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The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Movies & TV

Birdbox: Did it Live up to the Hype?

Aubrey Harrell, Editorial Board | January 20, 2019

This winter’s newest Netflix hit , without a doubt, has been the movie Bird Box. Based off the 2014 post-apoplectic horror novel with the same name by Josh Malerman, the film spread like wildfire across social media platforms, garnering a lot of attention...

2019 Live Action Movies

Pari Abdollahi, Staff Writer | January 18, 2019

2019 is finally here and new movies are being released in different genres. This year, however, there are a few famous animation movies that are being recreated as live action movies. These movies are Aladdin, Lion King, and Dumbo. Even though many movies...

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Review

Andres Gonzalez, Staff Writer | January 18, 2019

       In the past two decades multiple superhero films have been released, some of the most notable revolving around the web-slinger known as Spider-Man. When one takes into consideration the number of compelling storylines and interesting characters,...

The horror of biological limits

Emily Richardson, Editorial Board | January 18, 2019

There is an entire new breed of horror movies hitting the mainstream in recent years— those that test the biological limits of humans—movies like Hush, A Quiet Place, and Bird Box serving as prime examples. These sorts of films don’t spend two and...

The Popularity Pattern: Comparing Bird Box to A Quiet Place

January 17, 2019

Many Netflix watchers have seen or have heard of the movie “Bird Box” that was released in December of 2018. It has been all the rave since its release but with its fame, an interesting pattern was noticed by moviegoers. In the past year, there have...

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Movies To Watch While Binging Halloween Candy

Annabelle Rosse, Staff Writer | October 17, 2018

It’s that time of year again: costumes, pumpkins, and trick-or-treaters. Seems like the perfect time to watch a spooky movie with family and friends to really get the Halloween spirit going! Hocus Pocus For anyone looking for a must-have Halloween...

The Life of Jake Paul

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 17, 2018

Shane Dawson created a documentary series on YouTubers and what goes on in their lives and controversies they’ve had. Tanacon, Tana Mongeau’s YouTube convention, was what started this documentary series, but Shane’s first documentary on a person...

Choose Your Own Adventure Story Coming to Netflix

Aubrey Harrell, Editorial Board | October 9, 2018

  A general rule in the entertainment industry is in order to maintain popularity, impressive new ideas and innovations are necessary to keep relevance. A recent example of this is Netflix, which has begun to release interactive specials. So far...

Searching Movie Review

“Searching” Movie Review

Zoe Siamon, Staff Writer | September 18, 2018

After Margot Kim, a 16 year old girl goes missing, it is up to her father, David Kim, to understand what happened. The investigation goes over 37 hours with no real leads, until David finally understands what no one else saw, his daughters computer. In...

Crazy Rich Asians movie review

Aubrey Harrell, Editorial Board | September 12, 2018

When Crazy Rich Asians was first announced and trailers were released, it quickly caught the attention of many around the world. Based off of the international best seller(insert book name)by Kevin Kwan, expectations for the movie were big and continued...

Silence is survival in A Quiet Place

Silence is survival in “A Quiet Place”

Katie Thompson, Editorial Board Member | April 12, 2018

I’m usually not a fan of horror movies. Many horror films, especially recent releases, either have a stereotypical or cheesy premise and rely too heavily on gore or unsatisfying jump scares. However, the new movie, A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski,...

Love Simons Impact

Love Simon’s Impact

aubrey harrell, Editorial Board | April 10, 2018

“Everyone deserves a great love story.” This line from the film best encapsulates the story of this movie. Love Simon was recently released, and I can confidently say that it lived up to all expectations and is a very meaningful movie that all can...

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