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Tower Heist movie review

   By Josh Dorcey, Reporter

Tower Heist. Photo from thebiglead.com

“Tower Heist” is a fictional action comedy directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed the “Rush Hour” movie franchise. The film’s script was written by Jeff Nathanson and Ted Griffin and is ultimately based on a story by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper. › Continue reading

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Thor movie review

   By Joshua Dorsey, Reporter

Joshua Dorsey. Photo courtesy of Facebook

   From the studio of marvel’s “Iron man“ comes the super hero action movie “Thor.” This film is based off of the Thor marvel comics, which are ultimately based off of the tales of Norse mythology. Unlike other marvel characters Thor is not just a hero, but he is also a Norse god. › Continue reading

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“Eat Pray Love”: Gotta love it

By Katie Stefanek

Reporter

“Eat Pray Love” hit the theaters this summer. Starring Julia Roberts, this movie really sparked drama and romance, leaving audiences like myself with a better perspective on finding true love and accepting yourself for who you are. › Continue reading

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Did you hear? “Morgans” worth the watch

   With “In Plain Sight” on USA and other movies being made about the Witness Protection Program, it was interesting to see a movie take on the topic with “Did You Hear About the Morgans?,” starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as Paul and Meryl Morgan.

   The Morgans are a couple living apart in New York City. Paul lives in a motel room while Meryl stays at their home. Sassy and successful Meryl runs a real estate company and really gets all the bang for her buck. Paul on the other hand works as head of another business, which isn’t clearly stated in the movie. › Continue reading

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Vikings and dragons, oh my!

   Vikings have stubbornness issues. You would know this if you listened to Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) in “How to Train Your Dragon,” a new computer-animated movie by Dreamworks. This young Viking is scrawny, unable to lift a “Viking” weapon, such as the axe, warhammer, or even a sword. His father, Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), is ashamed of him because Hiccup can’t even be a proper Viking and is always getting into mischief while trying to help. As he attempts to become a Viking and kill his first dragon, he  instead befriends one. › Continue reading

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Disney’s “Princess and the Frog” a fun modern mix-up of traditional tale

Jasmine DeFreitas

Reporter

   Fall in love with fairy tales again, but in a slightly more twisted way. You ever wonder what would happen in the Frog Prince fairy tale when someone besides a princess kissed the frog? Well, in Disney’s “Princess and the Frog,” you find out.

   This animated film is set in jazz-era New Orleans, when voodoo practices were more common and, in this tale, play a vital part in the characters’ experiences.

   Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) is a hardworking young African-American woman who is all work and no play, which makes her dull to her friends. But it is all because she wants to own her own restaurant, the one she dreamed of having and owning with her dad, who passed away years ago. › Continue reading

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“2012,” though long, is an action-packed thrill ride

Jasmine DeFreitas

Reporter

If you're ready to think about the world's end, while keeping up with three hours of drama and action, this is the movie for you.

“2012” is an intense film loosely based on the idea that the world will end in the year 2012. Actor John Cusack stars in this intense movie as a divorced father, Jackson, who stumbles across the fact that the world is starting to crumble. 
   Other cast members include Adrian Helmsley, who plays a brilliant scientist who, with the help of a friend, discovers the Earth Crust Displacement theory. This theory states that the sun has been emitting stronger and stronger rays, causing the earth to start to crumble in on itself. He brings the report showing proof of the ECD theory to the attention of members of the American government in 2010. The government responds by starting to take action to save humanity and many of Earth’s animals–while the general populace has no clue about what might be their impending doom. › Continue reading

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Skating was never so beautiful

Jasmine DeFreitas
Reporter

Though a romantic movie, “Ice Castles” is anything but just a cliché.
Meet Alexis (Taylor Firth) who makes skating on ice beautiful as she reaches for the top, for the gold.
However, she falls prey to a single moment alone on the ice that will forever alter her world.
Alexis is a aspiring skater who has learned all of her skills on the pond by her home. She doesn’t skate for competition, but for the love she has of the sport. She has a boyfriend, Nick (Rob Mayes), lives with her dad (Tom Skerritt), and enjoys her life. › Continue reading

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Be Spirited Away

Jasmine DeFreitas

"Spirited Away" offers nothing but the best while staying true to classic animation.

While an older movie, Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” is an enchanting tale about a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who enters a world of mystical, magical things that are not always what they seem. She must learn to become independent and also how to handle more adult situations.

Chihiro’s parents are moving and, like most children, she is upset, sullen and completely against the idea. Her father takes a wrong turn that leads them to what appears to be an abandoned amusement park. Thinking there is no harm, they explore. Chihiro fights to get her parents to leave, but it’s a no go; her parents start to gorge themselves on some food at a stand that is so delicious that they can’t stop eating. › Continue reading

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“Where the Wild Things Are” darker than anticipated

 

Based on the well known children's book of the same title, the film "Where the Wild Things Are" sets a darker tone than would otherwise be expected for the on scree adaptation of a more light hearted story.

The recent film “Where the Wild Things Are”, directed by Spike Jonze, spins off of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book by the same title, and stretches it out to the point where the film becomes its own story while remaining true to the original.
Critics and viewers, however, note that, whereas the book is more light-hearted, the film is dark and rather melancholic.

For those who are familiar with neither book nor film, the story is about a young boy named Max, who misbehaves, is punished, and so runs away from home to where the Wild Things are. (In the book, the running is done solely in the boy’s imagination, whereas in the film he literally runs away before making his way to the imaginary land of the Wild Things.)

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