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Comic-Con comes to Monroe

Monroe will welcome its very own comic book and card convention on Saturday, Oct. 4. The Monroe Comic-Con and Card Show was founded last year by Gary Pillette. His son, Drake Pillette, is an MCCC student. “This year’s show is going to be pretty fun,” Drake said. “I believe it […]

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Fall’s best sellers,collections, and legends

A few weeks ago, Gamescom and Microsoft came prepared with tons of announcements, demos and an excellent lineup for this fall. Releasing on the Xbox One are Assassins Creed Unity, Grand Theft Auto V, FIFA 15, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare and many more. However all of […]

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Fall’s best sellers, collections, and legends

After two years, Nintendo still struggles to sell the Wii U. The video game giant wants to change that in its new lineup. Nintendo has very little coming out this fall, but the combination of Super Smash Brothers and Hyrule Warriors might just give Nintendo the boost they need to […]

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Fall’s Bestsellers, Collections, and Legends

Not even a year into the PlayStation 4’s life, Sony has already sold 10 million consoles, which makes it the fasting selling console in history at this point. “It’s clear that the socially connected experience that lies at the heart of the ps4 has resonated with gamers everywhere,” said Jim […]

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Local talent showcased

Outside playing a show at Ottaway Tavern in Toledo, Ohio. MCCC student Evin Daniels and his band Outside will be playing a tape release show on Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. This show is a promotion for a tape they are releasing called H.O.M.E.S. Each song on the tape […]

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What to watch on Netflix

Whether laying in bed on a lazy Sunday or having an at-home movie date, streaming subscription service Netflix can be daunting to sift through. Too often, viewers spend more time looking for something to watch, flicking through thousands of titles, than they spend actually watching the program they pick. So […]

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Meyer Theater sets the stage

From hard rockers to country fans, everyone can find a concert at the Meyer Theater this fall and winter. Fall Concert Series  Starting off the fall concert list is Jim Brickman,  who is celebrating 20 years of music making by performing The Platinum Tour. He will be at MCCC at […]

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Small town, big screen

Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad directs a scene in downtown Monroe from the movie, "Jinn." Detroit based production company Exxodus Pictures is bringing big time action and suspense right into our backyard with the new movie, “Jinn.” This action thriller directed by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad was shot in locations around Michigan […]

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Prometheus suffers from being shackled to Alien.

Imagine this for a sci-fi movie premise: Human archeologists discover a single image among several ancient human civilizations separated by centuries and location all pointing toward some kind of alien involvement in the evolutionary course of humanity. They determine that the symbol is actually a star constellation and possibly the […]

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Hunger entrances audience, series lovers

With the early hours of the night approaching, the air seemed tenser as I walked into the theater to watch, “The Hunger Games.”     Let me tell you, I haven’t read any of the books, but I heard mixed reviews about both. Most said that the books were phenomenal, but the movie left […]