on her. When Beca’s father discovers she has not been attending classes‚ he comes to her with a proposition: if she joins a club and still does not want to remain at college after a year‚ he will allow and pay for Beca to move to Los Angeles. After some persuasion from group leader Chloe Beale (Brittany Snow)‚ she reluctantly joins the all-girl a cappella group Barden Bellas. Aubrey Posen (Anna Camp)‚ another group leader doesn’t initially approve of recruiting Beca‚ but yields nonetheless due to
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the second and put him on a remote‚ lifeless island which causes him to live his life completely opposite from the way he would if he were home. It was man vs. nature as Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks) on an island alone for the majority of the movie. Chuck Noland is a Fed-Ex systems engineer. The night after proposing to his girlfriend Kelly (played by Helen Hunt)‚ he gets on a plane that is carrying a cargo that he is escorting. How ironic is it that he told Kelly that he would be right back
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Overall I did like this movie‚ it had some dull moments because of the repeated concepts‚ but it was still really good. For instance‚ it seemed to drag on‚ he hadn’t even gotten into the toy store until about half the movie was done. It also had a lot of predictable moments. For example‚ in the middle of the movie‚ it had shown Josh and Susie having fun and what she was pushing for. It was made into a serious matter early on in the movie when she had actually enjoyed the date compared to others she
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leading role. The plot of the movie originated form the novel “Zorbas The Greek” by Nikos Kazantzakis‚ that was first published in 1946. The film portrays the culture of the time in Greece‚ and more specifically the culture of Crete‚ the largest Greek island‚ where the plot unfolds. “Zorbas t he Greek” successfully depicts situations of extreme anger‚ sadness‚ lust and joy that conquer humans during their course in life. Alexis Zorbas reactions to such feelings define the movie and give the viewers a diachronic
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suprise--had me on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. This international star-studded film‚ is packed with a great range of emotion from feeling excited to feeling inspired to feeling sad. The Longest Day truly brings out these inner emotions by having mind-blowing battle scenes and spine-tingling amounts of men who lost their lives on this faithful day. In this epic re-enactment of the day of‚ and leading up to D-Day (June 6th 1944) this movie excellently captivates the German‚ British‚ and American
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Social Psychology Movie review: The prince and me Every little girl dreams of getting married to a prince someday. But as they grow they realize that there are too many girls and too few princes (haha just teasing ). This modern Cinderella inspired love story is about a Danish prince Edvard who falls in love with a commoner (simple and shy) Paige Morgan. Edvard and Paige first meet at a bar where Paige works‚ their first meeting doesn’t go well though(oh I thought first impressions matter)
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Public Enemies Public Enemies apprehends perfectly the political condition of our time. A film that talks about the tumult and disarray of the Great Depression released at a time when America had entered an unusual recession. The film tells the story of John Dillinger‚ a bank robber who had little prospect of finding employment because of the economy’s downturn‚ and decided to rebel against the failed economic system of democracy. Dillinger knew what he wanted‚ and was willing to
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Hot or Not By: Jeane Khang Elegant - This word‚ once used to describe ladies with great refinement and taste in style‚ has been erased. Instead‚ our era’s boys have replaced it with words like “hot”‚ “sexy”‚ and the list goes on. The definition of “hot” has become universally known to translate as a nice “rack”‚ long legs‚ and flat stomachs. As a guy’s common vocabulary changes to express his attractions‚ a girl’s clothing choices will evolve to suit a guy’s attractions just the same. Therefore
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Jennifer Lawson American History Project #2 Movie Critique Gangs of New York “Gangs of New York” is a historical crime film which takes place in New Yorkin the 1840s-1860s. The film was released in 2002. It was directed by Martin Scorsese‚ and written by Jay Cocks‚ Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan. It is loosely inspired by Herbert Asbury’s 1928 nonfiction book The Gangs of New York. The film was critically acclaimed with 10 Academy Award nominations‚ including Best Picture and
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Exploring Film and Literary Angles: A Cross-Genre Critique on Cirilo Bautista’s Political Parable and Lualhati Bautista’s Dekada ‘70 Lualhati Bautista adapts her own best-selling novel Dekada 70‚ a political drama. It is directed by Chito S. Roño with the prominent stars: Vilma Santos‚ Christopher De Leon‚ Piolo Pascual‚ Marvin Agustin‚ Carlos Agassi‚ Danilo Barrios‚ and John Wayne Sace. Set in the ‘70s in Urban Metro Manila. This is a story revolving around a rotation of
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