For my next assignment in English class, I am required to write a critical review of an aesthetic object of some sort. These types of reviews are commonly found in magazines, journals and newspapers. They span from targeting specific audiences such as teenage girls reading Seventeen to reaching a broad range of readers like the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘review’
Writing a Critical Review
Posted in critique, eng 123, entertainment, ethics, Movies, tagged musical, performance, Rent, review on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More Reviews
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christine Romano, Jonah Jackson, review, video game on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In English class, we are learning how to write reviews, which is why we’ve been watching movies and alongside reading their reviews. This week we are reading a few more examples of reviews that critics write. I’m not one of a video game player myself, but I realized that I don’t need to be a [...]
Review of “Good Night, and Good Luck” Review
Posted in Movies, tagged Good Night and Good Luck, McCarthyism, movie, New York Times, red scare, review on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the beginning A.O. Scott’s review of the 2005 movie Good Night and Good Luck, called “News in Black, White and Shades of Gray” opens with an evaluative critic’s stance of the overall effect of the film. Scott notes the setting, brief background, and directing style in the opening lines of the review. Throughout the [...]