‘How to Lose a Popularity Contest’ is winning the mediocrity rom-com contest.
By Amelia Morris
Tubi original “How to Lose a Popularity Contest” is a typical rom-com targeted to teens and pre-teens. The movie follows high school juniors Ellie and Nate as they attempt to win the student council presidential election. In the end, the movie was every bit of average.
Ellie Pearse (Sara Waisglass) is the typical teen lead in any rom-com. She’s nerdy, driven and striving to be accepted into an Ivy League school. Her resume might be lengthy but when the Ivy League ...
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ shows us that love is deeper than romance
By Danielle Cherry
Do you ever want to leave school and take a vacation? Or better yet, what if going on vacation was your job? Well, Poppy Wright (Emily Bader) has my dream job - writing about vacations. Yet her heart isn’t in it. More than anything, Poppy loves traveling because of the many people she can become on her adventures.
“People We Meet on Vacation” is adapted from the book written by Emily Henry, and I must say, wow, did they do a good job. As a book-befo...
‘Goodbye June,’ for better or worse, is not your typical Christmas movie.
By Teagan Warren
Christmas time can be the sweetest time of the year for many people, especially for the movie industry. There are many types of Christmas movies, ranging from contemplative ones like “It’s a Wonderful Life” all the way to the violent (but popular) “Die Hard.” “Goodbye June” differs from the standard Christmas movie with its heavy topic — facing the certain death of a loved one. The film felt burdensome with its subject matter, but the humor of everyday ...
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ is a thematic thriller that left me guessing until the end
By Sophia Monastra
On Good Friday, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks preaches a militant, fiery sermon from the pulpit of Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude. He then walks to a nearby storage closet to fortify himself for the remainder of the service. The door is open and in full view of the stage. The closet is empty. Moments later, Monsignor Wicks is dead, stabbed in the back.
The only other person on stage and the first person to find the body is Reverend Jud Duplenticy, a young boxer-tu...
‘Spy X Family’ Season 3 dives into history for a secret origin
By Katlynn Rossignol
An undercover spy, a deadly assassin and a first grade telepath live together as a make-shift family, each hiding their true identities for the safety of themselves and their missions. With two seasons and a movie already released, “Spy X Family” continued its run with a third season full of slice-of-life antics and action showdowns.
What set this season’s promotions apart from previous ones, is the focus on the mysterious backstory of Loid Forger’s, ...
‘Fallout’ season 2 sets up a risky gamble for the characters
By Carly Shaner
“Everyone wants to save the world. They just disagree on how.”
About 200 years after the entire world is nuked, Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) ventures out to the surface to find her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), who has been captured. She encounters folks like the Ghoul (Walter Goggins), Maximus (Aaron Moten) of the Brotherhood and everything the irradiated world has to offer. After learning through her journey in the wasteland, it’s revealed that her father ...
‘Stranger Things’ Vol. 2 and Finale enters Dimension X
By Danielle Cherry
Ten years after the release of “Stranger Things” season one, the Duffer brothers finished the beloved franchise in a beautiful, yet heart-wrenching final four episodes. Action was a main focus, but the revealing and satisfying conclusion was what won everyone’s hearts.
Vol. 2 picks up on the huge reveal of Will Byers’ syphoned powers. The Duffer’s knew exactly what they were doing, leaving us on such a high during Thanksgiving break.
As the ...
‘Anaconda’ slithers towards box office success
By Molly Adkins
Welcome back to the Amazon! Jack Black and Paul Rudd star in Sony’s 2025 reboot of “Anaconda.” The original movie, released in 1997, is an adventure-horror movie following a documentary crew searching for a long lost tribe in the Amazon and a snake hunter tracking a massive anaconda. Filled with betrayal, suspense and a stacked cast (including Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson), the film was a box office success.
“Anaconda” 2025 follows a group of ...
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is a step in the wrong direction for James Cameron’s world of Pandora
By Gabriel Payne
There have not been many franchise films in recent years that generated more hype and enthusiasm than the third installment to James Cameron’s “Avatar” universe. In 2022, he delivered an impressive and record breaking sequel in “The Way of Water,” defying the cynics who claimed the success of the original “Avatar” could never be repeated.
As a result, expectations were high for what looked like an exciting new exploration into the world of Pandora, ...
‘David’ brings the beautiful biblical story to life.
By Amelia Morris
‘David’ is a musical biblical epic following the life story of king David. Even from humble beginnings he is chosen by God for a greater purpose, more than he could ever imagine.
The story begins with David as a young shepherd, defending his flock from danger. When Samuel the prophet visits David’s home to anoint him, the parallels between David as a shepherd and becoming the next king are not lost on anyone in the audience. David was an excellent shepherd ...
