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Entertainment The Chronicle February & March 2010 10 What’s On Your iPod? Kyle Warshauer Junior 1. “You’re nobody until somebody kills you”- Biggy Smalls 2. “Killer”- Drake 3. “Something in Your Mouth”- Nickleback 4. “The Worlds Greatest”- R. Kelly 5. “I Feel Like Dying”- Lil Wayne 6. “Crew is in The Spot”- Corey Qunz 7. “Get Right Tonight”- Corey Qunz 8. “The Good Die Young”- 50 Cent 9. “Go Getter Go Getter”- Lil Wayne 10. “After Me”- Salvia Lauren Deitrich Junior 1. “Sky High”- Wiz Khalifa 2, “Bring The Goons Out”- Red Cafe’ 3. “Beef”- B.I.G. 4. “For My Town”- Bird Man 5. “NOVA”- Jay Z 6. “Homerun”- Jietz Santana 7. “Skys the Limit”- Lil Wayne 8. “Like Yeah”- Tech Nine 9. “Imma Star”- Jeramiah 10. “Cali Love”- 2Pac Mercury Switch is a Favorite Among Students By Zach Baker Staff Reporter What is Mercury Switch? Mercury Switch, noun: an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a pool of mercury to cover or uncover the contacts. What is the meaning behind that? There isn’t any. It is just a cool name that Chet Szwejkowski and Steven Lane found. They were sitting in English class one day and opened up a dictionary and saw that name on the page. They then looked at each other and decided to make that the band name. “It was way better than Ask” said Szwejkowski. There are four members of Mercury Switch. Chet Swejkowski and Lawrence Ayers, seniors at Kettle Run, play guitar and vocals. Ryan Newby plays bass, and drummer Steven Lane attends Fauquier and Liberty. Szwejkowski and Ayers met as freshman and began to play and write simple By Tamour Malik Staff Reporter A visual masterpiece is the best way to describe Avatar, director James Cameron’s follow up to the blockbuster Titanic. Being one of the most expensive films ever made, with a total budget of over 300 million dollars, Avatar has since become the highest-grossing film of all time, raking in over 2 billion dollars in the worldwide box office. Set in the year 2154, Ava- By Emmaleah Jones Staff Reporter If you were crushing on the movie “He’s Just Not That into You”, you’ll fall in love with “Valentine’s Day”, the new romantic comedy (date movie) that debuted with a bang and ended with a kiss. The star-studded cast (Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Jaimie Foxx, Patrick Dempsey, Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Queen Latifah, and much more!) doesn’t disappoint those who were Mercury Switch poses for a picture with Miss Virginia. music. They eventually talked to Lane and began to practice together. They started playing mostly Weezer and Foo Fighter covers before recruiting Ryan to play with them. There are many bands that influence Mercury Switch. Ayers said, “The most notable bands include Foo Fighters, Weezer, Four Years Strong, and Blink 182.” “There are so many tar tells the story of Jake Sully (played by Sam Worthington), a paraplegic marine, who was sent to a faraway planet called Pandora, to replace his deceased brother in an avatar program. Pandora, is a small moon planet inhabited by a native population called Na’vi. A very rare, and highly desired element is located under their colony, and they refuse to move. Using the avatar program, Jake is transformed into a Na’vi, and is sent into their different bands. We all have our own favorites. We’ve Covered Foo Fighters, Weezer, We Are Scientists, Led Zeppelin, and even Phish.” said Szwejkowski. Mercury Switch plays many local shows. They have played at Smokie Joes, The Barn at Lord Fairfax, The Marshall Ruritan, American Legion, and even parties. All the band members have different songs they love to play. “My personal favorites MOVIE REVIEW: On Avatar expecting a clean-cut romantic comedy with a happy ending. Directed by Garry Marshall, this smartly written comedy is about many intertwined stories of love and loss on Vale n t i n e ’ s Day, as well as a view of Valentine’s Day at its best and worst. This movie did as well as any cheesy, Garry Marshall movie, about this eventful day-of-love, can hope to do in the box office, colony... Using groundbreaking 3D technology, Avatar gives an amazing visual experience, creating an entire fictional world. More than half of this film, is entirely computer-generated, including many of the characters, however, they still seem real. Many of the cast performances are motion-captured, but I was impressed that they were still able to give a good performance. Avatar is director its cast attracting more audience than the actual storyline. This movie was directedtow a r d s t e e n a g e r s and young adults, however there are stories thrown in there that people of all ages can relate to and understand. Those who make the effort to see this will love “Valentine’s Day”, or at least find it endearing. Overall, the movie was cute. It was very funny, photo courtesy of Mercury Switch are Shot One (written by us) and After Hours which is a cover by We Are Scientist.” said Ayers. While Szwejkowski said “My favorite song is probably Tetris. It contains the Tetris game theme song and it’s a big hit to our fans.” Mercury Switch has a strong fan base. They have a Facebook group with 463+ fans. They also can be found on MySpace if you want to listen to a few of their songs. James Cameron’s first feature film in 12 years, and it shows that he has not lost his touch. Cameron delivers some incredible filmmaking, however, his screenplay suffers with a predictable story. Even though, the film is very predictable, and the screenplay lacks, it’s still one of the best movies of the year and a must-see for sci-fi fans. OVERALL: 5 out of 5 MOVIE REVIEW: On Valentines Day easy to understand, had happy moments and sad moments (but nothing too serious) and it also had some serious eye-candy. At one hour and 57 minutes, it’s hard to say whether it is worth the time and money; I think it seriously depends on the person (or people). However, I would say: wait. While this movie was good and fun, it will be just as good (if not better) in your house as it was in theaters…waiting a few weeks is worth the extra $10, especially in these times. I loved this movie, and I was really glad to see it, but I would be equally as glad to have seen at home, on my couch.
