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Persona 5: Game Review

Persona 5: Game Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
May 23, 2017

Persona 5 is the latest installment of the Persona series, a popular JRPG series featuring turn-based combat. It was released on April 4th, 2017, by the publisher Atlus. The game takes place in a modern...

Music Review: This Old Dog

Music Review: This Old Dog

Jonathan Milam, Editor
May 15, 2017

Mac DeMarco’s latest album, This Old Dog, is a tried and true reflection of his previous works. The avid use of acoustics once again prove to be a tried and true sound for DeMarco as he accentuates the...

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The Making of West Potomac Theater’s Billy Elliot

Jordan Nixon, Journalist
May 9, 2017

  West Potomac Theater’s production of the play Billy Elliot was one for the books. With complex mechanics and the lead role being a non high school student, the theater program expanded their...

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West Potomac Film Club Movie Premiere Faces Tech Difficulty

Jason La Kier, Reporter
April 28, 2017

It had been seven months since the West Potomac Film Club announced that filming had begun on their first feature film, Strangers in the Night. A trailer had been released to Youtube, and the film was...

French Students Head to D.C. for Annual Field Trip

French Students Head to D.C. for Annual Field Trip

Kristina Gulczewski, Reporter
April 26, 2017

On Friday, April 21, thirty French 4, 5, and AP students travelled to Washington, D.C. for their annual end-of-the-year field trip. Headed by French teacher Dan Fitzgerald and a parent chaperone, the group...

Beyond the Page Wraps Up Theatre in Our Schools Month

Beyond the Page Wraps Up “Theatre in Our Schools” Month

Amanda Ghiloni, Reporter
April 6, 2017

For the month of March, the Beyond the Page Theatre Company participated in “Theatre in our Schools Month” for the first time in years. “We’re at a place where we have enough energy and time...

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Hugh Moffitt and Cooper Rosenberg
April 2, 2017

Ghost in the Shell was released on March 31st, 2017, and is the live action remake of the original animated Ghost in the Shell made in 1995. The film is directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman),...

Blackwake Game Review

Blackwake Game Review

In 2013, a small group of video game developers started a side-project as a hobby. The idea: a casual pirate game centered around teamwork and strategy, incorporating first person shooter mechanics. Thanks...

Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast— Revamping A Classic Tale

Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast— Revamping A Classic Tale

Jimmy Figliola and Jasmine McGee
March 19, 2017

Adapted from the 1991 Disney animation of the same name, Beauty and The Beast follows the story of a cocky prince who is turned into a beast, he subsequently falls in love with a Villager name Belle and...

Movie Review: Moonlight

Movie Review: Moonlight

Spencer Bao, Reporter
March 13, 2017

“Moonlight," a small film produced from A24, surprised many people when they won the Oscar for Best Picture. Directed by Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” tells the story of a young black child who discovers...

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Movie Review: “Lion”

Shahtaj Ali, Editor
March 6, 2017

“Lion” is a movie whose themes of loss, love, and family are universal even though its settings may not be. Based on a real story, and spanning two decades, the film tells the story of Saroo (Sunny...

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
February 21, 2017

Ashes of Ariandel is the first downloadable content expansion for Dark Souls 3. It features 16 new weapons and shields, five new sets of armor, four new spells, a new ring and two new bosses, all wrapped...

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