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An Analysis of a Movie Review in a Science Fiction Comedy-Drama Film Click by Frank Coraci (370 words, 1 pages)

ClickA Movie ReviewWarning Spoiler!Due to summers intense heat that makes me ber bored, I had a movie marathon yesterday. I watched the movie Click, a funny but heartwarming comedy movie. Its highly recommended for everyone! It stars Adam Sandler as John Newman, a workaholic architect that forgets to give enough ... Read More

A Review of the Film, American Me by Edward James Olmos (1264 words, 2 pages)

Film Report on American Me A Therapeutic Perspective Taj Gunter March 2008 American Me is a fictional film having a factual basis, starring and directed by Edward James Olmos. Released to the national theater circuit in 1992, American Me depicts the life of Rodolfo Cadena, a ranking Carnal (gang member) ... Read More

A Report on the Film, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and David Fincher (1508 words, 2 pages)

Fight ClubThe first rule about fight club is that you dont talk about fight club (Palahniuk 87). The story of Fight Club was very nail biting you never knew what was going to happen next. There were so many things that led up to a complete plot twist. It was ... Read More

An Analysis of a Film Review in a Documentary Film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room by Fortune Magazine Reporters (589 words, 1 pages)

The film titled, Enron, the Smartest Guys in the Room, is a phenomenal examination of an organization that in all likelihood started out to perform ethically but, after a modification in design and moral decision-making, it evolved into an organization based upon greed and performance no matter what cost. Ironically, ... Read More

A Biography of Stanley Kubrick, an American Film Director (1578 words, 2 pages)

"I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other, as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself." (Stanley Kubrick)As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era, Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation ... Read More

The Career of Kevin Patrick Smith, a Screenwriter, Film Director and Creator of View Askew Productions (928 words, 2 pages)

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is a screenwriter, film director, and the creator of View Askew Productions. He is also known as a comic book writer and actor, although he has criticized his own acting ability on more than one occasion. Smiths films are often set in his ... Read More

An Essay on the Life and Role in Comedy Films of Charlie Chaplin (2122 words, 3 pages)

Charlie Chaplin Raving Lunatic, Communist Threat, or American Icon? In this essay, I want to prove that Charlie Chaplin played an important role in the early development of comedy in films. Many people did not fully understand Charlie Chaplin for what he truly was, a genius. Chaplin has been a ... Read More

An Analysis of How War Changes People and Societies in the Films “The Grande Illusion” and “Horses of Pride” (953 words, 1 pages)

French Film French 3090 October 24, 2005The Grande Illusion, the 1938 French film by Jean Renoir, is a fine example of how war impacts individuals and changes their views during a major war, however outside the norms of battles and warfare. The title of the film can be read and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Harmful Effects of Eating Fast Food Shown in the Film “Super Size Me” (754 words, 1 pages)

After watching supper size me I letiural felt pugish. What really grossed me out where those burgers in the jars that was sick and discusting. But thoses fires sure looked yummy (just kidding) i really wonder if they still taste the same. Some of the things i learned from Super ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Tora Tora Tora (276 words, 1 pages)

As a students of U.S. history I have recently watch Tora Tora Tora, a movie about war world II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor that the Japanese exceeded on waking up the sleeping Giants. The title of this film is made up of the code-words that were used by ... Read More

An Analysis of Chapter One of Lewis Allen’s Book “Only Yesterday” (341 words, 1 pages)

Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen (1933)In the beginning of chapter one of only yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen, he starts his story off by giving the viewers a description of how the United States has been transformed from 1919 to the 1930s. Mr. Mrs. Smith are the characters illustrated ... Read More

A Review of the Film “The Weather Underground” (1025 words, 2 pages)

Review of the film The Weather Underground The film The Weather Underground was a great way to educate the population about a part of history not many people know about. The film was a documentary by Sam Green and Bill Siegle. The directors used many strategies and elements to make ... Read More

An Analysis of Chapter One in Fredrick Lewis Allen’s “Only Yesterday” (1594 words, 2 pages)

Subliminal Messages of Racism in Animated Films (891 words, 1 pages)

Racism in Animated FilmsWhile Disney animated films are the ideal family movies, it is undisclosed to many that such racism is being portrayed. Rarely do we ask about the origins and intentions of the messages we encounter through mass media sometimes we forget that producers have origins or intentions at ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film High and Low (305 words, 1 pages)

Kurosawas High and Low is a film that exemplifies Japans criminalistic society and the nature of the people that live within it. Kingo Gondo, the protagoinst, is a wealthy man who is part owner of a prominent shoe company. Gondo is considered high class, as seen with his large mansion ... Read More

