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Staff Writer A new thrilling movie based on the best selling horror children's books and T.V. episodes by R.L Stine starring Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, and Ryan Lee tells a story of a boy (Zach) who goes into a house to “save” Hannah. Instead he finds a shelf of old goosebump manuscripts and he accidently lets monsters out of the books. The monsters start taking over the town of Madison, Delaware. Zach, Hannah, Champ, and R.L stine have to save their town from the monsters that R.L Stine created. The director Rob Letterman, and the producers Neal H. Maritz and Deborah Forte, worked together with R.L Stine to bring this film and the monsters “ to life”. The movie came to theaters all around the world on October 16, 2015-right around Halloween. “I am so excited to see this movie next week, the trailer was very action packed and fun, It really caught my attention,” said Sydney Pyne, a student at Lakeridge Junior High. “The movie was so fun and exciting! It was creepy and really related back to the books. I think I will watch it again!” explained Luzahn Chandler. The producers made the movie fun for all ages. They even added a twist at the end of the movie. The real R.L Stine was in the movie as the new drama teacher, and Jack Black (the actor who played him) was R.L Stine. The movie consisted of many monsters and stories from the books. In the movie they encounter several monsters that R.L Stine made up as a child and for his stories. “‘Goosebumps’ is a fun, clever take on books” said Katie Walsh from the Tribune News service. But why did they make this movie? They made it to entertain kids, for this movie was meant to be both funny and action packed. It will have viewers hanging on the edge of their seat. Watch as they fight off Slappy and the other monsters to save everyone. R.L stine along with Zach, Hannah, and Champ will have to write a new story about each monster to save their town. Will they win? There's only one way to find out. Go watch the Goosebumps movie today! Image courtesy of ABC By Claire Aspeitia
Staff Writer The hit show ‘Pretty Little Liars’ is coming back for the remainder of season six and fans are going wild. It returns on ABC Family in January of 2016. Season six focuses on what could happen next to the six leading characters: Alison DiLaurentis, Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings, and Mona Vanderwaal. The show is about five best friends, the most popular girls in school, living in Rosewood Pennsylvania. Suddenly their leader Alison DiLaurentis goes missing. Then, they start to get notes from the hooded figure ‘A’. The show follows their dangerous adventures finding clues about A’s identity and where their best friend is. The new season is set five years into the future, and where the girls are now. ‘A’ was revealed in the last episode of the first half of season six, but according to Marlene King, one of the shows writers, ‘A’ will be much more blood thirsty in the remainder of the season. “It will be interesting to see what they will be like in the future and who will be after the event,” says Mac Elske, a fan of the show. “There were many questions that were left unanswered, and they will be addressed in the new season,” King admitted to Entertainment Weekly. "It's definitely life or death, and it's smarter and edgier and deadlier. The stakes are definitely a lot higher. It's not 'I'm going to expose your secrets.' It's 'I'm going to kill you if you don't give me what I want,” Lucy Hale said to International Business Times UK. The show is a favorite of many people in the US and all over the world. Image by youtube.com By Avery Ensing
Staff Writer The Visit, a 2015 horror film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is a thrilling movie that many will enjoy. Shyamalan delivered an amazing horror movie on September 11, 2015, leaving the viewers on the edge of their seat. The movie was filmed at a small town in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two kids visit their grandparents and discover that there is something seriously wrong with their nana and pop pop. Becca and Tyler were awaiting the meeting of their grandparents, whom they had never met. But as soon as they arrived, Nana and Pop Pop were acting a little strange. Olivia De Jonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Daragan, and Peter McRobbie were all some of the amazing actors in the thrilling horror movie. The actors all did a great job portraying their roles in an accurate, realistic way. Megan McCormack said, “I’ll give The Visit four out of five stars because it was an interesting movie and it kept you on the edge of your seat.” Audrey Eucker said, “I’ll give it three and a half out of five stars.” She said that it was a little predictable, but overall a pretty good movie. The movie was shot from a unique perspective because the movie acted as a documentary made by the kids while visiting their grandparents. The unique perspective was a key role in how the movie was viewed, and many viewers were impressed by the complexity of the filming and the plot of the story. Overall, The Visit is a super exciting and unique movie that many people would enjoy watching. Many of the viewers would definitely recommend it to a range of ages. The Visit is a very creative, fun, interesting movie that lots of people would encourage others to see. Shyamalan definitely directed a great horror movie that will be seen for many years ahead. Photo by spoilertv.com By Audrey Kirkpatrick
