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 Crystal MacKenzie was born and raised in beautiful Orange County. Her parents and brother worked hard to foster her creative nature by attending school plays, and proofreading countless opinion pieces of works of literature and films. Being a creative liberal, she went to UC Berkeley to pursue a formal education in Film Studies while interning at Warner Bros., ESPN, and other entertainment outlets. In 2008, she graduated from Cal and went to work for Monster Cable marking lifestyle consumer electronics, and loved it. After two and half exciting years with Monster Cable, she moved over to Playstation to continue her career in marketing. Despite the rapid advancement of her corporate career, she remains an avid film enthusiast, reading a number of books and articles on the subject and seeing as many movies as possible. If you have a book, movie, or album you'd like reviewed on Miss A, please email Crystal at crystal.mackenzie@askmissa.com. |
 
In my opinion Linkin Park is one of the best rock bands of all time. Their tenure in rock culture is one filled with soulful lyrics, addicting beats, and genre bending albums. With several #1 albums and singles they continue to impress with not only their longevity but overall attitude. There have been no [...] 
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This year has been a great one for TV. From the musical world of Glee to the post apocalyptic one of The Walking Dead my DVR has been chock-full of fanatic programming. But as the saying goes “Out with the old, in with the new” there are a few shows that have jumped the [...] 
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America loves Law and Order (and not just the TV show). Our nation has a unique obsession with the pageantry of our criminal justice system. We offer up every imaginable and unimaginable aspect of the system for our entertainment in books, television shows, documentaries, and films. In fact, because Hollywood is a global epicenter [...] |
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July 27th, 2011 
Review of The Hunger Games Trilogy
There has been a lot of buzz around The Hunger Games trilogy lately, as details for the feature film based on the first book The Hunger Games begin to surface. Academy Award Nominee Jennifer Lawrence has been cast to play the book’s heroine Katniss Everdeen and up-and-comers Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have been [...]