An Analysis of the Historical Accuracy of Gangs of New York in the Film Rendition (792 words, 1 pages)

Historical Accuracy Gangs of New YorkThe Movie Gangs of New York, released in 2002, gives insight into the violence, corruption, and disarray that occurred in The Five Points of Manhattan during the 19th century, and reveals one of the biggest skeletons in New Yorks closet. Martin Scorseses translation of the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Gangs of New York (1622 words, 2 pages)

Martin Scorseses latest film, Gangs of New York is a failed anti-war film. It is 165 minutes of some of the most violent footage ever seen in a film intended for mainstream entertainment. As a fan of Scorseses, I have to say that even the brutality of Good Fellas could ... Read More

A Comparison of the Modern and Old Film Industry (1095 words, 2 pages)

Film Then and NowThe film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that ... Read More

A Report on Asian American Film Making (1391 words, 2 pages)

With the current fascination with all-things-Asian in the popular culture but given the inherently fickle nature of fads, it is worth recalling that the art of independent Asian American film evolved from the political struggles and countercultural practices that attended the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Anti-war ... Read More

An Analysis of the Basketball Film on the Topic of The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Play by William Shakespeare (3211 words, 4 pages)

This basketball film translates Shakespeare's tragedy Othello into the high school teen genre and gets its identity and impact from the fact that its plot, themes, and the motivations and actions of its characters are contemporary equivalents of the seventeenthcentury play. (1) The director Tim Blake Nelson and the writer ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of Novella and Film in Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse (1507 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness Apocalypse NowA comparative analysis of novella and filmIn the opening scenes of the documentary film "Hearts of Darkness-A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," Eleanor Coppola describes her husband Francis's film, "Apocalypse Now," as being "loosely based" on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Indeed, "loosely" is the word the period, setting, ... Read More

A Report on the Film, We Were Soldiers and the Accounts of the Battles in Vietnam (1767 words, 2 pages)

We Were Soldiers' purports to tell the story of the bloody battle in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam's Central Highlands in November 1965. Despite its pretensions to honour the suffering and service of the combatants, the film profoundly misrepresents the nature of this battle and of the war in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, The Birth of a Nation (280 words, 1 pages)

Apart from being the first full-length feature film in American cinema, The Birth of a Nation is also one of the most controversial and influential. Based on The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, which was both a play and book, the film is known now as Hollywood's first blockbuster. The cinematic ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Schindler’s List (2196 words, 3 pages)

The Jews arrive in Krakow. The film's opening, part of the exposition and one of its few color scenes, shows a close-up of a hand lighting two votive candles in a pre-war Polish Jewish family's home on a Friday night Sabbath. After the singing of a prayer, the family vanishes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Rebel Without a Cause (1114 words, 2 pages)

"Rebel Without A Cause," is a very popular film from 1955. It depitcts life in the 1950's from the view point of three teenagers who live in Los Angeles, California. They love in a comfortable enviorment in middle class America. However, they must deal with their own inabilities to fit ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Fatal Attraction (353 words, 1 pages)

Fatal Attraction" rings the changes on your atavistic emotions. Walking out of the theater, you might have a sudden desire to club a woolly mammoth and hide your family in a dark cave -- away from people like Glenn Close. Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) is laden with Society's gifts -- ... Read More

An Analysis of the Techno-Science Thriller Film, Deception Point (823 words, 1 pages)

To read a techno-science thriller like 'Deception Point', you must be prepared to swallow some throat-clogging stuff at the outset. First, you have to buy the premise - in this case, that governmental agencies will knowingly commit all manner of fraud, felonies, and deceit and cause countless deaths in order ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock (568 words, 1 pages)

hitchcockVertigo stars James Stewart as Scottie, a retired detective, and Kim Novak as Judy Barton, who gets disguised as Madeleine, a woman hired by Scottie's friend to act as his wife in order to frame Scottie. The story takes place in San Francisco in the 1950's. The film opens on ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, The Grapes of Wrath (606 words, 1 pages)

The Grapes Of WrathNew Insight "The Grapes of Wrath" tells the story of the Joads, a displaced Oklahoman sharecropper family, and one of many forced to abandon their lands due to the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Steinbeck, the film ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Erin Brockovich (518 words, 1 pages)

Heather SamuelsHistory 104 Dr. MezaFilm CritiqueErin BrockovichThroughout history, many events have occurred in which big corporations try to overpower and control smaller people. Unfortunately this is inevitable for smaller businesses who have no control over the worlds industries. Four decades after the world's largest utility started dumping 370 million gallons ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013