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(03/24/14 4:00am)
Junior Jonny Landers didn’t have any big plans for his week off of classes. But that didn’t stop him from doing what he does best: playing “RuneScape.” For a grand total of 134 hours, little Jonny sat in his parents’ eastern Illinois basement with his face glued to a computer screen. While his peers were off at Panama City Beach getting hammed, Jonny Boy shredded through quest after quest. Due to his unwavering dedication to the ’scape, he’s a hero to us all.
(03/12/14 4:30am)
Participating in any archeological expedition requires a lot of skill and expertise in order for it to be successful. However, a dig that recently took place in northeastern South Africa had an especially unique qualification for any potential archeologists or excavators—the ability to squeeze through a tiny space called the International Postbox and repel down into a cavern named The Cradle of Humankind for its remarkable contents approximately 30 meters below.
(02/28/14 7:10am)
Books and literature have never been just about entertainment. To say that one merely reads “for fun” would be nothing short of the kind of travesty only previously seen when someone fell asleep during Star Wars. Just so you know, they never find the bodies.
(10/10/13 4:13am)
So I saw “Gravity” over the weekend. More importantly, I saw “Gravity” in IMAX 3D and in about the third row. So yeah, I can only highly recommend it. It was an unbelievable experience.
(02/04/13 6:00am)
Sundance Film Festival. The most important film festival in America. A time in which promising new voices in film, famous celebrities, fresh-faced film students, rich retirees, artsy hipsters, studio bigwigs and people who just so happen to live nearby can mingle peacefully while binging on the latest independent films in picturesque Park City, Utah.
(12/06/12 6:40am)
All movies are, basically, a form of animation. They’re a series of images played one after the other so quickly that our mind sees them as one continuous piece rather than the thousands of individual parts they are.
(11/26/12 4:41am)
Of all the working filmmakers today, Ang Lee may be one of the most diverse. He has tackled martial arts in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” the superhero genre in “Hulk,” Jane Austen in his adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” and most recently, Woodstock in his 2009 film “Taking Woodstock.”
(05/06/12 11:31pm)
A new report from the Brookings Institute shows public funding for clean energy has—and will continue to—plummet from a high point in 2009. Clean energy has made strides in the past few years by adding jobs in a recession and making clean technology more efficient and affordable. But a national emphasis on budget austerity will contribute to a falling rate of subsidies for clean-energy companies. The federal government needs to learn from Solyndra’s bankruptcy, which left the government on the hook for $535 million, instead of walking away from clean energy as a whole.
(04/16/12 2:39am)
More often than not, a game with a troubled development cycle is destined for mediocrity. Since its announcement nearly five years ago, “Fez” has gone through several iterations as its creator, Phil Fish, sought perfection from his deeply personal product.
(02/23/12 5:00am)
The 84th Academy Awards are upon us once again, and who needs
the opinion of professional film critics when you have the opinions
of The Daily Cardinal? We have compiled our predictions on who will
win many of the major award categories, as well as a list of our
favorite films of the year.
(04/12/11 6:00am)
When walking through the doors of the Alliant Energy Center Friday
night, I couldn't help but pause and say, ""holy shit."" Many
others likely had the same reaction as they were greeted by the
pulsating, sweaty mob of bodies occupying the center of the room at
Bassnectar's sold out show, a thick cloud of smoke hovering above
them. Even from the back of the huge warehouse venue, I could feel
the strong bass and yells of the fans in the soles of my feet. Two
days later and my ears are still ringing.
(03/10/11 6:00am)
Imagine desert rodents with firearms, a reptilian romance and a
mariachi of owl narrators. Add in a great cast of voices, and
you've got ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" director Gore Verbinski's
newest kids flick, ""Rango.""
(02/28/11 6:00am)
Watching Sylvain Chomet's animated story of a down-and-out magician
and the girl that he enchants feels like watching your parent flip
pages in a storybook as a child; it has a magical twinge and an
aftertaste of nostalgia, but you also are drifting into sleep near
the end. But don't be fooled—this is not a children's story.
Despite the fable-like tone and dreamy animation, the film
addresses issues of unemployment, disenchantment, and the reality
of growing up.
(02/25/11 6:00am)
Let's face it, nobody ever agrees with the Oscars completely, and
we here at The Daily Cardinal are no exeption. So we crafted our
own list of the top 10 films of 2010––our best picture nominees, if
you will. We call them the Dirty Bird Awards, and you'll probably
disagree with them just as much as you disagree with the Academy.
But what makes us better is that you can walk into our office and
yell at us in person, which is so much cooler. And the nominees
are:
(11/03/10 6:00am)
Saw 3D: Sean Patrick Flanery stars as an inspirational speaker
in ""Saw 3D."" Unfortunately, there's nothing inspiring about his
performance.
(11/03/10 6:00am)
I have never walked out of a movie before. Generally, two hours
spent watching the most poorly made movie is a more pleasant
experience than the best two hours spent wasting time at home. In
order for me to even consider abandoning the theater, a movie would
need to transcend badness and connect with me on a truly offensive
level. That is the situation I ran into with ""Saw 3D,"" a movie I
would have skipped out on without regret had I not been bound by my
movie critic duties.
(09/30/10 6:00am)
As the calendar changes to October, it signifies the arrival of
fall and, more importantly, the start of the Halloween season. This
means pumpkins, costumes and scary movies will be the means of
entertainment for the next 31 days. Whether or not you are a fan of
scary movies, it's worth seeing at least one of the following films
to get yourself in the Halloween spirit.
(06/28/10 6:00am)
Fifteen years ago, Michael Jordan came out of retirement,
leading the Chicago Bulls to the best record in NBA history.
Fifteen years ago, the United States was rocked by the Oklahoma
City bombings, forcing the closure of parts of the White House. And
15 years ago on Nov. 22, ""Toy Story,"" the first ever full-length
computer animated film hit theaters, grossing $362 million
worldwide and establishing the Pixar/Disney standard of excellence
that has been unrivaled by any other studio. ""Toy Story 3""
manages to succeed not only as a children's film, but as an
exercise in nostalgia for a generation of twentysomethings who grew
up saying ""you've got a friend in me.""
(04/28/10 6:00am)
You might not know it unless you keep up with the politics of
Madison's film scene, but avant-garde cinema is presently caught in
a curious position. This semester was one of the best in recent
memory for local lovers of experimental filmmaking, but the end of
Starlight Cinema threatens to make avant-garde films less available
to UW students than ever before.
(03/05/10 6:00am)
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