Hunger Games: Catching Fire

“Every revolution begins with a spark”

Summary:

Katniss has returned from the Hunger Games, and is finally settling back into her new life as a Hunger Games victor.  She and Peeta are about go start their Victory Tour, and President Snow is breathing down her back.  He is upset because of the way that they defied the Capitol with the berries.  She and Peeta must convince the entire country of Panem that what she did was not an act of defiance, but that she was too in love with Peeta and wasn't thinking straight.  In an effort to get rid of her the President decides the next Hunger Games, the 3rd Quarter Quell, the tributes will be chosen from the existing pool of victors.  Katniss and Peeta are going back into the arena. 

"What in the World is Going On?!"

That is what you're going to be asking yourself three-fourths of the way through the 2006 Operation First Novel Contest winner, Vanish, by Tom Pawlik. It is a suspenseful, inspirational, and interesting book that will have you guessing until everything is revealed.

Summary: Three people find themselves alone on earth after a mysterious storm reaches them. The first, a lawyer named Connor Hayden, is successful at work, but falling apart in terms of his family. Then there's Helen Krause, A middle-aged model who must come to grips with the end of her career. And there's Mitch Kent, A mechanic who is trying to put his life together after his father ruined it. Though they are all stranded when they waken after the storm, they eventually meet up and decide to work together in order to figure out what in the world is going on. You can figure the rest out by yourself.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

by James Owen

Rating: TV-PG

Studio: Marvel Studios

Starring: Clark Gregg and Agent Phil Coulsen, Ming Na-Weng as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennett as Skye, Iain De Caesdecker as Agent Leo Fitz, and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons

Guest Stars: Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, Maximiliano Hernandez as Agent Jasper Sitwell, Saffron Burrows as Agent Victoria Hand, Bill Paxton as Agent John Garrett, Jamie Alexander as Lady Sif, with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Episode List:
"Pilot"
"0-8-4"
"The Asset"
"Eye Spy"
"The Girl in the Flower Dress"
"FZZT"
"The Hub"
"The Well"
"Repairs"
"The Bridge"
"The Magical Place"
"Seeds"
"T.R.A.C.K.S."
"T.A.H.I.T.I."
"Yes Men"

Network: ABC

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

    What is Mr. Peabody and Sherman? I will be honest with you all. Before this movie came out I had never even heard of Mr. Peabody. Which now, I think it is quite sad that I hadn't. The show, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, came out in the late 1950's and early 1960's television in the show Peabody's Improbable History, segments created by Ted Key, and was voiced by Bill Scott, while Sherman was voiced by Walter Tetley. It is about a beagle who is one of the most intelligent creatures on the planet. He had adopted a boy named Sherman because he realized he needed a family. The twist that made the episodes popular were that Mr. Peabody had created a time machine. In each episode, they would go on adventures to different times. These creative short episodes were funny, entertaining, and very educational. When I saw the commercial for the new adaptation of the original series that came out in March, I did get a little excited. It seemed child-like and cute. I was going to watch it even if it was childish. (I am just that kind of girl) But I was very wrong about this movie.

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons

By, Bill Watterson

Review written by Donna Whistler

Everyone has their favorite childhood memories. 

The Help: Change Begins With a Whisper

By Evangeline St.Claire

TeenView Commercial

by James Owen

I'm really excited, guys! TeenView has finally put together its first video spot. With the acting skills drawn from our staff members, we have put something together that I think you will enjoy.

What do you think? Leave us a comment below!

SEAL Team Six Blew Me Away

by James Owen

Well, I guess Howard Wasdin didn't expect to survive as the lone operative on the bow of a ship carrying men working for Saddam Hussein. Nor did he probably expect to survive as he laid naked on a runway with two bullets in both of his legs, one leg nearly blown off. But that is all in a day's work for a United States Navy SEAL (SEa Air and Land) sniper.

When the United States Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six: a top secret tier of the SEAL Teams that specializes in counter-terrorism. This is the story of Howard Wasdin: a SEAL Team Six sniper who lived through the Navy's grueling selection process for the SEALs, managed to get through training to get into SEAL Team Six, and lived through one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Join him as he takes you on a first person journey through the through the death stricken streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, the barren deserts of Iraq, and in the bay of a helicopter as its blades are sheared off. He recounts the exciting, the terrifying, and the embarrassing parts of his life. But for a SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday.

Sherlock: BBC's Masterpiece

     Sherlock is a modern take on that age old sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock is a BBC show primarily written by Steven Moffat, (who also writes much of the popular BBC show, Doctor Who, of which I am quite fond) and Mark Gatiss. Gatiss co-stars in Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes, and he also has written some episodes of Doctor Who. 

     The show stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as John Watson, along with Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes, Una Stubbs as Mrs. Hudson, Rupert Graves as DI Lestrade, Louise Brealey as Molly Hooper, and Andrew Scott as James Moriarty.

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christy is one of the world's best selling authors, having sold over two billion books, with And Then There Were None being her bestselling work, selling over 100 million copies. And for good reason. And Then There Were None is a gripping thriller of the highest caliber with many truly haunting moments, enough twists and turns to keep you guessing, and an ending that may well leave many in complete confusion. The twist for this book (and the one that, in my opinion, makes this book so great) is the fact that one of the ten characters, to which you'll grow quite attached, is a murderer.