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The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

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Frederick Lantern

The show was originally going to be a movie but was ultimately changed to a mini series. “Originally, we were thinking it’d be a movie … But there were some things … certain issues … so basically it’s like a four‑episode mini‑event … It’s one story. It’s one through line. A lot of insanity happens.”-Bryan Andrews.(Marvel)

Marvel Zombies Lacks Content to Bite Into

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer October 9, 2025
Bryan Anderson fails to use this mini series to expand on the concept episode that was originally presented in the What If..? Show.
Him is able to capture some of the potential horrors from being in the NFL. This unique and creative film suffers some missteps in story and pacing. Monkey Paw Studios)

Him Fails to Go All the Way

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer September 23, 2025
While Him has mesmerizing visuals and jaw-dropping performances by Tyriq Withers and Marlon Wayans, it fumbles in its pace and is more style than substance.
Tim (Dave Franco) and Millie (Alison Brie) get an eyeful of each other in this poster for Together. The chemistry between the real-life couple elevates this film from B-movie body horror to something terrifyingly beautiful and beautifully terrifying. (Neon)

Together Will Get Under Your Skin

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer September 18, 2025
Comedic actors and real-life couple Dave Franco and Allison Brie elevate Together into a grotesque and grand body horror that's sure to be a new cult classic.
The members of HUNTR/X—Mira, Rumi, and Zoey—playfully tease a plane full of demons before slaying them in the first scene of K-Pop Demon Hunters. This animated film has taken summer by storm, becoming the most watched film on Netflix of all time and seeing several of its songs making it on the Billboard Hot 100. A film doesn't make an impact like that without being excellent, and K-pop Demon Hunters delivers on all levels. (Netflix)

K-pop Demon Hunters Takes the World by Storm

Angeline Ontiveros, Staff Contributor September 5, 2025
Sony's K-pop Demon Hunters gains millions of fans over a few weeks and becomes a breakthrough hit for the animation industry, the record industry, and Netflix.
Sophie Thatcher, star of Yellowjackets and Heretic, shows amazing range in Companion (Warner Bros. Discovery)

A Nearly Perfect Companion

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer February 4, 2025

The following review is for a film rated R by the MPA. The film contains excessive profanity, blood and violence, drug and alcohol abuse, misogyny, and implied sexual acts.    "There were two...

Warner Bros.

The Joke’s on Us for Watching

Alex Lyman, Staff Writer October 7, 2024

In 2019, Warner Bros. released a gritty throwback to late seventies and early eighties films like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy featuring one of DC Comics' most iconic villains: the Joker. Both...

Joey King leads an ensemble of "teenage" rebels (who are clearly in their late 20s) in Uglies, Netflix's adaptation of a 2006 YA novel. Given the tacky effects, predictable storyline, and obvious metaphors, this one should have stayed in 2006. (Netflix)

Uglies is an Ugly Flick

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer September 25, 2024

Film series based on dystopian young adult novels were all the rage in the 2010s. The four Hunger Games films (before last year's Songbirds and Snakes) had a combined box office of $3.3 billion, the Maze...

"Don't rush, die slow." Slotherhouse, a PG13 horror flick where a sloth murders sorority girls, is a fantastic example of a so-bad-its-good horror B-movie. While not perfect by design, this campy throwback stands out among a market dripping with elevated horror.

Sloth Movie Deserves a Slow Clap

Brandon Coon, Staff Adviser September 4, 2023

With Hollywood on strike and small studios like A24 and Blumhouse still in production, the time is right for indie horror movies to flourish. January's M3GAN and July's Talk to Me have become surprising...

Ellie and her family as they start to become worried about her. Photo credits: Warner Bros.

Evil Dead is Wickedly Good

Cameran Martinez, Staff Writer May 22, 2023

Evil Dead Rise was released on April 21st and is the latest addition to the Evil Dead franchise. This Evil Dead movie is directed by Lee Cronin and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This movie is the...

Cocaine Bear is Really Wild

Christopher Ward, Writer May 4, 2023

Elizabeth Banks' latest film "Cocaine Bear" is based on a genuine tale that occurred in the 1980s. The narrative centers on a black bear in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest who consumed a sizable...

Courtesy of A24

The Whale has Big Story, Big Heart

Cameran Martinez, Writer March 15, 2023

The Whale is a stunning and thought-provoking movie that takes the audience on an emotional journey through the struggles of a man named Charlie, played by Brendan Fraser. It was released on December 9th,...

The official movie poster for Mortal Kombat 2021. The release date of this film was officially on April 23, 2021 and was released both in theaters and on HBO Max. There were two Mortal Kombat films from the 90s that weren’t very good, as for this film, not too shabby, but there could be improvements.

Mortal Kombat Isn’t a Flawless Victory

Owen Etter, Staff Writer April 26, 2021

It’s amazing to see different filmmakers these days putting video games and their lore on the big screen with big-name actors. However, one incredibly violent game in particular just released its own...