MOVIE REVIEWS
Alyssa and I watched Inside Out, the Pixar movie from 2015. The film starts in a dark setting, inside the newborn baby’s mind. As baby Riley is born, Joy spontaneously appears a shimmering, big-eyed Tinkerbell-like pixie and observes Riley’s view of the world on a glowing, cloud-like surveillance screen. Joy is soon joined by other emotions Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger, the latter characterized as a squat red sponge that bursts into flame when provoked. These five monitor Riley’s life and produce her responses by operating a console of levers and buttons. Riley ends up having to move to San Francisco from Minnesota. Joy and Sadness get lost in memories, and have to find their way back to “headquarters.” They end up going back and making Riley have her core memories again.
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~Tinley Scott and Alyssa Holt
The movie Radio Rebel is a very good movie for viewers that are of the age of 5 and up. This movie teaches good lessons to younger viewers, like to be yourself no matter what other people think of you and to stand up for what you believe in no matter the consequences. In the movie, Tara played by Debby Ryan is the shy girl who is secretly a hit DJ for her clique high school. When the mean girl Stacey, played by Merritt Patterson, s and Principal Murano, played by Nancy Robertson try to in the way of Tara’s radio success she finds that she is not just the shy girl in the back of the class, but she is an inspiration to many of her fellow classmates. When Principal Murano tries to take away their prom because Radio Rebel won’t confess her true identity, Tara decided to throw her own prom but backward, M.O.R.P. Tara ends up winning M.O.R.P queen. .When Tara gets enough courage to finally confess who is the real Radio Rebel, everyone stands up for her and takes the blame, which allows Tara to not be expelled. In the end, Tara’s crush, Gavin, played by Adam DiMarco, realizes that Tara is more than she shows and that Tara is an amazing person inside and out. We believe Radio Rebel is an inspirational movie and should be watched by viewers across the globe.
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~Adrian Hazelwood and Breanne Peters
This movie is part of a series: National Lampoon’s Vacation. As Christmas approaches, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) wants to have a perfect family Christmas. He pesters his wife and family into having the best Christmas ever. His wife played by Beverly D’ Angelo, and his children try to keep it in line. However, things do not go as planned. His cousin Eddie ( Randy Quaid), and his family show up unexpectantly. While there, they start living in their camper on Griswold’s property. To make matters worse, Clark’s boss decides to pull Christmas bonuses. This movie has everything you need to get set for the holidays. If you think your family is crazy, then you should watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This movie will make you laugh out loud. This movie is part of a series: National Lampoon’s Vacation. The movie is rated PG-13. The movie was released in 1989
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~Christa Hedberg