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-16 posts tagged "Game of Thrones"
Ryan Israel and Mike Donovan | Friday, May 15, 2020
It’s time to turn the clock back to what, in retrospect, seems like a simpler time: late summer 2016. The class of 2020 first arrived on campus via an “Ultralight Beam,” looking forward to four years of academic and faith “Formation” and dreaming of staying up “All Night” with friends. Not yet “Destroyed by Hippie Powers,”
Christopher Parker | Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Like every drama created by HBO, “Westworld” is an epic. It’s not the kind of show that plays in the background while you plug Calculus II questions into WolframAlpha. It requires undivided attention, time for contemplation and the kind of imagination we can only achieve when … well, when we’re locked in a house for
Willoughby Thom, Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan, Charlie Kenney, Dessi Gomez and Gina Twardosz | Monday, December 9, 2019
Scene on the Screen: looking into the best, the worst and the weirdest filmmaking, on both the big and small screens, from 2019. Cinema? Who is she? By Mike Donovan, Scene Editor Robert Downey Jr.’s “Avengers: Endgame” martyrdom tried quite diligently to signal “‘the end of an era,’ punctuating a sprawling filmic enterprise” with the
Ryan Israel | Thursday, September 26, 2019
As the one and only “Game of Thrones” wound down on HBO, the premium cable channel churned out a slate of new shows and new seasons in an effort to maintain momentum. The acclaimed drama “Big Little Lies” returned for its second season in June, and new dramas “Euphoria,” led by Zendaya, and “Watchmen,” based
Charlie Kenney | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
As HBO’s record and heart-breaking series “Game of Thrones” came to its regrettable conclusion this past May, I found myself looking for a show both to fill the hole its finale left in my heart and to make my HBO subscription worth it. So, as any good capitalist would, I decided to jump on the
Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan and Brian Boylen | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
With the eighth and final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” premiering Sunday, the question remains: When all is said and done, who will sit on the Iron Throne? If you haven’t caught up by now, it’s too late — spoilers are coming. The Night King is the clear favorite By Ryan Israel, Associate Scene Editor
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, September 6, 2017
[SPOILERS] After just seven episodes, the dreaded “Game of Thrones” offseason has already returned. Fortunately, Season 7 was the most jam-packed in the show’s history, so we have plenty to talk about. This season had the highest expectations yet, and for the most part, it delivered with countless unforgettable moments. Cersei’s monologue to Ellaria in
Devon Chenelle | Monday, September 4, 2017
During the most recent season of Game of Thrones, HBO’s wildly popular fantasy series, perhaps no theme was more vital — nor was any phrase more often repeated — than the question of allegiance invited by characters’ incessant exhortations to “bend the knee” and affirm the political submission symbolized therein. Viewers await each Sunday to find
Erin McAuliffe, Mike Donovan, Jack Riedy and Kelly McGarry | Thursday, March 9, 2017
On March 21 at the Morris Performing Arts Center, join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson for an evening of “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies.” The event is an entertaining and enlightening review of all the science that our favorite movies got wrong, combined with some of the stuff they got right. It will incorporate some
Jimmy Kemper | Tuesday, October 4, 2016
In the wake of the announcement about the inevitable completion of “Game of Thrones,” HBO has been desperate to find a new prestige adventure show for its lineup. The television landscape is much more competitive than it was back when “Game of Thrones” first aired in 2011 as one of, if not the only show with