El Estoque

Studying cinema

Jami Lim • June 1, 2023

Exploring the works of the Contemporary Literature film unit

Movie marauders

Samika Bhatkar and Vincent Zhao • May 30, 2023

Examining the MVHS community’s personal experiences with pirating movies

It’s the same people

Meggie Chen • April 17, 2023

Recycling actors reveals a lack of Asian representation in the entertainment industry

Enola Holmes 2 is a mediocre sequel

Ananya Chaudhary • November 12, 2022

The Netflix original, “Enola Holmes 2,” touches upon topics such as misogyny, poverty and corruption but fails to create a distinguishable plotline. Released Nov. 4, the story follows the protagonist...

Man on the Street: Who’s your fictional crush?

Dahlia Schilling and Anabelle Walker • October 8, 2022

MVHS students reveal their crushes from movies and media.

Summer 2022 in review

Irene Tang, Aashi Venkat, and Sonia Verma • August 26, 2022

Disney’s ‘Encanto’ is the embodiment of accurate representation

Aashi Venkat • January 29, 2022

Analyzing the impact of the representation within “Encanto”

Parallels between cinema in the 1970s and modern movies

Nameek Chowdhury • December 10, 2021

As an adolescent during the 1970s, art teacher Jay Shelton remembers going to the theater to watch films during what he describes as a “magic era.” For him, the decade was defined by its creative freedom,...

Horror is not for everyone

Amber Milesi, Staff Writer • October 22, 2021

he young woman turns the corner hesitantly. She looks pale and is covered in a sheen of sweat. Her body is trembling as she inches her way down the hall, an old phone clutched in one hand. Once an average...