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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2 offers some laughs

By Connor Carlbom Aurum Staff Alright, before you jump to conclusions, let me explain why I’ve seen this movie. In case you couldn’t tell by my love for Troll 2, I love to watch crap. Bad movies can oftentimes be far funnier than any real comedy could ever hope to be, so while deciding what B-grade schlock-fest my friends and I would be watching one day, we came across Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2. I already [...]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes review

By Connor Carlbom Aurum Staff So guess what I did? I took advantage of a campus event. When I heard that the free movie at the Elks was going to be Rise of the Planet of the Apes that week, I got interested. When I first saw the teaser I rolled my eyes and thought back to the weird/bad Tim Burton remake a few years ago with Mark Wahlburg, but then I saw the first [...]

Gran Torino ends with a bang

By Connor Carlbom Aurum Staff “Gran Torino” is about a Korean War vet named Walt Kowalski. He still holds prejudices from the war, so you can imagine how he feels when a large group of Hmong (Southeast Asians) move in next door. Things really start to get crazy when