The Vow Doesn’t Live Up to Expectations

Katie Hoskins and Karmi Chan, Staff Writers
February 10, 2012

For months, women across the country have been enticed by the attractive stars and the intriguing storyline of the The Vow. Girls everywhere counted down the days until they could see Channing Tatum boldly fight for Rachel McAdams’ love in the romantic drama. The pairing seemed ideal, but The Vow fails... Read more »

Miramonte Grad in the Hunger Games

Maddie Nicolaisen, Staff Writer
February 3, 2012

Miramonte alumi, Brooke Bundy gets her big Hollywood break in the upcoming film, The Hunger Games. Bundy plays Octavia, a stylist that assists the main characters in preparing for the competition. Mirador: When did you graduate, and first get started in acting? Brooke Bundy: I graduated from Miramonte... Read more »

Breaking Down Breaking Dawn

Julia Hass, Staff Writer
November 27, 2011

Breaking Dawn Part 1, the fourth installment of the Twilight saga opened on November 18,2011. In the film, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) must deal with an unexpected pregnancy and various threats to their lives. Though this movie is supposed to be thrilling and heartwrenching,... Read more »

Media Scrambles to Replace Harry Potter

Megan Freeman, Editor-in-Chief
September 30, 2011

Since the conclusion of the Harry Potter movie saga earlier this summer, there has been a gaping hole in the teen market. Fans reeled, floundering without any new book or movie franchises to placate them in its absence. To add to the panic in the young adult entertainment world, the Twilight film series... Read more »

Killer Elite Features Killer Cast

Rachael Oczkus, Entertainment Editor
September 30, 2011

The bad boys in the business, Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro star in the new film Killer Elite. The action packed adventure loosely based off of Ranulph Flennes’ novel, The Feather Men, keeps viewers on their toes with an intricate plot. Killer Danny Bryce (Statham) attempts to leave... Read more »

New “Jane Eyre” Attempts to Capture Source Material

David Beal, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011

Charlotte Brontë wrote her classic British coming-of-age novel Jane Eyre in 1847, 164 years ago.  For 111 of those years, filmmakers and television producers have been throwing together countless screen interpretations, from silent films to faithful miniseries to zombie B-movies.  This latest Jane... Read more »

The Tourist is Dead on Arrival

David Beal, Staff Writer
December 13, 2010

At some point in The Tourist, a spy movie that’s both new and old, Johnny Depp tells Angelina Jolie, “Where I come from, the highest compliment you can pay a person is to say they are down-to-earth, grounded – and it drives me nuts.” Depp is Frank Tupelo, an American math teacher on vacation... Read more »

British Bromance Kicks Off Oscar Season

David Beal, Staff Writer
December 13, 2010

The signature shot in The King’s Speech, repeated countless times, looks slightly downward at Albert, Duke of York (Colin Firth) in a claustrophobic, offset framing with fisheye distortion. If it wasn’t already clear enough, the character is living in a fishbowl-world, drowned by the public eye. The... Read more »