Essays on Movie Review

The 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…