In my view, Elf is the perfect movie for family fun. It is a rare Christmas comedy with a heart, a mind and a rather outlandish sense of humor. It is a great charmer. It includes some rather unexpected casting. The movie is definitely worth watching. Continue Reading...
EuropaThe film Europa by Lars Trier uses the film noir style to create an aesthetic of moral ambiguity, guilt, and innocence: the theme of the film is found in the overwhelming interplay of these three componentsmoral ambiguity, guilt, and innocence. Continue Reading...
Director Baz Luhrmann's 1996 reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a solid reworking of Shakespeare's classic tale. In the film two young lovers (Romeo and Juliet) are separated by a bitter and long-lasting family feud. Despite their family' Continue Reading...
Popular Film Cultures Have Propelled Civil and Social Rights Culture is referred as shared interaction, patterns, cognitive constructs, behaviors as well as effective understanding learned through socialization and transferred from one generation to Continue Reading...
justification for this focus? The festival will, via thirty gender sensitivity- and female empowerment- focused movies, attempt at fostering social reform and altering gender stereotypes. It will be able to provide a platform for training women, ad Continue Reading...
He was twenty-five when he died." ("Wilfred Own," 2005) One figure, however, besides the more aristocratic poets, who is entirely fictional is a working class man named Billy Prior, a who had risen through the ranks to become an officer, but is now Continue Reading...
Lawrence of Arabia This movie uses the vast desert as the setting for the adventures of T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence succeeds in enlisting desert tribes to fight on the side of the British -- and against the Turks in W Continue Reading...
Breach For a criminal investigator, analyzing key evidence is an important part in being able to establish a pattern of behavior for the suspect. The film the Breach, is discussing the Robert Hanssen case and its long-term impacts on U.S. national s Continue Reading...
Raid provides valuable insight into the war that was occurring in the Pacific during World War II. Too often, the conflict in the Pacific is overlooked and emphasis is placed on the conflict in Europe. While it is an integral part of American histor Continue Reading...
film Spartacus, its historical background, the significance of the movie being made and shown in 1960's America, the real-life events occurring in the U.S. In the 1960's, the historical significance of the slave revolt of Spartacus, how gladiators a Continue Reading...
film Sarah and James by Nikowa Namate offers an opportunity to reflect on the deeper themes in light of several film theories including Freudian theory, Queer theory, and an understanding of realism, naturalism, and kitchen sink drama. This essay wi Continue Reading...
However, modern audiences know better, and they have to see through the stereotyping of white supremacy in this film. In an age when there is so much diversity in Hollywood, it seems the writers and directors could have done much more to work divers Continue Reading...
Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch The movie Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch was directed by Chi Leung "Jacob" Cheung which has been nominated for 4 awards at the Hong Kong Film Award. The story mostly follows the young Lai Shi on his quest to become a eunuc Continue Reading...
Women Want is an American romantic comedy brought to the big screen in 2000, staring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson. The story revolves around Nick Marshall (played by Mel Gibson), a Chicago advertising executive and ultimate alpha male personality and c Continue Reading...
Film Prioritization case study centers on the film division of a large entertainment conglomerate. This company has enjoyed a 7% increase in revenues over the previous year, however profit margin was down 3% due the poor performance of three of the Continue Reading...
Men described how they would make a throat cutting gesture toward the incoming Jews as they arrived in the death camps, but some said that they made that gestured a warning and others made it in order to taunt. Survivors talked about a deceiving cor Continue Reading...
Her escape could have been accomplished fairly easily if she had been willing to leave without her child, but she refused. Several times Helen of the Swiss Embassy strongly suggested she just forget about her daughter and they could get her out. Tho Continue Reading...
Developmental Counseling Three of the women looked back and said they married too young. Once you are married you're not yourself anymore. "Sue was 24 when she got married…when you get married young you must miss that crucial stage…" ("A Continue Reading...
When Carrie expressed to Charles that he was conquest number thirty two, it was one of Scheflen's indicators of sexual intent were of a qualified nature or negated by opposing behaviors. This type of courtship behaviors that she exhibited was in an Continue Reading...
