Rachel Chung, Review Section Editor
• October 2, 2021
The absolute joy of seeing someone on the silver screen that you knew before they got famous is incomprehensible. It’s like running into your bestie while at Costco, like seeing a schoolmate in a commercial....
As you walk into the Novel Neighbor, a colorful community feeling surrounds you. Posters created by local artists, bookshelves with staff-picked recommendations and red wooden blocks with black ink doodles...
If you went to Wydown Middle School, you went to Starbucks. In August, the Starbucks location on Wydown closed, leaving many students without a spot to gather after school. To fill this gap, students have...
“With every cup of coffee and every shot of espresso, we take the utmost care and pride in what we do.” Comet Coffee is a quaint hand-brewed coffee and pastry shop. They are located near Forest Park...
Emma Baum, Feature Section Editor
• September 15, 2021
I will openly admit that when it comes to holiday movies, my standards are low. I would (and do) blame Hallmark, but Netflix’s recent dive into similarly predictable and at times, nearly problematic...
Casa Don Alfonso, Essenza Mediterranea, has been an awaited addition to the St.Louis Ritz-Carlton, and it’s finally here. The Mediternaean inspired restaurant that opened at the end of March has been...
While scrolling through my Netflix suggestions, I stumbled across Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer. I love a good crime documentary, even though I often regret watching them at night. This documentary...
During the quarantine, we have all started new things. From baking, riding a unicycle to even writing an entire musical on an app. Though we aren't able to be together, we are connected through virtual...
Kiki's Delivery Service is another popular Studio Ghibli Film about a 13-year-old witch who moves to a seaside town with her cat, Jiji. Completely alone in a new place (as per a witch tradition) for a...
The Queen’s Gambit, a limited series released by Netflix on October 23, 2020, follows the life of Beth Harmon, a highly intelligent woman orphaned as a young girl in the mid-1950s. She finds hope and...
The 2008 Studio Ghibli film Ponyo is a story about a magical fish who ends up on the surface in the little green pail of a boy named Sosuke. He names the fish “Ponyo” and takes her to school with him,...
Rachel Chung, Review Section Editor
• December 10, 2020
Artemis Fowl, directed by Kenneth Branagh, was released on June 12, 2020 on Disney+ due to the pandemic. The film is about Artemis Fowl Jr. as he tries to regain his kidnapped father from a mysterious...