Los Angeles Comic Con Recap

Luis Gutierrez, Podcast Director

October 29, 2018

Los Angeles Comic Con is an annual event held every year in the Los Angeles convention center that brings people of all walks of life together. The event itself isn’t just catered to comic fans, but to anyone who has an interest in what is considered “nerdy” or “geeky” stuff. It isn’t just for that...

Review: Halloween

Jennifer España, Managing Editor

October 26, 2018

Trick or treat! It’s the boogeyman, returning to the big screen after his theatrical debut back in 1978. The story follows Michael Myers, a six-year-old boy who commits a gruesome murder on All-Hallows-Eve. 15 years after committing the murder of his eldest sister, Myers escapes the mental institution ...

Review: Venom

Jaime Aparicio, Arts and Entertainment Editor

October 12, 2018

Marvel brings a new universe in the film Venom. Most of the box-office success belongs to Marvel Studios. While Spider-Man is linked with Marvel Studios from Sony Pictures. Sony decides to take a different route with Spidey-related characters and build their own cinematic universe. The movie stars ...

Why An Abled Actor Shouldn’t Play a Disabled Character

Danielle Anzures, Staff Writer

September 21, 2018

In the modern day world, most people would be outraged if the role of a colored person was given to a white actor. In fact, we’ve seen cases of outrage at casting mistakes not even more than a couple of years ago. Films like Ghost in the Shell, Netflix’s Death Note, and Pan experienced backlash...

Incredibles 2 Review

Luis Gutierrez, Staff Writer

June 14, 2018

Incredibles 2 was a work of art, plain and simple. This movie was great from start to finish, there was never a dull moment. If you even dared to look at your phone or blink you’d miss an amazing moment. This movie was 10+ years in the making, the first one came out way back in 2004! It was needle...

Avengers: Infinity War Review

May 2, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War Certainly Is A Marvel

Noah Garcia, News Editor

May 2, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War is the “foot past the finish line” celebration for those who have invested 10(+) years of their life to this property. This movie is-and plays out as- a huge celebration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s existence, as well as an amalgamation of everything that works within it.

Rio Entertainment Talks Ready Player One

March 13, 2018

2018 Academy Awards Wrap-Up

Ramon Alvarado, Editor-in-Chief

March 4, 2018

The 90th Academy Awards took place Sunday, March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “The Shape of Water” was the stand-out film, but empowering speeches and musical performances capped the exciting night. This year’s Academy Awards was a bit different from those in the past. There were ...

Unapologetically Black

Noah Garcia, News Editor

February 22, 2018

More often than not, pulling off the basics can do alot when impressing people. What Black Panther has done, is give audiences a film that has the standard superhero movie frame, but has components that are pulled together so well with everything executed so superbly; that the movie has become one of the best Marvel studios has to offer.

‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Released on Netflix

Anthony Moreno

February 14, 2018

The third installment of the Cloverfield franchise was released on Netflix last night immediately following Super Bowl LII. The release became the talk of the town seeing as ‘Paradox’ was not even announced until yesterday! Yes, Paramount Pictures and Netflix announced and released a film on the...

IT becomes biggest September opening of all time

Anthony Moreno, Staff writer

September 17, 2017

This summer was the most unsuccessful for movies in a long time. The movie box office has not seen a summer this bad since 2006, when movies including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Cars debuted. Hollywood is in a clear drought with viewers, but their silver lini...