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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

“Upside Down” Review: Should've Been Right-Side Up

“Upside Down” Review: Should’ve Been Right-Side Up

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 15, 2013

Remember that scene from “Inception,” where Leonardo DiCaprio is in a dream and Paris starts folding in on itself, until there’s a city upside down above the city he’s in? Well, that lasted...

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“Oz the Great and the Powerful” Review: Even A Great Wizard Can't Save Oz

“Oz the Great and the Powerful” Review: Even A Great Wizard Can’t Save Oz

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 10, 2013

The main compliment people have given Sam Raimi’s “Oz the Great and the Powerful” is “well, it’s better than ‘Alice in Wonderland.” It’s pretty faint praise, but the movie looked like...

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"The ABCs of Death" Review: F is for Failure

“The ABCs of Death” Review: F is for Failure

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 8, 2013

26 different directors were chosen to work on “The ABCs of Death,” a new kind of experiential project that is "Based on a nightmare by Ant Thompson." Each director was given a letter from the alphabet...

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"It's A Disaster" Review: A Simple End-of-the-World Comedy

“It’s A Disaster” Review: A Simple End-of-the-World Comedy

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 5, 2013

Why are we obsessed with the world ending? It’s as if we all want the world to end, to the extent that we’ll search and search for the next doomsday prophecy to be terrified of. From Y2K to 2012,...

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"Jack the Giant Slayer" Review: Fee Fie Forget It

“Jack the Giant Slayer” Review: Fee Fie Forget It

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 2, 2013

I wrote about the trend of big-budget action movie adaptations of fairy tales only a few weeks ago with the deplorable “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” but already there’s another to add to...

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The Month in Review: February 2013

The Month in Review: February 2013

By Wesley Emblidge, Randy Shapiro, Jackson Twilling & Chris Yip Mar 1, 2013

Transcript: LUTZ: Tonight! A principal leaves, a program survives the chopping block, and mock trial wins! These stories and more, tonight, on the Tam News Month in Review. Welcome. I’m Sander...

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"A Good Day To Die Hard" Review: It Really Isn't

“A Good Day To Die Hard” Review: It Really Isn’t

By Wesley Emblidge Feb 14, 2013

Oh, “Die Hard.” How I loved you. How I loved the way you turned such a simple premise into a near-perfect action movie. How I loved the way you introduced us to Bruce Willis, now an action star...

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Team students on their Sierra trip last year. Photo by: Kira Collins.

UPDATED: Team Program Faces Possible Elimination From District

By Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge and Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge Feb 11, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District announced on January 25 that it is considering plans to discontinue the Team program for the 2013-14 school year. Longtime Team teacher Chuck Ford, who has...

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"Side Effects" Review: A Tense, Shape-Shifting Thriller

“Side Effects” Review: A Tense, Shape-Shifting Thriller

By Wesley Emblidge Feb 8, 2013

As a society we trust our doctors with our lives. We get a flu shot because they say we need it, have an operation because they say we’ll die without it, and take medication because they say it’ll...

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EMBLIDGE INSIGHT: "House of Cards" and How Netflix is Changing the Television Model

EMBLIDGE INSIGHT: “House of Cards” and How Netflix is Changing the Television Model

By Wesley Emblidge Feb 4, 2013

A few weeks ago I started watching Aaron Sorkin’s old TV show “The West Wing,” and loved it. I cycled through the first season within a week, and went straight into the next season, not having...

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“House of Cards” Season 1 Review: An Engrossing and Cynical Political Thriller

“House of Cards” Season 1 Review: An Engrossing and Cynical Political Thriller

By Wesley Emblidge Feb 4, 2013

Note: Netflix made the decision to release the entire first season of their new show all at once online, so although this is a review of that first season, it will only spoil plot points from the pilot. The...

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“Wrong” Review: Something’s Not Quite Right

“Wrong” Review: Something’s Not Quite Right

By Wesley Emblidge Jan 31, 2013

“Do you follow?” asks the mysterious ponytailed Master Chang (William Fichtner) in a scene from “Wrong.” “Not really...” replies the distressed Dolph Springer (Jack Plotnick). That’s...

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