The Last of The Mohicans is a 1992 film directed by Michael Mann , starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, Eric Schweig as Chingachgook, and Madeleine Stowe as Cora Munro. The movie was well received at the time it came out. The writers for The Last Of The Mohicans are credited to Michael Mann and Christopher … Read more
Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American Western film directed by, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner. It is an adaptation of the 1987 book of the same name by Michael Blake , in which a Union Army lieutenant joins his regiment’s U. S. allies to battle against invading Sioux warriors allied with their traditional … Read more
Cool Running is a documentary by Cool Runnings director Jonathon Hock. Cool Running follows three of America’s best marathon runners who are not good enough to compete in the Olympics. As they struggle for glory against better funded, younger competitors, Cool Running proves that talent isn’t all you need to succeed in athletics. The movie … Read more
Lolita is a movie directed by Adrian Lyne that was released in 1997. Lolita tells the story of Lolita Haze, a precocious girl living in the United States with her mother and stepfather. Lolita catches the eyes of an older man, Humbert Humbert, who makes it his mission to win Lolita’s heart. Lolita has to … Read more
Precious is a 2009 American Film. It was directed by Lee Daniels and written by Geoffrey Fletcher. The Film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz (IMDb). The Film tells us the story of an obese girl with low self-esteem who is abused by her mother. As a teenager she is … Read more
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Cyrano de Bergerac is considered one of the most well-known plays of Cyrano de Bergerac (a fictional character created by Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand’s creation). Common knowledge may include Cyrano as the character who tragically dies at the end of his play … Read more
In The Breakfast Club, a group of stereotypical high school students spend a day together in detention. The audience learns interesting things about each character throughout the film, but they’re still stereotypes at the end of the day. Brian is into cars and has a hard time with his father. The audience also knows that … Read more
The film “Dead Poets Society” contains several clear examples of the philosophies in the film. One vital example is individualism, throughout the film one cannot miss seeing that individualism is an important aspect of society. The film takes place in a private boarding school called Welton Academy, where students must wear suits and follow strict … Read more
Edward Scissorhands is a film directed by Tim Burton and produced by 20th Century Fox. With cinematography done by Stefan Czapsky, the film is very unusual for its ’90s time period because it uses many different film techniques that weren’t used much before or after that decade. Jump-cuts are cuts in film editing where there … Read more
Fight Club, based on the novel of the same name, was written by Jim Uhls and directed by David Fincher. Fight Club stars Edward Norton as “Jack”, Brad Pitt as “Tyler Durden”, Helena Bonham Carter as “Marla Singer” and Meat Loaf Aday as “Robert ‘Bob’ Paulson”. Fight Club was produced by Art Linson, Ross Grayson … Read more
It is not very often that Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as two people who are willing to disobey their parents for the sake of their love. The film Romeo + Juliet is a Shakespearean tragedy adapted by modern-day director Baz Luhrmann, Romeo + Juliet was released in 1996 starring Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo) and Claire … Read more
Today Romeo and Juliet the movie is being critiqued. Romeo and Juliet is about two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love with each other despite their family’s hatred for one another. The play Romeo and Juliet has been around since 1597 by William Shakespeare , so of course a lot of things have … Read more
The Scarlet Letter is a novel set in the Puritan history of Massachusetts and tells the story of Hester Prynne, who has committed adultery and must wear a scarlet “A” on her chest as punishment. The letter “A” stands for adulterer, but it can also mean “adultery. ” The letters on her clothing reflect Hester’s … Read more
The book The Godfather, by Mario Puzo, was published in 1969. The two most popularly known movies The Godfather are both based on that novel. The first movie released in 1972 and the second followed in 1974. The story of The Godfather is about an Italian-American Mafia family, headed by Don Vito Corleone, based around … Read more
Lolita is an American novel written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1955. Lolita has also been adapted into two movies, Lolita in 1962 and Lolita in 1997. The Lolita novels are based on the true story of Lolita Lempkii who abducted by her father across state lines to marry her when she was only thirteen years … Read more
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 film directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates, and Leonardo DiCaprio. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (film) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1994. The movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (film) – based on the novel – is about … Read more
The movie The Patriot movie review states that The Patriot is a movie about the American Revolution and that it is rated as one of the best Revolutionary War movies ever made. The Patriot follows Benjamin Martin (played by Mel Gibson) as he leads his family to safety, while trying to stop the violence between … Read more
He worked with Paul Green between 1940 and 1941 to create a stage adaptation of the novel. Paul Green later wrote another adaptation for the stage with the guidance of Richard Wright right beside him. He down plays Bigger and even lets him off of the hook for the murder of Bessie. Even though it … Read more
The Wizard of Oz was a powerful movie made in the thirties. It did not just tell a simple story of a girl who gets lost, but also brought many different ideas about current events of that time to the surface. The Wizard of Oz was released on August 25, 1939, a time where women … Read more
Documentaries are meant to test the boundaries of what we’re comfortable with. They’re supposed to bring new knowledge to an otherwise ignorant audience and inform them of it. This information is usually also something that challenges the viewers status quo. It could be revolutionary, horrific, countercultural or even just a little bit edgy. But documentaries … Read more
In the film, What Poor Child Is This? Poverty and America’s Children published by Films Media Group the audience learns the horrifying reality of just how many of American children are considered poor. In America, which is considered one of the world’s most wealthy countries, there are 12 million children who are considered poor. This … Read more
