By Megan Claussen Staff Writer Written and directed by Megan Park, “The Fallout” follows high school student Vada (Jenna Ortega) as she forms a bond with popular high schooler Mia (Maddie Ziegler) in the aftermath of surviving a school shooting together. It is a beautifully written and emotionally impactful look at tragedy and the grief that follows. This film is
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By Landon Sasaki Staff Writer The first SAW movie was released in 2004. It was directed by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The franchise consists of nine movies that have been released, the most recent Saw movie released was Spiral, a spin-off, and sequel of the original franchise. Saw is about an old man known as John Kramer. His goal
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By Jovani Alejandro Contreras Prep Editor-in-Chief When I first heard the conservative news website The Daily Wire was getting into the movie business, I was skeptical. Co-founded by American commentator Ben Shapiro, the news site is notorious for conservative clickbait. They then partnered with disgraced film producer Dallas Sonnier to make an action film set in a school shooting. My
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By Nathan David Staff Writer It has been almost 30 years since the original “Mortal Kombat” fighting game arrived in arcades throughout the world and found a special place in the minds of many young people ever since then. The excessive blood and violence in the game captivated many and made the game famous amongst kids while also
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By Nathan David Staff Writer It has been over 22 years since the original animated Mulan hit theatres around the world. It combined action with the classic Disney princess movie aspects to make a film that appealed to a wide audience. But the recent live-action remake of Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, has many changes that differ from the original
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By Eva Weisenfeld Staff Writer When “Sixteen Candles” was released in 1984, it quickly became a smash hit, labelled as a classic. It was the first hit film directed by John Hughes, who’s movies sought to capture an era of teenage angst in the ’80s. The film tells the story of Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) who wakes up on her
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By Dania Zamudio Staff Writer The movie “Veronica” is really good. It’s a horror film, and it’s actually pretty scary. It is in Spanish and takes place in Madrid, Spain because it’s based on a true story. The director of the movie is Paco Plaza. The movie came out in 2017. The movie “Veronica” is entirely in Spanish. During an
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By Hannah Murrieta Staff Writer “The Hate U Give” was a movie made in 2017 trying to show a purpose to people following the deaths of people of color because of white cops. In one of the scenes, a young black teenager was killed because the white cop thought he had a gun and his family wanted justice for him
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By Maddie Knight Staff Writer Tahoma Video Production students are currently hard at work in preparation for upcoming contests in the spring. Video Production teacher Vincent Nelson said contests “offer opportunity for students to put their filming skills to the test.” Mr. Nelson continued, “Some of these kids, the advanced students, TA’s, I’ve had for two to three years now,
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By Henry Pierce Staff Writer WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD — YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! As the first order is taking the final steps to crush the Resistance, a message is intercepted by a Resistance spy telling that the long-dead Palpatine is alive and ready to take over once again. The Resistance decides that it needs to stop Palpatine, and they go
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