Luck be a Lady tonight!
March 8, 2010 • David Maslowski, Web Editor
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Reviews
Gambling may be a detention as stated in the student handbook, but for four days in March, it will be quite alright for a few students. The RBHS Fine Arts Department is presenting the spring musical, Guys and Dolls, a show about gangsters and gambling. The musical Guys and Dolls, has been one of the... Read more »
Shutter Island a big success
March 3, 2010 • Eddie Morrissey, Sports Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
Leonardo DiCaprio once again dazzled audiences all over the country with his superb acting skills in the new hit movie Shutter Island. Based off of the novel by Dennis Lehane and directed by the legendary Martin Scorcese, this movie has an eerie, yet phenomenal plot with many twists and turns throughout. DiCaprio... Read more »
Who’s next for the caped crusader
March 2, 2010 • George Suchy, staff reporter
Filed under Entertainment
All that fans really know about the next Batman film is that Director Chris Nolan will return and that lead actor Christian Bale will almost definitely return as well. Other than that, we have no idea about what the next classic will look like, who will star in it, or what villains will be appearing.... Read more »
A book you can sink your teeth into
February 26, 2010 • Rachel Sammons, staff reporter
Filed under Books, Entertainment, Reviews
Book length: 352 pages Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is the detailed account of the life of Louis, a 200-year old vampire who decides to tell his story to a news reporter. The novel was published in 1976 and adapted for the screen in 1994. The story was followed by a collection of related... Read more »
Darksiders – a nostalgic tribute
February 8, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, Staff-Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Games, Reviews
Video games are like movies in that they adhere strongly to the age old saying “If it aint’ broke, don’t fix it.” When someone comes along and brings something new to the table, it will inevitably have cheap imitations cashing in on someone else’s creativity. Skeptical reviewers have called... Read more »
Sherlock Holmes back and still entertaining
February 8, 2010 • Charlie Morrissey, News Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Movies
It was only a matter of time before the crime solving duo of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson came to the big screen. The tandem was previously featured in a TV series in the 1980’s after being a hit book series, but since then they have not had much exposure. Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes,... Read more »
Derby Girl whips it
February 8, 2010 • Rachel Sammons, Staff Reporter
Filed under Books, Entertainment
Book: 256 paged short story, Whip It Shauna Cross’s young adult novel Derby Girl has hit theaters with the renewed title of Whip It. Written by a roller derby athlete, Cross published the book in 2007 and then adapted it for the big screen. She was the primary screenwriter of Whip It which was... Read more »
RB Students’ Call of Duty
February 8, 2010 • David Maslowski, Web Editor
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Reviews
Video games at the start of the century were a relatively new media. Even today, video games are still in their infancy. Just ten years profits for videogames world wide reach somewhere in the $18 billion range. As of January 2010, a single game has reached what was once an impossible dream for any... Read more »
Book of Eli delivers
February 8, 2010 • Anthony Scianna, Entertainment Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Movies
“The Book of Eli” is a post apocalyptic action movie starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. It was released on January 15, 2010 and also stars Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals. Thirty years after an apocalyptic event, Eli (Washington) is on a mission to the west coast line. He travels by foot and... Read more »
Does the jetpack justify the game?
February 8, 2010 • Nick Kirkines, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Games, Reviews
Capcom has been out of the big budget gaming business since the release of “Dead Rising” in 2004. So far two games have caught the eye of the public. “Dead Rising 2” and “Dark Void”. The latter was released last week. Dark Void is an action adventure game with some Sci-Fi elements thrown... Read more »
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