Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist The portrayal of a tortured artist’s deteriorating mental state was not a revolutionary idea for a film plot by the 1960s, but Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 film Hour of the Wolf tells this tale in a wholly unique way. Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential directors in cinematic history, the Swedish filmmaker is renowned for his bleak … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Hour of the Wolf
Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist Video games are infamously difficult to adapt into anything that is not a video game. With the interactivity of video games, it is hard to take that experience and package them into a more restrictive artform such as film or television. The Castlevania franchise has its roots in a relatively simple formula. In most of the games, the player controls … Continue reading Castlevania: a must-see show for October
Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist The Ring, directed by Gore Verbinksi, is one of the most successful horror movies ever made. The film dominated the box office and became a cultural landmark, with countless references and parodies of haunting, long haired girls climbing out of televisions invading every moment of the 2000s. However this film was not the original. Four years prior, Japanese audiences were … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Ringu
Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist David Robert Mitchell’s low budget, indie horror film It Follows is a perfect example of a cult classic. With a 1 million dollar budget and a modest marketing campaign, the film was able to drum up enough hype to gross over 20 million dollars at the box office. Even now the film is lauded in horror circles as a poster … Continue reading Movies from the Library: It Follows
Will Sorg – Entertainment Writer Four years after 9/11, Ridley Scott made Kingdom of Heaven, a film about The Crusades and the events leading up to the 1187 Siege of Jerusalem, in which the Sunni Muslim ruler Saladin fought against Christian-occupied Jerusalem. Before the film even came out it was mired in controversy. A Daily Telegram writer who had not even seen the film claimed … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Kingdom of Heaven Director’s Cut
Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist Trigger Warning The following article contains brief mentions of physical and sexual assault and abuse The final film of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is a film that is steeped in controversy. “Saló: or the 120 Days of Sodom” is partially based off of an unfinished novel by Marquis De Sade, the man that inspired the creation of the word … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Saló: or The 120 Days of Sodom
Will Sorg – Entertainment Writer Last Friday the Campus Activities Board at Gustavus showed Jordan Peele’s newest film Nope. Due to rain, the film was moved to the Lund Center, which is truly a shame. Had the weather cooperated, the horror film, which is set almost entirely outside, would’ve been a perfect fit for a showing in the Arb. The genius of Nope is that … Continue reading Friday Night Fright: Nope
Will Sorg – Entertainment Writer One of the greatest challenges modern science fiction has had to face is the deluge of mediocrity that plagues the genre. There are hundreds of sci-fi films that offer nothing beyond sterile visuals and flat characters, plopped into whatever formulaic situation the filmmakers came up with seemingly on a weekend, which is why it is so genuinely wonderful to see … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Will Sorg – Entertainment Writer The first thing I learned about Dick Cheney was that he was often compared to Darth Vader. My father had a book written by journalist Matt Labash called Fly Fishing With Darth Vader. On the cover of this book is a series of 2010s cultural figures drawn in a caricature-like style. The cover includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Reverend Al Sharpton, and … Continue reading Movies from the Library: Vice
Will Sorg Good Movies That Got Nominated for Oscars but I Didn’t Talk About Because I Didn’t Like My Oscars Review Article And Scrapped It Because Half of It Was About Will Smith: Spencer The Mitchells Vs. The Machines The Power of The Dog The Hand of God Flee Nightmare Alley The Lost Daughter West Side Story Tick Tick… BOOM! CODA This year had a … Continue reading A Summer Watchlist
