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Obligated to Truth

The AMSA Voice

Obligated to Truth

The AMSA Voice

A Minecraft Movie requires viewing with an audience for full effect.

A Minecraft Movie: a so-bad-it’s-good experience

By Brynlee Barrette, Staff writer April 28, 2025

Paradox alert: A Minecraft Movie is the worst movie of the year -- but I still loved it. The plot is predictable and subpar, the characters are cliched and stereotypical, and the realistic CGI is weird...

Disney's  Snow White  is the latest in a line of live action remakes.

Disney keeps rolling out live action remakes, but the magic may be gone

By Emily Pollard, A&E editor April 27, 2025

In 2023, Disney released a live action version of The Little Mermaid and last month did the same for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which is now simply titled Snow White. Both of these movies faced backlash...

Stephen King's 1996 novel is an emotional journey that examines race, justice, and human interaction.

King’s nearly 30-year-old The Green Mile is a heartbreaking page turner

By Audrey Hodgson, Co-editor March 30, 2025

The AMSA Book Club has read several Stephen King books, and in February the book chosen was The Green Mile. I will preface by stating that I gave this 1996 novel and Bram Stoker Award winner five stars...

HBO has captured the essence of the video game in its series adaptation.

HBO nails The Last of Us in amazing fashion

By Tuesday Benander, Editor March 2, 2023

When people think of video games they often drum up visions of Super Mario or Fortnite, games with broad consumer appeal. But there’s a whole world of video games, unexplored by many, where rich characters...

The Northman is director Robert Eggers' third feature.

The Northman is brutal, striking, and compelling

By Nico Solimine, Staff writer May 18, 2022

The Northman is the new and third film by acclaimed director Robert Eggers. His first two features, The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), were both extensively researched horror period pieces. Eggers...

The latest Caped Crusader film is a near-three-hour epic featuring a younger, tortured title character.

The Batman introduces a ‘living’ Gotham filled with complex characters

By Owen Mahoney, Features editor April 26, 2022

Within the first few minutes of director Matt Reeves’ The Batman, a single sentence  spoken by the titular character is able to strike fear in the audience: “They think I’m hiding in the shadows,...

The new installment fails to realize its intended purpose.

The new Scream lacks a reason to exist

By Owen Mahoney, Features editor February 17, 2022

The consistently self-referential and satirical Scream series has already ended twice by its own rules, with the third film parodying the finale of slasher trilogies and the fourth mocking the tropes of...

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