20 Years in Jail for a Crime He Didn't Commit | Convictions Questioned

Macau Daily Times | Edition 2525 | 25 Mar 2016 20 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit Convictions questioned Richard wiped at his face and smiled as a judge threw out his conviction in a 1996 New York City shooting that happened while he says he was in Florida. On Wednesday, after 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Richard Rosario walked out of jail a free man. Thirteen alibi witnesses confirmed he was in Florida. It’s the culmination of one- too-many legal sagas Movies: batman v superman: dawn of justice Books: Mrs. Houdini by victoria kelly in which NYC court Music: Patch the sky by bob mould convictions are being Wine: The Quintessence of Japan IV questioned. X3 Food: Sensational characteristics X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer debris of Metropolis while Su- ORLDS COLLIDE IN perman (Henry Cavill) careens W carelessly above. AP PHOTO Snyder has channeled the ba- ‘BATMAN V SUPERMAN’ cklash over the high death-toll finale into Wayne, who bitterly watches Superman from the ac Snyder’s thundering and of a movie lumbering through a dust-filled air on the ground - a grim “Batman v Superman: fallen world. It hurtles not with cheap evocation of Sept. 11 de- ZDawn of Justice” offers the kind the kinetic momentum of “Mad signed to add solemnity where of blunt, mano-a-mano faceoff Max: Fury Road” nor the com- there isn’t any. usually reserved for Predators, paratively spry skip of a Mar- Months later, the two are still Godzillas and presidential can- vel movie, but with an operatic distrustfully circling each other. didates. grandeur it sometimes earns and Snyder, working from a script by And just as has often been said often doesn’t. Chris Terrio (“Argo”) and David of this election year, “Batman v This is “Paradise Lost” for su- Goyer (“Man of Steel”), delves Superman” takes a once almost perheroes. It twists and grinds into their opposite natures: one charming tradition and plunges two of the most classic comic a godlike power from another it into the gutter. Long gone are heroes, wringing new, less al- planet who favors primary co- the telephone booths, corn fields truistic emotions out of them lors, the other a well-equipped or any other such tokens of in- until their dashing smiles turn to human prone to a darker palette. nocence. And given the prevai- angry grimaces. At a party thrown by Lex Lu- ling climate, Snyder may have After a handsome, impressio- thor (the badly miscast Jesse Ei- judged the rock’em-sock’em nistic montage of Batman’s senberg), the billionaire-inven- moment wisely. Gentlemen, iconic childhood, the film picks tor who’s secretly weaponizing keep your fists up and your ca- up where Snyder’s Superman Kryptonite, their two alter-egos pes neatly tucked. reboot “Man of Steel” left off are surprisingly passive aggres- Ben Affleck (left) and Henry Cavill in a scene from, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" “Batman v Superman,” as hea- but from a different perspecti- sive. Kent, the reporter, queries vy and humorless as a Supreme ve. Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) Wayne about “the bat vigilante man and Batman that keeps the would rather spend its leng- Such debates are predicated on Court decision, is an 18-wheeler is driving through the falling problem,” while Wayne, citing film grounded and the rivalry thy running time in the throes their inherent silliness, some- the laudatory coverage of Su- plausible. Seeing the two warp of myth than somewhere like thing the self-serious “Batman perman in the Daily Planet, voi- toward villainy may be a trick, the offices of the Daily Planet, v Superman” ignores. Snyder’s ces his distaste for “freaks who like “Seinfeld’s” Jerry and Kra- where the eminently pert Amy task is considerable in that he’s AP PHOTO dress like clowns.” mer switching apartments, but Adams (Lois Lane) breezes in marrying the realistic crime Both are combating a new en- “Batman v Superman” is serious and out. world of Batman and the more vironment for superheroes best about contemplating the curious As for the much discussed cas- fantastical realm of Superman, articulated by none other than positions these all-powerful ting of Affleck, Keaton and Bale plus providing the requisite ca- astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse beings occupy in a world that have little to worry about. But meos (including Jason Momoa’s Tyson, who, on TV, describes has grown to resent their might. Affleck is a worthy heir to the Aquaman and Ezra Miller’s supermen as altering man’s as- It’s in some ways an ideal film part, albeit with a chin that’s Flash) to tease movies to come. sumed supremacy in the univer- for