“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” has all the components of a great movie: thrilling action scenes, spectacular special effects, and even an emotive score. Nevertheless, it provides a different conclusion to the series than the one readers received in the book. A few days after the movie hit theaters, author Suzanne Collins published a letter on Scholastic Books’ website...
Culture
Dancing at Lughnasa
On the stage appears a sparsely-furnished house, and in and around the house there are frozen figures. Beside the house in a spot of light, a smiling man speaks in a richly inviting Irish lilt. A memory begins. The Tower Players’ production of the late Irish dramatist Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” opened yesterday evening, and has 8 p.m. showings...
Artists among us: Isaac Dell
Folded in his lap, peeking out from his flannel sleeves, are the two agents of junior Isaac Dell’s creativity: his hands. Though Dell started sculpting just a year ago, he’s already placed in multiple competitions. Last year, his bust of Abraham Lincoln placed first in the fall student showcase and his female figure placed third in the spring student showcase...
In Review: ‘Spectre’
“You only live twice,” said Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. That’s certainly the case with the reappearance of an old villain — Spectre — in the latest Bond film of the same name. This villain dominated many of the old James Bond films — those made prior to the reboot series featuring Daniel Craig, which started in 2006 with...
