by Peter Niverth ’18 “Pacific Rim: Uprising” has one of the most exciting plots possible (despite being overdone) in a film: giant robots fighting even bigger alien monsters with enormous guns and huge swords. It’s any science-fiction nerd’s dream. Yet, the film falls short of these dreams by focusing more on the characters rather than the robots. “Pacific Rim: Uprising” takes … Read More
by Jackson Hongtong ’21 The Weeknd recently came out with “My Dear Melancholy,” an extended playlist with six songs. The Weeknd’s most recent work ‘were songs on the recent “Black Panther” album and his solo album hit, “Starboy,” which went double platinum. The new EP is mostly about Selena Gomez, his ex-girlfriend, who broke up with him recently. The playlist … Read More
by Colleen Yates ’18 “Love Simon” is a modern coming-of-age movie about a senior in high school dealing with telling the world he’s gay. The movie is very relatable to the average high schooler as Simon (Nick Robinson) and his friends go out for coffee before school, go to Halloween parties, homecoming games, and even joke around about Trump. “Love … Read More
by Natalie Murray ’18 If you’ve been to see a movie in theatres lately, chances are that you saw a preview for Netflix’s newest original show, “Altered Carbon.” It has yet to gain the popularity of other sci-fi originals like “Stranger Things” or “Black Mirror,” but Altered Carbon is a wholly entertaining series (though only suitable for people who are … Read More
by Sarah Nove ‘20 “There’s Someone Inside Your House,” by Stephanie Perkins, is suspenseful from the very first chapter, where readers are thrown straight into the gruesome world of murder and mutilation. The teen slasher story revolves around a mysterious serial killer who targets students from a small town high school in Nebraska. No one, not even the protagonist Makani, … Read More
by Dinah Aguilar ’19 Ahora es el momento de crear las películas con elencos latinos. La largamente esperada película “Black Panther” fue lanzada recientemente e instantáneamente se convirtió en un éxito absoluto del cine. En dos semanas, ya superó la marca de los $ 700 millones convirtiéndose en la tercera película más taquillera de todos los tiempos. ¿Por qué es … Read More
by Dinah Aguilar ’19 The long anticipated “Black Panther” movie recently was released and instantly became an absolute box office success. Within two weeks it already passed the $700 million mark making it the third fastest grossing movie of all time. Why was this movie so successful? Because it was Marvel’s first movie featuring nearly an all black cast in a movie showcasing … Read More
by Josh Averbach ’18 Many have dreamed of musical success. Eric Schwartz, who graduated from Sherwood last year, may be on the verge of achieving it. Schwartz plays guitar and is a backup singer for an alternative-rock band called Malibu, whose four members all attend Monmouth University, a small private school in a New Jersey beach town. The band is … Read More
by Sarah Nove ‘20 Jake Paul, youngest of the famous–or infamous–Paul brothers, and CEO of the social media company Team 10, recently launched a program called “Edfluence.” Edfluence claims to be a service that teaches users “how to do social media,” as Jake Paul states in his video entitled “HERE’S WHY 2017 WAS THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE.” … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ‘19 The Weinstein Company, the film and media powerhouse co-founded by the Weinstein brothers in 2005, on Sunday announced its plan to file for bankruptcy. The announcement shortly followed the collapse of a potential sales deal with an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, who also was the 24th Administrator of the Small Business Association from 2014-2017. … Read More