El Estoque

Christmas movie recommendations for the 2020 holiday season

Shivani Madhan • November 26, 2020

Modern and classic Christmas films to watch this winter

Halloween movie recommendations

Melody Cui and Gauri Manoj • October 14, 2020

A mix of spooky classics and thriller movies to watch at home this Halloween

Painted horror

Ayah Ali-Ahmad • March 11, 2020

The horror in special effects art

How movies instill stereotypical ideas in the younger generations

Jasmine Lee and Claire Yang • January 8, 2020

Peter Pan. Dumbo. Snow White. Tom and Jerry. We’ve grown up watching these films — cheering on as Peter Pan and his cohort of Lost Boys battled Captain Hook, and sighing in defeat when Snow White bit...

‘Abominable’ Review: The importance of Asian representation

Vivian Jiang • October 9, 2019

The cultural significance of ‘Abominable’ and what it means for Asian Americans

Drawn Dead: The live-action Disney Renaissance

Ayah Ali-Ahmad • September 27, 2019

The possible death of 2D animation

Kickstarting the year: MV Cinema Club hosts first meeting

Justine Ha • September 16, 2019

Club hosts different Kahoot games testing movie trivia and distributes free donuts

Marvel vs. DC Comics

Claire Wen and Sarah Young • April 10, 2019

ajor Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was in need of cash. It was 1937, and he was writing for pulp magazines, another name for inexpensive fiction magazines. Partnering with magazine distributors Harry Donenfeld...

The Class of 2021 prepares for its first-ever bonding activity

Flora Peng • March 18, 2019

Despite an unsuccessful campaign last school year, the class of 2021 has set the date for their first‐ever bonding activity: a relaxing movie night to be held after school on Friday, March 29. After...

Music in film: MV Cinema Club discusses movie composers

Rana Aghababazadeh and Ruth Feng • March 13, 2019

“xcuse me, cupcake coming through.” Arbitrary phrases such as this may be heard during the MV Cinema Club’s meeting, along with competitive yelling about which composer curated the music for...