Tintin gets the Gold
January 26, 2012 • Nick Schliep, Staff Reporter
Spielberg’s latest cinematic escapade makes a tremendous impression on viewers. Based off of a graphic novel series, The Adventures of Tintin is a great balance between cinematic action for the adults and charming storytelling for children. A young reporter in London named Tintin buys a model of... Read more »
Skrillex’s new album goes of with a Bangarang
January 21, 2012 • Nick Schliep, Staff Reporter
Skrillex’s new album Bangarang is certainly a trip down a familiar road with some new features. Now while he does try out some new things, the thing that holds the album back seems to be that, despite using new techniques, Skrillex is sticking too close to his old style. Returning fans are greeted... Read more »
“The Help” a lovely, inspirational tale
January 20, 2012 • Katie Maxwell, Media Editor
The Help, written by Kathryn Stockett and directed by Tate Taylor is an inspirational story about a group of brave women who break through the racial barriers dividing the deeply segregated town of Jackson, Mississippi. This tale was set in the 1960s and it portrays the lives of rich white families and... Read more »
“War Horse” is one of the year’s best
January 13, 2012 • Cameron Kritikos, Sports Manager
Steven Spielberg, the world renowned director, has perhaps created his greatest movie yet. “War Horse,” which was first aired on Christmas Day, is the heartfelt story of a complex relationship between a young man and his horse Joey. Albert Narracott, played by Jeremy Irvine, is a young adult living... Read more »
“Game of Shadows” too simple to win
January 13, 2012 • Robby Filec, Staff Reporter
Robert Downey Jr. is back as Detective Sherlock Holmes in “Sherlock Holmes 2: a Game of Shadows,” directed by Guy Ritchie. Jude Law returns as Doctor John Watson, soon to be married. Holmes unfortunately can do nothing about this and resigns himself to the fact that they will never work on a case... Read more »
Tower Heist a success, but not a steal
January 12, 2012 • Nick Fremgen, Staff Reporter
Could you successfully steal 40 million dollars? The hilarious movie “Tower Heist” shows the story of hotel employees who try to steal their money back from a multi millionaire after he scammed them of all their money. Their funny escapade leads to many laughs, and suspense. “Tower Heist” is... Read more »
Assassin’s Creed 3 is quite the revalation
December 14, 2011 • Nick Fremgen, Staff Reporter
Ubisoft’s newest chronicle in the Assassins Creed series was released on November 15, 2011. This new game continues the stories of Desmond, Ezio, and brings back Altair, the first assassin. The Campaign When you first start the campaign, you view Ezio’s trip to Masayaf, the first Assassins location.... Read more »
FIFA ’12 hits the spot now that soccer season has ended
November 29, 2011 • Jerry Losos, Staff Reporter
Though the Bulldogs Soccer season may be over, FIFA12 has just begun. After arriving on the shelves on September 30th at midnight, I was one of the first few to pick up my pre-ordered copy of the game. Ironically I was not in attendance the next day at school, and stayed home feeling suspiciously drowsy.... Read more »
Infamous: Festival of Blood is an electrifying experience
November 21, 2011 • William Voorhees, Staff Reporter
Are you tired of sparkly, brooding vampires tarnishing the reputation of the living dead? Well then, you should get back to the basics with Infamous: Festival of Blood. Infamous: Festival of Blood is the downloadable follow up to Sucker Punch’s open world game Infamous 2. Festival of Blood was... Read more »
Modern Warefare 3 almost hits the mark
November 21, 2011 • Danny Blackburn, Staff Reporter
On November 8th at midnight, Infinity Ward released the newest game in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 3, or MW3 for short. The game has been long anticipated since the release of the last Call of Duty game, Black Ops, which was viewed as many as a failure. MW3 sold 9.3 million copies the first... Read more »
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