The Hunger Games Review
Rey Carpio
March 30, 2012
A majority of us at St. Joseph read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for our Summer Reading in 2010. The Hunger Games was an incredible book and has been finally been created for the big screen. The film made box office history, making $155 million on it’s opening weekend. It’s the third most... Read more »
Chronicle: a new direction in super hero films
Rey Carpio, Staff Writer
March 18, 2012
The craze behind superhero movies has lasted 12 years since X-Men was released in 2000. Finally we have a realistic look on what average people would really do when given superpowers. Chronicle was released on February 3rd and received positive reviews but is it worth your eight bucks to see? I saw Chronicle... Read more »
“The Artist” is a great work of “art”
Rey Carpio, Staff Writer
March 18, 2012
“The Artist” has been getting amazing reviews since being released and also won many Academy Awards this year. I was interested in seeing The Artist since it took home Best Picture at the Golden Globes and was most likely to win at the Academy Awards. Also, I simply wanted to see if they could make... Read more »
Drake’s new album a hit, despite being leaked early
Chelsea Baker, Staff Writer
March 11, 2012
Drake was originally known from playing Jimmy Brooks on the popular television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Now, he’s one of the biggest names in the music industry. Drake’s has a way of rising above the cliché look and sound of most rap artists; this is part of the reason why he is so... Read more »
Sorrow
Melissa Hollingshed, Staff Writer
February 5, 2012
Use to live on Sweet Street- Turns out all that sugar went sour Meadows plowed down for this concrete A weed present-no longer a flower Falling victim- Somebody get chalk to outline the body Unmoving eyes-yell “Lonesome” But skin appears Rosey-Thorny- Passionate Drum beats-slow to... Read more »
Real Steel may be a “Real Steal” at the Redbox for your next rental
Rey Carpio, Staff Writer
February 5, 2012
Real Steel is a riveting action movie that was not only an action movie but a story about a young boy and his father that separated, finally crossing paths and working together to build a robot and compete in the sport of Robot Boxing. Hugh Jackman, the star of the X-Men movies, is starring in the action... Read more »
No Fault with The Fault in Our Stars
Jorie Calabrese, Editor
February 5, 2012
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, is an honest, heartrendingly beautiful tale about Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old girl with terminal cancer. The story kicks off (after a Gatsby-style epigraph) with Hazel explaining how she begrudgingly goes to Support Group every week following the suggestion... Read more »
More Harry Potter with Pottermore
Rebecca Arriola, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2012
With the Harry Potter series having come to an end many saddened fans wondered how to get their wizard fix. While the series was winding to a close on the big screen, beloved author J.K. Rowling announced her plan for an interactive website known as pottermore.com that would be dedicated to everything... Read more »
Ender’s Game Finally Begins
Rebecca Arriola, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2012
Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card has been a popular science fiction novel for years. The novel revolves around a young and unusually gifted child, named Ender, who has been sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion of an alien race that has been warring... Read more »
Health Horoscopes
John Bitsas, Editor
February 5, 2012
ARIES (March 21 – April 19) – This sign tends to have more then it’s fair share of good heath, very vigorous with a strong constitution. Aries, ever ready for the next challenge, simply does not have the time to be sick. They have incredible powers of recovery, and when ill, they do... Read more »