Movie Trailer: Ethos, Pathos, & Logos The trailer for the movie Prisoners effectively uses ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to its potential audience. It uses ethos by demonstrating brief vignettes of family life to help establish the characte Continue Reading...
Film Analysis Worksheet Karmen Gei / Wednesday October 14, 2015 Karmen Gei Director, Year Joseph Gai Ramaka, 2001 Mode (for instance, adaptation) Adopted from novel; influenced by Carmen. Approximate time code (beg. -- end.) of selected scene Continue Reading...
Movie: The Karate Kid (2010) Targeted Age Group: PG rated, 10+ (The Karate Kid-Family Movie Review, 2015) 'The Karate Kid' is appropriately PG-rated; there is, however, some content that adults might wish to know of, especially because this drama h Continue Reading...
Film Passage Culture is a funny thing. When it comes to the national culture of any given country, the opinions and review of that culture can be in reverence and awe of the culture or it can be a complete and swift condemnation of the culture. Ital Continue Reading...
Another Website ("Historical Inaccuracies in Film") points out the same thing, that the final battle scene with Lt. Col. Moore leading the brave charge at the North Vietnamese headquarters did not take place in reality or in the book. There was no Continue Reading...
Titanic Film Review Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron, uses the HMS Titanic's maiden and only voyage across the Atlantic as the backdrop for a romantic drama that explores the timeless relationship between Jack Dawson, played by Leonardo DiC Continue Reading...
But even though the film's camera work is mainly conventional, it does feature some surreal-looking shots and sequences, e.g., Boo Radley's shadow hovering over Scout's older daredevil brother Jem, as Jem, having intruded on the Radleys, cowers on t Continue Reading...
In some respects, I suppose the filmmaker was illustrating that disabilities can be overcome and that external or superficial aspects about people that seem to be serious disabilities often belie great talent and alternative types of awareness. From Continue Reading...
("The Candidate") What evidence can you cite from the film about name recognition and the incumbency effect? The film is showing how name recognition is one of the most important factors in linking a particular candidate with different ideas. McKa Continue Reading...
Cinematography Order Cinematography and Film In the movie industry there is some very important roles in making a film from the head honcho, the executive producer, his directors, and his cinematographer, and there has to be organization and everyo Continue Reading...
Waiting for Superman Sociology Film: Waiting for Superman This is a disturbing film about the education system and the resistance to change. Students are caught in the middle. Before you start watching this film, recall your high school education Continue Reading...
Silent Film And How Critical Reception Shifts Over Time The objective of this study is to examine the film Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari or 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and to examine silent film and how critical reception shifts over time. The fil Continue Reading...
Moreover, this aspect of the text investigates the 'language' of film in a way that causes us to appreciate the form's singularity. Such is to say that in this investigation of the surreal and culturally disturbing elements which have invaded film i Continue Reading...
Roberto Rossellini's movie Paisan and its significance and importance, combining and analysis of its visual/literary/conceptual dimensions with post-war Italian culture and history (1946) Roberto Rossellini's movie Paisan and its significance Follo Continue Reading...
Director John McTiernan's 1999 film, The 13th Warrior, is a competent movie, made entertaining by its tight storyline, moody tone, masterful cinematography, realistic and often graphic fight scenes, and the strength of its supporting cast. A great de Continue Reading...
It gives a good idea about what the respondent feels and is thinking. (McNamara) Another major advantage of a qualitative research method is that it can be directed at a smaller group. For instance, in this project, there were only two girls intervi Continue Reading...
Like other symbols of the civil rights movement such as the song "We shall overcome" and peaceful sit-ins, to Kill a Mockingbird quickly assumed a similar position. As the focus of the movie was on right and wrong, the director of this film, Robert Continue Reading...
Taking this into consideration, formalist films always try to come up with the idea that are merely personal imaginations, and events in the film are practically impossible in real life situations. Due to this, the style used in formalist films is u Continue Reading...
Desperate Passage Critical Review Ironically, one of the most often recounted stories centered around the pioneer trek to California is that of the group of 87 American pioneers known as the Donner Party. The wagons left in May, 1846 and opted to tr Continue Reading...
