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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Biola Film Review: “Mujo No Kaze”

Premiering this weekend, a student film shot in Japan
December 2, 2007

The blending of cultures and art culminates for 10 Biola film students and their professor as “Mujo No Kaze: Winds of Impermanence” premiered in Los Angeles Saturday Dec. 1. The 12-minute film, which was shot entirely in Japan this past January, is the product of the hard-working members of a special...

Film Review: “Enchanted” is decent

Disney's "Enchanted" opened on Nov. 21 with $49.1 million. It features a cast of animated characters that are banished to the real world.
December 2, 2007

Borrowing from several animated Disney classics, not to mention films such as “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and “Kate & Leopold,” “Enchanted” presents a premise in which cartoon characters are transported to the harsh confinements of reality. Giselle (Amy Adams) — a chirpy mixture of Snow...

Movie Review: “I’m Not There”

"I'm Not There" stars Christian Bale, Health Ledger and Cate Blanchett.
November 30, 2007

While the deluge of musical films can be draining, there are still music-inspired tales that are destined to become classics, among them the new Bob Dylan biopic, “I’m Not There.” Co-written and directed by visionary filmmaker Todd Haynes, “I’m Not There” tells an engaging story while also...

Movie Review: “This Christmas”

"This Christmas" opened Nov. 21, bringing in $26.3 million. It shines as a family comedy for friends and family alike.
November 29, 2007

Newly-released film "This Christmas" had a strong opening weekend, bringing in $26.3 million over the 5-day Thanksgiving weekend — coming in second place to Disney’s “Enchanted,” which opened with $49.1 million. The most impressive significance of "This Christmas’" successful opening weekend...

Fall films ring in Thanksgiving at the box office

November 26, 2007

Thanksgiving weekend, usually associated with families, eating, football and shopping, is also a profitable and powerful weekend at the box office. With Oscar nomination season right around the corner, films released around this time can provide an enjoyable diversion from the family togetherness as...

“Lions for Lambs” probes tension of War on Terror

Tom Cruise stars as Senator Jasper Irving in a Robert Redford film about the War on Terror. The movie also stars Meryl Streep as a journalist.
November 16, 2007

What will you stand for? This such a pertinent question in our post-9/11 world that this fall many films are overtly pressing it. One example is the new film directed by Robert Redford, “Lions for Lambs.” The story is composed of three simultaneous storylines tied to the War on Terror. In one,...

“No Country for Old Men”: a gruesome thriller

Javier Bardem, playing Anton Chigurh, in a movie about violence and mayhem. After a hunter discovers dead bodies, drugs and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.
November 16, 2007

After having dabbled with a romantic comedy (“Intolerable Cruelty”) and a troubled remake (“The Ladykillers”), acclaimed directors Joel and Ethan Coen (“Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski”) return to a criminal tale reminiscent of those earlier in their career. Back with a vengeance, “No Country...

Torrey Theater stages “The Real Inspector Hound” this weekend only

Sophomore Anthony Kemp and Senior Jon Wright rehearse for the opening scene of “The Real Inspector Hound.”
November 16, 2007

What happens when the boundaries between the audience and the stage become broken? What happens when the audience wants to become part of the play too much? “The Real Inspector Hound,” a Torrey theatre production, will pull away the curtains for opening night this Thursday, Nov. 16. The play follows...

Q & A with poet/singer Bradley Hathaway

November 16, 2007

Attending a Bradley Hathaway show is like transporting back to an earlier time period — a smoky, dimly lit underground poetry lounge where the audience knows all the words, and heart takes precedence over fame and fortune. The 25-year-old poet and musician, hailing from Arkansas, has generated quite...

Q & A with Biola’s own Parachute Passing

November 9, 2007

With the chance to play alongside such artists as MercyMe and Todd Proctor, Biola band Parachute Passing is already getting a taste of what performing on the main stage of the contemporary Christian music scene might be like. Composed of five current Biola and Talbot students, the band was drawn together...

Brand New, Thrice put on energetic, inventive show

November 9, 2007

With each of their respective discographies, Brand New and Thrice have constantly reinvented their sound and pushed musical boundaries. This has led them to become two of the most respected bands in today’s music. Last weekend, they each brought their dynamic live show for a three-night stand at...

“Gangster’s” stellar cast underperforms

Denzel Washington (left) and Russell Crowe face off in Ridley Scott’s new crime drama, “American Gangster.”
Russell Crowe and Denzel don't live up to their past
November 9, 2007

Denzel Washington. Russell Crowe. Ridley Scott. These names are synonymous with box office hits, quality films, award nominations and wins. Unfortunately, in the highly anticipated new film “American Gangster,” this combination does not translate to expert and award-worthy filmmaking; instead it...

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