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
Did you have to go to the main office at all this week? Do you even know where the main office is? The environment was a study in contrasts, with the office full of wandering staff just checking things out, construction workers busily attending to building details, and harried secretaries trying to impose order on the chaos. It appeared to be most intense for the … Continue reading Roundup: Construction woes
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: Regan Enos No matter the time or the occasion the essence of home will always be family to me. Whether you are arriving home from a trip around the world or just a walk around the block, home is a very welcoming place. Without my mom saying “Welcome home” or my younger siblings running out the door to greet me after a day at … Continue reading The Essence of Home Is Family
by: Wyatt Garlick Mr. Talley says he will be joining another intramural basketball team this January and has made some confident predictions: “I took a year off last year but will be back playing this winter for the staff team. With my return and the addition of some other staff ‘All-Stars’ we are guaranteed to once again take the intramural title. A lot of our … Continue reading Deadline for Intramural Basketball Approaching
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: Nicole Krebs Are you a singer? And actor? A dancer? Do you play an instrument? Do you look like you just stepped out of the movie “300?” WELL CHS DRAMA WANTS YOU!!! Central High School Theatre has its upcoming auditions for “An Evening of One Acts” and they need you! If you can do have any of the skills listed above they would love … Continue reading Auditions for One Acts Underway
Have you ever had trouble putting statistics into perspective? It’s a tricky thing to do, but this week The Pine Needle ran a story about the Anatomy & Physiology classes’ blood drive, which gathered 215 pints of blood. How much is 215 pints? Well, it’s 26.9 gallons. That would definitely require more than your fridge to hold. If you were to take all that blood … Continue reading Roundup: Chamber Orchestra, Prom Theme, an Acting Recital, and more
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
by: Kyle Wehrle The blood drive for Central was a HUGE success! Mrs. Linde’s Anatomy & Physiology classes were in a competition to see who could get the most donors and donations from businesses. Our goal for blood donations was 200 pints of blood, but we received a total of 215 pints! Over 40 local businesses donated food, napkins, plates, drinks, and money to help … Continue reading Blood Drive Exceeds Expectations
by: Alex Connor Football is one of most popular sports in the United States of America. At the head of each football team is a quarterback, and I’m going to tell who I believe the top ten quarterbacks in the National Football League are. 10. Cam Newton (CAR)– Cam Newton has played very well as a rookie, and I think what has made him so … Continue reading Who’s the Best? The top 10 QB’s in the NFL
by: Alan Smithee I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Sadly, there are no “modern Thanksgiving movies” that aren’t stupid gory horror films. So here is this heartwarming film, The Man from Nowhere, aka, The Movie That Almost Made Me Cry. Really! This film is very powerful. It’s a Korean film, and happens to be the highest grossing film in Korea for the year 2010. … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: The Man from Nowhere
Monday was that little bonus day for students where they get to sleep in while teachers slaved away at their official Professional Development Day. During that professional development, however, the teachers had a chance to sneak behind the forbidding plywood barrier and see the new freshmen wing. Wow–if that won’t make students wish they hadn’t passed their ninth grade year, what will? Windows and whiteboards … Continue reading Roundup: Budget Cuts, Teacher Christmas Party Revelation, and more
by: Chase Hammond One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Central High School Theatre Department’s fall production, opened Thursday, November 17th to a packed house. As the audience arrived to the theater they immediately felt a sense of repression and hopelessness, just by looking at the set. As the lights dimmed, the play began with a recording of a speech by John F. Kennedy. Slowly the … Continue reading Cuckoo Provides Specktaculore Performances
by: Megan Spring The snake wound around his back and up onto his chest. The small tongue stuck out, piercing the side of his neck. I stared in awe at how fascinating the ink looked on his body. I wanted to touch the snake on his smooth skin just to confirm that it wasn’t real. It looked as if it would keep slithering around him. … Continue reading Tattoos a Common Mark
by: Alan Smithee Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite writers. He has written many, many classics, such as Blade Runner, Minority Report, and my favorite, A Scanner Darkly. The book was written in 1977 and was inspired by his drug days in California and the effects they had on his life. So of course there had to be a movie of it! Now, … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: A Scanner Darkly
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