The Wildcat Report

You have just crashed in the middle of the Oregon countryside at night. The driver is gone, and a mysterious creature approaches. This is only the beginning of the Lovell family's nightmare, before they are chased by a humanoid, yet wolf-like creature. They end up stranded in a small farm home surrounded by wilderness. While the wolfman patrols the perimeter of the house, Blake Lovell undergoes a painful transformation into this horrible creature, caused by its infectious scratch.

Wolf Man is a Blumhouse film and the latest installment of the “Wolf Man” franchise. It is essentially a remake of The Wolfman, a previous remake of the 1941 Universal Monsters classic, The Wolf Man. It follows a family who, in an attempt to return to Blake’s childhood Oregon countryside home, are attacked by an unknown creature. The wolfman himself is not very scary, but the film’s chase scenes and atmosphere certainly are.

The film begins by telling a fictional story of a hiker who went missing in the Oregon wilderness, leading to various searches. However, the man was never found and, soon after, many reports of a humanoid wolf-like creature in the area began to circulate around its few inhabitants. Around this time, Blake Lovell was a child living with his father in a secluded farmhouse. One day they went hunting and, besides his father’s warnings, Blake wandered off. This scene startled me with the sudden apparition of a wolf-like creature that dashes past the screen. Soon after, Blake finds his father and they run home upon hearing a loud roar during the sunset.

It is important to note that this horror movie is quite predictable and does not exactly have the best scares. On the other hand, the acting is okay, but Christopher Abbott does great later on in the movie. Furthermore, the FX are exceptional, delivering a realistic feel to the scenes, especially the transformation. It is also evident that the film relies heavily on its atmosphere to deliver the scares and chase scenes in the scariest form possible. This keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. In general though, I would say Wolf Man has a great plot twist and, overall, one of the scariest atmospheres used in any horror movie this year.

During the 2025 Super Bowl, Kendrick Lamar needed a guest performer. He needed someone that would make the performance even better; someone who has made such good songs with him. That's when Kendrick Lamar decided to bring out the one and only SZA to perform with him! SZA not only sang with Kendick Lamar, but she also danced with him. Together they sang “Luther” and “All the Stars.” These are both very popular songs that almost everyone knows. In fact, “Luther” and “All the Stars” are such good songs that they have both hit the top 100 on the Billboard charts. 

When Kendrick Lamar announced that he would be bringing out SZA, everyone got very excited because everyone knows how good of an artist SZA is. When SZA came out to perform, everyone got super happy and excited. Some people say the only reason they watched the show was to see SZA. If that doesn't prove how good of an artist SZA is, then I don't know what does. SZA has won grammys over the years for how great her music is. It's not only the lyrics that are very good in her music, but the beats and instrumentals are also very good.

When she was dancing to the song “Luther” in the Superbowl, she had her choreography go viral on TikTok. It was a very big trend for everyone to do the dance. They would learn the dance, then post it on their TikTok accounts. It was no surprise that SZA went viral for her dancing because she has a background in dance. She used to be a gymnast for 13 years, and in gymnastics there are a lot of factors that go into dancing. In fact she was so good that she was captain of her team. 

In my opinion, the performance from Kendrick Lamar was very good, but SZA made it even better. Many others at Edgewood had lots to say about her performance. Audree Zendejas said, ¨She cooked!¨ Adreena Ibanez said, ¨It was really good!¨ And finally, Alexia Duran said, ¨I love SZA, so I think that her performance was really good and her dance was even better!¨ 

In conclusion, the singing and dancing from SZA was very good. The Super Bowl Halftime Show with Kendrick Lamar was very good, but it would have not been the same without that special touch and amazing performance from SZA.