The James Logan Courier

By Christina Karma, Courier Staff Writer

On Friday, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay hit movie theaters.

Starting from where the first film, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle left off, Harold Lee & Kumar Patel go on a hunt to find Maria, Harold’s secret love, in Amsterdam. Throughout this journey, make obstacles occur, making it difficult to get to Amsterdam. After a questionable security pass, the two finally board the plane. During the flight, Kumar sees the need to show Harold his latest invention; a smokeless bong. As a passenger overhears the two talking about the bong, she hears incorrectly and yells “It’s a bomb!” Taken in hand the ethnicity of Kumar, he is mistaken as an Arab.

By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Copy Editor

Leatherheads stars George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and John Krasinski. The plot takes place during the time period of the 1920s, and Dodge Connolly (Clooney) is the captain of an unsuccessful and disappointing football team that goes by the name of the Duluth Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have a major losing record, which causes them to lose their sponsorship leaving the team bankrupt before football season even starts. Connolly feels alarmed and tries to think of ways to save his team. He sees a television show interviewing Carter (Krasinski ), a well known and successful college football player attending Princeton University. Connolly attempts to convince Carter to join the Bulldogs for one season, and Carter accepts.

By Sandhaya Mansfield, Courier Staff Writer

The Life Before Her Eyes is a movie adaptation of the novel by Laura Kasischke about a life changing decision made by two high school best friends.

Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) is young,wild, adventurous and in her final year of high school. She holds back on nothing and does whatever she pleases while her conservative best friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches on the sidelines. They are not only polar opposites, but best friends who spend every waking hour together. One day, before class Diana and Maureen stop in the bathroom to check reflections when they hear gunshots being fired outside. Seconds later the gunman, who is a fellow classmate, bursts into the bathroom and demands that the two girls pick who will live. The screen goes black and is followed by cries then gunfire. The image that returns seconds later is an all grown up Diana (Uma Thurman) who has just woken from a nightmare.

From wikipedia: Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay (2 May 1828 - 24 October 1915) was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries.

See a collection of Charnay's photos of Mexico, free from the American Philosophical Society.