‘Get Out’ uses real world sensitivities as its playground
Rating: 5 / 5 stars In Jordan Peele’s (“Key & Peele”) directing debut, the immensely powerful social thriller “Get Out,” has been 2017’s wake-up call to the horrors behind American society. Peele’s artful writing style established a broad way of…
Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” shakes up classic monster fantasy
Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars Guillermo Del Toro’s new Oscar nominated film “The Shape of Water” brings to life an original depiction of the classic sea monster in this adult fantasy. With a superb cast to lead the story, the…
Answers to Feb. 23’s Crossword Puzzle
Answers to Feb. 16’s crossword puzzle in the Laker Review.
Everybody get used to spotting typos
A challenge for anybody eager for a scavenger hunt: go to syracuse.com, the online Post-Standard, and read any article. Within two minutes, it is easy to find at least one mistake, be it a typo, grammar error or lapse in…
Unfortunate reassurance
On Feb. 27, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley released the following statement in response to the Parkland High School shooting that spurred a movement to plan walkouts protesting the government’s handling of. There is a walkout planned on campus on…
#BringBackTheMilkman soon trending
Milk is a fundamental aspect of growth in the proper development of adolescents. Maybe there are some science geeks out there that say otherwise, but it is still pretty darn good, basically liquid gold. Sorry, Velveeta. The saying “you can’t…
Brokeback Mountain’ was always better than ‘Crash’
On the night of the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, legendary actor Jack Nicholson (“How Do You Know”) presented the Oscar for Best Picture of 2005. Even before the envelope was open, numerous pundits in the film industry speculated that…
Animated Feature chances heavily favor Disney yet again
The Academy Awards is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards show, with the 90th annual ceremony taking place March 4. It is during this yearly tradition that actors, producers, writers and the many others who have a passion for creating great…
Logan’ breaks new ground for comic book adaptations
On Jan. 23, the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced, and this year, something monumentally shocking and surprising occurred: a superhero flick earned itself an Oscar nomination, and this time, it was not for visual effects. After decades…
Why did ‘Wonder Woman’ not get seat at table?
The first Academy Awards show was in 1929. The year is 2018, and 89 Academy Awards shows later, hundreds of superhero movies have been released. Ranging from “Superman” to “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Spider-Man 3,” the films have…
