Sunday, June 22, 2025
2016 will certainly go down as one of the more fascinating years for film. It was a year of alternating highs and lows. As is typical, January was terrible, but there was noticeable uptick in quality come February. And then it all crashed and burned when summer rolled around with […]
Walking out of “Arrival,” one of the many thoughts running through my head was that it felt like a spiritual successor to Robert Wise’s 1951 film, “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” The films are similar in that they are both stories of first contact and focus squarely on the […]
ldquo;It isn’t about you,” is a line The Ancient One imparts onto Stephen Strange at a critical point in the film, “Doctor Strange.” Most superhero origins are built on this guideline. An ordinary individual with not much stake in the grand scheme of things is granted special abilities, most of […]
English professor/rockstar Tim Dillon In the Oct. 10 edition of The Agora, we asked students to vote for five professors they wanted to see Agora artist Leigh Cole caricature for Halloween. The poll, which included 25 professors, wound up with 1,110 votes. The five winners, caricatured above, were English professor […]
2016 is almost over. Over these last 10 months, I’ve seen many great films, some of which will end up on my Top 10 list at the end of the year. But November and December are special months for film. That’s not only when I can finally round out my […]
ull; Owlboy (PC) – November 1 • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, PC) – November 4 • Football Manager 2017 (PC) – November 4 • Mario Party Star Rush (3DS) – November 4 • Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (PS4, Vita) – November 4 • Eagle […]
MCCC played host to the legendary Country Music group Shenandoah on Oct. 22 and was rewarded with a show they won’t soon forget. The night opened with Monroe native Cory Young, a former Luna Pier volunteer fireman and cancer survivor turned music performer. Cory was well received by a small […]
Boo! Scared? Hey, don’t be. It’s just your friendly neighborhood journalist, here to regale you with tales that are sure to terrify and intrigue! Or, in plain terms, here’s reviews of two classic horror films. Horror is a genre that is both simultaneously broad and niche. In the past, it […]
Cabin in the Woods is a movie where the less you know, the more you'll be entertained. Halloween is right around the corner, so obviously that means the time has come once again to recommend a single list of horror films in a varying pool of lists of horror […]
An example of Leigh Cole’s work: Agora adviser and Journalism professor Dan Shaw as the Hobbit Frodo Baggins. Here’s your chance to see your favorite, or least favorite, professors dressed up in Halloween costumes. Have you ever imagined what professor Sabo would look like as a witch? Or professor […]
