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Lakeith Stanfield, left, and Nat Wolff (Light Turner) star in the Netflix movie adapting the Japanese graphic novel "Death Note," arriving August 25, 2017. (James Dittiger/Netflix/TNS)
Movie: “Death Note”
The summer of 2017 has been a season of political and social unrest, but on screen, the last few months could not have been more different.
It seems the only thing more exhausting than Katy Perry’s antics the last two months is the incessant onslaught of “good television” flooding our screens day after day. In the so-called “Peak TV” era, we as viewers are treated to an endless stream of enthralling storylines and fantastic performances weekly. You can watch Tyrion Lannister and co. on Sunday nights, weep-fest “This Is Us” on Tuesdays, Shonda Rhimes’ entire catalogue on Thursday nights and dozens of Netflix, Hulu or Amazon programs any time/day/place you want to.
With the rise of interest in the new Netflix series, “13 Reasons Why,” the Richland County Public Library is hosting an author event this Saturday to pick the brain of Jay Asher, the author of best-selling novel “Thirteen Reasons Why.”
Columbia is a city with a rich and diverse art scene. If you are staying in Columbia over the summer, here is a brief list of festivals, concerts and events happening in Soda City during the month of June.
On Friday, April 24, 2015, Bo Burnham performed at the Koger Center for University of South Carolina students. Burnham is a well-known comedian, actor, musician and poet; and he has been featured on Comedy Central and MTV.
Katherine Langford, left, and Alisha Boe play frenemies in the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why." (Beth Dubber/Netflix)
Netflix did a great job converting the Jay Asher book “Thirteen Reasons Why” into a 13-episode season. They maybe shouldn’t have, though.
Pop-culture fandom has undoubtedly grown in the last couple decades, obvious by the attendance and prevalence of conventions, or cons, around the globe alone. In the late '90s, Comic-Con International, usually known as San Diego Comic Con, was pulling in up to 40,000 fans a year. Suddenly, in the summer of 2002, the attendance jumped 10,000 people from 53,000 the year before. A few months earlier, Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man film released at the box office and became the first film to break $100 million on opening weekend. The fandom was speaking loudly. They were eager to start a renaissance of the superhero genre after a relatively stale decade. It was up to cons and publishers to take notice.
Netflix announced a live-action film version of the popular anime and manga series Death Note set to premiere in August. From the trailer, it seems that Netflix will be doing a remix on the source material, taking place in America rather than Japan and with characters that look very different than their original versions. While I’m sure you won’t need to have seen the anime to enjoy the Netflix movie, I highly suggest that you watch it anyway, whether you love anime or hate it.
The year 2016 brought us a lot of pain, a lot of good memes and a few Nazis. In the first "Captain America" movie, Steve Rogers rises to fame by punching Hitler in the face. And while some brave souls are still happily punching out Nazis, last year Marvel revealed that Captain America himself is a Hydra agent. What’s amazing about this is not the political hoopla of making an American hero a fascist enemy of the state; no, what’s amazing about this is that it is somehow easier for the American public to stomach a Nazi Captain America than a gay Captain America.
This weekend a release date for the film “3 Generations,” formerly “About Ray,” was announced. It’s a film ostensibly about a trans character, which would otherwise be welcome, but it falls victim to almost every single pitfall Hollywood's attempts to represent trans people suffer from. So let’s talk about representation, why it’s needed and why the media is doing it badly.
How was Black History Month established?
Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf in "A Series Of Unfortunate Events." (Joe Lederer/Netflix)
Show: "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
A scene from "Stranger Things." (Curtis Baker/Netflix/TNS)
With the new year comes new classes, new professors and a heightened awareness of just how fast time is passing and how old we are all getting (The third "Pirates of the Caribbean" and third "Spider-Man" are both turning 10 this year. The THIRD.) But the new year also means new movies, shows, games and albums to look forward to, and while the likelihood of you actually staying in the gym for more than a week after the new year is low, the odds of you sitting down to enjoy some Netflix is significantly higher. Here are a few of the releases you can look forward to in 2017.
"13th"
Halloween is a time of year where we celebrate all things creepy and scary, and what is creepier or scarier than psychotic killer clowns? USC alumnus Jeff Miller is bringing just that to Columbia with his film “ClownTown.”