By Joe Raudebaugh Star Fox is one of the best series Nintendo has created, and the best rail shooter out there. The game Star Fox is about a fighter squadron called StarFox. The team includes Fox McCloud, a fox, Falco Lombardi, a bird, Peppy Hare, a rabbit, Slippy Toad, a frog,and two other characters: General Pepper and Andross, the main antagonist of the series. The … Continue reading Game Review: Starfox
by: Alan Smithee When I was about 8 years old I was done with Disney, done with PBS, even done with Cartoon Network. I didn’t want to be a kid anymore, I wanted to be treated like an adult; I wanted to go to bed later than 8:30, I wanted to go trick or treating all by myself, I wanted to dress myself! My parents … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on Gummo
by: Alan Smithee When I review “Modern Masterpieces” they have to be considered good films. Not just by critics, but by me too. The thing I like about the Look Backs is there is no “good” or “masterpiece” in the title. I can talk about any older film I want and it doesn’t even have to be good! Now just by my saying that does … Continue reading Movie Buff Looks Back on Faust
by: Alan Smithee Why does everyone love ninjas so much? They are ruthless. They kill whatever they want for their own gain. But why does everyone seem to look at them as the good guys? “They were rebels against the system” yeah, yeah, cool, cool. But most of them were dirty rapists, thieves, and they terrorized people. Samurais, on the other hand, go by a … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on Ghost Dog
by: Alan Smithee What do you consider horror? Spooky atmosphere, creepy music, messing with your head? No, modern people don’t see horror as that. They see gore, they see people being eaten, they see shaky cameras. That’s not the same. If you want to find some good old creepy horror films, look to lower budget movies. Think about it like this. They barely have any … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on: Nails
by: Nicole Krebs and Andrea Renville The Hunger Games is a book series that is quickly growing into a franchise. With the release of the movie in March, the hype has certainly not gone down. Everyone knows about The Hunger Games and wants to be in on it. Two Pine Needle writers have differing opinions about the quality of the film as opposed to the … Continue reading The Hunger Games: Was the movie worthy of the book?
By Brady Vandevort There are many games out there that you just can’t stop playing. There is ALWAYS something to do, and that’s what this top 5 list is about. These are games where even if you wouldn’t think them to be very time consuming, they are. For some of these games, you get pulled in by their ultra-entertaining factor. For others, you just get … Continue reading The Five Longest Games . . . EVER
by: Alan Smithee Remember the film Tron? Back in 1982 there was no film to compare it to. Before 2010 when they made the second film, there was still no film to compare it to. It took the video game world and translated it into film; it looked as if the people making the film jumped inside an Atari game and filmed everything they saw. … Continue reading A Movie Buff Modern Masterpiece: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
by: Alan Smithee Love is in the air people! Cupid has been shooting off some arrows! But some of those arrows have gone right through the heart . . . literally. Remember The Prowler that was a part of the hit 80s sub-genre of horror “slasher” films? Did you know that there were a lot of holiday slashers? True story! Films like the oh so … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on My Bloody Valentine
by: Alan Smithee Demons is an Italian horror film from the 80s. A lot of Italian horror directors try to make their films artsy, or have a fresh story, or have complex characters. This film has none of those! Who is to blame? Dario Argento. He is the producer and writer of this film. I can go on and on about how much he is … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on “Demons”
By: Brady Vandevort Mario Kart 7, which was recently released December 4, has lived up to its name in its best sequel yet. Though there are some disappointing factors, the new additions make up for them. The controls are the smoothest controls ever presented in the Mario Kart franchise. And it is because of that reason that I can’t put this game down. In recent … Continue reading Game Review: Mario Kart 7 Wins Favor
by: Alan Smithee Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn’t: I have had a theme going on for the last two weeks. Today will be the last of that. The theme you are wondering about is . . . Punk. It’s not just a genre of music, it’s the attitude of a whole generation. Is punk dead? Pretty much! People try to bring it back, but … Continue reading The Movie Buff Looks Back on SLC Punk
by: Alan Smithee Emilio Estevez is very famous for the “Breakfast Club,” but do I care? Of course not! Emilio will be remembered for Maximum Overdrive and Young Guns, oh! and REPO MAN! I swear this is one of the coolest movies I have ever seen. It has everything I look for in a movie: car chases, fights, punk music, good acting, oh, and aliens … Continue reading Movie Buff Looks Back on Repo Man
by: Alan Smithee Evil. Do I think there is evil in the world? Oh yes, I do. Evil is everywhere, in everyone. But very few act out their evil thoughts, though there are just some people who want to see the world burn, and they light the fire. There many films about evil and one of my favorites is A Clock Work Orange, but I … Continue reading Movie Buff: A look back on Made in Britain
by: Alan Smithee In the past few years (mostly 2009-2011) a certain kind of film has come out that everyone talks about. Is it because of its good story? Is it because of the good acting? NOPE! It’s for a little thing called “CGI” that has taken over the movie world. Back in the 80’s they experimented with this “CGI”; it looked retro and cool, … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Five Most Overrated Modern Movies
by: Alan Smithee I love comic books; my dad used to have the biggest collection when I was a kid, and I read almost all of them. When I was a kid I also had this thing for the dark and gritty–the things parents wouldn’t let their kids see! And comic books and movies helped me see that. I was seven years old when I … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: Kick Ass
The Pine Needle 