The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann truly captured the essence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book published in 1925. I personally believe this movie adaptation of the book visually illustrated the key symbols presented in the novel; for example Gatsby’s mansion, his car and the…
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In Mona Lisa Smile, professor Katherine Watson (played by Julia Roberts) feels about art and life, exactly how I feel about this film. “You don’t have to like it. But you must consider it.” Take any other approach and movie-goers risk missing a sharp, intriguing…
Cady Heron was a girl who was homeschooled in africa by her parents. Cady Heron’s Family decides to move to the United States to the state of Illinois where she was enrolled to a public school which was her first experience going to a public…
For the past year, I’ve heard many popular YouTubers referencing the documentary What The Health. As someone who has considered becoming a vegan, this documentary was definitely on my radar when many high fame vegans in society recommended it. However, upon watching the documentary and…
The Movie Black panther does an incredible job of discussing complex issues like black identity, history, colonialism, technology, globalism vs isolationism, and the future. It carries on all these conversations through stories. Draws attention to symbolism, and clash between characters who all make compelling cases…
To the world, any war is considered to be successful when cities are conquered and the perceived enemy has been subdued, probably from the count of the casualties. The Battle of Okinawa could have passed as the most successful mostly because it put an end…
Dunkirk, a movie released in 2017, is a film portraying the historical Battle of Dunkirk. This battle occurred in the year 1940 on a French beach. This beach was surrounded by Nazi Germans. This is evident as the movie shows flyers falling down from the…
Twilight Saga Eclipse Party Ideas are going to be a popular party theme for Twilight Saga fans. It’s time to host movie release parties for Eclipse, the third movie adapted from the Twilight Saga. Written by Stephenie Meyer this four book series tells us a…
Zombie apocalypse movies are movies in which characters survive in a destroyed society full of infected or cursed creatures who used to be humans. From this type of movie, the audience can easily feel many different feelings such as sadness, fear, thrill, comfort, and more….
After several decades since the production of Citizen Kane, it is considered as one of the most influential movies developed in the United States. Notably, the theory of film attests to the centrality of Kane’s stylistic invention instead of the originality of the narration. Particularly,…
Fences is a 2016 drama film starring and directed by Denzel Washington, based on the 1987 play written by August Wilson. The film follows a 53-year-old black man, Troy Maxson, in 1950s Pittsburgh who struggles to support his family as a waste collector. Instead of…
Rashomon is a famous Japanese film from the 1950’s about a man who dies after his wife was raped by a bandit (Module-7, Rashomon Lecture, 5:41). Point of view in the film is where the scenes are made so that the audience can view a…
In the movie Mona Lisa Smile, the main theme of the movie relates to Simone de Beauvoir thoughts about how women are stuck in immanence by men and society. A non-traditional woman name Katherine Watson, the university’s art history teacher tries to show the young…
Paz Vega is a brilliant Spanish actress, best known for her outstanding performance in the 2004 American romantic comedy film, Spanglish. She is undoubtedly one of the few Spanish actresses currently making waves in the Hollywood industry. In addition to her acting prowess, Paz is…
As the son of celebrity movie director Stephen Gyllenhaal and his wife Naomi Foner – a famed writer cum producer, it would not come as a surprise that Jake Gyllenhaal has been active in entertainment since childhood. Jake was featured as a child actor on…
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1. The Battle of Dunkirk: Movie Review
2. Twilight Saga Eclipse Party Ideas
4. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles
5. Fences: Drama Film Directed by Denzel Washington
6. Rashomon As Famous Japanese Film
8. Spanglish: Paz Vega as an Excellent Spanish Actress
9. Movie Director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Donnie Darko
10. Carpe Diem in the Movie ‘Dead Poets Society’,
11. Mulan Is a Disney Movie Based on Ancient China
12. Shrek: It’s Wrong to Judge a Person
13. Modern Retelling of the Original Rapunzel Story
14. Film Evaluation and Review of Fences
15. The Movie Mulan: Symbolic Interactionism
Show moreThe film adaptation of Dorothy Allison’s book Bastard out of Carolina starts with a narrator who is played by Jena Malone, who is famous for her role as Johanna Mason from The Hunger Games, who tells us of how she was born after Anney who…
Paranormal Activity 3 movie depicts the presence of a supernatural being living in the house of the main character. The supernatural being is portrayed as demon which manifests itself as a ghost by creating disturbances in the house. Furthermore, the demon undertakes vicious actions against…
To the world, any war is considered to be successful when cities are conquered and the perceived enemy has been subdued, probably from the count of the casualties. The Battle of Okinawa could have passed as the most successful mostly because it put an end…
Cady Heron was a girl who was homeschooled in africa by her parents. Cady Heron’s Family decides to move to the United States to the state of Illinois where she was enrolled to a public school which was her first experience going to a public…
Interpersonal communication is a dynamic form of communication between two (or more) people in which the messages exchanged significantly influence their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships (McCornack 11). A few concepts of interpersonal communication include the self- concept, self- perception, control, emotion experience, non- verbal…
The critique I am going to highlight and evaluate is the play of mean girls which is based off the very popular movie. I went to this play on October 15th, 2019 in the Civic Center on the field trip with a bunch of my…
Social conflict theory and functionalism perspective are both important concepts in a sociological viewpoint and can be found in many areas of a society one being media, specifically many teen movies. A particular movie that has many issues such as social conflict is Mean Girls….
