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In the movie, La Mission, we see a variety of different men and masculinities throughout the plot. We see the men who are stereotypical Latino men, and stereotypical Bay people. The masculinity in the film is represented in roughly four ways: heterosexual cis males who are against homosexuals, men who use anger to fight against … Read more
Living in a modern society with a rapid development of science and technology, it is difficult to find an appropriate place for oneself. Directed by Satoshi Kon in 2006, through the back-and-forth traveling and interweaving of fantasy and reality in the use of multi-dimensional images, the animated film Paprika surrealistically reveals the split of human … Read more
Gray argues that the definition of a superheroine’s “hotness” is “the establishment of a delicate balance of both sex appeal and physical strength” (Gray 91). This definition is applicable to the superheroine Black Widow in the film Avengers 2: Age of Ultron (2015). Black Widow, or Natasha Romanoff (played by Scarlet Johanson), is a spy … Read more
This is the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), the vice-president of a bank, convicted of his wife’s murder. Andy states that he has been falsely accused, but all evidence points towards Andy and nobody else. As a result, he is sent to the Shawshank prison, to serve a double life sentence. In comes Red … Read more
The genre convention that is plainly detectable from the beginning of the film is that there are clear double alternate extremes. This is the place you can plainly recognize the great individuals in the film yet additionally see the malicious individuals. In Hot Fuzz, it is obvious from the begin that Nicholas Angel, the fundamental … Read more
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the image and cultural representation of special education needs through the description of media. Ellis (2018), has mentioned that nowadays, it is common that children have some disability and they need to have some special needs. People always stereotype those who have disability or impairment, which cause … Read more
Padmaavat or Padmavati Movie Review is incomplete without talking about the commotion, aggression, anger and upheaval it created. Padmavati / Padmaavat depicts the legendary, Rani Padmavati, a heroic Rajput Queen of the Hindus. The Karni Sena opposed the film and aggressively demanded a ban; from intense violent threats to the director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, being … Read more
“I’ll tell you one thing, Fred, darling. I’d marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?” Holly Golightly (played by the delightful Audrey Hepburn) drawls to Paul Varjack (George Peppard) as they banter in the tiny kitchen of her minuscule brownstone in downtown New York City. Given Varjack’s … Read more
Films that we interact with in our everyday life, requires people from various fields to communicate and cooperate in order to produce the best quality. A director is a person that is responsible for all the aspects of the film and its production; in other words, the center pole of the film production. They work … Read more
Groundhog Day Film Analysis What would you do if you had the chance to relive the same day over and over again? In the film Groundhog Day, a man named Phil Connors relives the same day every time he wakes up. Phil, who is a weather man for a Pittsburgh news station, goes to Punxsutawney … Read more
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Nostalgia is portrayed very well in this Italian film this is clearly seen from the flashback at the beginning of the film as Salvatore reminisces on the effect Alfredo had on his childhood. It is also seen from the funeral once Salvatore returns to the now derelict building where he had his … Read more
Being John Malkovich Endless riches, untouchable fame, authority that would never dare be challenged. Isn’t that the goal? To live in a world where one can walk out of their beach house into their new Lamborghini knowing they don’t have a worry in the world simply because they have those material goods. Most see it … Read more
The film Bad Boys II, starring two cops named Marcus and Mike (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith), is set in Miami where both partners are assigned to look for clues and evidence for an international drug dealer’s arrest. As they start with the investigation and stake outs, they find themselves insulting each other, fighting like … Read more
In 1986, John Badham directed the box office hit widely beloved by millennials, Short Circuit. This comedic film follows Johnny 5, a military robot on his journey to understanding humanity. The film starts in a Nova Laboratory, a pair of robotics Newton Crosby and Ben Jabituya (actors Steve Guttenburg and Fisher Stevens) plan to make … Read more
Uniqueness is a struggle to find throughout literature, especially within recreations of previously published stories. Once a story is told, the originality begins to dissipate and the audience skews the story. Popular novels transforming into films can be altered as well. This is specifically noticeable in the critically acclaimed story, Life of Pi, originally written … Read more
In this film The Lorax advocates for nature and everything that lives inside of it. As you watch the Film you can see the spiritual and emotional connection the Lorax has to the land. The Lorax and the environment around him was sustainable and forever lasting until the Once-ler came around. The Once-Ler created his … Read more
