John Carter and Silent House enter theaters Friday

By Jay Carroll Staff Writer This Friday, March 9, is a day filled with highly anticipated movie releases. This could be beneficial for students who are looking for things to do over Spring Break next week. The movie “John Carter“, starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Samantha Morton, is about a man named John Carter, who is transported to Mars. On Mars, it becomes his duty to save Barsoom and its people. This action-packed film is filled with fighting, with a little bit of drama mixed in as well. Another new release is the scary movie “Silent House“, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stephens and many more stars. This movie is about a woman…

Act of Valor, Gone, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds and Wanderlust released tomorrow

By Annie Wen Staff Writer This week seems to be a good week for the entertainment industry, as four new movies are set to be released tomorrow, Friday February 24: Act of Valor, Gone, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds and Wanderlust. Act of Valor is a Action/Adventure/Drama film starring Roselyn Sanchez, Sonny Manson, Alex Veadov and Nestor Serrano. When a mission to recover a kidnapped CIA operative goes horribly wrong a global threat is unleashed and a team of Navy SEALs must go on a dangerous secret mission to save the world from destruction. Act of Valor is rated R and is 1 hour and 41 minutes long. Gone is a highly anticipated Thriller film. Amanda…

Big Miracle splashes into theaters

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer Big Miracle, an inspirational story based off of true events, hits theaters today. Starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski, the story of three whales trapped under the Arctic ice is sure to be great movie for the whole family. When Adam Carlson (Krasinski) reports for a local news station about the trapped whales, an immense amount of support comes to help save the whales including Carlson’s ex girlfriend (Barrymore). Soon the American military, oil companies and other locals are all helping to save the whales. The film is rated PG for language and runs just over two hours.

Three new movies to be released in theaters tomorrow

By Annie Wen Staff Writer With the new semester already in full swing a movie is the perfect way to take a break from all the stress of new classes and the piles of homework and just relax. Tomorrow, January 27 three new movies will be released to the public: The Grey, Man on a Ledge, and One for the Money. The Grey, which stars Liam Neeson, is about a group of oil-rig roughnecks that are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors fight through mortal injuries, the biting cold and hunger and try to avoid being hunted by a pack of vicious wolves. The…

Proposed “Stop Online Piracy Act” could alter internet usage

By Thomas Hair Online Blog Editor When the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was introduced to the House of Representatives in late October, it immediately became a subject of intense debate and is already one of the most controversial topics of 2012. SOPA, in addition to its senate counterpart (PIPA), was proposed by Texas Republican Lamar Smith. If passed, it would give the US government power to regulate both piracy of copyrighted materials and sale of counterfeit goods. This piece of legislature would grant the federal government, and copyright holders, the ability to reprimand, black or even destroy offending websites. In short, your favorite website for illegal movies could be gone by February, along with all unauthorized music on…

Three new movies to hit theaters tomorrow

By Annie Wen Staff Writer With midterms getting closer and closer a movie is a good way to relieve any stress and to just relax and take a break from all that cramming and studying. On Friday January 13 three new movies will be opening in wide release: Beauty and the Beast in 3D, Contraband, and Joyful Noise. Beauty and the Beast is a timeless Disney classic. It tells the story of Belle, a girl who goes to live in a mansion with a Beast and how she falls in love with him. Originally released in 1991 the movie has been remade and is now available in 3D. Contraband is an action/adventure and thriller film….

The Devil Inside to be released tomorrow

By Annie Wen Staff Writer As school starts back up everyone is already loaded with homework and projects and the countdown to spring break has already begun. A trip to the movies will help combat all of those “I wish it was break again” feelings. Recently in the past year supernatural horror films have become a sort of cult obsession. The Paranormal Activity film series has been the most successful and have reintroduced demons back into scary movies, instead of the typical slasher horror movies. Following the release of the first few Paranormal Activities we have begun to see many demonic scary movies. Many are centered on exorcisms, such as The Last Exorcism, The Rite,…

New Year’s Eve and The Sitter to be released tomorrow

By Annie Wen Staff Writer With the weather getting colder outside there’s nothing better to do than to go to the movie theater and sit down with a nice warm tub of popcorn and a good movie. New Year’s Eve and The Sitter are two highly anticipated films that will both be opening in wide release tomorrow, Friday December 9th. New Year’s Eve features an all-star cast: Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Ludacris, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michele Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Sofia Vergara. There’s someone for everyone. New Year’s Eve is a romantic comedy…

New movies in theaters near you

By Annie Wen Staff Writer The weekend is always the best part of the week. Time to relax, hang out with friends, and possibly see a movie. This week 3 new movies will be released on Friday November 11: Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, and Mickey; J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio; and Jack and Jill starring Adam Sandler. Immortals is a 3D fantasy adventure film. Set in the time of the Greek Gods the movie follows the battle between the King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and humanity. The film also stars Henry Cavill as the main protagonist Theseus and Freida Pinto, best known from Slumdog Millionaire, as Phaedra. J. Edgar is a biographical drama film…

Paranormal Activity 3 to hit theaters this weekend

By Annie Wen Staff Writer In 2007, Paramount Pictures released the supernatural horror film Paranormal Activity. The movie received a positive reaction from both critics and people who watched the film. Following the success of the first film, Paramount released Paranormal Activity 2 in 2010, which received mostly mixed reviews. Paranormal Activity 3 will be released this Friday, October 21. The Paranormal Activity series is presented as “found footage”. The first movie follows a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural demon in their house. Paranormal Activity 2 is a parallel prequel to the first movie, set two months before and following up with the events in depicted in the first…