The Social Network? Like! With Facebook’s explosive popularity over the past few years, it seemed almost inevitable that the entertainment industry would capitalize on it. The movie The Social Network follows the story of college-student Mark Zuckerburg and his brilliant ascendancy to the youngest billionaire in the world. From exciting frat parties to heated...
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The obvious way to begin this article would be to say, “Vampires Suck sucked.” But actually, the movie was not as awful as I thought it would be. First of all, let’s establish this: anyone looking to see a movie with A) a plot, B) relatable characters or even remotely realistic events, or C)...
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I really had no idea what I was in for when I went to see Knight and Day, besides the fact that it was a ‘spy movie’ (which could range from James Bond: Mission Impossible to Top Secret!) starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. The wordplay on the title struck me as a little...
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Vampires and Werewolves and Humans, oh my! Let’s be honest: the crowd of rabid-fansgirls attending any movie spawned from Stephanie Meyer’s popular Twilight series is bound to be just as entertaining as the movie. In the case of Eclipse, even more so. So while I give my audience five stars and two thumbs up,...
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Between High School and College -  What I Did on My Summer Vacation A series by three recent graduates of Pawling High School and the Trinity Pawling School. In his half-century of life, William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, two epic poems, 154 sonnets, and sundry apocrypha. Many of us call ourselves fans of the...
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Family Fun The last chapter in the Toy Story saga, hitting theaters some fifteen years after the first film, has already grossed over three hundred million dollars – after only one week! The wildly popular Toy Story 3 is now playing in theaters worldwide, and has topped a number of records at the box...
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The Hatmaker’s Daughters: What Community Theater Should Be By Christine O’Neill On William Shakespeare’s 446th birthday the Pawling Theater Company put on their penultimate production of The Hatmaker’s Daughters. The Bard couldn’t have asked for a better birthday gift! This delightful production, written by Pawling local Aaron Emke, kept me smiling and laughing the...
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