Books & Movie Recs – The Argo

Joker (2019) Movie Review

By Elizabeth Choi (III), A&E Editor • January 31, 2021

Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips, is a film nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Boston Latin School community was asked to rate...

Ford v Ferrari (2019) Movie Review

By Elizabeth Choi (III), A&E Editor • December 19, 2020

Ford v Ferrari (2019), directed by James Mangold, is a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Boston Latin School community was asked...

The Queen’s Gambit Reigns on Netflix

By Bella Berg (I), Staff Writer • December 18, 2020

Despite never having played chess, chess movies and TV shows have always engrossed me. So when The Queen’s Gambit debuted on Netflix, I knew I had to watch it. The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 drama created...

Parasite (2019) Movie Review

By Elizabeth Choi (III), A&E Editor • November 25, 2020

Parasite (2019) directed by Bong Joon-ho Disclaimer: Parasite is rated R for “language, some violence and sexual content,” according to the Motion Picture Association. Movie...

Donnie Darko (2001), directed by Richard Kelly

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

Donnie Darko is a science fiction psychological thriller following teenager Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal). One night, Donnie sleepwalks out of his house and finds himself face- to-face with a giant...

Ocean’s 8 (2018), directed by Gary Ross

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

Ocean’s 8 is a crime-comedy movie centered around Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), a professional con artist and her expert group of thieves, including Lou Miller (Cate Blanchett), her partner in crime....

Whiplash (2014), directed by Damien Chazelle

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

Whiplash, the 2014 winner of the Sundance Film Festival, is an intense drama following Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), a young jazz drummer aspiring to be the best. Andrew is discovered by Terence Fletcher...

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a series of five romance novels following Bella Swan, a teenage girl who has recently moved from Arizona to a small town in Washington. There, Bella meets her strange classmate...

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter is a young adult fiction novel about Halle Levitt or her internet personality, Kels. Online Halle is confident and extroverted, but in real life she is an introvert...

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

By Penelope Meisel (IV), Contributing Writer • November 25, 2020

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer is “a retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a modern twist,” according to Georgia Ryan (IV). This fantasy novel is the first book of Kemmerer's series,...

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