When comparing the book Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy and the movie Amistad, we can experience the advantages and disadvantages of each first hand. Both these mediums have strengths and weaknesses…
Shutter Island is a movie portrayal of mental health. It is psychologically thrilling and an intense movie which leaves me guessing. There are hints, but what’s, in the end, is a surprising one. Shutter Island is an island comprised of patients with mental illness that…
Yesterday a new mystery, thriller movie came out called Shutter Island. This movie is about the implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his new partner played by Mark Ruffalo to Ashecliffe Hospital. I’m here with…
Shutter Island is a mind-twisting rollercoaster that was written by Dennis Lehane and then put on the silver screen. This movie interpretation does me no justice for putting it into words. Teddy Daniel (DiCaprio) is on a case with his new partner Chuck Aule (Ruffalo)…
In most films today, a full-size setting is not always built. Instead, miniature buildings are used to both cut costs or create fantasy scenes. This is exactly what Shutter Island also makes use of. New Deal, a design studio, created more than 120 shots containing…
While watching and taking notes on the main character of “Teddy Daniels” I have diagnosed him with standard schizophrenia. I have diagnosed him with schizophrenia because his symptoms have been happening for around two years as well as it seems that he will never succeed…
Water is essential forever, similar to Teddy’s longing for reality. Water in the film is utilized contrary to fire, it is utilized to speak to Teddy’s rational soundness, reality, reality. Water for this situation regularly hinders Teddy from finding reality. The reality of what is…
The world that we live in can be cruel, frightening, and a miserable place. Les Miserables can also be rephrased as ‘The Poor’, ‘ The outcasts’ or ‘The oppressed’. And true to its title, the movie or Victor Hugo made sure that we know that…
Based on the film “Les Miserables” many themes are displayed. One of them is social injustice. The social significance of Les Miserables is that there is a genuine trade about being poor and having no social or political power. Valjean, Fantine, and other characters show…
Les Misérables is a 2012 musical film, directed by Tom Hooper. It is an adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo French novel of a similar name. It stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Eddie Redmayne as Marius,…
Les Miserables tells the story of Jean Valjean an ex-convict. He was sent to jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sick young niece. After nine years in prison, he is let on parole and sets out to find a job. Due to…
“The Wizard of Oz” is a fantasy film that “brought light to all people during the Great Depression” (Chadwick, 2014, p.43). This is one of the most popular classical movies that is still watched by viewers of all ages. The theme of The Wizard of…
The Sicko Movie displayed many healthcare struggles that are being experienced in the United States. The film also takes us through how insurance companies weed out prospective individuals from coverage based on their illnesses. If an illness is not initially found during the enrollment process,…
Sicko. directed by, Michael Moore: edited by Dan Sweitlik, Christopher Seward and Geoffrey Richman; Produced by Mr. Moore and Meghan O’Hara; released by Lionsgate and the Weinstein Company. At the Lincoln Square, 1998 Broadway, Running time 123 minutes. Sicko references the World Health Organization which…
After watching the SiCKO film, I felt many different emotions. Regarding our country and the way things are in the healthcare system. I am utterly appalled. I came into so much new information about our county that I had no idea about before. It shocked…
In this documentary, Michael Moore used comical tactics to attract his audience. He argues that capitalism destroys instead of helping to improve the economy of the nation. There was a line in the film that “There are people who got it all and there are people who got nothing- there is no in-between”. It means that the capitalistic…
Michael Moore from the very beginning puts one problem above the rest – it’s a mortgage. It is in this area that the financial structure has created a gap, which in turn served as the beginning of global changes in the US economy. However, Moore…
The implementation of capitalism throughout history has created a heritage of greed among the financially elite, manifested a tradition of inequality among social classes, and caused financial instability among the middle class. Capitalism allows for the formation of monopolies and the exploitation of the middle…
Before John Glenn orbited around the Earth, or Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, a group of hard-working women known as ‘human computers’ wrote the base equations for launching rockets and the well-known astronauts into space. They were some of the most potential minds…
Hidden figures are likely the best movie that talked about the nature of the dim woman of concealing who went past the dreams about women to exhibit that they can achieve past what men can do. In 1960 there was a fight between the Americans…
In the early 1960’s NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was taking over the world with its travel to space (Lewin, 2017). People like Neil Armstrong and Gus Grissom were the Kardashians of that era. Many strong and intelligent men put in their best efforts…
The biopic film tells the story of three pioneering African American female mathematicians, Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy, who play a critical role in helping NASA to launch space flights. The three work to make trajectory calculations in a historical era where racism was entrenched in…
The potential audience of the film is targeted more towards women, and women of color, and young girls. In the opening scene, Katherine Johnson, and her co-workers Dorothy and Mary are pulled over by a police officer; the police officer was shocked to find out…
13 Reasons Why is based on the bestseller book by Jay Asher. 13 Reasons Why pursues young person Clay Jensen as he returns home from school to locate a secretive box with his name on it lying on his patio. Inside he finds a recording…
Main Characters The protagonists of this dramatic novel are Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker. The antagonists of the novel are 10 other high school students who are involved in bullying, spreading rumors, or committing crimes. Some of these characters would include Bryce Walker, Mr. Porter,…
Speaking of programs with controversial content, “13 reasons why” an American teen-based drama web television series definitely cannot be excluded. This drama was produced by Brian Yorkey, it can be found and watch on Netflix. 13 reasons why are based on a novel by Jay…