“Power Rangers:” Same Cheese, Different Decade
Twenty-four years after the commercially successful television show, “Power Rangers” has been rebooted to a new continuity, but at the same level of quality as the originals.
Alaska’s Developmental Classes Endemic
In February, the University of Alaska published a report from the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) and UAA about the disconnect between Alaska high school grade point averages and college preparedness.
This report, which analyzed the 37 schools with 10 years of graduation data and 10 or more graduates enrolling in a University of Alaska school in 2015, found that approximately 61 percent of all Alaskan students attending UA require developmental classes.
“Get Out:” A Horror Film for Modern Racism
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong It’s doubtful anybody was suspecting that comedian Jordan Peele, best known for his work on the Comedy Central show Key & Peele, would ever decide to make a horror movie, although anybody familiar with his work might have a guess as to its content. “Get Out” is, very…
A Play for Alaska, About Alaska
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong “They Don’t Talk Back” endeared itself to me as soon as I stepped foot into Perseverance Theater. The set design was incredible. It more than accomplished its job of looking like a medium-sized house in a small Southeast Alaska village. The attention to detail impressed me; a small…
“Logan:” The “Last Stand” We Needed
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong Probably the hottest burning question about “Logan” was whether or not it benefited from its R rating. The answer is yes. Wolverine finally got to go claws out, lopping off limbs like an eight-year-old playing Fruit Ninja. But perhaps the most impressive part of the action sequences in…
The “Lego Batman” We Deserve
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong I probably don’t have to tell you, but DC superhero movies are in a bad spot right now. We haven’t seen a really good one since 2008’s “The Dark Knight.” Movies for kids are in even worse shape, with app adaptations, suspiciously similar premises, and franchises based around…
“The Vagina Monologues” at UAS
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong On Feb. 10, UAS put on a production of Eve Ensler’s feminist play “The Vagina Monologues” as part of the V-Day movement, which seeks to end violence against women. V-Day was also created by Ensler, and started as a nationwide group of performances of “The Vagina Monologues” on…
La La Land Shivers with Syncopation
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong Damien Chazelle’s La La Land impresses with spectacular style and seems destined to bring musicals back into the mainstream. Now, I’m not a musical person. I got my varsity letter playing the cymbals at high school basketball games. The only contemporary musicals I’m familiar with are the musical…
Split Divides Opinions
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong WARNING: Due to the nature of this film (an M. Night Shyamalan thriller), this review contains major spoilers. Proceed at your own caution. After more than a decade of laughably terrible movies, M. Night Shyamalan returns in more-or-less glorious fashion with Split. The premise of the movie is…
Rogue One: A Prequel Actually Worth Watching
BY DYLYN PETERSON Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong After seventeen years and a trilogy of disappointments, Star Wars finally gave us something worth watching set before A New Hope.
