Chinatown Jack Nicholson stars in Romon Polanski’s part mystery and part psychological drama Chinatown‚ Set in the 1940’s dried up Los Angeles. This Film is made up of a complex story line that is supported by the articulate acting of costars Fayne Dunaway and John Huston. The multilayered story line pulls you in and doesn’t let you go‚ as J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) discovers himself trapped between mysteries trying to solve his way out. J.J. Gittes (Nicholson)‚ a former cop‚ now private detective
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Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4‚ 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett‚ a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson‚ Mississippi in the early 1960s‚ a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter‚ who is 21 years old‚ white‚ educated from Ole Miss‚ dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid‚ Constantine‚ gone and no
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Amistad Movie Review A film about history‚ set in 1839. When a slave ship illegally tries to transport 53 slaves from Africa to the east coast of the USA‚ the ship owner messes up. Two slaves are set to court to prove that they are from Africa. By this time period‚ slave transporting form Africa is illegal. This movie tells the tale of the African Cinque. He doesn’t speak English so proving himself proves difficult. Steven Spielberg really has made a masterpiece. Perfecting the language in this
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Movie Review on "The Egyptian" The movie "The Egyptian" (1954) depicts many Egyptian values throughout the feature. Although the movie is strongly based on myth‚ there is a little historical accuracy to the plot. The movie follows the actions of the main character‚ Sinuhe‚ who is physician and companion to the pharaoh‚ Horemheb. Sinuhe longs to be with Nefer‚ an upper class noble who takes everything that he offers her‚ only to leave him with nothing to his name. After fleeing Egypt and
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The Queen review Arle Uus My opinion Movie The Queen is a drama film about British royal family. My first impressions were a little surprising in a good way because I had different expectations about it. The movie itself was very honest and close to the reality. I think that the filmmakers have done a great job showing people the life of the royals and ordinary people. Although it is a drama‚ I enjoyed that there was still some good old British humor. I would say that it is not only an excellent
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The Hobbit movie review This past weekend‚ I went to see the movie ‘The Hobbit’. As a great fan of the author J.R.R Tolkien I would agree that the hobbit series are far more breathtaking than the Lord of the Rings series and that it is definitely not one to miss. This movie is mainly about the final battle between the dwarves‚ elves‚ orcs and people of laketown. The dragon Smaug escapes the dwarf’s domain and decides to destroy the town. Many unfortunate events occur until Bard slays the dragon
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Movie Review: Centurion I chose this movie because it was about the Romans which I enjoy studying. I also enjoy movies about war. There was lots of blood such the reviews told. The reviews on this move were positive except for the ones talking about how the movie was quite historically inaccurate. This movie was loosely based on the massacre of the ninth legion and centered on the supposed disappearance of the Ninth Legion in Caledonia in AD 117. The ninth legion was commanded by Quintus Petillius
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Ryan Marrero Mr. Gurian Movie Review Apocalypto The movie begins when you meet a small village in Mexico. The men are out hunting and get their kill when they notice something at the woods edge. Its a large group of people some hurt with lots of fear who say their village was destroyed and they are searching for a new beginning. They go back to their village and have jokes and fun. The next morning the main character Jaguar Paw awakes to a barking dog and when the dog stops barking he
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Conor R-S Period 6. Lincoln Review Lincoln The movie Lincoln‚ directed by the infamous Steven Spielberg‚ is based on the life of Abraham Lincoln and his efforts to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ which would abolish slavery completely. With the assumption that the Civil War would end in one month‚ however‚ Abraham feels it it is imperative to pass the amendment by the end of January‚ thus removing any possibility that slaves who have already been freed may
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getting and highly developed film Avatar is a one that delves into serious moral‚ social‚ and economic issues; ones that directly reflect the same issues in our society today. After “The Matrix was released in 1999‚ Mr. Cameron furthered his movie cyborg movie pattern with the construction of what would become another example of his effort in a paradigm shift of Science Fiction films‚ Avatar‚ finally exposed to the public in 2009(Dargis‚1). The idea of the alien universe first emerged into his train
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