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Adrift Movie Review: Strong Directing and Performances Keep a Basic Premise Afloat
Michael Fairbanks June 2, 2018

Adrift opens with a beautifully choreographed single take sequence where Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) finds herself stranded on the remains of her sinking sailboat after it has been struck by a wave…

Michael Fairbanks June 2, 2018
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Book Review: Extraction by Stephanie Diaz
Jenna Johnson August 1, 2014

I’m not quite sure why I keep reading YA Dystopian novels. They’re usually pretty good. Honestly, ever since the boom in Dystopian novels I’ve read countless books in the genre that …

Jenna Johnson August 1, 2014
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Book Review: The Last Human by Ink Pieper
Sylvia Boyadzhyan June 15, 2014

This fictional story plays on sensitive issues that are seen in the real world but never discussed which involve politics, governmental control, war, power, money, freedom, and the ultimate cost of hu…

Sylvia Boyadzhyan June 15, 2014
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Book Review: “Divided” by Elsie Chapman
Sylvia Boyadzhyan May 21, 2014

“Sometimes, when I’m distracted and catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror, the first person I think of is not always me.” said West Grayer a past striker and present complete in the eye of the gover…

Sylvia Boyadzhyan May 21, 2014
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Read of the Week: Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca
Stephanie Estrada May 11, 2014

Even under the most normal circumstances, high school can be a painful and confusing time. Unfortunately, Lilianna’s circumstances are anything but normal. Only a few people know what caused her…

Stephanie Estrada May 11, 2014
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Read of the Week: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Stephanie Estrada November 24, 2013

It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarve…

Stephanie Estrada November 24, 2013
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