The film, Valkyrie, directed by Bryan Singer, was released in 2008. It deals with events in Germany from 1943-44. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was introduced as the main conspirator in the Valkyrie plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The film’s exploration of von Stauffenberg’s character and his motives were limited and substantially inaccurate, mostly altered to … Read more
The Return, directed by Andrei Zvygiantsev, is a film that is ultimately about the evolving relationship between two brothers who had to grow up without a father. In the beginning of this film the brothers got in petty fights and didn’t take care of each other. The also had a hard time being independent and … Read more
Film authorship, or auteurism, is a way in which film can be categorised according to the stylistic and narrative elements of the director. Auteur theory usually attributes the creation of a films artistic style solely to the director. Film authorship can be explored as a commercial, textual, or critical category as explained below in relation … Read more
Brian De Palma, is a Hollywood director, who is famous for creating and directing horror films. De Palma has directed some of the most controversial and best known horror films of all time, taking inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock. Brian De Palma directed the movie Carrie, inspired by the book by Stephen King, which is about … Read more
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself. This axiom highlights what many people perceive as mankind’s greatest weakness, fear. Fear commonly manifests itself in two forms, tangible and transcendental. For the people who seek the thrilling feeling of fear through movies, this combination can all but guarantee that picture will be a cinematic thriller. … Read more
In terms of movies, in my opinion, The Soloist is a pretty accurate depiction of what schizophrenia looks like. Most movies tend to overexaggerate symptoms of schizophrenia, or they make it seems like the character just develops schizophrenia overnight, but this movie did not do that. From a clinical standpoint, The Soloist is one of … Read more
Values are something that create a balance in the world, they keep the populations from living the movie Purge. There is a natural code of conduct that is governed by our values and it keeps us from killing each other without regard. However, it’s not just about killing but also stealing, judgement, and respect. It … Read more
David Fincher’s Se7en is an American thriller/horror film directed in 1995. The film follows the investigation of two detectives Mills (Brad Pitt) and Somerset (Morgan Freeman) through the series of murderers based on the seven deadly sins found in the Christian Bible. A puzzle film is designed so that every piece functions toward the overall … Read more
The movie She’s The Man, directed by Andy Fickman it is shown that men always get the upper hand in almost everything and girls have to work twice as hard to get to an equal level as them. This movie gives out a feminism message saying women should be able to work alongside with men … Read more
“Toy Story” Movies have been a big hit for many years. Billions of dollars have been spent by people just to watch these fascinating moving pictures. “Toy Story”, which came out in 1995, is an excellent example of one of these movies that appeared in theaters. It is an animated representation of what toys do … Read more
I’ve known about Pocahontas ever since I was a little girl. I used to sit in front of the TV and watch it over and over again until | finally got bored. I think the directors, Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel, did a wonderful job on putting this movie together. Pocahontas is a Disney animated … Read more
Many people have survived near-death situations because things have happened. One thing, however, that had a part in every instance of survival was the will to survive. The Martian, originally written by Adam Weir and adapted into a movie by Ridley Scott, deals majorly with this theme. Adam Weir shows that the key to survival … Read more
Directed by Robert Luketic, Legally Blonde is a film about a stereotypical valley girl, born into a rich family, used to getting everything she wants, and then breaking molds to prove she can rise above society’s expectations of privileged kids. Elle Woods, the main character and heroine of the story, is a wealthy and beautiful … Read more
As a shy horticultural hobbyist and low-level British diploma, Justin Quayle is not a person to make fuss, until when he learns about his wife’s murder. Tessa has been murdered and left at the crossroad together with her driver. The first suspect is her doctor, Arnold Bluhm, on for it to be discovered that he … Read more
“I Am Sam” is about a man named Sam Dawson who has the mental capacity of a child. He works at a Starbucks and had a daughter named Lucy with a homeless woman who abandoned the two the moment they left the hospital and Sam is left to take care of Lucy all on his … Read more
The Hunger Games Summary Are the odds ever in your favor? In the movie the “The Hunger Games” the odds don’t seem to be in district twelve’s favor. Katniss Everdeen, whose only pronounced skill is being good with a bow and arrow, volunteers in place of her younger sister Primrose to fight in the 74th … Read more
“People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can’t rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. ” … Read more
In the movie “ Cool Runnings”, the director mixes all different emotions with a storyline proving you can do anything that you put your mind to. The movie begins with Olympic hopeful Derice, running across Jamaica. He is doing this because he is training for the 1988 Olympic Games, and hopes to be a gold-medal … Read more
The film “There Will Be Blood: is a movie about Daniel Plainview and his struggle to become a self-proclaimed oilman. In the film, Daniel is at war with mother earth in the fight for black gold. Throughout the movie, his ongoing battle alters his life in countless ways. It changes his family, friends and his … Read more
The dark fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth is a fascinating example of creative story-telling. This film focuses on so many aspects between Ofelia’s imaginary world and the real world, including her stepfather fighting for the Francoist regime. This little girl is uprooted to a military outpost in Fascist-ruled Spain commanded by her new stepfather, the Captain. … Read more
I chose Holes by Louis Sachar for the book that I would save if I could only save one book. Although I read it about eight years ago, I have very fond memories of this story. I remember when I was about eight years old, my family and I listened to the audiobook while we … Read more
Tragedies are unpredictable and inevitable, however the different perceptions towards a hardship can alter an individual’s path. Tragedies can twist the image of reality, but they can also be a source of guidance. The movie Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis and the poem “On a Tree Fallen Across the Road,” by Robert Frost showcase … Read more