Reviews: Top Five Movies of the Summer
Guardians of the Galaxy
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” a No. 1 box office hit for four of the six weekends it’s been released, takes viewers on an action-packed, comedic adventure.
The movie features a band of criminals led by Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), who calls himself “Starlord.” After finding himself arrested and imprisoned, Quill allies himself with four other outcasts.
Each of them have different agendas. Peter Quill is running from the thieves who hired him to steal a ...
Movie Review: ‘The Maze Runner’
When Thomas wakes in a supply-filled box, hurtling up an elevator-like shaft, he finds his memory is a blank slate. He knows nothing — not how or why he got there, or even where here is. He can’t even remember his name.
The box opens upon reaching the top of the shaft and Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) is introduced to his new home called the Glade, a camp of sorts, inhabited by a group of teenage boys.
Thomas soon learns that all of the boys arrive at the Glade in the same way, once a ...
Student Spotlight – Kyria Luxon: Photographer
Kyria Luxon makes people smile, then snaps a picture.
“I was photographed by her once for a project,” said Brian McCray, a junior graphic design major and classmate of Luxon. “She seems to get energy from people. I think she enjoys photographing other people for that reason.”
Luxon said enthusiasm makes her photo shoots successful.
“A lot of people say that they’re camera shy, that they don’t like being photographed,” Luxon said. “But I tend to get so excited ...
Year in Preview: Art Comes Alive in Cedarville
Cedarville students have many opportunities throughout the year to exhibit their talents. Some students choose art, music or drama to do so. Others choose comedy or dance. And still others choose spraypaint. Prepare to be entertained, whether on campus, at the Opera House in town or simply by looking at a rock.
Senior Theater Projects
More commonly known as STPs, these projects are done by students in place of an internship to complete their theatre major. STPs range from set and costume ...
The Definitive ‘Doctor Who’ Guide for Non-Whovians
“Doctor Who” is a popular British sci-fi TV show. You may love the show and know everything about it. You might have heard of it in passing. You may have friends who watch it. You may even have friends in the “Cedarville Whovians” Facebook group. But what if you don’t really know much about the show? This guide will give you a glimpse into the world of “Doctor Who.”
The Doctor
The Doctor is a time-traveling alien, but he looks human. He’s thousands of years old, has two hearts ...
Editors’ Picks 2013-2014
Movies:
“The Lego Movie”
It seems like “The Lego Movie” was swept aside in light of much bigger and supposedly more important movies surrounding its release. If you missed this gem, go see it, even if you never liked Legos. While the movie is basically a giant Lego commercial, the combination of a great storyline, pristine animation, quirky characters and a beautiful message created a movie about plastic toys on par with the “Toy Story” series. It is nearly impossible to finish ...
Jesse Bowser: Apparel Designer
The sky — or rather his dorm room – is the limit for sophomore Jesse Bowser. Bowser, a graphic design major, uses his dorm room as a design studio for his apparel design business, Vernos Apparel, through which he sells T-shirts and sweatshirts with hand-printed designs he created.
“At the moment it’s all hand-done,” Bowser said. “I do it just out of a dorm. Everything people own has been 100 percent hand printed by myself.”
Bowser said his process includes sketching a design ...
Movie Review: ‘Divergent’
Dystopian fiction is the latest craze in literature and film. In film, it started with the 2012 release of the first “Hunger Games” movie. For the last two years, it seems like there has been at least one new dystopian movie in theaters every week. Many of the movies are adaptations of books with large followings.
“Divergent” fits into both categories. The first book in the trilogy by Veronica Roth was released in 2011. Soon after, a cult-like following began demanding a movie and ...
Movie Review: ‘The Desolation of Smaug’
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is a middle installment in a trilogy, but viewers aren’t pitched into the middle of the action. As always, director Peter Jackson eases viewers in with a flashback to this movie released on DVD April 8.
“The Desolation of Smaug” covers six chapters of the book, but Jackson did not leave the story as is. He incorporated material from the appendices and J.R.R. Tolkien’s history of Middle-Earth, “The Silmarillion,” to explain elements of the ...
Student A Cappella Group Releases Their First EP
Cedarville’s a cappella group, The Inversions, released their first extended play (EP) on April 1.
The Inversions are a group of 22 students who perform a cappella music. Three of the members have been together since the group’s creation three years ago, and they became an official organization in November of 2012. They perform a variety of music, ranging from alternative to pop and even some jazz.
“Our goal is to spread the love of a cappella music,” assistant director Alli Butterw...
