Alice in Wonderland

August 26, 2010 • Lauren Wright, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Movie/Book Reviews

March 5 marked a very important date for fantasy fans and Johnny Depp lovers alike. Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” hit the silver screen with an impressive chortle. Burton combined state-of-the-art CGI with an amazing cast and 3-D imaging that isn’t over the top to create a surreal wonderland. For... Read more »

The Last Song

April 22, 2010 • Erica Staab, Staff Reporter  
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“The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks has been getting a lot of attention with the movie coming out. Though I haven’t seen the movie, I have read the book and I have to say I enjoyed it. This book is full of drama and romance. It’s set in a small southern beach town, when the main character... Read more »

How To Train Your Dragon

March 28, 2010 • Bonnie McRae, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Movie/Book Reviews, Top Stories

The movie How to Train Your Dragon, is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It’s both family friendly and great to go see with a couple of friends too. The plot revolves around a young boy named Hiccup, who is an outcast in his village where people tend to fit in better as a Viking. A... Read more »

Odd Hours is an exciting and odd read

March 24, 2010 • Sami Hobson, Sports Editor  
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Combining nuclear weapons, Frank Sinatra and an amazing sixth sense, Odd Hours proves that Dean Koontz continues to have a flair for the supernatural. In the fourth installment of his Odd Thomas series, Odd finds himself in a small seaside town surrounded by mist.  He’s been living with a retired... Read more »

Where the Wild Things Are

November 16, 2009 • Lauren Wright, Staff Writer  
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Some of the best memories a person can have of their childhood are the books they read. Nowadays many of those books we read as children are being turned into full length feature films, such as the recent release “Where the Wild Things Are”. Although only based off of a 34 page book, the writers... Read more »

Vertigo (1958)

October 1, 2009  
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A recipe made up of one tablespoon of mystery, one teaspoon of romance, one cup of thrill and many other ingredients are all mixed together to make Alfred Hitchcock’s Masterpiece “Vertigo.” Taking place in San Francisco, California, this movie stars John Ferguson (James Stewart) a police officer... Read more »

Book Review

September 30, 2009  
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“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, is a highly entertaining and insightful book. This book takes a look into the life of 14-year-old Junior, an Indian boy born with water on the brain. Jr. is very smart for his age and fears growing up and falling into the same old... Read more »

Book Review – Redeeming Love

September 22, 2009  
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The novel “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. The sweet romance with a bittersweet taste gets me bawling like a baby even when I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. The main character Sarah, who later had her name changed to Angel, was born... Read more »

Movie Review: Some Like It Hot

August 28, 2009 • Jackie Balzer, Staff Reporter  
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If an interest in something new has come up, I encourage you to watch the classic movie “Some Like It Hot.” This movie, directed by Billy Wilder, stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Starting in Chicago, two guys named Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemmon) witness a shooting and look for... Read more »