Recast as a fair-weather Hollywood rebel with Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys – breaking the rules only just enough to accrue a superficial glaze of strangeness – Chris Marker’s La Jetee is the real deal. It’s as aesthetically radical as any film this side of, well, Hiroshima, Mon Amour three years earlier, at least, but La … Read more
The film is very intense and dreamlike. We see multiple women, that are all the same woman but in different ways. They go through a set of events that slowly but surely get more and more bizarre. The movie ends with a shattered mirror, a man and the death of the main character, the woman. … Read more
A Flat character is one who does not go through significant changes throughout the novel and who also serves as a support system to the min character. In “The Catcher to the Rye,” Phoebe is seen as a flat character while her brother Holden is seen as a round character. Phoebe is seen as Holden’s … Read more
The movie Rear Window came out during 1954. It is Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest film with a leading duo of James Stewart and Grace Kelly. The context of this film is when the Us was in a huge communist scare. People treating other people like nothing to save their own self. Everybody is going against each … Read more
Superman has filmically evolved from ‘Superman, The Movie’ to ‘Superman, Man of Steel’. In ‘Superman, The Movie’ the opening shot gives the audience context that the superhero, Superman, is from a red alien planet which has been mined to the core due to the hubris of the Kryptonians. In ‘Superman, Man of Steel’ the opening … Read more
100 Yen Love is a movie about self redemption, feminist empowerment and the reality of a Japanese dollar store. Directed by the Japanese director, Masaharu Take, we are introduced to Ichiko, played by Japanese female actress Sakura Ando. After being thrown out of her home, Ichiko faces reality at its brutalest. With the added damage … Read more
Women’s roles in film are changing significantly as a way to reflect society’s changing attitude towards them. This is beautifully illustrated in the film House of Flying Daggers, where the director, Zhang Yimou, portrays the changing roles of women, in this Chinese Wuxi martial-arts action-adventure movie, with a strong female lead protagonist, Mei, who is … Read more
The documentary “They Call Us Monsters”, takes inside a segregated unit for juveniles being tried as adults in Sylmar Juvenile Hall and introduces to three teenagers awaiting trial where they spend their days and nights waiting to learn their fate for their violent and gang related crimes. A screenwriter offers to teach a writing workshop … Read more
I choose to discuss “That’s So Raven” show. It is a family comedy television show that aired on Disney channel in the 2000’s. I choose this show because it shows how Black Americans are discriminated against the white people. The show is about a high school girl who has physic visions which allow her to … Read more
The movie “Traffic” by Steven Soderbergh is a film which deals with several aspects of drug trafficking and drug abuse. The movie has three different simultaneous plots that come together. One part is the national level which deals with drug trade between the Unites States of America and Mexico, another is a mid-ground focusing on … Read more
The documentary Bowling for Columbine demonstrates how America is very comfortable handling guns, he also talks about the consequences of this behavior like the “Columbine high school massacre” and many others school shootings and events that have happened because of this type of behavior. Michael Moore proves his point by interviewing people that attended the … Read more
While the short film, 2081, has many common similarities with its adapted version of the short story, Harrison Bergeron, they differ from each other to the point where it can change our whole view on who Harrison Bergeron is. They contrast from each other because the short film includes an unplanned scene where Harrison hid … Read more
Peepli Live did not just live up to my expectations, it exceeded them. Giving me a side splitting and yet brooding glimpse to an India I know exists, an India I have experienced first hand, but an India I rarely hear about. An India most urban dwelling Indians think exists only in movies. Actually, that … Read more
Rebel archetypes in movies are portrayed as the mean person or character that does not care about any rules they are being told.when you hear rebel people assume they are talking about a bad person or the villian but really it can be any character we just have to really understand the story. They tend … Read more
If the film is effectively and expressed visually with the contents of what is in the frame and the way it is organised, then everything in the frame can carry meaning through mise-en-scene. Therefore, the question arises, “How significant is mise-en-scene in film?” The frame consists of contents such as lighting, costume, decor, props, and … Read more
Movies have been introduced to the world in many genres and in different years. Somehave made a huge impact on this world whilst some have been depicted as the worst ones.Each and every movie gives a message either complex or simple. Various websites haverated the movies according to their views which help people more to … Read more
The Killing story of hoods and schemers are planning to rob a Los Angeles racetrack shortens the moment-to-moment plotting from a typical to a robbery movie. This movie is a narrative movie. A splash of cold water on the face, Kubrick begins to dry off. Kubrick then begins to see the progress of the robbery, … Read more
