Movie Mondays 2: Fight Club (1999)
Sam Falconer, Staff Writer
January 26, 2015
I realize that by doing a film review I am breaking the first and second rules of Fight Club, but I don't think that Tyler Durden will mind. Fight Club, a 1999 release, was directed by David Fincher, who has had an extremely successful and lucrative career, having directed such critically acclaime...
Interstellar: A Movie Review
Sam Falconer, Staff Writer
November 13, 2014
One word to describe Interstellar: mesmerizing. The film takes place in the near future, where a sort of 'second dust bowl' is taking place, and blights are killing crops everywhere. As a result, food is extremely scarce for everyone on the planet, making farming the most important job on Eart...
Furiously good
October 30, 2014
Fans may come to watch Fury in anticipation of yet another meaningless action film featuring a shirtless Brad Pitt surrounded by explosions as rock music plays in the background. But this movie is anything but that. Fury is a gripping WWII drama that tells the story of a group of men operating ...
Horror movies not to miss this Halloween season
Sam Falconer, Staff Writer
October 23, 2014
With Halloween just around the corner, the Stinger has rounded up the best films for a scary night in. The following movies, expressed in no particular order, are the best of their genre and should absolutely be on your Halloween must-see list. It's no trick, these films are always a viewing treat. 1. The Shi...
Guardians is True Summer Blockbuster
Sam Falconer, Staff Writer
September 5, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy is the closest thing to a perfect summer blockbuster as one is likely to get. No one expected such success from a comparatively unpopular series of Marvel comics, yet even Robert Downey Jr. has said it's the best of the Marvel movies so far. Guardians comes from Marvel studi...
Drama Goes on Auto Pilot
Caleb Colon, Staff Writer
February 5, 2014
Cam High's drama department is about to break new ground. Starting Feb. 7, the thespians of D-2 will be putting on the first student-directed production in their history. "I've had nothing to do with it other than watch them work," said Richard Winterstein, English and Drama teacher at Cam High...
Top Games of the Last Generation
Stinger Staff, Administrators
February 5, 2014
In 2013, we said goodbye to the consoles of the yesteryear and welcomed the PlayStation 4 and XBOX ONE with open arms. In the transition from HD gaming to super-ultra-mega-buy-now HD, what games made our cut and which ones did not? The following three categories- PlayStation 3, XBOX 360, and multiplatform,...
PlayStation Strikes Back
Alexander Littaua, Business Manager
December 19, 2013
Retailers earlier this year told the media that the XBOX ONE and PlayStation 4 are sold out until 2014, without a specified date. If you were a consumer that was left out of the pre-order window, Amazon Canada is able to bring you good news. After rapidly selling out of pre-orders, retailers across ...
Spreads Like “Fire”
James Schaap, Photo Editor
December 5, 2013
As history has shown, young actors and sequels don't usually make for a great movie, but fortunately for "Catching Fire", the second installment of the "Hunger Games" franchise, this is not the case. Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Katniss Everdeen, the movie's rags-to-riches hero, has been in a number...
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Aishvari Trivedi, Social Media Editor
Last week, three days of school were cancelled due to unpredictable air quality caused by high winds and brush fires. Cam High’s Principal Mr. Matthew La Belle...
Marcus Fontanilla, Staff Writer
Recently, a resolution was passed by the National Council of English Teachers (NCTE) that allows English teachers to incorporate climate change issues and topics...
Donny Robbins, Staff Writer
Cam High Wood shop teacher Mr. Peter Wachtel won $50,000 and a workbench for a second-place finish in Harbor Freight's Tools for Schools competition. All the money...