Scholastic Press Association First Place with Special Merit
San Joaquin Valley Student Press Association First Place 2009, 2012
By Damon Leon Beautiful Creatures opened February 15 and delighted audiences with a Southern take on a love story between a popular high school boy and a troubled orphaned girl. With the recent ending of the Twilight saga, the silver screen has been without teenage, fantasy love stories. Beautiful Creatures satisfies with the story of [...]
By Matthew Maler Peter Jackson’s rendition of the famous story by J.R.R. Tolkien perhaps takes too much creative license, harnesses special effects in such a way which establishes a nature synonymous to the generic Hollywood action-adventure brand, and ultimately pales in comparison to the original trilogy. However it is a movie which is sure to [...]
By Alexandra Bitter The new James Bond film, Skyfall, thrills viewers with traditional action-packed scenes as well as a complex plot to reach past the typical fan-base. The feature begins as all James Bond movies do, with the pre-credit chase sequence. Bond (Daniel Craig), also known as 007, is paired up with fellow-agent Eve (Naomi [...]
By Yu Tung Taken 2, a follow-up of the successful Taken 1, opened nationwide October 5. The film, starring Liam Neeson, is about a man named Byran (Neeson) who tries to save his wife and daughter from a group of kidnappers that seek revenge on him for killing their family members in the previous movie. [...]
By Dessere Givertz 21 Jump Street starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum pleasantly surprised its viewers with a comedy that kept the audience laughing from the first minute to the last. While this is an entertaining movie, it’s just a comedy and isn’t the best choice if one is expecting to be wowed by [...]
by Nate Evans Safe House, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, opened February 10 and brought to audiences a high quality, action-packed thriller; something the theaters have been lacking in recent months. The movie starts with ex-C.I.A. agent Tobin Frost (Washington) making a transfer with a government official. Very quickly one discovers Frost’s near omnipotence [...]
By Raveena Basra Immortals, directed by Tarsem Singh, wows viewers with its visuals but, although a decent film, falls short of a mythical thriller. The film is set thousands of years in the past in Ancient Greece and tells the story of Theseus, played by Henry Cavil, a mortal secretly trained by the Greek god [...]
by Audrey Weil The remake of Footloose was yet another example of why classic movies shouldn’t be remade. The movie follows the original almost exactly, but in a modern setting. The newer version keeps the music, plot, characters and famous lines of its predecessor. However, it’s missing one crucial element: the ’80s. The ’80s setting [...]
by Dessere Givertz Director Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs is unpredictable from the very start. The trailer itself prepares its viewers for a movie about a group of men who will do whatever it takes for a married woman. The trailer also implies that the movie is classified in the horror section. But the trailer couldn’t [...]
Source Code’s trailer does not do it justice. When watching the trailer, most viewers instantly thought the film was just another action-packed movie, but the action is not what makes this film as great as it is. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, an Army helicopter pilot named Captain Colter Stevens.