Arts & Entertainment

Wound Up For New Television Season

Sep 26th, 2011 | By Shelby Lammela | Category: Arts & Entertainment

There is something comforting about getting decked out in our pajamas, cooking popcorn, and settling in on the couch for a quality night of American television. Which show’s return are you most looking forward to in September 2011?



“Oklahoma!” able to draw emotion out of crowd

May 18th, 2011 | By Sam Trinkle | Category: Arts & Entertainment

On April 7, 8 and 9 our Reitz High School Theater and Music departments presented Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” “Oklahoma!” has been presented countless times by theater groups across the nation since 1943.



Ferrar speaks mind in “Verse”

May 18th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Arts & Entertainment

Totalling in at one hundred and twenty-eight pages of angst and emotion, Ross Farrar, vocalist of hardcore band Ceremony, wrote “Society Verse.” This book is composed of short stories of Farrar’s youth, life on the road and how he feels in general. I imagine that his purpose in writing this book was to speak his [...]



3D not always a spectacular event

Feb 11th, 2011 | By Andrea Woolsey | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Feature

Sitting in the famous red cushioned chair, sipping on a soda and munching on popcorn, you anxiously await the new movie you’ve been waiting to see for weeks. Just as the lights dim, the announcer grumbles, “You may put your glasses on now until the end of the show.” You slide your 3D glasses on [...]



2011 Academy Awards approaching

Feb 11th, 2011 | By Zoe Grabow | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Feature

It’s the beginning of 2011 and time to award the best movies of the year. The Golden Globes are distributed and give an educated guess on what we may see at the upcoming Oscars. See movies and actors of note here. “Black Swan,” perhaps the best known movie by all audiences, is by no means [...]



Talent and emotional content improve in third “Narnia” feature

Dec 14th, 2010 | By Zoe Grabow | Category: Arts & Entertainment

“Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” is the third movie in the Narnia film series. With an original release date set for May 1, 2009, then shoved up to May 7, 2010, and finally released on December 10, devoted fans have been awaiting this next installment with fervor. The CGI and special [...]



Archuleta changes his style

Nov 16th, 2010 | By John Wells | Category: Arts & Entertainment

David Archuleta’s most recent album, “The Other Side of Down,” is a top 40’s pop fan’s dream. It features upbeat, cutesy love songs like “My Kind of Perfect,” “Elevator” and “Parachutes and Airplanes.” It also features positive songs like “Good Place” and “Look Around” that could make anyone feel like they’re a hundred feet tall. [...]



“Guy,” “Park,” “Dad!” push envelope with humor

Nov 16th, 2010 | By John Wells | Category: Arts & Entertainment

When “Family Guy” was delivered by fans and ambitious executives at Fox, it went largely unquestioned why the show had failed at all on a network that had successfully nurtured “The Simpsons.” Even at its best, though, “Family Guy” wasn’t much more than a slapstick version of “The Simpsons,” with a nasty-talking baby, Stewie, replacing [...]



“Funny Story” can relate to everyone in the audience

Nov 16th, 2010 | By John Wells | Category: Arts & Entertainment

It’s Kind of a Funny Story is an independent film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, based off of a book by Ned Vizzini. This movie is a clever and witty love story between two young teenagers. Actor Keir Gilchrist, who is known for his roll in the television show United States [...]



‘Devil’ gives 4-star scare

Oct 12th, 2010 | By Andrea Woolsey | Category: Arts & Entertainment

Are you looking for a fright to prepare yourself for this Halloween? Stop by the movie theatre and watch “Devil” released on September 17th. It is a supernatural mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat, or better yet, hiding behind your arms! This PG-13 movie was written by Brian Nelson and is [...]