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CLAIRE OLIVER Tom Cruise stars in the new movie “Oblivion” with Morgan Freeman and Andrea Rosenburg. The movie had a strong opening week with $38 million at the box office. The plot for the movie is confusing so I will try to explain it without writing a novel. Jack Harper and Victoria are the only [...]

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CLAIRE OLIVER The book Anna Karenina is a celebrated Russian novel written by Leo Tolstoy. The book mainly highlights two love stories. The first is of Anna Karenina, a married woman, and Alexei Vronsky, a young military officer. Their love is filled with passion and desire. Anna’s life is turned completely upside down when she [...]

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FRANCESCO VIOLA III Ever since “The Wizard of Oz” was released in 1939 and amazed audiences, the film industry has tried countless times to recapture the magic of the classic. There was “Journey Back to Oz” in 1974, “Return to Oz” in 1985, and countless other adaptations, but none of them have had the same [...]

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The film adaptation of the stage musical Les Misérables (itself an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s nineteenth-century novel of the same title) opened on Tues., Dec. 25.  As an adaptation of such a long-running Broadway phenomenon, the film had a lot to live up to. The story follows Jean Valjean, a convict who broke parole to [...]

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CLAIRE OLIVER Stephenie Meyers has captivated millions of teens across the globe with her books. The Twilight Saga has created a movie empire as well. The last movie came out on Nov. 16 at midnight. I decided that going on Nov. 16 would not be a smart move because of the obnoxious crowds and all [...]

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DYLAN INGRAM This past Fri., Nov. 16 marked the mass debut of Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln,” a historical drama about the sixteenth President. The focus of the film is the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery. Surrounding the bitter debate in the House of Representatives is an intimate story of [...]

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GABI CAPOCELLI The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a new film directed by Stephen Chbosky and released on October 12 2012, is about an introverted freshman boy, Charlie, who is taken under the wing of two wild and free seniors, Patrick and Sam, who teach him about the reality of life and happiness at its [...]

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