, “Dunkirk.” The film achieves greatness not with high drama or...

Movie Review: ‘Baby Driver’

By Ben Macher June 23, 2017

★★☆☆☆ With a star-studded cast, featuring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx, and the direction of Edgar Wright, the mastermind behind critically acclaimed comedies like “Shaun...

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