Movies/TV

Phineas and Ferb

By: Raul Hernandez

This is the best cartoon series by far, so don’t at me. This show has made so many good memories. Ummm, where’s Perry? This show is about two step brothers having the craziest adventures. Phineas and Ferb are young geniuses who make a new invention every day of summer vacation ranging from tree house robots to a roller coaster going through an entire city. That’s pretty crazy for kids that are just 10 years old. Along with their crazy smart brains, they have a pet platypus known as Perry, but he has a little secret, he is a secret agent for O.W.C.A and his job is to stop the “evil” Heinz Doofenshmirtz or Doc. Doofenshmirtz form taking over the tristate area and it’s up to Perry to stop him. So all I’m saying check it out and this show gets a solid 4 out of 5.


Music time *Clap* * Clap*


Theme


There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation

And school comes along just to end it

So the annual problem for our generation

Is finding a good way to spend it

Like maybe

Building a rocket or fighting a mummy

Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower

Discovering something that doesn't exist

Or giving a monkey a shower

Surfing tidal waves, creating nano bots

Or locating Frankenstein's brain (It's over here!)

Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent

Or driving your sister insane (Phineas!)

As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do

Before school starts this fall (Come on, Perry!)

So stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all

So stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all

Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!


Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

By: Raul

This classic movie is a masterpiece for the 1970s and was based on the book by Roald Dahl. This movie should not be mistaken for the other film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which Willy Wonka was played none other than Johnny Depp, but that's a story for another day. I'm here to talk about one the best films in my opinion. Our story begins with little boy by the name of Charlie; he lives with his grandparents, Mom, and Dad but they are in a quite a bad financial situation as they have little money and food. Charlie a little boy who loves Wonka: a factory dedicated to making candy for all the little kids of Munich, a small city in Germany. This is where the Willy Wonka factory is located but its been years since the last time they opened their doors to the public and for the for the first time in years they announce the golden ticket rules where 5 golden tickets are randomly put in different Wonka bars (Wonka bars are amazing pieces of chocolate). This raffle is almost one in a million chance to be able to get a ticket. Charlie, after many many tries, was able to get his hands on one and was able to experience the wonderful WIlly Wonka factory tour. This is a dream come true for him and his grandpa, as they are both big Wonka admirors and well, you guys know the rest I mean is there much to say other than Oompa Loompa. This movie gets a good 4 golden tickets out of 5.




Beauty and the Beast

By Sophia DeYoung


Beauty and the beast was produced by Don Hahn; he produced some of the most successful animated films in recent history including The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. This movie was released in 1991 by Walt Disney Pictures. Beauty and the Beast is about a villager named Belle that is a bit different, to some weird, because she reads books and sings in the streets. One day, her dad went out to deliver some things and Belle asked for a rose when he came back, so her dad went out and looked for a rose. He ended up in a blizzard in the garden of the beast and picked a rose but the beast noticed and kept him captive, Belle had found the horse he rode on and ended up at the castle trying to find her dad and did but he was in a cage and the beast had found her too.

The beast had been cursed, and if he finds true love before the rose dies he will turn back to a human, otherwise he will forever be a beast.

In the end, Belle and the Beast fall in love and and have a happy ever after.



Mystery Science Theater 3000

By: Sophia DeYoung

MST3k is an old tv show on Netflix, but there is a newer one that is also on Netflix. MST3k is a tv show about Jonah Heston. While on a mission to salvage Gizmonic Institute from financial ruin, he gets tricked into going on the dark side of the moon and is the next test subject for the maniacal mads experiment on the limits of human sanity. They have made Jonah and his two robot companions, crow and Tom Servo watch really bad movies until they break. So basically we can see their silhouette while they watch really bad movies, and and they make really funny comments while the movie plays. Some movies they have played before are: “The Green Slime,” “Gamera,” and a lot more old bad low budget movies. If you want to watch Mystery Science Theater 3000, it’s on Netflix, and I recommend you check it out.


Star Wars Episode 9:

The Rise Of Skywalker Theories

By Sophia DeYoung

Episode 9 is being released on December 20, 2019; directed by J.J. Abrams. This is the last movie in the main story of the Star Wars franchise, but there will be more movies coming out such as a standalone film featuring Obi-Wan Kenobi, and also possibly a Boba Fett standalone film. Disney announced that there will be another story after episode 9 but it will be sad to that story go. Parts of the movie are about Rey's father but we don't know who that is. Many people think that her Dad is either Luke Skywalker or Han Solo, some people even think she could be Obi-Wan Kenobi’s granddaughter. Think about what you believe is going to happen next and get tickets to see the final Star Wars movie.


Spider-Man: Far From Home

By: Raul Hernandez


Spider-Man: Far From Home released a brand new trailer before its release on July 2nd. The trailer does contain Endgame spoilers, so watch it at your own risk; if you already have watched Endgame then you can enjoy the trailer with no worries. Basically, the trailer takes place after the events of Endgame. Everything goes back to normal, but Spider-Man is still confused about what happened to him and Tony Stark. Spider-Man is still rocking that iron spider suit given to him by Tony Stark, and he goes back to being your friendly neighborhood spider man. He’s later surprised by a unexpected visit from director and head of SHIELD Nick Fury looking to recruit him. A brand new threat has appeared in Europe, one that has never been seen before. Alongside him, there’s a guy most commonly known as Mysterio, a well known villain of illusion from the Spider-Man Comics; He’s said to be a Hero from a different universe, one ripped by one of the snaps that tore the universe making different multiverses. But is Mysterio just lying and pretending to be from a different multiverse?


