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The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Universal Studios presents: The Fast and Furious franchise- a single successful idea initiating a string of seven (now eight) movies with little to offer besides over $4 billion in box office revenue (Photo courtesy of Universal Entertainment).

The Reel: How film studios suppress creativity

By Mark Lu, Columnist December 4, 2016

Okay, so you’ve seen “Suicide Squad.” You’ve probably seen 2015’s “Fantastic Four as well.” You might have even seen “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” You probably saw it in theaters,...

Fantastic Beasts gets a solid 4/5 stars.

No Potter? No problem!

By Elinda Xiao December 1, 2016

N ov. 18. The prophesied day. The day that Potterheads had waited for anxiously, with baited breaths and clutched House scarves. The day would bring forth a new movie from the Harry Potter universe,...

Hailee Steinfeld stars as pessimistic teenager Nadine in a genuine and heartfelt performance. Woody Harrelson, Haley Lu Richardson, and Blake Jennfer star as Nadine's teacher, best friend and older brother, respectively.

“The Edge of Seventeen”: the most heartfelt comedy of the decade

By Mark Lu November 22, 2016

So, the other Sunday I woke up at around 6:30-ish to eat breakfast, which consisted of four bowls of Cocoa Pebbles. A couple hours later, I blew a college interview by yawning during a story told by the...

Director Tyler Perry acted as three characters in his own movie. Photo courtesy of Michael Connors.

Scary movie not so scary

November 3, 2016

Boo! A Madea Halloween, is a funny Halloween special without any scary events. The characters in this movie were different from other Madea movies. However, Madea, her brother and her friends were the...

"Snowden" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood and Nicolas Cage

“Snowden” is a convoluted failure

By Mark Lu, Reporter September 20, 2016

On the heels of Laura Poitras’s jaw-dropping documentary Citizenfour comes acclaimed director Oliver Stone’s take on the story of N.S.A. whistleblower Edward Snowden, Snowden, which tales the story...

Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch (2016). Photo courtesy of A24.

A survivor in 2016’s war against creativity

By Mark Lu, Reporter September 11, 2016

Before I start talking about horror movies, I just want to establish, hopefully in agreement with you, that 2016 has been a pretty disappointing year for movies. Highly anticipated travesties like “Jason...

War Dogs is a remake well-done

War Dogs is a remake well-done

By Mark Lu August 24, 2016

War Dogs, released Aug. 19, successfully reproduces the best of many preceding films like itself by both criticizing and epitomizing the elements involved in corporate America. In 2013, Martin Scorsese...

 “Road Chip Official Poster”
Photo courtesy of www.foxmovies.com

Road Chip: A Nutty Tail

By Elinda Xiao February 12, 2016

Let’s be honest: no one thought “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip” would be a good movie. This boring story of three high-pitched singing chipmunks has never been interesting or intriguing,...

Photo courtesy of Gramercy Pictures

“The Forest” Movie Review

By Karshin Gupta February 7, 2016

Horror movies can force you into two different situations -- one being so scared you wish you could cover your face for the entirety of the movie, and the other being disappointed at the fact you spent...

An audience member dressed as a Sith Lord waiting in the movie’s queue.

The lightsaber to savor

By Aayush Singh December 20, 2015

The grip of nostalgia have never been as strong as the grips of the latest Star Wars movie, “The Force Awakens.” In its triumphant return to the silver screen, this new episode delivers extremely well...

An Apatosaurus named Arlo takes on a rare friendship with a human boy.  Photo Courtesy of Disney/Pixar

‘The Good Dinosaur,’ an even better story

By Tara Sohal December 14, 2015

Star Rating: 4 out of 5 Following the hit movie “Inside Out,” Pixar has released, for the first time in history, their second film within a year. The intriguing story takes place for what seems...

'The Martian,' which was released in theaters on Oct. 2, stays true to the novel and is sure to please fans.

An exhibition of excellence

By Matthew Wu November 16, 2015

When movie adaptations are made, there’s always the worry of the product not being truthful to the original content. Despite being major box office hits, films like “Harry Potter,” “The Lord of...

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