In the
November issue of Esquire Tom Chiarella wrote a review about the movie The Road.
The Road is based off the novel written by Cormac McCarthy. The story covers the journey of a father and son as they make the trek to safety in a desolated/post apocalyptic world.
In this review Chiarella provides the reader with many aspects of the film that he feels makes it rank as one the tops movies of the year.
One of the main issues I have with this review is the aspect of story plot reveals. In the review Chiarella gives too much away as the story for The Road.
There should be some restraint to Chiarella writing. Throughout the review I felt as if I was reading a review written by someone who is very opinionated about the movie.
Chiarella gives a closing that will satisfy most readers because it plays off fears of what man could turn out to be if there wasn't any type of control or restraint.
]]>Edge magazine is known among gamers alike as the "professional, sophisticated" magazine of gaming. Their reviews of games match that sophistication.
In their November issue Edge reviewed Assassin's Creed II, which was released November 17th on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Assassin's Creed II was among one of the biggest titles to be released on 2009.
In this game you take the role of an assassin seeking revenge during the 15th/16th century of Venice and Florence.
The beginning of this feature starts off with humor, which is always a welcomed addition. As a reader that addition of humor pulls you in, while also being insulting if you are the targeted crowd.
The flow of this review makes it easy for readers to follow. It provides a perfect outline of what is featured in the game.
Edge does a great job of not being opinionated in the review. It gives the positives and negatives of the game and allows the reader to make up their own opinions/choices.
]]>In the
August issue of Vanity Fair, Peter Biskind wrote a feature concerning Heath
Ledger. In this feature Biskind tackles the history of Heath Ledgers
short-lived life.
As most people know Ledger died of an accidental toxic mixture of prescription medicine. During his last days Ledger was filming his last movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Biskind opens the feature in a very creative way by giving the reader an image. This image paints Biskind on the road in London, on his way to see Ledger's last movie.
The first thing I noticed from this feature is the length. Feature stories, in my opinion shouldn't be 6 pages long. The headline "Last days of Heath Ledger," gave me the wrong idea of what the focus of this feature was going to be. Heath Ledger's life seems to be the main focus throughout the feature.
One other thing
that bothered me about the feature is how much Biskind focused to much on the
career of Terry Gilliam, the director of The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Peter Biskind wrapped the feature up very perfectly with providing positive quotes and memories from friends, family, and colleagues of Ledger. Overall this feature did its job, I just believe the focus could have been more precise.
]]>Star Tribune yesterday morning reported
on an off duty police officer driving off with two young boys.
Tony Adams arrested the two boys after his doorbell was rang by someone who had fled. He then pulled along side the boys and ordered them in his car. Adams then drove to his house placed the boys on the curb in handcuffs.
The parents of one of the boys called 911 when he didn't arrive at home on time. They feel, even though Adams is a police officer, the case shouldn't be taken lightly.
"Tuesday the couple talked about how criminal charges filed against Adams will, in their view, make sure the incident isn't "brushed under the rug."
Adams was place on paid administrative leave last week, and is under internal investigation for similar charges.
"Chris Madel, Adams' attorney, said he was doing what any cop would have done if alerted to trouble in his neighborhood".
The true issue in this case is the point of if Adams had the right to make a Citizens arrest.
]]>CNN reported yesterday
morning that Amanda Knox's parents are still holding on to the belief that
their daughter is no killer.
With a plane ticket in
hand for Amanda Knox return home, Curt Knox and Edda Mellas make their trip
to Italy for the closing arguments.
Knox and Mellas stand by their
daughter innocence. "She is totally nonviolent, almost a passive
person," Mellas told CNN.
Knox and Mellas defend Amanda
through providing past experiences in which Amanda showed no anger. "She
couldn't even continue a kickboxing class because she felt it was too violent."
Both
parents cannot believe the story that the prosecutors have come with, that
Amanda Knox murdered roommate Meredith Kercher out of a fit of revenge.
Though
Amanda Knox's parents believe she did not commit any sort crime but they still
fill luckier than Meredith Kercher parents.
CNN reported earlier this afternoon that Google
has issued an "apology" for the results of 'Michelle Obama' image search.
For
the past week if users searched 'Michelle Obama' under an image search the
first image to come up was that of an altered Michelle resembling an ape.
Google
seems to have pulled the image, "On
Wednesday morning, the racially offensive image appeared to have been removed
from any Google Image searches for "Michelle Obama."
Although
the image does not come up with a direct search of Michelle Obama the image
still appears when searched as 'Michelle Obama ape.'
Google
safely separated themselves from the backlash, "The beliefs and
preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general
public, do not determine or impact our search results."
Although
Google issued this apology they still defend the freedom of the Internet and
its contents.
"Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it."
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