Two University of Alaska Fairbanks professors questioned the journalistic ethics of interior Alaska's largest newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, in a letter to colleagues dated October 3. The letter, written by John Creed and Susan Andrews, professors of journalism and general studies at UAF's Chukchi campus in Kotzebue, says that the News-Miner gave preferential treatment to state
* The familiar story is entertaining enough but strictly in a wait-for-cable way. Many products today carry labels that read something along the lines of "100% recycled materials; post-consumer content varies."
There's a better 100-minute movie buried beneath the two hours and 20 minutes of "The Guardian." A workmanlike story, an unusual setting, a game cast and a righteous message kind of get lost in the film's excesses. And an imbalance in the leads hampers this by-the-book service academy drama.
A workmanlike story, an unusual setting, a game cast and a righteous message kind of get lost in ''The Guardian.'' An imbalance in the leads also hampers this by-the-book service academy drama.
There's a better 100-minute movie buried beneath the two-plus hours of The Guardian. A workmanlike story, an unusual setting, a game cast and a righteous message kind of get lost in the film's excesses. And an imbalance in the leads hampers this by-the-book service-academy drama.
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS PG-13, 101 minutes Nebbishy New Yorkers have Woody Allen, the rapturously forlorn have Wong Kar-wai, but for the voice of the frat-boy experience, look no further than Todd Phillips. His résumé is impeccable: not only the arrested development triumph of "Old School," but even an actual undercover documentary about hazing (simply titled, to make even Frederick Wiseman proud,
First rule about Coast Guard rescue flicks set in Alaska: They should not last longer than the average time it takes to get to Alaska from, say, anywhere in the Lower 48.
