By Austin Yoder | Echo I've never been a huge fan of William Shakespeare. After nodding off several times during a middle school field trip to a local production of "Macbeth," I declared Bill to be too boring and pretentious for my young taste. However, having seen Taylor Theatre's funny and engaging ...
By Austin Yoder | Contributor This past week, I and 10 other Taylor film students, I attended the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Over a period of seven days, I personally saw 18 movies. It was one of the most exciting and exhausting weeks of my entire life. If 18 sounds a bit overwhelming, ...
By Austin Yoder | Echo "Hotel Transylvania 2," the sequel to the 2012 animated film "Hotel Transylvania," is an exciting, slow-burning movie that I enjoyed immensely, even though it's not animated, follows a completely different storyline and doesn't feature a single character from the original ...
By Austin Yoder | Contributor Let's set aside, for a moment, the fact that "The Martian"is one of the most entertaining, clever and satisfying blockbusters to come along in recent years. Let's ignore its brilliant performances, exhilarating special effects and thrilling climax. The fact of the matter ...
By Austin Yoder | Echo As church attendance drops and movie ticket sales soar, the Christian community is turning its eyes towards a new mission field: Hollywood. If you have driven by a movie theater recently, you probably noticed an increased number of presumably Christian films being promoted. Titles ...
By Austin Yoder | Echo The "Monuments Men" never lives up to its full potential, but still makes for a reasonably enjoyable and sometimes moving look at a little-known piece of history. The film unfortunately is bogged down by a convoluted script, awkward pacing and the fact that it's not quite as ...
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