Avengers: Endgame
Sara Rott, Staff Writer
April 25, 2019
Filed under Movie reviews, Reviews, Showcase
Remarkable, amazing, wonderful, heart stopping: These are the only words that could possibly describe the highly anticipated film from Marvel Studios, Avengers: Endgame. It is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat as the story unfolds on the big screen. The movie is approximately three hours, so...
Novel Novels
Abbie Wallace, Senior Staff Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under Abbie's Bookclub, Book Reviews, From The Summit, Reviews
Celebrate strong female protagonists During Women’s History Month. Though we should celebrate women’s history on a year-long basis, March is officially Women’s History Month. Reading books where the main characters are women who face adversity and discrimination because of their gender is a...
A Marvelous Step Forward
Abbie Wallace, Senior Staff Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under From The Summit, Movie reviews, Reviews
The latest superhero film opens the path to gender equality. Make way for Marvel— Captain Marvel, that is. The superhero has flown into theaters just in time for Women’s History Month. It’s probably no coincidence the movie debuted this month with the lead being one of the most powerful...
How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World Review
Sara Rott, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
Filed under Movie reviews, Showcase
Amazing, stunning and beautiful are a few of the words to describe this touching heartfelt finale. All good things must come to an end. This holds true with the highly anticipated sequel to “How to Train Your Dragon,” and it is sure to be a tear jerker. We all fell in love with Hiccup, a...
Novel Novels
Abbie Wallace, Senior Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
Filed under A & E, Abbie's Bookclub, Book Reviews, From The Summit
Start the semester with a fresh selection of books. Welcome to Book Club 120. Let’s begin by going over your required textbooks. Just kidding! The purpose of this is to share a variety of books ranging from dystopian novels to love stories, and anything in between. These books are no...
For The Love Of It
Sandi Westrand, Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
Filed under A & E, From The Summit, Reviews, Stage House Theatre, Theatre
The love of acting compels these students to abandon their own personalities and assume a completely different persona. An exuberant and talented cast of nine Grossmont students cavorted about to a captive audience at the campus Stagehouse Theatre on Friday evening. The production of Inside the...
Call Me Mother
May 14, 2018
Filed under Reel Talk
Love her or hate her, but she’s the woman who raised ‘ya. Mother (dir. Bong Joonho) 4/5 When a shopkeeper’s (Kim Hyeja) mentally handicapped son (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a local school girl, she sets out to piece together the crime and clear his name, but the truth may be closer than she exp...
REEL TALK – You’re The Worst
May 14, 2018
Filed under Reel Talk
The Chaser (dir. Na Hongjin) Ex-detective turned pimp Jongho’s (Kim Yoonseok) girls have been disappearing, but he assumes they’ve run off. When he traces them to a sinister client (Ha Jungwoo, at his most despicable), he must revert to his old skills to find them, dead or alive. The Chaser makes the ...
Rod’s Reel Referrals: Women’s history Month
Rodney Ousley, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2015
Filed under Movie reviews
Women’s History Month, which began as “Women’s History Week” until 1987, is celebrated in March in the United States, Canada and Australia. The month highlights the many contributions of women in history, as well as the pioneers of today. This March, I have compiled a short list of films f...
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
March 17, 2013
Filed under Movie reviews
Oz The Great and Powerful is the latest idyllic fantasy brought to us by Disney. Oz brings a Burtonesqe reimagining of the famous world crafted by L. Frank Baum. Directed by film wunderkind Sam Remi, Oz ends up being being comprehensible and easier to follow than other movies Disney has create...
Book Review: Clockwork Angels The Novel
March 11, 2013
Filed under Book Reviews, Reviews
Regarded as a new steampunk adventure, ‘Clockwork Angels: The Novel’ is an expressive read containing alchemical elements and becoming very esoteric in style. With help from the band Rush’s drummer and chief lyricist Neil Peart, science-fiction author Kevin J. Anderson has written an excit...
‘The Five Year Engagement’ previews are misleading
May 15, 2012
Filed under Movie reviews
SAN DIEGO -- Don't be misled, as I was, by the previews. The Five Year Engagement, directed by Nicholas Stoller, has been promoted as a comedy, but it's in reality a pretty unhappy drama. It is about a couple who lives in San Francisco, Tom Solomon (Jason Segal, ) an aspiring sous chef and ...
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