Written by: Harper Stull Director: David Gordon Green Rating: 3/5 The first Exorcist movie came out in 1973 and was such a hit that the franchise has since produced five more films. After an 18 year hiatus in the franchise, The Exorcist: Believer was released on October 6, 2023, bringing in $27.2 million on its opening weekend. The Exorcist: Believer’s […]
Read moreReview by: Hudson Pitcock Artist: Drake Rating: 3/5 Last June, Drake announced he was working on a new album in an advertisement for his close friend and collaborator Kenza Samir’s poetry book Titles Ruin Everything. In the announcement, Drake referenced a quote from his hit song Headlines: “They say they miss the old Drake, girl don’t tempt me,” teasing this […]
Read moreReview by: Megan Lee Artist: Olivia Rodrigo Rating: 4/5 After almost 3 years without new music, Olivia Rodrigo released her sophomore album GUTS, which came out September 8. With the roaring success of her first album, Sour, fans were skeptical about if Rodrigo was capable of producing another hit record. However, Rodrigo has come back and left fans speechless with […]
Read moreReview by: Drew Hoffmaster Creators: Matt Owens & Steven Maeda Rating: 3/5 In 1997, the first-ever chapter of the manga One Piece was released. Two years later, it was adapted into an anime. Now, 24 years later, Netflix’s live-action version has come out with a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. One Piece is an action-packed high-seas adventure following Luffy […]
Read moreReview by: Taylor Murray Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Rating: 5/5 Perplexing puzzles, grandiose games, and devious deceit mark Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Brothers Hawthorne as an exciting spinoff of her bestselling series The Inheritance Games. The book dives deeper into the lives of two of the Hawthorne brothers after the events of the series and does not disappoint, uncovering even […]
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Can you tell us about the languages you speak? I speak English, and I’m Mexican so I’m a native Spanish speaker. I went to a bilingual school when I was growing up before I moved here to the States, so that’s where I learned English. So both of [those languages] have been with me pretty much my whole life. And […]
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Review by: Laurel Wang Creator: Alanis Morissette Rating: 3.5/5 “Why are you so petrified of silence?” demands Frankie Healy (Lauren Chanel) on “All I Really Want”, the introductory number of Jagged Little Pill. However, the musical, adapted from Alanis Morrisette’s 1995 album of the same name, seems unable to answer its own question. Between eight principal characters, heavy, intertwining plotlines, […]
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Welcome to April Foolishness! Here, you will find video segments meant to let you take a break, smile and laugh a little. Scan the QR codes below to access the videos. Enjoy! Page Design by Izzy Gaspar’raj
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Can you tell us about the Coca-Cola Scholarship? I was able to earn a scholarship sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation called the Coca-Cola Scholarship. They give out 150 scholarships a year to students all across the nation, who are very active in their communities. The scholarship targets those dedicated to making a difference for those around them. There is […]
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Review by: Drew Hoffmaster Directed by: John Francis Daley and Johnathan Goldstein Rating: 4.5/5 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves found much more success in theaters and far surpassed the flop Dungeon & Dragons (D&D) movie released in 2000. The movie is based on the tabletop roleplay game D&D which takes place in a fictional fantasy world full of mystical […]
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Review by: Laurel Wang Artist: Lana Del Rey Rating: 4.5/5 Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, begins with a restart. At a choir’s count, listeners begin a meditation through the 37-year-old’s career, as we follow Del Rey, “say[ing] it again” and again. Featuring fourteen tracks and two interludes, Ocean Blvd […]
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Tell us a bit about your YouTube channel and what you’ve done with it! I started making videos in eighth grade just as a joke with my friend Victoria, and we pretended to [make it] a competition to see who could grow a [channel] most and the fastest. We were serious about it at first. We were posting vlogs and […]
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Review by: Andrew Little Directed by: Michael B. Jordan Rating: 3.5/5 Creed III marked two major firsts for the Rocky/Creed franchise. It was actor Michael B. Jordan’s debut feature film as a director and the first movie in the series without Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa. Despite the drama that surrounded Stallone’s absence,the film did not suffer without his iconic character. […]
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Review by: Josie Lorenz Directed by: Peyton Reed Rating: 2.5/5 For a movie that has been heavily hyped since its announcement over two years ago, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was so incredibly average. Quantumania follows Avenger, Scott Lang (Antman), and his family as they are once again sucked into the terrifying and little-known Quantum realm. They need a […]
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