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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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A guide to must see horror films

A guide to must see horror films

Alyssa Gibler October 6, 2016
Interested in horror films? Confused what to watch? Read this guide to get a review of movies to watch with categories to suit your interest.
photo by Devesh Kumar

The importance of independent film

Kat Sarafianos October 5, 2015

I don't actually remember when I fell in love with independent film. I can’t remember the exact film or what it was about, but I know that it was a process. I grew up with the big picture commercial...

10 most anticipated summer movies

10 most anticipated summer movies

Anna Wright May 11, 2014

1. Godzilla The infamous Godzilla film franchise will return on May 16, featuring a killer cast that includes Aaron Johnson, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen. The film will feature a comeback from perhaps...

Approaching the Elephant illuminates free school effort with charm and grace

‘Approaching the Elephant’ illuminates free school effort with charm and grace

Urmilla Kuttikad March 3, 2014

Approaching the Elephant was the rare film I went into without any preconceived notions — I had no idea what to expect because I wasn’t familiar with the concept of free schools. As the movie explains,...

Happy Valley poses difficult questions, perseveres in truth

‘Happy Valley’ poses difficult questions, perseveres in truth

Urmilla Kuttikad March 2, 2014

Happy Valley treads on dangerous ground. In late 2011, Jerry Sandusky, longtime assistant coach for the Penn State football team, was charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse. Not long after, it was uncovered...

E-team unrivaled in storytelling and power

‘E-team’ unrivaled in storytelling and power

Urmilla Kuttikad March 2, 2014

E-team is not only the best film I’ve seen at True/False this year, but perhaps one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. This is a weighty statement, but what the documentary manages to accomplish...

Redbox Review: Jobs

Redbox Review: ‘Jobs’

Ashleigh Atasoy February 22, 2014

Last September, the best biopic of 2013 was released. Jobs showcased technology’s greatest pioneer, Steve Jobs. The film covers his journey from hippy college kid to corporate tycoon. From the day he...

Movie-goers line up outside the True/False box office just hours after it opened Feb. 28. The documentary film festival will run through the weekend. Photo by Maria Kalaitzandonakes

True/False coordinators offers opportunity for students’ day off

Graham Ratermann February 19, 2014

With The True/False Film Festival a little more than a week away, a new opportunity arises for high school students. The Thank Goodness It’s True/False program debuts this year, as a free program designed...

Labor Day proves to be a story for the heart, not the mind

‘Labor Day’ proves to be a story for the heart, not the mind

Ross Parks February 7, 2014

Jason Reitman’s most recent film Labor Day, the story of a disjointed New England family in the late 1980s that briefly crosses paths with a fugitive,has a slightly unbelievable plot, but somehow maintains...

Seniors take risks, pursue careers in music, entertainment

Seniors take risks, pursue careers in music, entertainment

Alyssa Sykuta May 23, 2013

It’s easy when you’re 16 years old to view high school as that place where students sit down, stare at a Smartboard for eight hours, take tests, and go home. But for many graduating seniors, high school...

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Ellis Auditorium provides free screening of award-winning documentary ‘5 Broken Cameras’

Yasmeen El-Jayyousi April 28, 2013

On April 30 at 6 p.m. a free screening of the Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, 5 Broken Cameras, will take place at Ellis Auditorium at the University of Missouri - Columbia. There...

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‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ reveals true nature of World War I president

Trisha Chaudhary April 10, 2013

As soon as I heard that Hyde Park on Hudson is about the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, my interest peaked. Not only had we recently been learning about FDR’s presidency in U.S. History, I...

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