Snyder, an exceptionally a dead giveaway in the suit. If But what’s there to fight about se like Copernicus’ discoveries un-subtle filmmaker with the anything, there’s only so much anyway? The most important did. “We’re criminals, Alfred,” sensibility of a car crash. But as room for individual performan- battle was already decided: Bat- Batman, fresh from torturing the director of “300,” he knows ce here; when armored, Affle- man, long our favorite, already a foe, tells his butler (Jeremy his way around a ramming col- ck’s already beefed-up Batman has top billing. Irons, adding an icy flare to the lision. And unlike Marvel films, looks like a tank. character). “We’ve always been DC Comic adaptations have, There’s an elemental fun in po- “Batman v Superman: Dawn of criminals.” for better (Christopher Nolan’s siting the winners of superhero Justice,” a Warner Bros. release, Luthor’s plot gradually brings “Dark Knight” trilogy) and wor- square offs. Is the Flash faster is rated PG-13 by the Motion the heroes into the same orbit, se (“Man of Steel”), been works than Superman? Is Aquaman Picture Association of America along with Wonder Woman (Gal of distinct directors. or Wonder Woman the better for “intense sequences of violence Gadot). But it’s the genuine ri- Snyder’s command is less sure tipper? Is everybody just kind and action throughout, and some gor of Snyder’s engagement when it comes to, well, normal of weirded out by the Silver sensuality.” Running time: Gal Gadot (left) and Ben Affleck with the psychology of Super- life. “Batman v Superman” Surfer? 151 minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES 'MRS. HOUDINI' OFFERS BOB MOULD DEEPENS THE READERS A ROLLICKING RIDE SEARCH ON 'PATCH THE SKY' et in the first half of the 20th century, Vic- ob Mould says "Patch the Sky" is toria Kelly's debut novel, "Mrs. Houdini," the darkest and catchiest album Sis a marvel that gallops through time and spa- AP PHOTO AP PHOTO Bhe's made recently ("Silver Age" and ce. Based on the true story of illusionist Harry "Beauty & Ruin" are the others in this Houdini and his wife, Bess, it vibrates with cycle) and he's right on both counts. plot-driven energy, unforgettable characters "The words make you remember, the and unpredictable twists. music makes you forget," Mould says Kelly says she was inspired to write the novel about the adversity he's gone through, when, on Halloween, the anniversary of Har- including "more death, relationships ry Houdini's death, she learned about his wi- ending, life getting shorter." dow's attempts to contact his spirit. She then Without sounding forced, the happy/ undertook massive research into their lives, sad contrast between melodies and work and relationship. What she produces in lyrics puts a roll cage around the lis- "Mrs. Houdini" is an engaging portrait of an tener and makes it possible to survive unexpectedly modern partnership — business sentiments like "It's the end of thin- and personal. gs, the end of everything" on "The "Mrs. Houdini" offers a rollicking ride from End of Things" and "A complicated a Coney Island music hall and a traveling cir- grief, I need to find relief" on "Hands cus in the 1890s to Hollywood and Atlantic Are Tied," and avoid getting crushed City, New Jersey, in the 1920s. It's a ghost through the record's 42 minutes. Bob Mould, "Patch the Sky" (Merge Records) story, a love story and a great tale of suspense. Joined again by drummer Jon Wurster Learning that Kelly is a poet will come as no and bassist Jason Narducy, Mould ex- surprise as readers get swept up in her gor- "Mrs. Houdini" (Atria), by Victoria Kelly pertly layers the guitar distortion into a heaviness which would sound convincing even unplugged. geous word choices and lyrical prose. Still, it's an appreciated respite when Mould eases back on "Losing Sleep," whose intensity is more She describes looking out a hotel lobby win- ving like icicles into the frozen earth." Echo & the Bunnymen than Husker Du or Sugar. A couple more like that would have been welcome. dow at a snowy landscape: "Harry looked, Without a single misstep, "Mrs. Houdini" is As it is, Mould is a pioneer of self-exploration and "Patch the Sky" is a rewarding listen if you are too, searching the emptiness as if waiting for a pure delight from the first page to the last. able to withstand the intensity of the search. a parade of spirits to march into view, dissol- Kim Curtis, AP Pablo Gorondi, AP 25.03.2016 fri NEWS OF THE WORLD Jennifer Peltz, AP, New York Thirteen alibi witnesses, 20 years in prison - and now, freedom hen questioned about a murder, Richard Rosario Prosecutors W AP PHOTO named 13 people he said could back an alibi 1,000 miles long.

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