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CULTURE GEEK: Bad movies are killing the film industry
I’ve been an avid moviegoer my entire life, starting with “Shrek” in 2001, when I was a little boy, and continuing through last week, when I watched “Bad Boys 3.” So when I say that there’s been a sharp decline in film quality, I have 18 years of experience to use as evidence. Gone are the days when passionate filmmakers set out to tell stories that they loved and felt could make the world a better place. […]
Student’s book details ‘near-death experience’
Debra Hutcherson hung between life and death after a car crash 18 years ago. Now the Forest Park student and student worker is sharing the story of her “near-death experience.” […]
Air travelers face 2020 deadline to get Real ID
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is requiring all citizens to get “Real ID” cards in order to board airplanes, beginning Oct. 1, 2020. That includes Forest Park students, faculty and staff. […]
CULTURE GEEK: ‘Star Wars’ disaster: Trilogy canceled
The Walt Disney Co. continues to humiliate itself. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the duo who brought us the critically acclaimed “Game of Thrones” series on HBO, announced in a media statement that they would no longer be directing the next “Star Wars” trilogy that they promised more than a year ago. It’s yet another example of the many failures that have befallen the once-beloved space opera since Disney bought the rights back in 2012. […]
