By Carter James We’ve lost our way. I’m always one to talk about film needing compelling stories and innovative craftsmanship, but this art form is also a vehicle for entertainment. I’m not this pretentious douche…
UM Theatre takes on beloved musical ‘Rent’
By Cady Inabinett, Managing editor of content Montevallo’s Theatre Department is bringing famed musical “Rent” to its stages this month—with eight individual showings occurring over two weeks at the Michael and Sue Meadows Black Box…
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’: A good movie…
By Carter James “Super Mario Bros.” is a video game franchise that I have a deep love and nostalgia for. I consider myself a lifelong fan, as gaming is an avid passion of mine. When…
An immaculate house of cards in ‘Tartuffe’
By Gabriel Talley, Podcast producer “Tartuffe” is the Montevallo Theatre Department at the peak of its own powers, successfully modernizing a near 400-year-old play with a bevy of outstanding production choices. The major story beats…
‘Swarm’: television’s killer bee
By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production The hive buzzes, the bass hits, the blood shimmers and the knife sharpens in Amazon Prime’s new show “Swarm,” directed and produced by Donald Glover and company. In…
Best films of 2022
by Carter James 2022 was an interesting year for film. Theaters finally opened back up, and the box office started to return to pre-COVID times. Based off the data from Box Office Mojo, the total…
Fall Out Boy: back and bitter as ever…
By Cady Inabinett, Managing editor of content Fall Out Boy has announced their first album since 2018, releasing lead single “Love From the Other Side” on Jan. 18 in tandem with their announcement that album…
Not much punk in “Punk Rock Girl!”
By Carter James When I first heard that UM Theatre was putting on a show titled “Punk Rock Girl!,” I was curious to see what a punk jukebox musical would be like. Unfortunately, there wasn’t…