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What better way to avoid the sweltering summer heat than in a comfortable air conditioned theater, watching a movie. This summer break I did exactly that. I looked for any excuse to spend the day in a movie theater, preferably the $5 one in Kailua, where I could escape the muggy outdoors. This summer's list …
John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars is not your average love story. It’s not one where you’ll find two unstoppable lovers standing in the face of danger, nor one that takes place in a happy-go-lucky world. If you were looking for a book like that, I’d recommend Twilight or Dear John. The Fault In …
Over spring break, I finally had the chance to watch Disney’s animated movie Frozen. Since its release onto silver screens back in November 2013, the Oscar winning movie has become the highest grossing animated film of all time. As of early April, it had earned $1.097 billion in the box office and continues to draw …
Disney kicked off the Christmas season with its release of the animated movie Frozen. After hitting the box office in November alongside Catching Fire, Frozen captivated the hearts of both children and adults. Frozen tells the story of a naive princess named Anna and her journey to find her older sister Elsa, whose magical powers …
The book will almost always be better than the movie; however, the movie version of Catching Fire lives up to its book pretty well. Catching Fire is the second part of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The overall story is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in District 12, the poorest and lowest …
In September, Miley Cyrus released the music video to her newest single “Wrecking Ball”. The video broke the VEVO 24 hour Record for views with an astounding 19.3 million. If Miley was looking for some attention, she got it. What probably made people flock to watch the video was news that Miley was naked for …
The release of the new Pokémon X and Y has stirred a lot of conversation especially with all the changes the game brings to the world of Pokémon, particularly the new fairy type. But let me first say that I have been playing Pokémon since the blue, red, and yellow versions. I started playing since …
Insidious: Chapter 2 thrived on the fame of the first Insidious. In the first movie, a young boy named Dalton is swept into an unexplainable comma. Strange and terrifying events start plaguing the family. The family calls in Elise, a paranormal expert. Elise tells the family of a solution to their problem, but it’s risky. …
HBA has jumped on the modern technology bandwagon by giving its students their long awaited iPads. Being able to subtract a few pounds from the textbook load is definitely a plus, but there's one more benefit other than the improvement to a student's spinal health: the myHomework Student Planner. This app is open for free …
