Ralph Tur, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Zero Dark Thirty, documents the Osama Bin Laden manhunt after 9/11. Director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, Hurt Locker) compresses a decade of historic military work leading up to the Navy Seal raid on May 2 2011. “I think the film pulls no punches,” said actor Edgar Ramirez (Domino, Carlos)… Read the rest at our website.

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New Halo Is A Return To Battle Form

December 4, 2012 Ralph Tur

In 2001, Halo: Combat Evolved redefined first-person shooters as we became Master Chief and awoke from a cryogenic sleep to kick some alien butt and chew bubble gum. More than a decade and six entries later, Halo has resurged with its fourth sequel to Chief’s story. It’s been four… Read the rest at our website.

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Libyan Attack: Random Act Of Violence Or Terror?

October 9, 2012 Ralph Tur

On Sept. 11 the American embassy in Benghazi came under siege by Islamist radicals. Among those killed during the attack was U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens. Why did this happen? Some have claimed the violence to be random and in retaliation to some little known video called “Innocence of Islam”… Read the rest at our website.

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Bulletproof Chinese Food Offers Major Value

August 28, 2012 Ralph Tur

On Northwest 22nd Ave. and 95th St., you’ll find a gas station, a parking lot and Café Ruyi Chinese restaurant. For six bucks you can get ham fried rice dish with four honey wings—easily enough to split between two people. A lady takes your order through inch-thick bulletproof glass… Read the rest at our website.

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Gruesome Attack Leaves Man Faceless And Miami With Another Black Eye

June 13, 2012 Ralph Tur

It’ll be awhile until Miami forgets about the causeway cannibal. With Urban Beach Weekend 2012 in full swing, citizens and police were more than worried for whatever violence the estimated 250,000 people gathered on South Beach could bring. However, no one could guess what Rudy Eugene would do; a… Read the rest at our website.

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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

April 24, 2012 Ralph Tur

Today’s politics is a game of battleship between conservatives and liberals. Conservatives want smaller government, and liberals want a big strong compassionate government. Our conservative governor Rick Scott signed a law in early July which mandates all applicants for The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), better known as… Read the rest at our website.

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A Ticking Time-Bomb Of A Tortured Terrorist Thriller

April 24, 2012 Ralph Tur

2010’s Unthinkable is a suspense-filled film about modern-day terrorism. Samuel L. Jackson stars as H, a black-ops consultant hired by the FBI to interrogate former American soldier Steven Arthur Younger (Michael Sheen), an expatriate convert to radical Islam who now calls himself Yusuf Atta Mohammed. Younger has sent video… Read the rest at our website.

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An Insane Inmate With The Heart To Fight

April 11, 2012 Ralph Tur

Britain’s most violent inmate always wanted to be famous. Charles Bronson, born Michael Petersen, was arrested when he was 19 and sentenced to seven years in prison for a post-office robbery in 1974. This is the brief launching pad for the 2008 film Bronson, based on the real-life story… Read the rest at our website.

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A Trippy Tale Of Introspective Tragedies

March 27, 2012 Ralph Tur

Enter The Void, filmed in the mega-colorful Tokyo twilight, puts viewers in the mind of the protagonist Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) as his soul wanders the city and relives the tragedies of his life. Oscar is an American drug-dealer living in Tokyo. As the viewer, you see what he sees… Read the rest at our website.

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An Explosive Satirical Comedy

March 7, 2012 Ralph Tur

Filmed in 2009 but set in the groovy 1970s, Black Dynamite takes the blaxploitation genre to a new level. Make no mistake, Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) is the slickest, most feared and coolest cat on his block. He’s a kung-fu expert, Vietnam veteran and former CIA agent. An… Read the rest at our website.

Author: Ralph Tur

Zero Dark Thirty Pulls No Punches Documenting The Hunt For Bin Laden

New Halo Is A Return To Battle Form

Libyan Attack: Random Act Of Violence Or Terror?

Bulletproof Chinese Food Offers Major Value

Gruesome Attack Leaves Man Faceless And Miami With Another Black Eye

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

A Ticking Time-Bomb Of A Tortured Terrorist Thriller

An Insane Inmate With The Heart To Fight

A Trippy Tale Of Introspective Tragedies

An Explosive Satirical Comedy

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