Endgame

By: Raul Hernandez

(SPOILER FREE except for Infinity War)


After 10 years of Marvel movies, we finally have our conclusion on this saga: the end of phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But what is phase 3? Phase 3 is the phase following the events of Captain America's Civil War: a sequence of events and moments leading up to the final event in the saga. Endgame takes place in the time after the events of Infinity War; after the snap that took away trillions of people, 50% of the universe gone in a snap (hehe). For the first time we see our heroes fail; Thanos got away, the Avengers (or what's left of them) are hopeless and don't know what to do. They must find Thanos and make him revert everything he did. Meanwhile Tony Stark and Nebula are still stranded on Titan, lost in Space in the middle of nowhere. They are hopeless and air is running out by the second. Death is inevitable. How will our heroes revert the chaos that Thanos had made? Watch Marvel's Avengers Endgame to find out.


I've seen the movie three times, each time getting more emotional. It's a great conclusion to the saga and one of the best movies Marvel has made; it really is a joy. In my opinion this 5 cheese burgers out of 5.

Love you 3000

-Tony Stark

Marvel’s The Avengers

By Raul Hernandez


With Avengers Endgame recently released, what better time to revisit the first part of this cinematic crossover. Who are the Avengers? They’re a group of superheroes made by S.H.I.E.L.D a government owned corporation working to protect the world from the biggest threats looking to conquer or destroy the world. The Avengers consist of Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Blackwidow. This movie introduces us a brand new villain to the MCU: (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Loki, a mad god of mischief looking to conquer the world using the power of the Tesseract, a source so powerful it makes anyone who holds its powers basically unstoppable by controlling space itself. Loki wants to summon an army capable to destroy the earth, and so it is up to our mightiest heroes to stop him from destroying the earth.


As a pretty big Marvel fan I really enjoyed this movie it was enjoyable to see this crossover of all our favorite heroes teaming up to stop a villian. I would rate it 5 “we got a hulk” out 5



Movie interview

By: Sophia DeYoung and Raul Hernandez


We went around interviewing kids about their favorite movie and TV show, first we went to Ms. Fennell’s classroom and asked three kids what their favorite movie/TV show was, What makes that movie or TV show good and what makes a movie or show good in general. Here are the responses from the kids:

Silka

What is your favorite movie?

“Beauty and The beast”

Why do you like this movie?

“Because of the friendship that the beast and Belle had”

What makes a movie good”

“The story telling.”


Malia

“Homeward bound”

Fun to watch with family and friends

A movie is good when you can watch as many times as you want.

Max

“My favorite movie is “Dolphin Tale 2”

because it is very heartwarming

and they save animals.”



Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse

by Raul Hernandez

Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse took the world by surprise as this award winning movie became the number one animated film of 2018. This award winning film introduces us to MIles Morales, a young boy who lives Brooklyn, New York. He has nothing much going on in his life as he is living a basic teenage life, in a recent school transfer he finds himself caught in a fight between his new lifestyle and having to depend on himself. His escape from the world around him is spending time with his Uncle, a really close relative of his and the only one who seems to get him. On a trip down into the depths of the subway, there is a room filled with graffiti-type artwork. While Miles shows off his his artistic self, a radioactive spider manges to catch Miles by surprise and bites him. Our favorite teenage boy from Queens gets spider-type powers from the extra DNA spread through his blood, making him a new spider man. Later on, Miles returns to the same location only to find Spider Man fighting a new green goblin, known as hobb goblin, and in this reality spider man is trying to stop a whole new machine that is capable of ripping apart our universe as we know it, however this is too much for our hero to handle and he fails. Letting our villians make a reality gap, pulling in different spider people from different universes and here we begin with Into the Spider-Verse.


Into the Spider-Verse is a great movie that I enjoyed. This movie highlights all different variations of one of our favorite heroes and a younger generation of one of the future steps for the cinematic universe. I am pretty big Marvel fan, so this move was just right. In my opinion this movie deserves a solid 4 webs out of 5

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Bohemian Rhapsody

by Raul Hernandez


Bohemian Rhapsody is a worldwide phenomenon, the film getting many awards like best actor Rami Malek, best motion picture, best sound editing, etc. This film is about a young Freddie Mercury on his journey to fame throughout the course of his life. Not only do we see the life of Freddie Mercury we see most of popular rock band Queen on their way to fame. This movie highlights the biggest moments in Queen’s history such as concerts, music making, and relationships.


This movie is perfection; I personally love this movie and it’s probably one of my favorite movies of all time, what really got me into the movie was the music. The backstory and story is very well done and I think this movie deserves 5 galileo figaros out of 5.


