Q&A With Kwame Alexander
Danny Park, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Q: How did you get started writing? Alexander: “Girls. Trying to impress girls. Y’know, I wasn’t, like, the best communicator, but I could write a poem. I found that girls were interested in my own poems. So, in college, I had dates with girls who read my poems. I got married because I wrote...
Best New Netflix Movies to Stream in September
Brian Teweles, Staff Writer
September 14, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Feel like Netflix's movie selection is running dry? If so, check out these new films coming to the streaming service this month: Black Panther The highest grossing movie of 2018 (thus far) and third highest of all time makes its way to Netflix this month as King T’Challa (Chadwick Bos...
AHS and MHS go head to head on camera
Kate Ferguson, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2017
Filed under Entertainment
For the first time in Albemarle and Monticello High School history, the AHS Filmmaking classes had some competition. May 16 was the first AHS vs. MHS Film Festival in the AHS auditorium. Drawing in a considerable crowd, the filmmaking students were at the ready, handing out popcorn and a detailed progr...
Kong: Skull Island beats it’s chest to a box office success.
Thomas Fischbeck, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2017
Filed under Entertainment
Kong: Skull Island review.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 dances its way to the top
Jake Elliott, Staff reporter
May 5, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Features
There are NO spoilers ahead, if you haven’t seen the movie feel free to read. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 did not disappoint. The brilliant mix of comedy and action made the movie hard to look away from for even a second. I especially loved how they balanced the screen time between...
Nintendo Switch Is A Must-Buy Already
Jesse Case, Managing Editor
April 24, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
It’s 7 a.m. and I’m trekking down the street to a nearby Toys R’ Us that opens in three hours, carrying only a wallet full of cash and head full of dreams about the Nintendo Switch. Yes, I’ve managed to track down the console that has forever changed gaming as an art form. The Nintendo Sw...
Review of the Arby’s Chicago-Style Beef Dip
Milo Penzell, Staff Reporter, Arbys specialist
March 29, 2017
Filed under Entertainment
If you're thinking that Arby's is trying for a quick cash grab by throwing a few peppers on a french dip sandwich, you'd be correct. Introduced with the big cities sandwich pack , the Chicago-style Beef Dip sandwich is Arby's classic roast beef, Swiss cheese, and various peppers settled on top a...
A real “Beastly” return to the big screen
Kate Ferguson, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Truly a tale as old as time, it has been 277 years since the original Beauty and the Beast book was published, 26 years since Disney released the animated movie, and just days since its remastering as a live-action full-length film came to theatres. With all of this history, the story has had plenty of ...
Iron Fist does not quite make a smashing first appearance
Annika Morton, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
There was only one more Defender in the series to find out about and that was Iron Fist. The first episode does not make Danny Rand or Iron Fist look that exciting. Danny played by Finn Jones, comes back to his home in New York City after being allegedly dead for fifteen years. His parents were killed...
Logan shreds superhero stereotypes
Jude Hedman, Staff Reporter
March 13, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Logan is a superb spin on the superhero genre, and refreshingly so. Instead of the innumerable movies where the protagonist is some unbeatable, invincible demigod, Logan takes a dramatically different approach, which gives the audience more to take away than just fight scenes and explosions. As a ...
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