Jordan Ecarma
Copy Editor
The Young Victoria may have historicity backing its plotline, but at heart it is truly a romance. However this film is no romance in the Harlequin paperback sense of the word. It is instead a quality love story that shows a relationship between a man and a woman at its purest and [...]
Taylor Edwards
Staff Writer
American hardcore band Attack Attack! was formed in 2005. Attack Attack! started out as a six-piece band made up of Austin Carlile, Johnny Franck, Andrew Whiting, Caleb Shomo, John Halgado and Andrew Wetzel. Hailing from Westerville, Ohio, the members of Attack Attack! brought a unique sound with them, mixing the generic hardcore sound [...]
Kayla Rease
Writer
“Lights, Camera, Honor God!” was the motto for 19-year-old freshman broadcast media Justin Robinson’s film production, Foxhole, that premiered Feb. 6, 2010. Many students from North Greenville University participated in the making of the film and attended the premiere.
Foxhole is about an atheist soldier in battle during World War II who meets a Christian [...]
Julie Cobb
Staff Writer
TobyMac delivers again with his fourth original studio album, Tonight, which hit stores Feb. 9. The CD features 17 tracks. Each has a unique flare that provides originality and charisma.
“Tonight,” “Get Back Up” and “Funky Jesus Music” are upbeat and demonstrate TobyMac’s ability to create different beats that continue to surprise listeners.
“City on [...]
Jessicah Peters
Staff Writer
Evolving in the music industry is a hard task. Tuesday’s Child appears to be taking small steps at a fast rate to become a bigger pop-punk band.
Two North Greenville University students, Kyle Phillips, sophomore broadcasting, and Brad Loftis, freshman undecided, combine with Mike Simmons and Matt Fleming to form Tuesday’s Child.
Phillips and Loftis [...]
Rachel Ham
Staff Writer
Thousands came out to Greenville’s Bi-Lo Center for a great time of worship and fellowship at Winter Jam 2010 on Saturday, Feb. 13. More importantly, hundreds responded to the message brought by speaker Tony Nolan.
This year’s Winter Jam featured some of the old and new. Fan favorites such as NewSong and the Newsboys [...]
Jordan Ecarma
Copy Editor
Since their advent in 1929, the Academy Awards have epitomized glamour and cinematic excellence. The ceremony, styles and stars may have changed over the years, but the Oscars have always been known as the height of brilliance in the world of film.
2010, however, marks a new chapter in the history of the prestigious [...]
Kyra Alexander
Staff Writer
Didn’t have a date for Valentine’s Day? Some chose to go out with Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Patrick Dempsey, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner and more this weekend . . . at the box office.
Valentine’s Day is not a national holiday, but it is a day to be celebrated. “Special someones” expect [...]
Rachel Ham
Staff Writer
Earning high praise at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight’s (500) Days of Summer is a clever, witty story about the ups and down of love. As the opening monologue tells us, this is the story of boy meets girl, but it is not your typical love story.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from [...]
Tommy Lee
Entertainment Editor
Last week was the premiere of the final season of one of television’s most groundbreaking shows, Lost. This show’s premieres have always been highly anticipated and the season 6 premiere was no different. Lost has garnered quite a following of obsessed fans. I am one of those fans.
I admit I did not watch [...]
Kyra Alexander
Staff Writer
“Are people born wicked or is wickedness thrust upon them?” This is the number one question that is raised and answered in the hit Broadway musical, Wicked.
Back by popular demand, The New York Times calls Wicked “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster.” Wicked is the winner of 26 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony [...]
Jordan Ecarma
Copy Editor
Dear John attempts the scope of an epic romance but falls short. It tells the story of a young American soldier and the girl whose letters he lives for while he is overseas. They meet over spring break and are inseparable for two crucial weeks, predictably falling in love and later communicating [...]
Kyra Alexander
Staff Writer
Miramax Films, the studio that brought you the Academy Award winning film, Life is Beautiful, brings you The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne. “It’s an unforgettable motion picture experience, and is powerful and moving beyond words,” Pete Hammond, [...]
Taylor Edwards
Staff Writer
Christian alternative rock quartet Seabird, a group comprised of members Aaron Morgan, Ryan Morgan, Preston Lane and Brandon Weaver, released their sophomore album Rocks Into Rivers on Dec. 15 2009. It has only been a little over a year since their debut, ‘Til We See the Shore, but since that time the band from [...]
Jordan Ecarma
Copy Editor
The Holmes portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. in this new vision of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s immortal character may make purists cringe. Downey’s absurd, unconventional Holmes does smoke a pipe and play the violin, but in many respects is far scruffier and grittier than the traditional inhabitant of 221 Baker Street. But [...]
Jessicah Peters
Staff Writer
Blue people, bright colors, and “blockbuster” are Avatar summarized. Writer and director James Cameron, famous for directing Titanic, the Terminator series and many other well known movies, took 12 years to develop Avatar.
According to IMDb.com, Cameron wrote an 80-page script back in 1995 and the movie was originally labeled “Project 880.” He waited [...]
Jennilyn Howell
Copy Editor
Things blow up. Tall buildings crumble like stepped-on crackers. Yellowstone National Park becomes a giant volcano. Los Angeles slides into the ocean, and a huge tidal wave wipes out Washington, D.C. The only thing that 2012 doesn’t have is a shot of the Statue of Liberty cracking into a thousand pieces.
The movie [...]
Leasy Sandal
Staff Writer
The Blind Side conveys the astonishing true story of Michael Oher, played by Quinton Aaron. When Leigh Touhy (Sandra Bullock) sees him interacting with her young son on the grounds of their Christian school, she becomes slightly alarmed at Michael’s towering height.
Michael’s past consists of homelessness and a broken home and it [...]
Jordan Ecarma
Staff Writer
After the phenomenon that was Twilight, the pressure was on for the second installment of the saga. The differences between the first film and sequel, New Moon, make for an interesting lesson in contrasts.
The biggest change from the first film to the second was the shift in directors that occurred. Twilight [...]
Tommy Lee
Opinion Editor
In the seasonal hit of the year, A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis adapts Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas novel. The man who brought us such films as Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, and another holiday film, The Polar Express, tastefully recreates England in 3-D and uses motion capture technology to [...]