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The Office

by Raul Hernandez

The Office is a comedic sitcom that’s based on another more mature award winning comedy with the same name “The Office”. The Office is a show based around a fun workplace named Dunder-Mifflin Paper Co. here we meet our iconic characters Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, JIm Halpert, and Pam Beesly. Every day is something different and as the story progresses we get to learn about the characters building a sort of bond. It manages to connect to the audience in a sort of strong way.


In my opinion, The Office is a great show I’ve watched this show a lot of times, its that good. This show is dedicated to a teen and adult audience so it may not be as suitable for the younger audience so it’s just right for me. In my opinion this show deserves 5 Kevin’s famous chilis out of 5.

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Avengers Infinity War

By Raul Hernandez

With the recent release of Captain Marvel, a brand new adaptation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the upcoming Avengers Endgame movie, what better time is there to talk about the biggest event in Marvel’s very own universe. The fight between right and wrong, the war between good and bad. Avengers against Thanos, probably one of the biggest threats to appear and come across our favorite heroes. Our story begins with the big grape traveling through the galaxy trying to find what we know as the Infinity Stones; these stones pose their own unique power and ability and when combined, they bring chaos to our universe and giving the holder of the stones an unimaginable amount of power. This is when we are introduced to our mad titan. He wants balance our universe by wiping half of our universe away with the power of these stones. So it's up our heroes to stop him from being successful. This 2-hour success will definitely give you an emotional roller coaster, having its ups and downs. This film definitely gets a solid 4.5 infinity stones out of 5

The Bee Movie

by Raul Hernandez

Bee movie is a Dreamworks animation, the same studios that made Shrek was released on November 2, 2007 “The Bee Movie” was poorly received by viewers. The movie is about a little bee named Barry B. Benson who is a recent bee college graduate, Barry is stuck between reality and his bee hive, on an exploration out of the hive Barry is intrigued and amazed of the what our life is like; but as Barry is exploring outside he gets too distracted and loses his team and is saved by Florist Vanessa and that’s when Barry discovers that human are consuming what the bees work so hard for and that’s their precious honey. Barry makes the decision to sue the humans and get justice for the honey used by Humans.


In my opinion The Bee Movie is a okay movie not the best and not the worst, it is a great “meme” but the same can’t be said about the movie but it deserves 2 Honey-Nut Cheerios out of 5.


Gravity Falls

By: Elena Lupo

Gravity Falls is a children’s TV show that was on Disney Channel. It aired between June 15, 2012 and February 15, 2016. The show has 2 seasons.

Gravity Falls has 2 main characters that are twins. Their names are Dipper and Mabel. The live with their great Uncle Stan in Gravity Falls, Oregon, which, sadly, is not a real place.

The show is about Dipper and Mabel going on crazy adventures with lots of magic in all of the episodes. To understand the show, you do need to start watching from the beginning, but all in all, the show is a good show. I would recommend the show to people who like fantasy shows with magic.

Spongebob Squarepants Review

by Raul Hernandez

Spongebob Squarepants, introduced to audiences in May 1, 1999 is a worldwide phenomenon entertaining millions of people worldwide. The story focuses one happy little sponge named Spongebob. His phenomenal cooking skills got him into the now famously known restaurant the Krusty Krab owned by your favorite crustacean Eugene Krabs (a.k.a Mr. Krabs) who is a money hungry crab. Spongebob is a show revolved on his adventures through Bikini Bottom with his friends like Squidward, Sandy Cheeks, and Patrick Star. Overall Spongebob Squarepants is a great kids show that provide a lot of happy memories. The signature Spongebob laugh would be enough to bring joy into a room because people loved Spongebob and Patrick and it’s still a huge impact on young kids. He deserves a solid 4 out of 5 Goofy Goobers.

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The Lego Movie 2

by Raul Hernandez

The sequel to The Lego Movie has been successfu in the box office and has been raking in good reviews by the people. The sequel reunites our old friends from the city Bricksburg in a more apocalyptic feeling world. Invasions from brighter legos seem like a more typical thing every time they come back but one day a newer threat approaches, something they’ve never seen before. They proceed on a recon mission so explore this new “threat” but later fail and get caught and seen. This leads to Emmit’s friends getting kidnapped and now he is on a quest to get them back.

This movie is an epic see for the smaller audience and made me have some laughs and those deserve 3 bricks out 5. It also has an epic song that gets stuck in your head and gets really annoying.

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Shrek Review

by Raul Hernandez

Shrek, first seen on April 22, 2001, is a "fairytale" knock-off of your favorite fairy tales from Walt Disney. Who is Shrek? Shrek is one angry ogre who loves his land and his privacy, but one day his Swamp gets infiltrated with fairytale creatures. Shrek is now determined to get his swamp back and find the princess.

Shrek in my opinion is a masterpiece for a children's movie, For a 2001 movie it is very well done especially for its competition at its time Walt Disney and Pixar studios. It made these studios look bad as we saw there famous characters left in the dust as our favorite ogre rose to fame. It's a great movie and I suggest everyone check it out. Now it's time for a movie rating, and I rate it a solid 4 Shreks out of 5.