Melancholia The movie Review Rollercoaster ride To some‚ this movie may be one’s vision of apocalyptic theories or a big bang bound to happen or a grandiose of colliding planets and personalities. One thing is certain‚ this movie will take you on a rollercoaster ride of psychological highs and emotional lows. The end of the world is hard enough to think about‚ but Lars Von Trier isn’t afraid to explore his imaginative possibilities. According to Sigmund Fraud‚ Melancholia is described as
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As the slasher genre gained momentum‚ the age group for the victims began to drop. No longer were women of Marion Crane’s age being chased around‚ but teenage girls became the main target. A new generation was on the rise. Children of the rebellious feminists of the 60s were now teenagers and showing their strength. In John Carpenter’s 1978 thriller Halloween‚ we follow a day in the life of Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends as they are stalked and murdered by childlike-minded Michael Meyers
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Tagolimot‚ Ma. Arvie 2012-52221 Movie Review THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE “May the odds be always in your favour.” This is the famous line in the Hunger Games movie 2012. This movie talks about the game of life which is to survive. Hunger Games is an annual ceremony of Panem in which there will be two tributes in every district. This game declares only one winner so the tributes can do anything they want‚ just like killing their opponents‚ in order to stay alive. This year‚ 2013‚ Francis
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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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REVIEW: “Jobs” The movie is based on the real- life story of Steve Jobs‚ an innovative and creative CEO of Apple company. This movie takes place in 2001 with Steve Jobs‚ played by Ashton Kutcher‚ introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting. Then it jumps back to 1974‚ when Jobs attended classes in Reed College‚ even though he is not really a student there. Jobs were friends with Steve Wozniak‚ who is the actual person who built the first personal computer‚ Apple 1. Then the story of Apple
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Precious Summary The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally
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Catherine Cox October 10‚ 2011 Casablanca Movie Review Grade 9 drama A The movie watched from September 26th to the 28th in Mr. Sheridan’s class was Casablanca. It was produced by Hal .B. Wallis‚ directed by Michael Curtiz with music done by Max Steiner. It is based on a play written by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison called “Everybody comes to Rick’s”‚ a contract was signed by the original writers‚ giving Warner Bros. complete ownership of the play. Warner Bros. then hired Julius J. Epstein
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Babel – Movie Review Babel is about four interlocking stories which are connected by a gun‚ but happen in different places in the world: Morocco‚ Mexico‚ and Japan. At first‚ these four stories seem not to be related at all. However‚ they come together at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of people around the world. The movie also reveals the fact that all of us connect to each other in some ways‚ and we truly are not completely different. Guillermo Arriaga‚ the writer
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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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