Step Closer, A - Yolanda Brown

Advantages: entertaining, easy reading, attractive, reasonable price, variety
Disadvantages: quite a few advert pages, could have more

...I tend not to buy magazines much these days due to having no money nor time to read them. However, having been signed off sick this week with laryngitis I had become bored with television and was pleased when my mum turned up with the essentials (lucozade, painkillers, chocolates, flowers) and a couple of magazines. One of them was closer as she knew that when I do buy magazines it is one of the ones that I prefer. The front of the magazine features photos and headlines of the key stories, almost all of which are celebrity based. Inside the magazine the stories and features are mostly celebrity based by about 20% are about real people which I feel is a reasonable balance. The celebrity stories are mostly the main stories of the month and in this particular issue focus on Cheryl Cole, Billie Piper, Charlotte Church, Britney Spears... Read review

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Advantages: Celebs , Interesting , Good Features, Good value for £££
Disadvantages: Very focused on celeb Bodies

...in white , read 'Closer'. For £1.20 I thought it was good value for money , as it was quite a thick magazine. I took it straight to the counter and paid for it. The issue of Closer I will be reviewing is the latest one ; Issue 305 (September 6 - 12 2008). The cover is very colourful and attractive. In the top right hand corner is Ulrika Johnson with the words "I look rubbish & I'm a size 16 but I'm happier than ever" , as well as a picture of her and her baby. Including a little 'tag' by their picture which says 'exclusive family pics'. I liked the look of this as , for once it was a celebrity saying 'I don't care what size I am' instead of the usual 'size zero' celebrities , which quite frankly , I'm sick of! To the left of the cover is a picture of Jade Goody with a yellow box with the following written in it ; "Jade ; Cancer Battle... Read review

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Advantages: The dialog, the acting, the simplicity.
Disadvantages: Not a "fun" film.

..."Everybody wants to be happy." "Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing." Nobody in Closer is happy. I wouldn't say they are depressed either, but I'm not a psychiatrist. They seem to occupy some kind of middle ground where they push on with their lives no matter how much crap is thrown at them. Most of it is thrown at them from each other though, and half the time, they bring it upon themselves. Nobody is happy in this film, but nobody deserves to be. By the end of Closer, I felt entirely drained. I hadn't just experienced an exhilarating thrill-ride, but rather two hours of warfare fought between four soldiers. Nobody wins or loses this kind of battle, but everyone... Read review

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