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 »
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 »
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 »
REVIEW: Avatar is out of this world
February 7, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, Staff-Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
Movies, by their nature, are designed to help us escape the humdrum of our everyday lives. They seek to place us in a world where anything can happen and our imaginations can run wild. The new movie Avatar by James Cameron writes the book on this. Not only does Avatar do this, it creates a whole planet,... Read more »
Assassin’s Creed 2
January 4, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, staff reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Reviews
What makes a trilogy truly succesful? Some might say it’s the story, the production value, and the actors. While these may indeed help out, I believe that it all comes down to the ability to hold an audiences attention for three installments. A lot of the responsibility for accomplishing this task... Read more »
A late night success
January 4, 2010
Filed under Entertainment, Reviews
There always comes that time in the middle of the night where your hunger starts screaming at you, telling you to feed it. But at 1:00 in the morning you’re probably thinking about what restaurants are open at this time. Darcy Lynn’s Snack Shop in Lyons located on Ogden Ave. is the perfect diner... Read more »
Top 10 graphic novels
December 10, 2009 • George Suchy, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Reviews
10 .KnightFall part 1- Without a doubt one of the best Batman stories ever told. It introduced comic fans to Bane and even had the fall of the very Batman himself 9. 300- Frank Millers epic tale of 300 Spartans versus millions of Persians. Some striking artwork combined with a rich story make for a must... Read more »
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