![]() This Reese Witherspoon rom-com is still plenty charming. It’s not the most inspired choice, I admit, but good sorority movies prove hard to come by. In the vein of “The Graduate,” this is by the far the most thoughtful and intelligent film here. This classic 1970 film stars Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw as a wealthy Harvard student and a working classic music student, respectively, and follows their troubled romance. Still, this is cramping my credibility…must find critically acclaimed drama… While not consistently funny, this comedy about three buddies reliving their college years has its good moments, mostly thanks to Ferrell. If you like Will Ferrell and/or “Hangover” director Todd Phillips and their trademark humor, you’ll more or less enjoy this. Sort of like Stanford, but the valiant young protagonist didn’t have to die first. After getting rejected by every college he applies to, a high school senior creates a fake university of (but of course) likable misfits. I’m told this comedy starring the adorkably likable Justin Long and a more voluptuous Jonah Hill is actually pretty funny. This 1980s cult comedy has plenty of R-rated humor and sexual angst. But don’t let the pocket protectors fool you. Like “Animal House,” this one also involves a renegade fraternity.a more awesomely dorky one. Still considered the gold standard for college movies, the John Belushi vehicle about a misfit frat taking on the administration still resonates with those crazy college kids…go figure. For those of you rushing and those of you pre-assigning to Synergy alike, here are some films to keep your spirits high as girls wander the Farm at odd hours of the night and future fraternity men do whatever it is they do at 103-oops, I mean Kappa Sig. Allow me to wade through the Walmart clearance bins of crappy sorority horror movies and National Lampoon blah blah blahs to find you some Greek fare worth taking a look-see at. Why is it that so many movies about the fabled “Row” suck? Why does a movie like “National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2” exist? If I ruled the world…īut that’s not to say there aren’t some goodies. Well, actually, that should be “Dear Hollywood, make better movies, period,” but we’ll settle for baby steps. Opening in wide release next weekend are Lionsgate’s “The Blackening” and Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.Dear Hollywood, make better college movies. Unable to rise above this internal conflict, it’s a film that’s both dull and disposable.” ![]() tries to balance character work with the profoundly silly Autobot lore. “‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ feels like a film that is at war with itself as Caple Jr. “It took five screenwriters to come up with this utter nonsense that has all the dramatic intrigue and emotional depth of a ‘Transformers’ Saturday morning cartoon,” writes film critic Katie Walsh for Tribune News Service. The latest “Transformers” movie received a mediocre 53% rotten rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and an A-minus grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore. Set in the 1990s, the period film stars Anthony Ramos of “In the Heights” and Dominique Fishback of “Swarm.” Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are trapped in the seventh installment of the franchise, a lurching, sputtering vehicle spewing profoundly silly Autobot-lore.ĭirected by Steven Caple Jr., “Rise of the Beasts” introduces the fan-favorite Autobots to a new league of Transformers called the Maximals. Movies Review: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ marks a franchise in free fallĭon’t worry, it was a short drop. ![]()
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