Stories by Leah Burgin
Trailer Review: Second 'Breaking Dawn' installment sucks
- Summit
BY LEAH BURGIN
Based on the teaser trailer, Summit is trying hard to make you think this series finale is going to be epic. There’s the slowly pounding music and flashes of action intended to induce a state of frenzied excitement in any Twi-hard.
Step into the Salon: Challenging the character of Che
- Hollywood
BY LEAH BURGIN
Does Che's influence ultimately tarnish the life and image of Eva? Does “Evita” shift its purpose from an exposé to a critique of Eva from Che's observations? It's up in the air.
Step into the Salon: Does 'Titanic' sink or sail?
- Paramount
BY LEAH BURGIN
This April, Cameron’s romance-disaster drama “Titanic” returns to the big screen … this time in 3-D. But the acclaimed film might not wholly be worthy of its longtime praise.
The B-Side
'U' muggles eagerly anticipate interactive fan website Pottermore
- Pottermore
BY LEAH BURGIN
Pottermore is not a game; there is no objective. Instead, players participate in some of the quintessential Harry Potter experiences, including shopping in Diagon Alley and buying a wand.
Single Review: Nobody wants to go under the 'Mistletoe' with Justin Bieber
- Domino
BY LEAH BURGIN
This single is like that Christmas gift from your estranged aunt: Sure, the sweater is nice and maybe you’ll wear it a few times, but in the end, you would have preferred an iPhone.
From the vault: When TV and music combine, it's the music that remains
BY LEAH BURGIN
This is the fate of music/TV hybrids — “The Monkees,” “The Brady Bunch,” “Glee,” even “Flight of the Conchords.” These shows entertain for a while, but which do you do more often: watch the shows, or listen to the tunes? The beat goes on.
B-Side Buzz: Weddings, public speaking and poetry
What do employees at Get Your Game On know about weddings, public speaking and poetry? ... Not much.
It doesn't matter 'How She Does It'
- Courtesy of The Weinstein Company
BY LEAH BURGIN
“I Don’t Know How She Does It” is to movies what White People Problems is to the Internet: The meme can be funny, it can be poignant, but in the end, it gets annoying. The film focuses on the seemingly endless day-to-day “problems” in Kate Reddy’s (Sarah Jessica Parker, “Sex and the City 2”) perfectly normal life.
B-Side Buzz: Detroit, Festifall and Jurassic Park
Daily Arts talks to a student about anything related to the B-Side this week.
Viral Video Review: Bouncy marionette goes to the 'Store'
- Courtesy of YouTube
BY LEAH BURGIN
The bizarre bouncy music swells and, from around the corner, emerges the most energetic-yet-simultaneously-floppy dummy the Internet has seen. He prances and scampers through the streets in the happy-go-lucky manner that is only befitting of a brainless synthetic creature.
