International IB Newsletter
Book/Movie Reviews
Everything is Awesome!
Ashley French April 2014
Today, we often find many films that spend excessive amounts of money on dazzlingcomputer graphics. So much money spent on the breathtaking animation and some filmsoften forget to leave a decent budget for screenwriting, with halfbaked plots and flimsy,awkward scripts. The Lego Movie defied this common Hollywood stereotype with bothmagnificent animation and an amazing starstudded cast were additions, not substitutes, tothe storyline and dialogue...
Tuesdays with Morrie Book review
Marcela Lombardo April 2014
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, tells the story Mitch, a student whom after about 20 long years finds himself reunited with his old mentor and dying college professor, Morrie Shwartz. This memoir is a well woven recollection that goes over Morrie and Mitch’s final days together as Morrie uses his knowledge and wisdom to teach his best student one last thing - the meaning of life. The memoir follows Morrie as he teaches Mitch about the meaning of love, the truth about regret, death, forgiveness, and everything in between. Heart touching and insightful, this novel will give the reader a new perspective on how to view the world, and all that should be valued. 10/10 would recommend.
The Alchemist Book review
Kelley Phan April 2014
With more than twenty million copies sold, The Alchemist, written by the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, is so popular it is translated into fifty-six languages. The novel follows the journey of Santiago on his quest to find a treasure in Egypt...