by Andrew Fenner ’27 The highly anticipated Superman reboot released on July 11 greatly exceeds the already lofty expectations viewers had for the movie. The movie’s writer and director, James Gunn, who also is the CEO of DC Studios, has taken the bold and necessary step to essentially re-brand the iconic superhero and go a different direction from the portrayal … Read More
by Matilda Hawkins ‘27 Suzanne Collins released Sunrise on the Reaping, another prequel to her iconic young adult series The Hunger Games, on March 18. The book focuses on Haymitch Abernathy, who was featured in the first book as a disgruntled mentor to the series’ protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, and his experience as a tribute in the 50th Hunger Games. The … Read More
by Emma Link ‘27 and Molly Schecter ‘27 The documentary Bad Influencing: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, released on Netflix on April 9, uncovers the dark secrets behind popular influencer Piper Rockelle. Many teens grew up watching her on Music.ly and YouTube, and in recent years, her following has transferred to other platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch. Viewers growing … Read More
by Aby Lo ‘26 and Shannon Naas ‘26 Sinners, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, is predominantly about two twins, Stack and Smoke, who return back to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 from Chicago to open up a juke joint, only to find out that a greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Sinners is an important and great … Read More
by Evelyn San Miguel ‘26 Since its smash hit release in 2023, HBO’s The Last of Us redefined the zombie apocalypse genre, telling a beautiful story wrought with grief, love, and loss. Adapted from the beloved video games of the same name, The Last of Us stretches beyond the typical end-of-the-world story, focusing not on the blood-thirsty zombies and the … Read More
by Evelyn San Miguel ‘26 Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, released in theatres in 1937, was just the first of the many animated feature films that cemented the legacy of the world’s largest and most successful animation company. Now, almost a century later, the film studio has become obsessed with recreating their classics into live-action movies. Their most … Read More
Films and television series are frequently described with the phrase, “great concept, terrible execution,” when the good ideas behind them don’t quite come to life on the screen. This being the case, the 2022 Apple TV series Severance could best be described with the phrase “great concept, great execution.” The series stars Adam Scott as Mark, an employee of Lumon, … Read More
by Matilda Hawkins ‘27 Paramount in early March released the entirety of the second season of School Spirits. The show follows the main character, Maddie Nears (Peyton List), a teen girl stuck in the afterlife with no recollection of how she died. It turns out that when people die in Split River High, where Maddie attends school and died in, … Read More
by Jack Engelhardt ‘25 Mickey 17 is written and directed by award winning director Bong Joon Ho, known for previous works such as the critically acclaimed Snowpiercer and academy award winning Parasite. Adapted from the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, the story follows Mickey, played by Robert Patterson, as an expendable, disposable crew member selected for a space mission … Read More
by Piotr Popiel-Machnicki ‘26 In an era, in which music is at our fingertips, some of the younger generation are abandoning the endless scroll of streaming platforms for something more tangible—vinyls, CDs, and even cassettes. Despite the obvious convenience of digital music, there’s an undeniable allure that pulls people back to physical formats. Nostalgia plays a key role in why … Read More