“Lucy” is a 2014 English-language French science fiction thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by his wife Virginie Besson-Silla for his company EuropaCorp. Shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City, the movie features Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. Johansson, the protagonist of the film, portrays a … Read more
The foreign film chosen for analysis was Amelie (2001) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The film differs from that of a traditional American film. However, the acting and portrayal of the screenplay envelop the viewer into the world of Amelie, the main character. The film lacks large special effects and leads to a more raw film … Read more
Mark Sonsena English 121/22/18 Hero’s Journey Every story has a heroic journey. In Steven Spielberg 1998 action movie Saving Private Ryan, Captain John H. Miller is sent to retrieve Private Ryan, the last of four brothers, and to send him home. Lt. Col Anderson tells him that they have been ordered to go behind enemy … Read more
Throughout the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen, the characters of Judah and Lester have similarities and differences that reflect Alan Watts’ main theme of morality and insecurity in his book, The Wisdom of Insecurity. Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors intertwines two stories. The first involves Judah. Judah is a wealthy eye doctor and … Read more
Raja Tarun, the young heroine who is struggling with successive flops, has come up with ‘Lover’. The film is directed by Dil Raju Banner and the film is set to become a director with Anish Krishna, who is the director of the hit film. Let’s see if this film is going to change the way … Read more
Who doesn’t love a good murder mystery and funny Minnesota accent? Well Fargo provides both and then some. Fargo is based on true story that takes place in Minnesota during the year of 1987.The plot of the film revolves around the protagonist of the film and a hilarious pregnant police officer during a very harsh … Read more
In Raymond Carver’s short story “Beginners,” the use of alcohol is the most apparent and important image and helps show the characters’ true feelings about their love life. Through the characters’ consumption of alcohol, we are able to see their eventual confusion and simplification of the meaning of true love. Carver begins the story with … Read more
When the movie “Fight Club” directed by David Fincher released on the 1st of January 1999 it opened to a somewhat disappointing business there was a widespread misjudgement that Fight Club was an action movie about underground bare-knuckle boxing contests Where in actuality, it’s a horror/thriller movie which literally begins in the fear-centre of its … Read more
In the movie The Mission Mendoza acted more correctly in his reaction to the destruction of The Mission. While living in the Mission, a mercenary Spaniard named Rodrigo Mendoza meets Father Gabriel. Mendoza captures Guarani people who go outside the borders of the Mission and sells them as slaves in Latin America territory controlled by … Read more
Many humans have tried to predict the future of humanity. While the predictions of futurism are often vastly different, they often have a similar underlining. The feature films Gattaca and WALL-Ediffer in regards to the current state of the Earth, the physicality of humans, and the mentality of humans, but converge on the idea of … Read more
“Man of Steel” by director Zack Snyder is a Hollywood blockbuster released in 2013 that tells a story of one of the most famous superheroes ever: Superman. This movie was filmed as a re-launch of the DC Comics franchise, and since it was Christopher Nolan who was the movie’s producer, many people expected the Man … Read more
The supremacist yet spectacular film ‘Fight Club’ (1999) by David Fincher starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton consists of various different themes such as mental illness, different realities, identity, masculinity, power, consumerism, loneliness among others. The protagonist, Jack or Tyler but most importantly the narrator is portrayed as a victim of insomnia and depression. He … Read more
I recently watched the sequel to Shrek the other day for the first time called Shrek 2. This movie is about how Shrek saved Princess Fiona from the Dragon’s Castle and then they go off and end up marrying each other. Which bring us to where Fiona’s parents, the King and Queen of Far, Far … Read more
This movie in its best part has many characters with many dilemmas encountered, and this is the intense part where I am always excited to watch and to know how these characters will solve the ongoing problems concerning about their faith to God. If it had just been this two main actor who is Shane … Read more
Feeling drugged, Thomas wakes up in an elevator car with no memory except his name. He finds he is part of a community of about 50 teen boys called Gladers, and all share the same pattern of memory loss. Their leader’s name is Alby. In an artificial environment built as an experiment by unknown, unseen … Read more
Film Critique: Breakfast At Tiffany’s Blake Edwards’ Breakfast At Tiffany’s left a lasting impact on film and pop culture with its release in 1961, from the immediately recognizable ballad, “Moon River,” to the leading lady and now fashion icon, Holly Golightly, played by doe-eyed Audrey Hepburn. To many people who have never seen the film, … Read more
In the film documentary the fog of war, Robert McNamara, a former Secretary of Defense, talks about 11 lessons he learned. He addresses the actions taken by himself and the government during the Vietnam war. These lessons can also be applied to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In my opinion, the middle east wars … Read more