Entertainment
Youth have fun and get serious with film at showcase
Minnesota teen filmmakers will showcase their short videos and films during the 2008 Twin Cities Youth Media Network’s All City Youth Film Showcase at 3 p.m. Oct. 25. “If this is a barometer for what’s happening (in teen culture), it’s really, really wide ranging,” said Witt Siasoco, program manager of teen programs at the Walker Art Center, and organizer of the showcase. “We have everything from kids that are doing it for fun to kids that are doing it for very serious issues.”... Read more >>
Hollywood may have just perfected the formula for comedy films. In recent years, movies such as Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin have all been summer blockbusters. The latest to the addition is Pineapple Express, a buddy-comedy starring Seth Rogan and James Franco.
What do they all have in common? A witty combination of drugs and alcohol assisted by a team that includes producer and writer Judd Apatow and Rogan. The pairs films, including last year’s movie Knocked Up, have set the bar for new comedies. Read more >>
Summertime siesta
ThreeSixty’s Your Turn writing contest is taking a summer break while we run summer camps and take some time off. See you in September!
Meanwhile, enjoy reading the winning essay in our Prom Stories contest. Nakami Tongrit-Green won $100 and a much-coveted ThreeSixty t-shirt.
Nakami Tongrit-Green, Harding Senior High SchoolIn my family, I was always the most feminine out of my sisters. I was the little, frilly and emotional girl wrapped in silk ribbons and decorated with white dresses and bows. Unlike my older sister, I was too afraid to play in the dirt, fall off my bike or even to roll around in my own mess of stuffed animals and dolls.
Read more >>Deciding not to go
This year me and my girlfriend decided to not go to prom. It wasn’t an easy decision to make. We had to decide did all the good things about going to prom outweigh the bad things. We broke down our reasons for wanting to go and not wanting to go. Here’s how it went down.Read more >>
Walker teen council makes things happen
A bag of Doritos, a child’s purse, and an award given to an Enron employee a month before the energy company’s collapse. A group of Twin Cities teens has linked them together in the Corruption Collection, which is on display at the Walker Art Center’s Bazinet lobby until June 29.
The Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC), a group of 14 teens who meet every Thursday, assembled the collection after learning about the art of collecting from artists David Bartley and Matthew Bakkom.
Since 1994, the Walker has supported a small group of art-minded teens as part of teen programs designed to attract high school students and young artists. It’s one way the museum seeks to train and inspire the next generation of artists, connoisseurs and art lovers. Teens interview artists, organize events and post blogs, music reviews, upcoming concerts, and their own work to WACTAC’s Web site... Read more >>
Juno keeps it real and serious
Juno is set in the ever-changing seasons of Minnesota and follows teenage Juno (Ellen Page) throughout her nine months of pregnancy and the choices she makes. Everything about this film was perfect, the script, the actors, even the, attitudes of the actors. Juno’s persistent jokes give the film a light-heartedness. She is familiar, like a friend. Although strong and clear about what she wants, she faces problems that she has no control over. The film is set in Minnesota reminding everyone that unplanned pregnancies do happen. Juno just adds a funny twist to make. ... Read more >>
Sweeney Todd is bloody brilliant
An adaptation from Steven Sondheim’s 1979 Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton (Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands) is fantastic and bloody brilliant. The film takes place in nineteenth century-London, where Sweeney Todd aka, Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), seeks his revenge on Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) who viciously tore Todd and his family apart, causing his wife to poison herself and his daughter to be adopted by the judge. ... Read more >>
Will Smith is Legend. Movie isn't.
Robert Neville is the last man on Earth. Three years after a supposed vaccine for cancer was discovered, more than 90 percent of the world’s population becomes infected with the virus that turns humans and dogs into nocturnal zombies. Neville, played by Will Smith, is one of less than one percent who is immune to the virus. A military scientist, he frantically looks for a cure to the disease while avoiding the darkness where the infected dwell.... Read more >>
