Horror maestro, fear connoisseur and panic virtuoso, Wes Craven, 76, died on Aug. 30 after battling brain cancer, leaving the world in a screaming nightmare of its own. Craven’s slasher films set the tone for horror movies today, leading the film industry in a morbid direction. Here’s his bone-chilling legacy. Early career Born in Cleveland, […]

If there’s one thing in Hollywood that’s been milked dry, it’s the WWII movie genre. As we come upon the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, it’s important to take note of the tear-jerker movies that depict WWII because each adds an emotional facet to the war that goes beyond what we read […]

Netflix has an eerie way of turning any normal person into a binge-watching zombie. Whether you’re tuning in for the new season of Orange is the New Black or trying to watch all of the episodes Gossip Girl in one weekend, admit it – you’re hooked. Here are the Netflix shows that have been keeping […]

August is the month where music aficionados celebrate the birth of an icon: Michael Jackson. Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 to a family filled with undeniable talent. Being the seventh child of nine children didn’t stop Jackson, at the age of six, from becoming the lead vocal in the popular Motown group, the […]

“Musical frisson” is the term for those rapturous chills you get from listening to an album like Jonny Craig’s “Le Cube Sessions.” The Canadian-American singer dropped the surprise album on March 24, and it features five original songs and their corresponding remixes. Each song, with its own dark personality, is a soul-based masterpiece sent from […]

NSU Associate Professor Augusto Soledade, founder of Brazzdance Dance Company, presented his new work “Da-Da: A Contemporary Dance” in April in the Gleason Room at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Soledade teaches several dance classes at NSU including World Dance, Modern Dance I and II and Contemporary Dance Techniques. He is also involved in NSU dance […]

Finally, the moment “Divergent” fans have been waiting for is here: “Insurgent” is out. Many fans anticipated that “Insurgent” would be good as the first film but were disappointed. The writers ignored the meaning of the storyline, which hurt the movie. Even though fans should go see this movie, they shouldn’t go in with too […]

Take a piece of everyday technology and turn it into an object of uncommon terror and you’ll have the chilling cyber nightmare “Unfriended.” The story follows a group of high school teenagers haunted by the spirit of their dead friend Laura on the one-year anniversary of her tragic suicide. One-by-one, each friend is stripped of […]