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Knight Life

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Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

“Bottoms” is the best comedy of 2023

Rosie Hill, Feature Editor January 24, 2024

  At a typical Loy Norrix football game, the stands are half-full, students are only partially paying attention to the game, and there is some mild rivalry But in Emma Seligman’s new film “Bottoms,”...

Freshman Julius Boza was bored in the library so he decided to scroll through TikTok. Social media is a frequent distraction for students on their phones.

Students miss music and movies while working in class

Geremu Walker, Guest Writer January 11, 2024

A student asks the principal to unblock HBO Max while students stare at their phones as they play games. In general, the students do whatever they want, all hours of the school day.  Last year, teachers...

Conner’s Critiques: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” reveals a deeper backstory to the beloved sword-wielding cat

Conner’s Critiques: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” reveals a deeper backstory to the beloved sword-wielding cat

May 12, 2023

Everyone's favorite sword-wielding kitty returned to screens back in Dec. 2022, in a one-and-a-half-hour animated adventure/comedy film that focused primarily on the backstory of Puss in Boots, voiced...

Conners Critique’s: Cocaine Bear is a crack-up of a movie but with little to no substance

Conners Critique’s: Cocaine Bear is a crack-up of a movie but with little to no substance

May 9, 2023

In 1985, a 175 pound American black bear, later affectionately named “Pablo Eskobear” or “Cokey the Bear,” ingested 75 pounds worth of cocaine scattered throughout the Tennessee wilderness by Andrew...

Conners Critique’s: “Avatar: Way of the Water” isn’t really worth the wait

Conners Critique’s: “Avatar: Way of the Water” isn’t really worth the wait

Conner McBride, Staff Writer March 20, 2023

Three hours is a long time. In three hours you could drive to Chicago, assemble that armchair you bought from IKEA, cook a good portion of Thanksgiving dinner or watch the newest movie in the Avatar Series:...

Movie poster for The Menu

Conner’s Critiques: “The Menu,” is a satirical take on the food and restaurant industry, not a horror movie.

Conner McBride, Staff Writer January 31, 2023

It’s Saturday and you’ve managed to convince your parents or your friends that going and seeing the new food-themed horror movie, “The Menu,” will be a fun way to spend the evening.  You purchase...

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is a breath of fresh air, and even with its flaws is the best Marvel movie of 2022 so far

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is a breath of fresh air, and even with its flaws is the best Marvel movie of 2022 so far

Alexander Houslander, Arts and Entertainment Editor June 1, 2022

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is very different from anything Disney has tried in the 28 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and that’s exactly why reviews are very mixed...

While Netflix may be losing stock price, it is still the most popular and most regularly used streaming service among Norrix students and staff.

90’s market disruptors, Netflix and Hulu, edged out by the next generation of online streaming services

Elias Nagel-Bennett, Copy Editor May 31, 2022

From novels, to the radio, to TV and cable, and now online streaming, the consumption of entertainment has evolved almost every generation since the start of the 20th century. Nowadays, fans of a show...

“Don’t Look Up” at this movie

“Don’t Look Up” at this movie

Alex Houslander April 22, 2022

The biggest news coming out of the Oscars was Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, but the attention should’ve been towards the fact that “Don’t Look Up” very well could be the worst movie ever nominated...

Conners Critiques: “Love Hard” is a heartwarming movie for the winter season

Conner’s Critiques: “Love Hard” is a heartwarming movie for the winter season

Conner McBride, Staff Writer January 25, 2022

The worst thing that can happen to you when looking for love is the person you thought you were dating turning out to be the complete opposite of what you expected. Like an oatmeal raisin cookie innocently...

Conners Critiques: Just because Red Notice is a spy movie, doesn’t mean it’s good

Conner’s Critiques: Just because “Red Notice” is a spy movie, doesn’t mean it’s good

Conner McBride, Staff Writer December 17, 2021

“Red Notice” is proof that just because you have great actors, does not mean you’ll have a great movie. “Red Notice” is one of Netflix’s newer movies having only come out on November 5 of...

Photo illustration of author Conner McBride as Bella Swan with Jacob Black from Twilight (2011).

I will fight for you: the heartwarming charm of Jacob Black

Conner McBride, Staff Writer November 29, 2021

Edward Cullen is a sparkling, brooding creep, and Jacob is the one that is better to date between the two First of all, Edward Cullen, from Stephanie Meyers series “Twilight,” along with any of...

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