Late in January, Assistant Principal for Student Affairs Mary Freitas, formerly of Sickles High School, announced that she would be leaving the school for a […]
Assistant Principal Freitas leaves for Lennard High School
‘Black’ is the New Black: ‘Woman in Black’ Review
Today’s horror movies are so often cliched shaky-camera romps through modern living rooms with invisible antagonists; anything that doesn’t profess to be “based on true […]
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back … Again
Kevin Smith—director of Clerks, Clerks II and a number of other notorious comedies and even a 2011 horror movie (NSFW)—is relentless. He has a hockey picture in […]
Flaming Red Solo Cup of Angst, Lightning: ‘Chronicle’ Review
Some people sit in class, chewing on their eraser, daydreaming about what they would do if everything were different. If they were richer, stronger, cooler […]
Groundhog Day is No Joke, Maybe Even Dangerous
Bill Murray found himself reliving an endless loop of his miserable day in Punxsutawney, PA on Groundhog Day in the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day (go figure). […]
The Power of a Click, a Couple Billion Dollars
Facebook, the world’s largest and most-used social networking site, is getting bigger and maybe a little scarier. From Wired: “On Wednesday, Facebook filed the prospectus […]
Update—The Weekend in Movies: Harry Potter’s All Grown Up; Teenagers Don’t Know How To Use Super Powers
Feb. 3 marks the release of fresh movies hot out of the oven from England with Daniel Radcliffe’s starring role in something that doesn’t involve […]
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A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That
To look critically at a movie that was so unabashedly and shamelessly made to pander to any and all who watched it would be to […]
Dancing with the Family Skeleton
At the heart of A Separation, the psychologically-harrowing yet simple film by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, is a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding between two families over […]
A Very Cinematic Christmas
Once the wrapping paper is strewn all across the living room floor, and the sink has been filled with dishes that still carry remnants of […]
‘The Darkest Hour’: All Shock, No Awe
The science fiction films of late haven’t managed the same pitch of brooding and speculation as classics like Blade Runner, Alien, Star Wars (not the prequels, […]