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Star Wars the Last Jedi is the latest installment in the Star Wars series. It made over a billion dollars globally in just three weeks. The movie focuses on the rebel forces fleeing the First Order. We begin with the rebel forces quickly launching off the planet and immediately run into the First Order. The first battle of the movie begins and we see the fighting power of the rebels. Throughout the movie, the rebels work on solutions to escape. We learn of new planets across the universe and visit several. While the rebels are fighting, we also explore the plotline of Luke Skywalker and Rei. We are introduced
to more history of the Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren’s fight, and explore the concept of the Force. The movie overall continues the plot and character’s story.
The Star Wars movies have usually spanned across multiple locations in the universe. However, in this movie, it only features two. This functioned mainly as a bottle episode of movies. We also meet a small handful of new characters. However, their characters aren’t very well written and only serve as a plot point. The movie compared to the rest of the series is lacking in a few categories. It doesn’t have the same amount of history included between characters, use of various locations, and plot development. Overall grade is A-. 

Wonder by Connor F. 


Wonder is the movie adaptation of Raquel Jaramillo’s book of the same name. At the center of the plot is August Pullman. It follows him and his family through the hardships of middle school. Auggie is different than other students though. He has a rare genetic disorder that causes his face to be deformed. Up to the beginning of the film, he has been homeschooled by his mother(Julia Roberts). Now, he is starting 5th grade. He meets a few students before the start of the year for a tour of the school. This introduces the class bully, Julian. At the same time, he meets his later friend Jack. Through the movie they become inseparable and do most things together. It is only when Jack makes a comment about August on Halloween that they part. August continues to face torment from Julian until, another student comes forward. At the end of the movie, Auggie and Jack rejoin and become friends again.
In reviewing the movie, there are a few things that come into consideration. The acting in the movie s well done, with you truly sympathizing to Auggie and his family. However, in terms of plot, there are a few issues. For one, there is the offshoot of characters that don’t really play out in the plot. This is evidenced by the character Miranda, we meet her with family issues and ignoring Olivia. While we learn a little more bout her, she plays almost no part later in the film. overall , when considering the movie, it had a good cast, good acting, and a satisfactory execution of the plot. Grade B+. 

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This Savage Song
Review by Violet Guzman-Robles
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab is a young adult novel about monsters. This novel is extremely thought-provoking with its striking reality in which violence breeds more violence, or in this case, monsters. A city named Verity is divided in half by actual monsters and the figurative monster that casts upon fear, a human known by the name of Callum Harker. Each act of violence or crime breeds monsters, there are three different kinds; Sunai, Malchai, and Corsai. Sunai are bred from horrible massacres, such as mass shootings, bombings, etc. Sunai look like humans, except for the fact that when in pictures, their eyes are as black as coal. They feed by playing an instrument that steals a person’s soul, but they cannot steal the souls of just anybody. They can only steal the souls of those who are sinners. Malchai are devious creatures, almost resembling humans except that their eyes are a burning red and their skin is nearly translucent. Malchai are bloodsucking creatures that can drink the blood of any creature. The corsai are mysterious creatures, they are dark and are rarely seen. They move in the shadows and cannot see or feel the ligjt.
The main characters are sunai and human. August is a monster, a sunai, who just wants to be human. Kate Harker is a human that only wants to be as ruthless and monstrous as her father, Callum Harker. August is sent to the same high school as Kate to spy on her. There, they hesitantly become friends after an assassination attempt nearly takes both of their lives. That being said, they’ve team up to find out who tried to kill them both.
This book included some of the most intricate writing I have ever read. The plot was intriguing and so complex. From the very beginning, I loved August’s character, though I can’t say the same thing about Kate. At first, it was a struggle to like her but I eventually found some redeeming qualities in her. I especially liked how their relationship didn’t evolve into anything more, because in what world filled with monsters should you focus on romance more than your own lives? That was a nice aspect little Schwab provided that I really enjoyed.
I was left with some serious questions after the ending about this confusing world, but I think most of them should be answered in This Savage Song’s sequel and finale, Our Dark Duet.
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Uglies 
​by Scott Westerfeld
Tally Youngblood can’t wait to join the ranks of the pretties. All her life, she’s seen them: the sixteen-year-olds and older who have had an operation to make them gorgeous. This seems like the best thing ever to her - until she meets Shay. 
​Clever and adventurous, Shay and Tally do everything together - except become pretty. Shay has heard of a place on the outside where no one is considered pretty or ugly. She asks Tally to come, and when she refuses, Shay goes anyway. Suddenly, Tally is dunked into the world of pretties and their not-so-pretty secrets. She only has two choices: turn her best friend in, or never become a pretty.
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Thor Ragnarok by Connor B- Summit
Thor Ragnarok is Marvel’s third installment in the Thor series. It continues Marvel’s universe with the connected characters. It occurs two years after Age of Ultron, during which Thor has been searching for infinity stones. Thor is trapped by Surtur, the fire demon. He is told about the prophecy Ragnarok, in which Surtur will place his crown in the Eternal Flame and Destroy Asgard. Thor takes the crown and returns to Asgard. With Loki, he travels to Earth to retrieve his father. In the movie, Thor faces Hela, the Goddess of Death. She plans to take over Asgard and take the throne. Thor teams up with the Incredible Hulk and a scrapper from Sakaar.  Together they fight Hela in Asgard.
    Thor: Ragnarok is slated as Marvel’s first comedy as it uses more humor than previous films. It has a more light hearted plot and plenty of jokes. Much like individual spin offs such as Iron Man and Captain America, it  only feature a few of the Avengers from the Cinematic Universe. However, unlike the films mentioned, it is meant to bridge the characters together, not just just provide backstory. The movie’s plot is interesting and has a great cliffhanger. It has a few fresh faces that will continue in the cinematic universe. In the movie, there are several fight scenes that are fun to watch and interesting. An overall rating for Thor Ragnarok is A.