FLYING FEATURES

By: Leslie Rewis

By: Jessica Cooksy

All photos courtesy of IMDb.com

     As the new year begins and the old one ends, we start to bundle up in our winter clothes, sit down with a mug of hot chocolate, and watch movies. What better way to do that than to go to the theater to watch the new movies that have come along with the new year?

 Fanboys- (01/14/2008) For Star Wars fans, Star Wars isn’t just a movie…it’s a way of life. So in 1999, a group of friends break into George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch to steal Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, not to mention get into a fight or two with some “Trekkies” on the way. N/A

    

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fool’s Gold- (02/08/2008) Ben “Finn” Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is obsessed with finding the legendary eighteenth century Queen's Dowry. This hunt has cost him many things, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson). However, when a new clue to the treasure shows up, he gets on the yacht where Tess works and sets off toward it. Will he be able to find the treasure before Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone), his rival, and rekindle his marriage all at the same time? Watch and find out! PG-13

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Have you ever listened to the same radio station on a road trip and realized that the same songs were being played over and over again? Or have you ever had a song that you really liked, but because the radio station played it every five seconds you soon became both bored and annoyed with it? If so, you have been a victim of overplayed songs. The songs that you once loved now make you cringe and then quickly turn your radio off altogether.

     Now, we have all had that one song. You know, the one that whenever it comes on you instantly stop whatever it is you are doing, turn up your radio to the highest level, and sing at the top of your lungs (even if you are completely tone deaf and cannot hold a note to save your life)? Or, if you are at a party and that song comes on, you push multiple people out of your way, waving your hands and proclaiming at the top of your

lungs that that's your jam.

      Yes, we've had that one song, but on many occasions that one song will become overplayed. For example, probably the most overplayed song of 2007 was “Crank Dat” by Soulja Boy. Now, in the beginning, a lot of people went absolutely crazy when this song came on, singing it and doing the dance. Even a few teachers “cranked that” at Homecoming this year. But after time passed and days turned into weeks, this song became an utter annoyance among the very people who once sang every word and knew every step to the dance.

     When radio stations overplay songs such as this one there is not a lot that we can do to salvage the love that we once had, because it affects everyone differently.

     Junior Robbin Allen stated, “I used to really like the “Umbrella Remix” by Rihanna featuring Chris Brown. I liked the beat and the words to the song, but after the radio stations played it all the time I started changing the station every

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time it would come on, and now I do not like the song anymore.”

      Freshman Samantha Wyatt had a different approach to overplayed songs and stated, “I really like the song “Until the End of Time” by Justin Timberlake with Beyonce. Even though this song is overplayed on the radio, I still like to listen to it and sing it because I like the collaboration of the two artists and their voices.”

     So, what can you do if the radio station overplays songs to the point where you cannot stand to listen to them anymore? There are a couple of things you can do. You can write letters or blogs to that radio station lodging your complaint, or you can actually try to get on the air and lodge your complaint then. However, overall there is no guarantee that radio stations will ever stop overplaying songs.

One Missed Call- (01/04/2008) Based on the Japanese movie Chakushin Ari, One Missed Call is about a series of people dying in large groups. The catch is, they all get a phone call about their deaths, date, place…everything. Upon receiving her own “death phone call” Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) has three days to solve the mystery and cheat her own death. PG-13