Category: <span>2009 Archive</span>

Grand Theft Auto 4 By Rockstar Games Genre: 3rd-person Driving/exploration/action Players: 1-16 via Xbox LIVE (Maximum 32 on PC version) Rating: Mature (17+) for blood, intense violence, partial nudity, strong language, strong sexual content,  and use of drugs and alcohol. The back of the box for this bestseller which was released back in April of...

Lakeview Terrace Studio: Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Entertainment; Overbrook Entertainment Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug references This movie tells the story of a gated community, and the gated lifestyle of one of its residents. It takes place in the hot, dry backdrop of suburban Los Angeles in summer, which...

Taken Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Xander Berkeley, Famke Janssen Studio: 20th Century Fox Genre: Action-Thriller Rating: R, for violence. Luc Besson pens and Pierre Morel directs this somewhat mindless but affecting and sweet piece about a disturbing facet of international travel. An Ex-Special Forces operative who now works security for pop divas and other...

Fallout 3 By Bethesda Softworks Genre: RPG/First-person shooter Players: 1 Rating: Mature (17+) Downloadable Content: Available, 1 pack released so far, out of 3 planned Distribution Model: Retail or over the content delivery system Steam; interfaced with Microsoft’s Games for Windows – LIVE Release Date: October 31, 2008 Though released at the end of October...

Pam Griswold Published: February 8, 2006 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?” written by Edward Albey, is this spring’s play of choice and the third production undertaken by theater director, Rodney Whatley for the college. The Play: The story follows the events that take place over a nightcap in the home of two veteran college...

Michael Rutshky Published: February 8, 2006 “Underworld: Evolution,” the sequel to 2003’s   “Underworld,” continues the story of a feud between a race of vampires and a clan of werewolves.  Thrown in the middle is Selene, a pretty girl vampire with guns (Kate Beckinsale), and her boyfriend Michael (Scott Speedman), a hybrid of the two species. ...

by Brandee Lay DVD Review: “The Strangers” (2008) “Lock the door, pretend you’re safe…” …from a bad movie. The extent of 90 minutes worth of the 2008 horror movie “The Strangers” could make a person go mad. The movie stars Scott Speedman as James Hoyt and Liv Tyler as Kristen McKay – a couple who...

Melissa Brown Published: February 8, 2006 Popcorn.  Pizza.  Beer.  And now first-run movies. Only Pensacola’s Silver Screen Theatre offers this eclectic combination.  Students can view the nation’s newest blockbusters in comfy (and moveable!) chairs, sip a beer, and munch on chicken wings for about ten bucks. PJC criminal justice major Christine Arnette, 18, advocates the...

Erika Wilhite Published: January 25, 2006 It’s beautiful, like a full-motion painting. It’s abstract and meditative, like a picture poem. It’s a romantic re-telling of the life and loves of Pocahontas, like a historical novel more concerned with feelings than with facts. But the most important thing viewers need to know going into it is...

Drew Lovelace & Jamie Dickerson Published: January 25, 2006 For the past few weeks, The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts at Pensacola Junior College has been hosting an art exhibition featuring the work of Mitch Lyons and Greg Saunders. The exhibit opened Jan. 19 with noted success as Lyons gave two public demonstrations...