Armed and Dangerous For the purpose of this class‚ you asked us to read the book Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman by Gina Gallo. I’ll be honest and admit that at first the book didn’t sound all too appealing‚ but it turned out to be an interesting and enjoyable read. Many of the chapters were highly interesting‚ taking an inside look at the duties of a Chicago police officer. Chapters dealt with illegal drugs‚ shady characters‚ brutal crimes‚ and other situations
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Receiving a 5/5 stars from http://commonsensemedia.org can be viewed as a major accomplishment‚ therefore it is no surprise Louis Sachar’s Novel "Holes" was made into a movie. However Andrew Davis made some interesting variations on how he told the story. In my opinion the biggest differences where Stanley’s appearance‚ Sam’s death‚ and Mr. Sir’s role. At first these may appear to be accidents but they are there for very specific reasons‚ they are there because the director targets your eyes‚ and
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If you’re looking for a movie to put your kids to sleep quick the movie Hoot would be a pretty good choice. When Roy Eberhart (Logan Lerman) moves to a new place in Florida he has to help his new friends that he met. They are trying to save owls from their homes being built over by a new pancake house. Mullet Fingers then starts doing things to slow the construction of the pancake house but went way overboard. But a police officer Delinko was put on the case to stop the people messing up the construction
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assisted by director Roland Joffé. Some of the actors consisted of Robert De Niro as Rodrigo Mendoza‚ the main protagonist‚ and Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel. The movie‚ as a whole‚ I enjoyed very much. The character development in the beginning caught my attention and didn’t leave me constantly drifting off as other films might have. In the movie‚ Jesuit missionaries are trying to protect a native tribe they had converted to Christianity from Portugal who wanted to enslave the natives for their own use
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The movie evoked an awareness of the grief. An emotion I felt as if I had overcame came rushing back and caused an uncontrollable flow of tears. Those tears informed me‚ that I was not over the death of my mentor and I need to deal with those emotions. Vivian Bearing had stage four cancer like my mentor and the emotions I felt when she died were the emotions‚ I experienced while watching the movie. The movie was challenging as a result of what I experienced over a year ago‚ the movie enabled
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PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is derived from the Greek words Psyche and logos‚ meaning soul and study. To Greeks‚ Psychology is simply a study of the soul. Psychology as the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Scientific because it uses the steps in a scientific method in its quest to understand why a person behaves in a certain manner. It is systematic and empirical and it is dependent upon measurements. Psychologists - study human issues that begin before birth and continue
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The movie Glory is about a union soldier who is injured in the battle of Antietam. He goes back home and decides to command the first colored regiment. The story focuses on several main characters‚ Colonel Robert Shaw‚ Private Trip‚ Sargent Major John Rawlins‚ Major Cabot Forbes‚ and Privates Thomas Searles and Jupiter Sharts. At first the men resent the Colonel because they think his parents got him the job but over time he earns their respect. The regiment has to struggle under the discrimination
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I used National News Core to search movie reviews from newspapers and magazines and read a review of the movie “Deadpool” from the New York Times. The tone is lighthearted and positive. The author describes the movie as “a feverishly eager-to-please comic-book movie about a supervillain who suits up like a superhero” (Dargis). He seemed to appreciate the “winking and rib poking” that is a trademark of the Deadpool story line. While acknowledging the movie’s shortcomings‚ the author casts them
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The Words Movie Review The Words--a movie about a story within a story within another story--stars Bradley Cooper‚ Zoe Saldana‚ Jeremy Irons‚ and Dennis Quaid. Although it seems perplex‚ The Words is a thought provoking and heartbreaking drama movie that is destined to leave you wanting more. Evolving around Rory‚ an aspiring writer living in New York City‚ The Words reveals how one remarkable story written during World War 2 is taken and plagiarized. Despite this unlawful act‚ the novel becomes
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A Beautiful Mind: Paranoid Schizophrenia “A Beautiful Mind” is a movie that was based off a true story of the Nobel Prize winner John Nash‚ who suffered with schizophrenia upon entering Princeton University. Schizophrenia is not a personality disorder‚ but the splitting of the mind‚ which can cause people to hear voices‚ but will not change into multiple personalities. Nash’s symptoms went unnoticed during his college career‚ which promoted the disease to worsen over time because of the lack of
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