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Up in the Air Review by Rebecca Bartola
Up in the Air, coming out on DVD on March 9, 2010, is a film that follows a single man who tries to disprove the complacency of the “American Dream.” It is based on the novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn. Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney, is an employee of [...]
The Wolfman Movie Review by Mike Giongo
The Wolfman bites, and no, I do not mean the title character of the movie. I am referring to the dull and cheesy remake of the original 1941 horror classic, which begins with Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), a traveling actor who has been living in America since the childhood death of his mother. He returns to [...]
Read Full Story Here...OJR’s Musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Emily Berkowitz
The Owen J. Roberts High School auditorium has been home to many spectacular and well-loved musicals. This year’s broadway favorite is no different. Rather, it takes on the new challenge of having the largest chorus, both high schoolers and elementry school students alike, and a set filled with more color than ever before.
“Joseph”, [...]
District 9 Movie Review by Mike Giongo
An alien housing settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa is the backdrop for District 9, a tense, lively piece of sci-fi thriller. A group of extraterrestrial creatures disparagingly called “Prawns” for their crustacean-like appearance by the host planet humans arrive, in distress, on Earth by way of a colossal mother ship, and are confined to the slum/refugeecamp (perhaps an analogy [...]
Read Full Story Here...Avatar Review by Jill Sabre
Avatar is the story of a crippled ex-Marine who finds himself thrust amongst hostilities between humans and the life forms of the exotic alien planet, Pandora. Forced to learn quickly what’s what, he takes up the form of an Avatar, which is essentially a human mind in an alien body. Able to walk again [...]
Read Full Story Here...Sherlock Holmes Review by Rebecca Bartola
Sherlock Holmes, the witty and eccentric private detective from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie’s stylized and striking new film, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and his trusted colleague, Dr. Watson, played by Jude Law, investigate Lord Blackwood, a man who has committed multiple murders by using black [...]
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