Staff Writer Magic, all contained in one little town, where all of the fairytale characters live and are banished there, trapped with no way out. After losing all of their memories, they are hopeless, and are waiting for their happy ending to come. This town is called Storybrooke. When a woman named Emma Swan is discovered by her son she gave up for adoption, she is convinced to come to Storybrooke, being possibly connected to the fairy tale characters. Coming back to Storybrooke with her son, Emma realizes that this is no ordinary town with very suspicious and concerning events. Will she be the one to save them from this curse? Watch the first season of Once Upon a Time to see the outcome. Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan) says in an interview, “I would say that my favorite scene is the ending scene with Sheriff Graham. I think it is a very big turning point for Emma.” This show is a very suspenseful and interesting, with lots of classic fairytale characters, but with a fun twist. The TV show, starting in 2011, is still airing, with the beginning of the fifth season having aired on September 27th. The fifth season is about how the characters of Storybrooke have to try to find a way to stop the Dark One from doing something terrible to their town. To end the darkness, they have to seek Merlin, who is the only one that can stop it. So far it is super interesting, and takes the viewer's breath away. The episodes of the fifth season air every Sunday at 8:00 PM Western-time, on ABC. Some other actors that are included in the show are Lana Parrilla (as the Evil Queen), Ginnifer Goodwin (as Snow White), and Josh Dallas (as Prince Charming). Lana Parrilla was asked who is her favorite fairytale character is, responding, “My favorite is Ursula from the little mermaid. I tend to like the evil characters. She is so powerful and evil!” This TV show is super awesome, and is a great family show. Once Upon a Time keeps viewers suspended. This writer recommends the show. By Lucy Kay
Staff Writer Most people know Taylor Swift for writing songs about her ex-boyfriends and how they broke her heart. But now, Swifts mother, Andrea Swift, was diagnosed with cancer. Will she write a song about her new heartbreak? Last Thursday, Swift posted a letter to her fans informing us about news she hoped she would never have to share. “For christmas this year, I asked my mom that one of her gifts to me, was her going to the doctor to get screened for any health issues [...] The results came in, and I’m saddened to tell you that my mom has been diagnosed with cancer,” the Grammy award winner writes. This news came in right around the time when Swift was about to go on tour and wouldn’t be home with her mother. On April 9th, 2015, Andrea was officially diagnosed. But the ‘style’ singer says that she wants to keep her mothers severity and treatment plan private for now.“Usually when things happen to me, I process them and then write music about how I feel, and you hear it much later. This is something my family and I thought you should know about now,” Swift writes. The two Swifts wanted to tell their 70 million fans to encourage their ‘busy’ parents to go into a health screening so no one gets news like this. After Swift posted the news, Lady Gaga tweeted that the Swifts would be in her thoughts. “God bless you and your mama and family, we'll all be praying @taylorswift13” Not long after, the new hashtag went viral, #prayformamaswift. Although the Swifts are going through hard times, it may put a smile on their faces to know that lots of loving fans are thinking of them. Even though the Swifts are strong, this battle will require lot of #prayformamaswift. By Emma Honberger
Staff Writer There exists a movie so amazing that viewers will want to see it again and again. The film viewers will flock to this Spring is called Insurgent. This movie was an amazing action film where two characters, Tris and Four/Tobias, are being hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the faction Erudite. As they struggle to survive, Tris discovers that Jeanine is looking for “divergents” to open a box that withholds a special message that could change everyone's lives. “The movie was extraordinary! My favorite character was Four,” explained Audrey Kirkpatrick. She rated this movie out of 5 stars and scored it as a "5 out of 5." “It was pretty good. My favorite character is Tris. I really like her personality,” said Josie Rogers. She rated the movie 4.5 out of 5 stars, a rather high rating. Similar to Rogers and Kirkpatrick, the reviewer would rate this movie with 5 out of 5 stars as well. If viewers are bored at home and want to see a really good action-packed movie, then go to the nearest theater and view Insurgent. But before seeing Insurgent, viewers should see Divergent, the first movie in the series. By Jackson Davitt
Staff Writer Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left their criminal lives behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw, a former MI6 Assassin, tried to harm the crew, and one by one he attempts to get revenge. In Fast and Furious 7, a terrorist called Jakarde and a government official called "Mr. Nobody" are both competing to steal a computer program called “God's Eye.” The program can turn any technological device into a surveillance system. Torretto must regroup with his team to stop Shaw as he brings the battle to his home city. During the battle, a hacker named Ramsey is trying to retrieve God’s Eye for Torretto so he can eliminate the problem of Shaw. Come see Fast and Furious 7 to see the ultimate battle to retrieve the God's Eye while caught in a struggle between terrorist and the US government. One of the coolest cars in the movie is the Lynkan Hypersport. With only seven in the world, it has a price tag of 3.4 million dollars. It was the car that Torreto and O’Connor used to jump between the three buildings. One of the reasons it’s so expensive is the headlights. The headlights are diamond encrusted, which is just an added luxury for people that have more money than they can handle. Another reason is that it is only made with the strongest and luxurious materials, like carbon fiber, titanium, and precious stones. The most expensive scene in the movie was at the beginning. The creators actually jumped parachute-equipped muscle cars out of a C-130 cargo plane. The way the filmmakers captured such crazy movie footage was partially via computer generated images (CGI), but most of it was filmed by parachuters that jumped right before and after the cars. The funny part is that filmmakers actually had to do six test runs to make sure there’s no problems or kinks. In the test runs they got advice from the military on which parachute to use, and in the end, they ended up with one of the most jaw-dropping scenes in the movie. Released on April 3rd, 2015, Fast and Furious 7 is expected to remain in theaters for the coming few months. |
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