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Standouts of Tyler Film Festival 2025

September 21, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By DEBI OKEKE/Staff Writer Festival season is in full swing. While Venice and Toronto are making headlines, they’re far from the only ones. The Tyler Film Festival 2025 was held this past weekend, transforming Liberty [Read More…]

Tyler Film Festival 2025 Captivates Audiences with Stories from Around the Globe

September 19, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By ELLIE VALLERY/Copy Editor and KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor-In-Chief Last weekend, the Tyler Film Festival was held in the Liberty Hall Theater in Downtown Tyler. This was a two-day event featuring 22 films across the globe. It included [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: Superman (2025)

July 22, 2025 Orion Baker

By Orion Baker/ Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: Superman Note: This review contains spoilers. If you haven’t watched the film, I implore you to. Easily one of the most anticipated movies of this year, Superman [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025)

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/ Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: How To Train Your Dragon (2025) As we all know by now, live-action remakes these days often fall short of the original. This is often the case [Read More…]

Duke Reviews: Ballerina

July 15, 2025 Orion Baker

By ORION BAKER/Multimedia Editor Assistant Duke Reviews: From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Since the beginning of this column, I have consistently mentioned reviewing films, and today is the first one. Set in the [Read More…]

Gen-X Jim Presents: Does “Road House” (2024) suck?

April 22, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer First of all, I am shockingly Gen-X. I am a rolled jeans, Converse hi-tops, business in the front, party in the back member of the “Why Bother” generation. I could ignore a [Read More…]

REVIEW: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: The Beauty and the Horror

April 1, 2024 Yosef Ibitayo

BY YOSEF IBITAYO/Staff Writer and JOHN ENABOIFO/Staff Contributor Every once in a while, we get a movie that shakes everything up and imprints itself into the public consciousness. In our age of divided entertainment, in comes [Read More…]

Predicting the Academy Awards 2024 — the Final Section!

February 29, 2024 Stephen Craig

By STEPHEN CRAIG/ Staff Writer The Academy Awards: the awards ceremony we all like to make fun of, yet still watch every year. Founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the [Read More…]

Predicting the Academy Awards 2024 — Part Two!

February 22, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By STEPHEN CRAIG/ Staff Writer The Academy Awards: the awards ceremony we all like to make fun of, yet still watch every year. Founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy [Read More…]

Predicting the Academy Awards 2024 — Part one!

February 19, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By Stephen Craig/Staff Contributor The Academy Awards: the awards ceremony we all like to make fun of, yet still watch every year. Founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy [Read More…]