March Madness!

The month of March is filled with basketball games and opening day for baseball. Many fill out brackets and hope their team will win the NCAA National Championship. This year the games have gone a little different than expected.

Not one #1 seed team has made it to the final four.

This year the team with the best seed in the final four is #3 UCONN. The final four is made up of:

#4 Kentucky
#3 UCONN
#11 VCU
#8 Butler

According to espn.com the site had 5.9 million people fill out a bracket and only TWO had all FOUR of the final four correct!!!!

1,093 people had three of the four but only two picked all four! That is crazy!!

jspearlman 1 is leading the 5.9 million people. He/She has VCU vs. Kentucky in the final game.

Only time will tell if jspearlman 1 is correct. Make sure to watch the final four games starting Saturday at 6:20pm!!

Have a good week!!

A Fugitive Kind (1960)

A Fugitive Kind is a remarkable film about a washed up musician named Val Xavier (Marlon Brando) who drifts to the outskirts of New Orleans to avoid a potential arrest. Reluctantly, he finds work at a small five-and-dime store owned by an increasingly bitter woman who goes by the name of Lady Torrence. Xavier begins to find out that Torrence's vicious husband named Jabe is dying of cancer in the room above her store and that many of the affiliates at Torrence's store are beginning to grow a little to fond of his charm and good looks. These include both alcoholic, nymphomaniac, Carrol Cutrere( Joan Woodward) and individual housewife Vee Talbott (Maureen Stapleton). In addition to all the chaos of attraction over Xavier, he falls for the materialistic promises of Lady Torrence stating that she will in fact give him a refreshment bar if he decides to mingle with her amongst her competition. However in the midst of lust and desire,a local town sheriff as well as Torrence's husband, Jabe, are becoming lividly jealous of Xavier's actions which leads to many serious problems in Xavier's future.

Marlon Brando gives an excellent performance using his unique "method acting" style to give real life qualities to his character. In addition, that fact that Marlon Brando is so good at playing these "Bad Guy" roles enhances and illuminates the seriousness of Val Xavier character.

Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979)

Hello everybody my name is Jake Smith. I have just been added to the Capvision family and I am extremely proud to be here at Capital University. I will usually post blog discussing old movies from the early 40s to the late 70s. The first film on my list to discuss is Woody Allen's Manhattan. First I would like to give you a brief insight into Allen's humor. He uses many psychoanalytical references in his works. This is particularly due to the fact that he has undergone this psychological practice for nearly 30 years. In addition, many of Allen's works stick to what are called, "pure comedies" which Allen has gained from the influence of the Marx Brothers and other 1930's comedy routines. Manhattan is extremely witty and clever. Starring Woody Allen, Meryl Streep,Diane Keaton, and Michael Murphy; Manhattan brings to life the glamour and unprecedented feel of an uptight New Yorker whose goal is to be a successful television writer but is blundered by his ex-wife's attempt to publish a novel dealing with Issac's(Allen) and Jill's(Streep) relationship. In addition, Issac's new relationship partner, a young, talented 17 year old high school student named Tracy(Hemingway) becomes more and more intimate and regular. Issac feels that Tracy should wait to live her life before becoming more involved with the older, 42 year old Isaac. Just to add to the mix of drama, Issac's best friend Yale(Murphy) falls in love with an extremely critical ,egotistical, Philadelphian named Mary(Keaton) who officially becomes his mistress. Both Issac and Mary meet at an art gallery in Manhattan and the rest is for you to find out.

Manhattan was beautifully shot in 2:35:1 wide screen. This allows for the total experience of New York's Manhattan side and prevents the blown up"pan and scan" leaving out key elements for New York's wide shots. In addition, the props and overall scenery are executed and placed perfectly. The cities lights and planet exhibits that Isaac and Mary tour are absolutely beautiful. But don't take my word for it, go see the movie for yourself. You can preview videos of Manhattan at the bottom of my site.

Radio Club

Hi Guys!

So it's a thursday night here at good ol' Capital University and where am I you might ask?

Sitting in the radio studio and the basement of Huber Spielman with one of my sisters and best friends Kaitlin and usually we're stuck with the same stream of music that is handed to us.....

BUT tonight one of the guys in the studio had 2 burned cd's with some old school 90's music!

I'm talking boy bands, will smith (before he was a big shot actor), third eye blind, vertical herizon, even some spice girls. Now why a college man has these songs on a cd is a beyond me but I'm enjoying it. I would say that we all are and it's a good flashback period since this is our last show!

I even busted out some dance moves to some sugar ray and the spice girls so it's a shame you all aren't here hanging out in the studio with us because it's a blast.

Almost done crusaders so keep on keepin on! :)

Kristen.

Aftermath!

So the Phi Psi Blacklight Formal in the Mezz was this past Friday night!

Having being in attendance, I can say that I had a good time! They had 2 different Dj's that spun for awhile and took requests which I enjoyed a lot! :)

Me and some of my sisters went out and had a good time with dancing and food!

The brothers of Phi Kappa Psi are hoping to make the blacklight party an annual event so look out for it again next year! :)

FINAL Season

Hey everyone!

The final season opener of The Hills was not very entertaining. I am disappointed and frankly Hedi looks plastic. She looked so much better in the previous seasons. I feel like Hedi is about to fall apart and her mom made some cruel jokes about blending her food.

The girls need to leave Kristen alone. If she wants to stay out til 8 a.m. let her! She's a big girl even if I'm not a fan.

Go to MTV.com to see the show and judge for yourself =)

Whitney

New Season

Hey everyone!

The new season opener to One Tree Hill leaves me with quite a few worries for this season. Haley had a pregnancy scare! After her mother dying I'm not sure whether she wants another child. Nathan sure does but Haley may need some time on the subject.

Clay is having issues with his dead wife's "twin." I must say I am hoping for something to happen there. The show needs a little bit more drama with Clay's character in my opinion. Great way to keep viewers watching =)

Julian needs to stay away from the sex tape movie star. Better yet lets just write her off more together. Anyone agree? She's going to ruin Brooke and Julian's life together if she stays.

Next episode we'll see!

Whitney