The Gold Victory cast performs in the song "Leave it Behind". Photo by Jasmyne Ray. It’s a bright sunny day in 1950’s New Orleans, Louisiana when Marilee Montelimar comes to town to settle the estate…
“Mean Girls” isn’t mean enough
By Carter James Did cancel culture get to Tina Fey? This question isn’t to say I’m trying to imbue culture war nonsense into my review, but things feel…off. I get changing offensive material for…
What we watched over break
By Drew Roberts and Carter James “Fargo” By Drew Roberts If a movie has snow, it’s a Christmas movie, right? Well, maybe not, but that doesn’t stop me from watching “Fargo" around this time every…
‘The Holdovers’: A new classic
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Maybe it’s just the Hallmark industrial complex, but do you ever feel like every Christmas movie you watch kind of feels the same? In the coinciding ages of cable…
Holiday viewing recommendations
By The Alabamian’s staff “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief A couple of years ago, I wrote about my love of “Home Alone” in this very newspaper, calling…
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’: Baby’s first horror movie
By Carter James I haven’t finished a single game. I’ve never read any lore. I don’t watch Game Theory. I couldn’t care less about “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” My only attachment to the franchise is…
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Masterpiece of an…
To call this film powerful would be an insult. Afflicting is apt. I’m ashamed to say I was excited to see “Killers of the Flower Moon”, because that feels reductive of what this is trying…
“Bottoms:” the comedy renaissance begins
By Carter James The genre of high school movies has been in purgatory for too long. Recent releases have either been period pieces or painfully trying to be as contemporary as possible. Gen Z has…