Harry Westergaard '19, West Side Story's film critic and arts editor, shares his top movies from 2018 and films he's looking forward to seeing in 2019.
Movies from 2018
Black Panther, directed...
While Warner Bros Pictures’s “Aquaman” was too similar to other films such as “Black Panther” and “Thor”, it was a refreshing take on the long fabled story of Atlantis and for the most part...
It’s that time of year again. 2018 swooped in with a congregation of hits, misses and all the films in between, and the 91st Academy Awards will determine which films were the best of the best. While...
Kristina Rosebrook, Online and Broadcast Entertainment Editor
• January 19, 2019
Aibeer Mohamed's '19 fashion is a reflection of her personality and the fact that she is completely and unapologetically herself. You can catch her sometimes wearing PJ's to school and other days wearing...
Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
• January 18, 2019
The news about the new cereal bar coming to Iowa City spread like wildfire. Everyone was talking about Melk, the new cereal bar and diner. When I first heard about the new restaurant coming to town, I...
Back in the 1960s, in a time when the world was plagued with unease and struggle, comic book visionary Stan Lee created the first of what would become many iterations of the Spider-Man, a web-slinging...
West show choirs Showtime and the Good Time Company took the stage in a joint concert with show choirs from Liberty and City High Schools on Wednesday, Jan. 9. This show, formerly known as "Dollars...
With less than a month left until the competition season, West's show choirs Showtime and Good Time Company (GTC) hit the stage singing and dancing for all to hear.
On Saturday, Dec. 22, the groups,...
Lily Meng, Online Co-Copy Editor
• December 21, 2018
You may have seen him sitting in the back of your American Studies class taking notes, in the gym with the boy's varsity basketball team or in Room 128 passionately talking about Shakespeare. This is English...
It is always a pleasure whenever an author, a filmmaker or any creator of sorts takes a stab at something a far reach out of their comfort zone. It's fair to say that their endeavor into territory yet...
When you think of winter, you think of the holidays. Bright strings of lights decorating the trees, red Santa hats trimmed with white and “Jingle Bell Rock” playing repetitively at the mall are associated...
