Rini Cobbey, one of Gordon's resident film critics By Rini Cobbey, associate professor of communication arts With the Golden Globes over, 2013’s “award show season” is official, culminating in the Oscars on February 24. Entertainment awards matter. The Academy Awards matter in particular, despite the often awkward show itself, because they reflect what our mass entertainers present as “excellent entertainment,” in all the Read full article »
Archives for Communication Arts
Film Review: Getting Out the Vote in “Secret Ballot”
Resident film critic Rini Cobbey, associate professor of communication arts, continues her series of reviews for the "Elections and Presidents" Faculty Film Series. Waiting for the Vote: Secret Ballot By Rini Cobbey This whole democracy business can get a little absurd . . . frustrating . . . bureaucratic . . . quixotic . . . but as Prof. Paul Brink noted Monday, Read full article »
On Journalism and Being a Neighbor
With so many people coming and going in our culture and lives, what exactly does it mean any more to be a neighbor? Jo Kadlecek, senior writer and journalist in residence, writes in the local Salem News about her New England neighbor, whose personal milestone of turning 95 years old, is newsworthy in itself. "New England neighborliness and the Lady at Read full article »
Film Review: When Women First Got Out the Vote
As today's presidential candidates work hard to earn the much coveted women's vote, one recent HBO movie told the story of how women got it in the first place. Here, Rini Cobbey, associate professor of communication arts and one of Gordon's resident film critics, reviews Iron Jawed Angels, a contemporary dramatization of the final years in the U.S. women’s suffrage movement (starring Hilary Read full article »
Film Review: “The Campaign” as Election Fodder?
In case the national Republican and Democratic conventions haven't provided enough entertainment or inspiration lately, the new Will Ferrell movie, The Campaign, opened in theaters last week. But Rini Cobbey, associate professor of communication arts and one of Gordon's resident film critics, has her doubts about this one. Read her latest movie review below. Next week Cobbey will review Iron Jawed Angels, Read full article »
Summer Film Review: The Bourne Legacy—Fun, Pretty and Impossible
Editor's note: This is the last of a series of stories exploring what Gordon professors were up to in between semesters, and alas, a symbol of the summer's end—but with more film reviews to come in the fall. Communication arts professor and film critic, Rini Cobbey, takes a look at why the Bourne Legacy—the fourth film in the trilogy—is a wild and impossible ride: Bourne Legacy: “I Read full article »
Summer Scholar: The News of Justice in an Unexpected Land
NEWS UPDATE: Jo Kadlecek's report on the Honduras seminar is published in the Huffington Post's religion blog: read the article here. See also her article on Capital Commentary, published by the Center for Public Justice. Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories exploring what Gordon professors are up to in between semesters. Honduras seems an unlikely place for an international gathering of Read full article »
Summer Film Review: Our Young Kingdom in “Brave”
Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories exploring what Gordon professors are up to in between semesters. Communication arts professor and film reviewer, Rini Cobbey, takes a look at why the popular new summer PIXAR film is not your typical children's movie. Brave: “Our Kingdom is Young” By Rini Cobbey The more dimensional Disney movie images get, a friend of mine recently observed, the more dimensional Read full article »
Summer Scholar: “The Avengers” or A Chemical Mixture that Makes Chaos
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories about Summer Scholars, exploring what Gordon professors are up to in between semesters. Here Rini Cobbey, associate professor of communication arts (pictured here), reviews the recent blockbuster film, "The Avengers." "A Chemical Mixture that Makes Chaos" By Rini Cobbey Summer time means big screen blockbusters about superheroes and/or alien invasions. And, if you’re like Read full article »
