By Sean Kang ’14 After releasing his Grammy award-winning album, “Take Care,” in 2011 and going on the Club Paradise Tour in 2012, Drake spent this past year working on his third album. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated hip-hop releases of the year, “Nothing Was the Same” was released on September 24 and was definitely not what listeners were … Read More
By Alec Perez ’14 “Battle of the Year” is just another cliché, cheesy and unoriginal attempt to make a serious dance movie. The main character is Blake (Josh Holloway), a washed-up basketball coach. He tries to create a so-called “dream team” of break dancers from all across the United States in order to compete at a competition in France. His … Read More
By Ryan Deal ’16 What do Will Smith, Channing Tatum, Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds and Jamie Foxx all have in common? They all starred in big-budget, box office flops this summer. Yes, these big names, who usually deliver blockbusters to Hollywood studios, all swung and missed this summer. Could it be viewers, including teenagers, who are the target audience of … Read More
By Haley Whitt ’15 Most of “Insidious 2” is unintentionally comical. It opens with a flashback scene of the father, Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson), being recorded and asked a series of questions about his nighttime dream travelling to the dark realm of the dead, “The Further.” The movie then draws on where the first “Insidious” left off. Josh’s son, Dalton, … Read More
By Hunter Moore ’15 Logic, a Montgomery County native, continues to rise to fame with the latest hit mixtape ‘Welcome To Forever.’ Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, better known as Logic, is a local rapper whose popularity is increasing more and more each day. Also referred to as “Young Sinatra,” Logic, originally from Gaithersburg and raised in Montgomery County, has … Read More
by Brian Hughes ’15 We live in an era when the movie-making business no longer cares about an original storyline or leaving a lasting impact on its audience. To some extent, it seems that most moviegoers don’t seem to care either, paying to see almost the same thing again and sometimes again and again. Movie series’ like “Fast and … Read More
by Marie Moeller ’15
by Dylan Craig ’16 “After Earth,” directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring the Father-Son combo of Will and Jaden Smith, features impressive acting, but has a weak overall plot. “After Earth” is about an estranged father and his son trying to survive after crash landing on the remains of Earth, which is now inhabitable. Cypher Raige, played by Will … Read More
by Marie Moeller ’14 On May 4, the talented students of Sherwood exceeded the expectations of the community in their performance of “Blithe Spirit.” With a high bar set after the amazing success of the musical, “Guys and Dolls”, the small cast and tech crew collaborated to make a mediocre play captivating. “Blithe Spirit” is a seriocomedy about a man … Read More
by Brian Hughes ’15 Director Michael Bay’s dark crime comedy “Pain and Gain” is one of the most obscene, interesting and hilarious movies I have seen in a while. Bay takes the realism and cinematic aspects and blends them together well enough to make it worth watching. The thing I find most interesting is that, yes, the story the film … Read More