Mark James

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Reel Talk: Conjuring up movie magic

Getting ready for Halloween at Georgetown can be complicated—with two weekends of parties, the creativity to fuel multiple costume changes can start to run thin. But there’s one thing that should never be left off a true Halloweener’s to-do list, no matter how busy the holiday festivities get—horror movies.

By October 24, 2013

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Things Georgetown should have spent $100 million on that isn’t a new school of public policy

By and October 17, 2013

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What if the rat problem became… AN EWOK PROBLEM???

By , and October 10, 2013

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Reel Talk: Honey, I brainwashed the kids!

Children experience a handful of formative moments: the first sleepover, the birth of a sibling, joining the Boy Scouts, getting kicked out of the Boy Scouts … the list goes on. But, today, our offspring are increasingly shaped by the media we subject them to. Parents face a constant stream of decisions about the shows and movies their children watch, the video games they play, the music they listen to, and the websites they visit. These are not decisions that should be taken lightly. They may ultimately determine whether your child grows up to be a Ron Howard or a Clint Howard.

By October 10, 2013

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Breaking Good: What will happen to Hoyas after Breaking Bad ends

By October 3, 2013

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What the NSA found on Hoyas’ computers

By , and September 26, 2013

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Reel Talk: Reel guns aren’t real guns

Following the Sandy Hook massacre, the NRA blamed the frequency of mass shootings in the United States on a culture of violence incubated by games like Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat and movies like American Psycho and Natural Born Killers. Guns don’t kill people, the combination of violent media and a flawed mental health system do.

By September 26, 2013

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Where in the world will the class of 2014 be in 10 years?

By and September 19, 2013

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Georgetown administrators declare war on GWU

By and September 12, 2013

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Reel Talk: I’ll be back… again

Every year, studios save a little bit of the money being poured into sequels for something even worse—remakes. Recent remake releases such as The Evil Dead not only fail at living up to their originals’ merits; they taint the original features’ legacies and do a great injustice to their filmmakers’ visions. A simple question demonstrates the superfluous existence of these pernicious remakes: what remake has ever surpassed its original inspiration in either quality or enjoyment?

By September 12, 2013