Robin Hood falls short of expectations
May 19, 2010 • Bradley Wilson, Media Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Movies, Reviews
“Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions,” or in other words, never give up, is the predominate theme and driving force behind Ridley Scott’s interpretation of the classic legend, Robin Hood. Unlike its predecessors, Scott took a different approach and hoped to reinvent the legend in some... Read more »
Iron Man 2 Review
May 14, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized
Back in 2008, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man reinvigorated the world’s interest in super hero action flicks. Now with the release of the second Iron Man movie, Favreau hopes to keep that enthusiasm alive. What was so great about the first movie was that it was the first really good super hero movie in a... Read more »
Kick Ass-Can it live up to the hype?
April 27, 2010 • George Suchy, staff reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Movies, Reviews
This movie is Kick Ass, excuse my French, this movie is titled Kick Ass. The story comes from the 2008 marvel comic series Kick Ass. The story focuses on a New York City teenager, Dave Lizewski, and his attempt to become a real-life superhero. The Tagline for the series, “He doesn’t fly, he doesn’t... Read more »
Play N’ trade: Good Games, Great Times
April 26, 2010 • Anthony Scianna, Entertainment Manager
Filed under Featured A&E, Features
“Play N’ Trade” is a unique video game store that opened a few months ago but hasn’t gathered the interest and popularity it deserves. The Hodgkin located store is one of only sixteen in Illinois. The store’s focus is on everything video game related. The store sells videogames, game systems,... Read more »
Congratulations Review
April 14, 2010 • Rigo Reyes, Design Editor
Filed under Featured A&E, Reviews, Song Sample
Congratulations is the sophomore album from the Brooklyn based band MGMT. This album is the follow up to 2007’s Oracular Spectacular, an album that established MGMT as an artist and had both commercial and critical success. Oracular Spectacular was praised by critics and adored by fans. The... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »