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Redbox review Super 8

January 2, 2012 No Comments

Jesse Bilderback

Some people may be a little confused or skeptical of a movie titled after a 1970s method of movie making that uses 8mm film.  Don’t be. The film begins with the main character Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) suffering the loss of his mother after a tragic accident.  His father, Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), is now ...

Winter clothes to the Maxx

January 2, 2012 No Comments

Jesse Bilderback

Western has been lucky to have unseasonably warm weather this fall, but unfortunately old man winter is right around the corner. It’s time to trade in those flip flops and shorts for snow boots and a warm winter coat. With cold, wet weather in the forecast, students need to dig out those warm clothes in ...

The Scariest Halloween

January 2, 2012 No Comments

Jesse Bilderback

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder and the leaves are starting to change colors.  All these things signal that Halloween is almost upon us.  It’s the time of year when values are laid to rest and the quest for ghoulish appetites and appalling horrors begin. Students at Western are doing all ...

‘Christmas Carol’ brings holiday cheer to campus

December 9, 2011 1 Comment

Caitlin Cress

As the cast of Missouri Western’s production of “A Christmas Carol” sang a Christmas carol to the audience after their curtain call Friday night, I couldn’t help but to feel myself getting into the Christmas spirit, even with a week of finals to go. The obvious and undeniable star of the show is Steve Catron ...

‘Submarine’ sinks and stinks

November 1, 2011 No Comments

Blair Stalder

“Submarine” does exactly what a submarine is supposed to do: plunge and sink. Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is a 15-year-old high school student who is desperate for a mate and craves to keep his distant parents together. Tate jumps on an emotional roller coaster as he falls for mischievous pyromaniac Jordana (Yasmin Paige) who agrees ...

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