Entertainment The Chronicle February& March 2010 Noises Off Is On! By Rachel Bongiovi Staff Reporter After over three months of practice, countless weeks designing the set, over a month and a half of building and painting the set, and many, many hours spent doing everything it takes to put on a production, Noises Off had its premier shows Friday and Saturday night March 5th and 6th. The play was produced and directed by the Kettle Run theatre teacher, Ms. Dillon. Mr. Smith designed the two-story set which was constructed by Mr. Smith along with other adult and student volunteers. By the time everything was in place, the cast and crew had high hopes for their hilarious comedy and couldn’t wait for opening night. After the Noises Off premier, the cast and crew had nothing but good things to say about how the shows went. “I think they went amazing! Opening night especially, everything just went absolutely perfect!” commented freshman Hannah Fakoury who plays “Brooke”. Junior Michael Parrish, or “Gary”, says, “They both went amazingly well! I wish I could relive both nights over and over again!” Director and producer of Noises Off, Ms. Dillon agreed with the cast. “I thought they went spectacularly; especially Friday night.” After spending three months practicing Noises Off, the actors were able to really develop and connect with their characters. “I love everything about my character! He’s like my child! But I especially love how he can never seem to say what he wants to say.” Commented Parrish. Junior Amanda Hickling, “Belinda”, said, “Belinda is very Coming Soon to a Theater Near You.... City Island Rated PG 13 March 19th 2010 Based upon De Felitta’s original screenplay, “City Island” is the story of a Bronx prison deputy Vince Rizzo (Garcia) who recognizes a prisoner (Strait) as his grown child whom he sired with another woman twenty years earlier. He decides to be the young Emily Hagy and Hannah Fakoury search for Hannah’s lost contact during Act II. much like me, she is always trying to keep everything together and lead everyone. She is also a big gossiper! She was really fun to play because she kept the shows together and kept everything relatively sain!” Emily Hagy, who played the crazy and unpredictable “Dotty”, said, “My favorite thing about playing Dotty would have to be that she’s a little nutso so I really had no set of ground rules. I got to do a lot of crazy things in front of a lot of people, which felt really liberating.” “My favorite part about playing Poppy was being able to be a British, grungy-looking, nervous wreck. The character is so extremely different from my actual personality, that it made acting that much more man’s guardian in Rizzo’s family’s home, but his efforts to conceal the nature of his relationship to the young man promptly begin to unravel the complex web of deceits which have worn the family fabric threadbare through the years. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rated PG March 19th 2010 fun.” Commented Junior Olivia Christopher, or “Poppy”. Noises Off is the first fulllength comedy to be performed at Kettle Run and the entire cast loved taking part in the hilarity. “This is the first real comedy I’ve ever been in and I’ve found it’s a really nice feeling you get when you make people laugh,” commented Hagy. “My favorite part of being in “Noises Off” is how absolutely hilarious the play is,” said Senior Kenneth Hawes who played “Frederick”. “There’s no feeling that compares to the feeling I get when I hear people laughing at my performances,” Christopher said. The actors weren’t the only ones working hard Meet the kid who made “wimpy” cool, in a family comedy based on the best-selling illustrated novel “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold 24 million copies. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” chronicles the adventures of wise-cracking middle school student Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of anyone’s life: photo by Sydney Marks and Nicole Tisdale to put on Noises Off, a lot of other people spent long hours helping put this play together. “I’m the stage manager, which means I have to call the show. It would be extremely difficult if I didn’t have such awesome people working in the booth and on the backstage crew. It’s really fun to be behind the scenes but it’s a lot of pressure too.” Commented sophomore Emily Brown. Sophomore assistant director Marion Silas said, “Noises Off wouldn’t be what it has become now because each person plays such a huge role, whether it’s backstage or center stage.” “I thought [the cast and crew] worked very well together; especially the running crew. What a fantastic middle school. The Last Song Rated PG March 31st Based on best-selling novelist Nicholas Sparks’ (“A Walk to Remember,” “The Notebook”) latest novel, “The Last Song” is set in a small Southern beach town where an estranged father (Greg team!” Commented Dillon. Outside of direct questions the cast of Noises Off had a lot to add and a lot of people they wished to thank. “ Thank you so much to the cast and crew of this wonderful play! It wouldn’t be nearly as amazing if each and every one of you wasn’t a part of it.” Commented Parrish. “I’d just like to thank everyone that worked on the show. Not only the cast or crew but the adults involved as well. Mr. Smith who built our set volunteered an insane amount of time and it’s amazing! And of course Ms. Dillon. We’re not the easiest group of kids to work with and this show is complicated but she really stuck with us and made the show phenomenal! So thanks for all your hard work and time everybody! This was an amazing experience!” said Hagy. “Noises Off has always been one of my favorite plays and I’m so grateful that I am acting in it as my last high school play. I’m going to miss Kettle Run theatre so much next year!” commented the only senior cast member, Hawes. The other actors of Noises Off are junior Daniel Patti as handyman “Tim”, junior Colin Shea-Blymyer as director “Lloyd”, sophomore Riley Scott as “Selsdon”, and sophomore Maddie Houck as Poppy’s understudy. “It definitely surpassed [all my expectations].” Mrs. Jeanne Dillon Director All the cast and crew’s hard work paid off in the end as they delivered hilarious performances loved by the audience. Director Dillon commented, “It definitely surpassed [all my expectations].” Kinnear) gets a chance to spend the summer with his reluctant teenaged daughter (Miley Cyrus), who’d rather be home in New York. He tries to reconnect with her through the only thing they have in common—music—in a story of family, friendship, secrets and salvation, along with first loves and second chances. 11
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