Incidental Amusements

Did I ever tell you about the first time I met my freshman roommate?

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Incidental Amusements

At the end of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, after almost completing his climb up the sides of Mount Doom, mere yards away from finishing his epic quest to destroy the Ring of Power in the volcano’s fires, Frodo speaks these words: “I don’t recall the touch of grass … nor the taste of food.”


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Production of “Les Miserables” at Shea’s showcases Buffalo’s thriving theater scene

On Saturday March 3, 3,000 people dreamed the dream in Buffalo’s historical Shea’s Performing Arts Center as they watched the “Les Miserables” 25th anniversary tour’s stunning production of the legendary pop-opera.

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“A Little Night Music”: a melodious comedy of passion and infidelity

Within the first few minutes of “A Little Night Music” – the newest mainstage musical in Brodie’s Alice Austin Theatre – the chorus members ask the audience to “admit I’m endearing.”

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Film Review: This Means War merges action, romantic comedy into a sloppy mess

This Means War, the story of two CIA agents wielding their resources to win a woman’s heart, is a profound political allegory about the United States government’s questionable allocation of assets and abuse of power.

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Film Review: Immortals is a mindless, plotless killfest of significantly less-than-epic proportions

The spiritual successor to 2006's 300, Immortals is dressed up like an epic of the Iliad variety, but this testosterone-laden kill-fest is really nothing but a dull drawl through a muffled landscape, peppered by needlessly dramatic monologues and startlingly boring violence.  

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(4/21/11) Incidental Amusements

You know, I was going to use this little column to complain.

Shocking, right?

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Film Review: Hanna's fantastical plot points don't add up to a great flick

The teenage title character of Joe Wright's thriller Hanna is well-trained – bred in an arctic Finnish forest by her father, she is beautiful, multilingual, intelligent and, oh yeah, she kills people twice her size with just her bare hands.

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Film Review: Rango's stunning visual effects add excitement to obscure plot

During the opening of Rango, its unnamed reptilian protagonist is trying to finish a production of his original play. The pet stands in his tank, surrounded by inanimate objects, and finds himself in the middle of an existential crisis: "Who am I?" he asks, bulbous eyes boring into the audience. "I could be anyone."

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Who’s Who in the Arts? Erin Pipe

Erin Pipe is a sophomore Spanish education and cello performance major, member of the Royal Lady Knights, president of the Livingston Hall Council and future Jones Hall resident assistant – with that schedule, most people wouldn't have time to breathe, let alone to smile.

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Celebrity status is just a click away

I love the Internet and most days the whole world seems to love it with me. Why wouldn't that be the case? Rather than movies, books or even TV, the Internet is the greatest entertainment resource that exists today.

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Don’t fuel celebrity fire

Sometimes, you simply can't help but like something. Maybe you're secretly a Selena Gomez fan or you love "American Gladiators." The fact remains that no matter what it is you like or why, the whole process is very simple.

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Gaga’s Monster Ball sets fans free

At 24, Lady Gaga is ruling the world. When The Monster Ball came to Buffalo's HSBC Arena on Friday night, 18,000 little monsters – the young, the old and the expressively costumed – did not hesitate to answer the call of Mother Monster. She did not disappoint them.

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Oscar Awards 2011 round-up

In spite of attempts to reinvigorate the nearly century-old proceedings by blending the new and the traditional into a universally likeable, cross-generational ceremony, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards was just another night at the Oscars.

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February 24 Incidental Amusements

My fellow Geneseo students (or at least those who read The Lamron), I honestly think it's about time we stopped complaining about the weather.

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Hey, academy, how about a comedy for once?

This year, one movie nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture undoubtedly deserves to win, but it has about as much chance of winning an Oscar as I do. Why? Because it's Toy Story 3.

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“Empty Frames” fills community with passion for Geneseo art

Senior Minerva Campbell and School of the Arts professor Doug Anderson organized an event on Friday evening at Muddy Waters Coffee House to bring further awareness to the goals of Save SUNY Geneseo Art, a group dedicated to preserving Geneseo's studio art program following deactivation by the college.

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Slow month for movie fanatics

February is a sad, sad month for movies. No, really, it's practically a historic fact.

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Harmony for Hope concert raises money while bringing down the house

Eager listeners sloshed their way through the snow to Wadsworth Auditorium on Friday evening to hear Geneseo's a cappella groups come together for Circle K International's ninth annual Harmony for Hope concert.

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Incidental Amusements

There comes a point early in each semester after I've checked my syllabi, gotten my first 16,000 homework assignments and sold one or two major but non-vital organs to augment my textbook funds when I begin to ask myself: What the frick am I doing back at college?

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