For the movie assignment I decided to view Murderball. Murderball is a true story that focuses on life as a quadriplegic and the sport of quad rugby (Murderball). Mark Zupan‚ Joe Soares‚ and Keith Cavill are three characters whose lives are highlighted in the film. Joe Soares was a former Team USA standout and in the movie he was captain of Team Canada. Soares became quadriplegic from childhood polio. The disease put Joe in a wheelchair‚ which in turn got him involved in quad rugby. As a child
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Most people are born with good hearts‚ but as they grow up they learn prejudices. “Crash” is a movie that brings out bigotry and racial stereotypes. The movie is set in Los Angeles‚ a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. The story begins when several people are involved in a multi-car accident. Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters‚ a police detective with a drugged out mother and a mischief younger brother‚ two car
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The Queen The Queen is a movie that shows a great display of the death of Princess Diana‚ and reveals what really happened in the house of Windsor‚ and how Diana’s death almost abolished the monarchy. The movie starts with Tony Blair who is running for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1997 walking up to the voting stations with his family. Tony Blair is a modernist‚ and many people admire him for his fresh views‚ people believe he is going to bring a modern change to the British
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The movie‚ Gallipoli‚ is about Australia’s past and the beginning of the ANZAC tradition. Gallipoli‚ the movie was released in 1981. The movie demonstrates ’mateship’. The director Peter Weir took too very different Australian’s‚ with two very different views on war and made a friendship from it‚ and the friendship grew throughout the film. Although Archy and Frank were both athletes‚ this is the only thing they have in common. As a typical Australian film‚ a main or important character die.
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Goonies Movie Review The Goonies is set in a neighborhood right off the coast of the ocean‚called the goondocks. Their neighborhood is in trouble because of a rich person wanting to buy off all the houses in the area for some country club. On their last days their spirit is lowered because of Mikey’s older brother‚ he was mad because he failed his driving exam again. The goonies decide to go through things in the attic when the find a old news paper with some bad people. Then one of the boys finds
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Real- Life Corruption Director Martin Scorsese’s movie The Departed is a suspenseful action packed drama. Filled with guns‚ crime‚ violence‚ good guys‚ bad guys‚ and a twisted mix of corruption‚ this film will keep you on the edge of your seat awaiting absolute chaos. The Departed definitely meets all criteria needed to have a successful drama/thriller‚ and with some good ole’ organized crime it’s a good one at that. Good guys‚ Bad guys‚ violence‚ and some graphic reality the film has left nothing
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The movie glory focuses on the 54th massachusetts regiment of all black soldiers during the civil war. It is based on letters sent by Robert Gould Shaw‚ who was born in Boston on October 10‚ 1837‚ to his parents. He was born to wealthy abolitionist parents‚ who had been aquainted with such people as Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe and the famous abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. The movie starts off with a war scene where Robert Gould Shaw (played by Mathew
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death‚ Hughes inherits the small family fortune and moves to Los Angeles to become a film Director in Hollywood. His movie Hell’s Angels‚ a huge film success‚ takes three years and a large sum of money for him to finish with a change from silent to sound. When he becomes romantically involved with Katharine Hepburn‚ she helps Hughes alleviate his symptoms of OCD. Even in the movie‚ his passion for aviation maintains constant throughout his life‚ as he designs new planes‚ sets flying records and
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might do with his hands; love a woman‚ build a house‚ change his son’s diaper; his hands remember the rifle.” Jarhead is not a war movie about a physical war between countries; it is about an internal war a soldier faces during‚ and following a physical war in which he is a witness. The main character‚ Tony Swofford tells his story starting at boot camp‚ through the first Gulf war‚ and shortly after his discharge; in an attempt to give the audience a better understanding of what happens within a soldiers
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therapies is the generic name for the range of psychotherapies and is a derivative of the talking cure. Although less related to one therapy alone‚ it is a term that does cover psychoanalysis‚ cognitive behavioral therapy‚ and counseling or counseling psychology approaches. Many studies have found that talk therapy‚ or psychotherapy‚ can help treat depression. Talk therapy can help you learn about your depression and help you find ways to manage your symptoms. 2. Someone with distorted thoughts and
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