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Cameron Diaz and Emma Stone picture from SNL's 50th Anniversary (Grace Lanham/The Seahawk).

Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 Years of quintessential and culturally-significant late-night comedy

Grace Lanham, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 15, 2025

SNL 50: The Anniversary Special, two hours and 32 minutes of pure, non-stop comedic joy, aired on Feb. 16 (a rather uncommon day for the icons of Studio 8H, considering it was a Sunday). With musical...

Joaquin Phoenix as the titular Beau in "Beau is Afraid." (A24)

REVIEW: ‘Beau Is Afraid’ is a visually stunning, anxiety-fueled odyssey

Bradley Earnshaw, Staff Writer April 24, 2023
Ari Aster’s third theatrical release, “Beau Is Afraid,” is undoubtedly his most daunting from a viewer’s perspective. It is a three-hour display of Murphy’s Law, where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. While Aster’s first two films “Hereditary” (2018) and “Midsommar” (2019) were certainly horror films, “Beau Is Afraid” is equal parts comedy, drama and horror. With each unfolding of events, the number of possible interpretations of the story grows as the lines blur between reality, dreams, nightmares and hallucinations.

REVIEW: ‘Cocaine Bear’ is a confused entanglement of characters, storylines and tones

Bradley Earnshaw, Staff Writer March 2, 2023
“Cocaine Bear” spends so much time confused about which tone to take on that it lacks any real direction. This film had every chance to provide an over-the-top thrill ride that mimics the aforementioned effects of cocaine for viewers. Instead, it’s an hour and a half of back-and-forth scenes that leave the audience confused on whether to laugh or cry.

REVIEW: A star-studded ensemble delivers dark humor in the existential satire ‘Don’t Look Up’

Boyce Rucker, Intern December 12, 2021
The film adopts the narrative premise of disaster movies and frames it in a realistic, though highly satirical, scope. The film sets up characters that play into the archetypes of those found in disaster films, like the heroic scientists, the sacrificial savior and the president who is willing to take action. However, the film deconstructs these archetypes to highlight the futility in such efforts if humanity were to ever confront a global threat that could cause extinction. It is easy to discount “Don’t Look Up” as ‘2020: The Movie,’ but there is a human story beneath the over-the-top satire. If the film’s premise and themes are too obvious, it is still worth watching for the performances alone.
Events Calendar: August 31 - September 5

Events Calendar: August 31 – September 5

Kiley Woods, Contributing Writer August 30, 2021
Looking for something to do this week? The Seahawk has rounded up events at UNCW and in the Wilmington community so you can start making plans.
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" (2021).

REVIEW: ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ makes tacky the new black

Stephen Lambros, Staff Writer February 15, 2021

Hollywood comedies are a dime a dozen: very few of them go out of their way to dispense their humor in ways that challenge film form and introduce new ideas to the genre. For every “Palm Springs”,...

The best comedy specials to watch on Netflix

The best comedy specials to watch on Netflix

Meredith Stogner, Contributing Writer October 26, 2020
I think I have earned the title of “Netflix Comedy Special Aficionado” and I feel the world deserves to benefit from this knowledge. After all, shouldn’t something other than my much-improved sense of humor and ability to reference any comedy sketch come from all of those hours of binging comedy specials? I think so.

REVIEW: UNCW’s “Evening with Eric Andre”

William Becker, Staff Writer September 6, 2020
If there’s something to be said about “An Evening With Eric Andre,” it felt like a really bad episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast and I mean that deeply and passionately. DJ Douggpound served as something of a moderator and sampler, while Eric Andre lazily answered questions from students asking for advice about how to deal with the stresses of COVID and becoming an entertainer.
Adam Sandler stars in "Uncut Gems." [A24]

Adam Sandler in a new role in “Uncut Gems”

William Becker, Staff Writer January 2, 2020

Adam Sandler might be one of the most hated actors of all time. Sure, Sandler has starred in some classic comedies and the occasional “dramatic comedy,” with movies like “Punch-Drunk Love,” the...

Rick and Morty

“Rick and Morty” season 4 is off to a hilarious start with a promising pattern

Darius Melton, Opinion Editor November 20, 2019

Over two years after the conclusion of its third season, “Rick and Morty” returned to Adult Swim on Nov. 10, 2019, with not only five new episodes to round out the year, but also tons of hype. Between...

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The Book vs. The Movie: “A Simple Favor”

Brenna Flanagan, Contributing Writer October 16, 2018

The simple favor turns out to be not so simple in this eagerly anticipated adaptation of Darcey Bell’s “A Simple Favor” starring two of the most beloved young actresses in Hollywood, Blake Lively...

Amy Schumer’s “fight” for wage gap?

Veronica Wernicke, Contributing Writer September 2, 2017

Where is comedian Amy Schumer right now? Probably somewhere coming up with bits about her weight as it’s what she usually jokes about at her shows. Now where are fellow comedians Dave Chappelle and Chris...

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