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By Logan Mendelson On March 18th, the long-awaited trailer for Tom Holland’s latest Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, dropped online to record-breaking view counts. Spider-Man has always been in contention for the most beloved fictional character of all time, but even in recent years, his popularity has skyrocketed. It’s nothing crazy to say I…

By Mira Nayak When people ask me my favorite movie, I answer with my favorite director. Director and screenwriter Edgar Wright has produced the movies that make me love movies, opening up a world of color, sound, and comedy. Through Edgar Wright’s films, you can tell the cast is having the time of their lives,…

By Lucky Felder On April 2nd, the highly anticipated third season of XO, Kitty was finally released. A spinoff of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies, it’s popular among lovers of cringeworthy romcom shows. With so much time to wait for the new chapter, and so many untied plot points, fans…

By Sabrina Staringer Lady Bird is a film released in 2017 by A24, directed by Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Little Women, Frances Ha) and starring Saoirse Ronan as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson. Lady Bird is set in Sacramento, California, around 2003. Following Christine, an intrepid and rebellious seventeen-year old girl who goes by the name “Lady…

By Emi Gruender and Mia Hanuska Welcome back to Groovy Movies, where The Shield writers Emi Gruender and Mia Hanuska scour Amazon Prime’s movie selection to find the most hilariously terrible movies! This episode is a bit of a special one, because we didn’t actually scour Amazon Prime for this movie—it was a recommendation (relentless…

By Braeden Gourley Admittedly, I haven’t watched many war films, but as for the ones I have . . . they have permanently scarred me. It’s a hefty topic to discuss, and global disputes disturb me the most (just be happy!). However, I would like to rank at least 6 movies surrounded by no particular…

By Kathryn Tanaka *proceed with caution, spoilers ahead!* While discussing our current AP Lit read, Hamlet, Andy Evans casually mentioned a few references to the ancient play in Prime Video’s new series, Young Sherlock. If you know anything about me, you’ll know I am heavily invested in the universe of Detective Sherlock Holmes, and Mr.…

By Penny Nunes When I heard about a new Scream movie coming out, I just about SCREAMED! These movies are some of my favorites, the beautiful stories that go on throughout each movie, and how it’s about more than just the jump scares. All of them illustrate beautiful friendships, relationships, and families. This movie, Scream…

By Blake Kim and Mason Vargas

By Emi Gruender