Category Arts & Ent.

Review Alien: Romulus

The titular beast from the Alien series is one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time, but as with everything, familiarity  breeds—well, not exactly resentment in this case, but it does facilitate a definite  diminishing  return when it comes to scariness.

Movie review: Dark Knight at his best

By  JT REID For the Keizertimes Like most nerds, I like Batman. Most people do, if one takes the shear amount of times the character has appeared in print and on the small and big screens as evidence of his popularity. But I’m kind of…

Summer concerts kick off with Rhythm and Business

The 2024 Summer Concert Series in the Park kicked off on Saturday, July 20, at the Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park. Opening act, Flight, performed a variety of genres from funk to the blues. About 500 people were in attendance. The headlining act,…

A Quiet Place: Day One focuses on formula, succeeds 

What started as a tense little story of a family trying to survive in a world of aliens with an intense desire to maul everything that makes the slightest sound eventually did what most successful films do: It became a big ‘ol series.
Despite this, the second film did not lose its intimate and personal nature, and the prequel/, A Quiet Place: Day One, follows suit, much to its benefit. 

Hit Man skirts by on lovability, not much else 

Hit Man is a romance that isn’t really romantic, a comedy that isn’t really that funny, and a crime story that doesn’t delve too deeply into the law and the punishments of those who break it. But despite its nebulous genre I actually enjoyed Hit Man for the most part, mostly thanks to some incredible acting and the chemistry of the two leads.