The cB Newspaper 2nd issue, July, 2005 Options

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Table of Contents

01 Editor's Notes
02 Unveiling: xquizit - cB News Staff
03 The createBlog Health Forum - cB News Staff
04 createBlog Superlatives Results, Issue #2 - cB News Staff
05 It's Getting Controversial - Radhika [not_your_average], Kiera [mzkandi]
06 Flamboyant Rockstars and World Leaders End Poverty - Carolina [ichigofan]
07 File Sharing: Taking a Placemat from a Garage Band - Justin [CrackedRearView]
08 An iPod Society - Justin [Sadolakced Acid]
09 Losing Close Friends: Inevitable or Impossible? - Carolina [ichigofan]
10 The Offspring's Greatest Hits Album Review - Brie [Despise]
11 Today's Films - Sammi [Headphones]
12 Featured Poems - cB News Staff
13 The Ramblings of a Server - Justin [Sadolakced Acid]
14 Advice Abby - "Abby"

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This post has been edited by xquizit: Jul 18 2005, 12:56 PM

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Today's Films
by Movie Maven Sammi [Headphones]
July 2005

Today's Films

IN THEATERS

Crash - starring Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Sandra Bullock, and others.



This movie was amazing; it gives everyone real insight to the amount of racism that goes unnoticed in our world today. Whether people mean to or not, everyone has been or can be racist at any time. They don't realize it, but everyone makes stereotypes about different groups of people, even insulting ones.

It begins with Jennifer Esposito's character in a car crash with an Asian woman on her way to a crime scene. Don Cheadle plays her police partner, and they are looking at a boy who was killed and is now lying in a field. Several events happen, which I will not disclose as it would ruin the movie, and it ends with two different characters in another car crash. All the different characters have different connections and all end up connecting with each person at the end.

I would recommend this movie to everyone. It's long, but it's got a lot of meaning. There are several different stories that all intertwine, all ending up in the same place. Crash is a very amazing movie to anyone who would appreciate it.

Movie Maven's Rating: A

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - starring America Ferrara, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and others.



For those of you that read the book(s) before seeing the movie, you will be disappointed. A lot of the storyline was changed from the original book. However, if you simply want to see the movie, it’s pretty good; a real tearjerker in many parts. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants isn’t the best choice for guys who think they're too macho to see a chick-flick, but definitely a good movie for a girls' night out.

It begins at the beginning of a summer when four friends doing some everyday shopping and come across a pair of pants that fits every one of them - petite and skinny Lena, tall and athletic Bridget, curvy and vivacious Carmen, and average and original Tibby. During the summer, they go their separate ways and send the pants back and forth to stay connected.

I wouldn't recommend this movie to everyone, but it's definitely a good movie for a sleepover or something of those sorts.

Movie Maven's Rating: B

OUT OF THEATERS

Requiem for a Dream - starring Jared Leto and others.



This movie will make anyone thinking about starting to do heroin think otherwise. An insightful movie centered on Jared Leto's character, it makes you think about the reasoning behind addiction. It's creepy, in a sense, to think about what goes on in someone's mind when under the influence of powerful drugs.

Jared Leto's character and his friends are addicted to heroin. He and his friend get into dealing and run out of money. His mother repeatedly watches one infomercial, and dreams of being one of the people to be chosen to appear on TV. She gets a scam call saying that she's been chosen and she believes it. She wants to fit into her old red dress, and resorts to taking diet pills (which are really speed). However, I won't go any farther. You'll just have to see how it plays out.
This is a great movie, but definitely not for those of a younger age.

Movie Maven's Rating: A-