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Before seeing the second lego movie, I thought I was in for some typical children’s entertainment. I thought it would be just another hero arc, where my main man Emmet would be back at it again overcoming whatever obstacle he faced. Whoopty doo, yet another happy ever after after conquering another falsely constructed challenge.…
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Some of us run away from our culture, some of us are ignorant of our culture and some of us throw chow mein parties. Every other week, the Asian Culture Club meets to promote their culture with food and games. On Feb. 6, the club invited students to celebrate the Chinese New Year with…
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During our last four-day weekend I decided to watch a few documentaries, and upon strolling through Netflix I found “Fyre-The Greatest Party That Never Happened.” Both Hulu and Netflix created documentaries based off of this event. The Hulu documentary is called “Fyre Fraud” and the Netflix documentary is called “Fyre.” This a small difference,…
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Holding item after item, the question lingers: Does this item “spark joy”? Some make the cut, but others do not. Joy-inducing items are kept while the others are sent off with a “thank you.” “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” an original Netflix show, is currently blowing up as it changes the way the masses…
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On a Sunday afternoon I walked into the restaurant Taiyo Ramen, which is across the street from The Lakes shopping complex. On the left there was a wall of bowls forming a wave-like image and on the right a wall of mirrors to open up the small space. In front of me was three…
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The lights dimmed in the Newbury Park Performing Arts Center on Feb. 1 for the 10th annual Dance for Hope concert. The curtains opened, and the crowd clapped and cheered as music filled the auditorium. The performers smiled. Dance for Hope is a multicultural dance event in which people from around the community come…
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Bandersnatch is Netflix’s new choose your own adventure movie, a spin off of their hit series Black Mirror. If you’re the kind of person that doesn’t like open-ended endings and craves a resolution, this movie isn’t for you. Black Mirror is a Netflix original series that analyzes the effects of technology on human society…
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On December 21, Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, was released as the final Netflix original film of 2018. In this psychological thriller, a chilling mood shadows a spontaneous apocalypse, as an unknown presence causes all people who look at it to see their worst fears and regrets; people are forced to see something so…
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The NPHS winter choir concert made its first performance in the PAC on Dec. 20. A two and a half hour performance of winter holiday songs successfully set the audience in a holiday spirit. Haley Ligsay, senior, has been an active member of choir since third grade. This was her 35th high school choir…
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Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! The familiar sounds of our favorite web swinger made it to the big screen yet again, and fans are not disappointed by the latest installment. Out of all the Spiderman films, “Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse” may top the list. The film follows the story of young Miles Morales, voiced by…