13th is a documentary that explores the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America granting freedom to all Americans except for criminals which states that, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party …
This video has exposed me to very similar ideas and has also exposed me to different perspectives. I thought it was very interesting how Jackson presented the sentence “John beat Mary” and gave sentences following, that would drag the view away towards John who is …
Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” The Motion Picture of “The Golden Compass” is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” (The first part in his novel trilogy “His Dark Materials”) and was rated pg-13 (indicating that the material within the film could be unsuitable …
90 minutes worth of seductive Jessica Alba parading around wearing nothing more than just knickers and bra, one might think they were in for an enjoyable ride. My dear friend, how very wrong you are! As we watch Honey progress from club dancer to music …
Dawn of Humanity is the 2015 American movie film that was issued online on September 10, 2015, and broadcasted nationally at the United States on September 16, 2015. The PBS NOVA National Geographic movie, at one film of two times, was conducted and developed by …
While reading Civilized Colonialism Pocahontas as Neocolonial Rhetoric by Derek T. Buescher and Kent A. Ono, we closely observed Pocahontas as a rhetorical artifact that had a great impact on the perception of Christopher’s Columbus’s assumed discovery story of the Americas. During this time, new …
The Rez sisters is not considered a comedy anymore because the controversial humor in the text is offensive in the modern society. In the text, Pelajia Patchnose, Philomena Moosetail, Marie-Adele Starblanket, Annie Cook, Emily Dictionary, Veronique St. Pierre, and Zhaboonigan Peterson share the common interest …
The movie Gone with the Wind captures America at its best during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The movie’s focus centered itself around Scarlett O’Hara, a woman who is used to living a rather privileged lifestyle and her change throughout the movie as different problems …
The breakfast club was to say the least a boring 800s movie. But it was a good movie for the purpose of analysis. Simply put, it will not be on my list of movies to rent next time that I am at the rental store. …
Drama Films are serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. A dramatic film shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between. Each of the types …
One of the best movies of 2016, Moonlight documents the story of a pitiable lonely black child growing up. The movie was well made and the actors conveyed many delicate emotions, which gave me much to contemplate. I first watched the movie in class and …
One of the best movies of 2016, Moonlight documents the story of a pitiable lonely black child growing up. The movie was well made and the actors conveyed many delicate emotions, which gave me much to contemplate. I first watched the movie in class and …
Mark Zelayaran English Honors 1A Mrs. Breckheimer. Crash a film critique The film “Crash” produced and directed by Paul Haggis is a compilation of clever vignettes all throughout the film and for most they undergo some change; however, for the change to occur the film …
Venado, an ethnographic film produced by Centro Ceremonial San Andres Cohiamata and directed by Pablo Fulgueira in 2009, follows the pilgrimage of a group of jicareros – the chanters, shaman, singers, musicians, and doctors of the Wixáritari people of central Mexico. In the film, the ethnographers …
Candle Cove is the latest in a new type of horror called Creepy Pasta. The name “Creepy Pasta” comes from the word ‘copy pasta’, an internet slang term for a block of text that gets copied and pasted from website to forum ad infinitum. This …
Do The Right Thing, a film that was produced, directed and written by Spike Lee, centers around a sweltering hot day in the lives of a racially diverse group of people who are economically less fortunate residing in a poverty stricken area located within Brooklyn …
The Avengers “There was an idea called the avengers initiative, the idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more, see if they could work together when we needed them to. To fight the battles that we …
The documentary, “13th” by Oscar Nominated Documentary, Ava Duvernay was an incredible documentary in which she went in-depth displaying the prison house scheme in the United States and how it played a big part in racial inequality. Duvernay uses various sociological theoretical perspectives, particularly structural …
Tragedies happen around the world at any time or place. Moreover, just as Horror films we all refuse to admit it, but we love to see the bad news that is announced or see bad things happen. Society has this perspective that it is wrong …
Day by day, it is increasingly more difficult to maintain safety in our society, since interactions between people create dangers, either at ‘high’ political level, or on the daily basis. (more…)
Thank You for Smoking (2005) is a film starring Aaron Eckhart, which is based on a novel written in 1994 with the same name. The story is about a hansom, silver-tongued, lobbyist with flexible morals, named Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) who works for the American …
In comparison to which a preferred more, I would prefer the movie over the novel. Combining the theatrical elements of Hollywood film noir, Chandler’s(screen-writer) dialogue skills, and Cain’s hard-boiled style, the film gives a better insight to the triangular relationship between Phyllis, Walter, and Keyes. …
Some Mother’s Son is another film about Irish men and women sticking to their guns in the face of grave consequences. The film is striking and entertaining throughout. The exposure of the levels of injustice that Northern Irish freedom fighters faced during the Troubles is …
Color Evokes Emotion Spike Lee, the director of Do the Right Thing (1989), makes sure the audience understands how the heat is affecting the characters on the day the film takes place, and to do this he uses color. To subtly express how heated, physically …
Through his writing Tom Gunning introduced his definition of the “Cinema of Attraction” as “the cinema of attractions solicits a highly conscious awareness of the film image engaging the viewer’s curiosity.” I believe that this is the true definition of our cinema today because it’s …
The representation of gender in the British film industry throughout the 1960s can be seen in a variety of examples and can be seen as indicative of a general shift in cultural attitudes. In this assignment, we shall be concerning ourselves with the film Goldfinger …
Yves Simoneau directed the breakthrough documentary “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” from conception to shooting and writing. North and Central America’s dark colonial past is portrayed in a compelling documentary. The documentary was written by Dee Brown. In “The Revenant,” Native Americans are shown …
Films from down under are going, well, down and under”(Humphreys S cited in Kaufman T, 2009). This essay will confirm there is a crisis is the Australian Film Industry through exploring the economic, political and cultural factors that led to the crisis. The current economic …
There are many reasons for a person to watch a movie. Most people watch a film for the sake of entertainment, namely to unwind from their daily bustle. Others watch movies as a hobby. However, not many people watch films for the sake of the …
How To Analyze a Film As you might guess, conducting a semiotic analysis of a film is a somewhat more complicated venture than conducting a semiotic analysis of a print advertisement. This is not to say, of course, that movies and advertisements do not share …
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