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Mockingjay sweeps

Nov 25, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I was released in theaters on Friday, November 21.

By Victoria Walker Business Manager Ever since the first Lord of the Rings film hit theaters in 2001, the series has become a major fan franchise, generating millions of dollars and dedicated followers for years. The bar was set high for the first prequel movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...

Catching Fire blazes away viewers

Dec 6, 2013

By Ellie Smith Features Editor As audience members file into AMC Theaters in Tyngsboro, MA, they can hardly contain their excitement for the movie that is about to start. With most of the audience having read the book, they anticipate what the director has done with the movie and how accurately...

Insidious 2: scary good

Sep 25, 2013

By Madhu Kaushik Staff Writer Insidious: Chapter 2, the sequel to the 2010 horror flick Insidious, premiered appropriately on Friday, September 13th. This sequel features the same cast, such as Patrick Wilson from Angels in America, Rose Byrne from Troy, and Lin Shaye from the buddy comedy Dumb and...

The Less-Than-Great Gatsby

May 13, 2013

By Jenny Watts Staff Writer Eager movie-buffs and literature enthusiasts alike awaited the release of the long-anticipated remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. Movie theaters sold out as fans flooded the theaters on Friday, May 10 in order to be the first to experience...

42 hits a home run

Apr 29, 2013

By John Devereaux Staff Writer This past weekend, the new sports drama 42 was released to theaters. Directed by the award-winning Brian Helgeland, the film follows famous baseball player Jackie Robinson and his career in the late 1940s when the renowned baseball player was just starting out in the...

Oblivion Cruises into Theaters

Apr 23, 2013

By Tim DeLouchrey Staff Writer Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, was released into theaters Friday April 19th. It topped the box office at approximately 38.2 million dollars over the weekend. Oblivion tells the story of Jack Harper and his life as a repair man on a post apocalyptic...

Evil Dead Remake Rises from the Grave

Apr 9, 2013

By Tim DeLouchrey Staff Writer The Evil Dead remake premiered Thursday night at 10 pm in theaters across America. The movie was a remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult horror film. Being a remake, it has received both criticism as well as praise for its ties to the original. The movie begins with a...

Film hosts a good time

Apr 3, 2013

By Victoria Walker Staff Writer On March 29, 2013, opening night of The Host, the AMC Tyngsboro 12 theater was packed, mostly with teenage girls. The film, which marks popular author Stephenie Meyer’s second series to hit the big screen, was directed by Andrew Niccol and starred Saoirse Ronan,...

Is Wonderstone really Incredible?

Mar 21, 2013

By Ellie Smith Staff Writer On Friday, March 15, the opening day of the new comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, the movie theater at the Showcase Cinemas Lowell was less than packed. Less than half of the seats were filled with barely amused viewers. The film's plot follows a young, outcasted...

Bond lets the Skyfall

Nov 10, 2012

By Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief James Bond returned this weekend with the 23rd installment of the storied franchise, Skyfall. This film is truly a Bond flick for the 21st century, where cyber-warfare and revenge have replaced world domination as the aims of the Bond villain. In Skyfall, Bond...

Happy Hunger Games

Mar 30, 2012

http://www.movie-poster.ws/movies/scifi/images/hungergames/ By Haley Verre Staff Writer One of the most anticipated films this year was The Hunger Games, which was released in theaters March 23. This is the first film based on Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy, and followed the book...