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The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

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The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: Ringing in the new year with “The Wedding Ringer”

January 31, 2015

By Lexy Perez Arts and Entertainment Assistant RATING: 4/5 paws   Do you remember when Will Smith and Kevin James made us believe in the power of an unlikely bromance being epic in their movie “Hitch?” How about when Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill proved that the story of two men exemplifying...

Album review: New era of Taylor Swift: “1989”

Album review: New era of Taylor Swift: “1989”

January 27, 2015

By Lexy Perez Arts and Entertainment Assistant Rating: 5/5   Thanks to Taylor Swift, I now want to live in her eccentric, dance party pop universe that she has created in her new 80’s inspired techno album, “1989.” With the release of her fifth studio album, Swift departed from...

Top Picks from fifteenth Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival

Top Picks from fifteenth Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival

January 27, 2015

By Faith Orcino Arts and Entertainment Editor   Many flocked to the venues hosting this year’s San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) from Nov. 6 to 15. For 10 days, people viewed the fruits of the labor of many filmmakers from various locations, including a number of local talents. With...

Book Review: "Natural choice for criminal suspense"

Book Review: “Natural choice for criminal suspense”

January 27, 2015

By Sydney Schabacker Staff Writer Cassandra Hobbes has a special talent: she is a natural profiler. It’s a talent that her mother, who made a living pretending to be a psychic, helped Cassie develop. With one look, Cassie can discern more about a person than detailed studies could provide.  She...

Dirty Disco’s DJ Booth Mini Mix #4

November 22, 2014

https://soundcloud.com/dirtydisco/dirty-discos-dj-booth-mini-mix-4 By Collin Vaz 1) Tight Threaded by Go Freek Melodic laser tag. That’s what I think of when I listen to this remix of Tight Threaded. One of the most unique dance music duos, Go Freek has developed a sound like no other in the...

Movie Review: John Wick, successful film for Reeves

November 21, 2014

By: Pierce Brenner Staff Writer Rating: 4.5/5   John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a retired assassin turned grieving widower. Everything goes to pot when a trio of Russian mobsters (led by Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen) break into his house, steal his car and kill his puppy, the final gift from...

Movie Review: “The Best of Me” is not quite the best

Movie Review: “The Best of Me” is not quite the best

November 21, 2014

By Lexy Perez Arts and Entertainment Assistant Rating: 2.5/5 Paws The time has come for movie-goers to be introduced to yet another love story. It is a new addition to the Nicholas Sparks collection, a.k.a: the sappy, tearjerker, Hollywood hunk-filled, ‘why can’t this be my real life’ type...

TV Show Review: The Big Bang keeps on going

TV Show Review: The Big Bang keeps on going

November 21, 2014

By Will McCurdy Staff Writer   For eight seasons, the Big Bang Theory graced us with the laugh track comedy of Chuck Lorre, an entirely new take on the genre of intellectual comedy not seen since the days of Frasier, and, most importantly, the gift of bringing Jim Parsons to the small screen. The...

Movie Review: The Descent does not disappoint

Movie Review: The Descent does not disappoint

November 21, 2014

By Pierce Brenner Staff Writer Rating: 4.5/5 Paws   A group of girlfriends have a tradition in which they go on a different adventure every year; this year, it’s cave-diving in North Carolina. However, what starts out as a fun vacation takes a turn for the worse when the women find a group...

Movie Review: Winter is Coming… and so is the soldier

Movie Review: Winter is Coming… and so is the soldier

November 21, 2014

By Zach Schanzenbach Senior Staff Writer Rating: 4/5 Paws   Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 were decent, but Captain America: The Winter Soldier is just what you’d hope for from a Marvel Studios film, and maybe even then some. This latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes some...

Movie Review: Kill Your Darlings

Movie Review: Kill Your Darlings

November 21, 2014

By Alex Maravillas Staff Writer Different lights uncover the bohemian kineticism that thrived amid the 1940s and 1950s in New York City. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the American biographical-drama Kill Your Darlings, written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature...

Fall TV shows lineup

November 21, 2014

By Anna Maria Petrov Staff Writer After summer’s departure, fall brings many new and returning TV shows this year. A number of shows either finally answer multiple unanswered questions from last year’s season finales, or introduces new and upcoming actors who play unusual, funny, terrifying,...

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