I chose The Great Gatsby to watch for my movie review because the movie gives you a look at how life was in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby was released in 2013 and is rated PG13 for violence and sexual content. The movie was 143 minutes long. Baz Luhrmann directed The Great Gatsby and takes place in 1922. Leonardo DiCaprio played Jay Gatsby who bought a mansion across the lake from the love of his life (Daisy) who is now married. Casey Mulligan plays daisy who is in a hard place deciding whether
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Last week‚ we watched a movie called “Babies”. This movie is talking around four babies through their first year after their birth. Through the movie‚ you can see how babies develop in different cultural backgrounds and living areas. Ponijao comes from Opuwo‚ Namibia. Bayar comes from Byanchandmani‚ Mongolia. Both of them come from the rural area. The area they live in is close to the natural world. Both of them have one or more than one sibling to play with. They learn the world from the nature
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I used National News Core to search movie reviews from newspapers and magazines and read a review of the movie “Deadpool” from the New York Times. The tone is lighthearted and positive. The author describes the movie as “a feverishly eager-to-please comic-book movie about a supervillain who suits up like a superhero” (Dargis). He seemed to appreciate the “winking and rib poking” that is a trademark of the Deadpool story line. While acknowledging the movie’s shortcomings‚ the author casts them
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Madison Mitchell English 401-14 October 19‚ 2008 “Crash” This movie was very captivating and it made you think of the impacts people have on each other. In every scene of this movie‚ one person always leads to another character‚ whether it be a Chinese man being ran over by the inner city car thief‚ or the rich wife of Rick Cabot being “unhappy” all the time against other races than her own. This movie sets examples for others not to follow‚ basically concentrating on the different stereotypes
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Drusilla Culp Gladiator vs. Ancient Times The movie Gladiator follows the fictitious character of Maximus through his experiences in the gladiatorial games. While highly researched‚ the film of course differed from history in ways such as the historical accuracy to the family‚ Commodus‚ as well as the weaponry used by gladiators. Marcus Aurelius was an emperor from 161 to 180 CE as well as a philosopher. He really did wage battles along the frontier as depicted in the film‚ and is remembered by
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‘42’ is a movie about a professional American Baseball player Jackie Robinson‚ how he dealt with racism and how he broke baseball’s colour line in the 1940s. As the movie progresses‚ it also shows how the media had shaped society’s perception of the integration of coloured baseball players in society and how it was a success. In this movie analysis‚ the three topic discussions are racism towards African Americans‚ Diffusion of Innovation and the role of opinion leaders through various media effects
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America‚ to be married to Cal Hockley (Billy Zane)‚ a situation she is not thrilled about. Sparks fly when Dawson manages to talk Rose out of jumping overboard‚ but tragedy awaits as the unsinkable ship hits and iceberg and begins to flounder. In the movie‚ this story is presented to the audience as a flashback. The narrator is Rose‚ 101 years old‚ with the last name Dawson. She tells the story to a treasure hunter (Bill Paxton)‚ who is looking for the famous (and valuable) Heart of the Ocean‚ a diamond
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dream at one time or another of leaving everything behind and starting over‚ searching for inner strengths. When Into the Wild was released on September 21st‚ 2007‚ based on the nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Directed by Sean Penn‚ this movie shows us the gripping true story of Chris McCandless‚ played by Emile Hirsch‚ as he leaves his privileged life behind to embark on a quest for adventure and truth. The film is set in the early 1990’s and follows Chris as he graduates from Emory University
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In the final few minutes of the movie Contagion.The film goes back to Day 1 because they movie started on Day 2. I thought this was a very interesting piece in the movie. First off‚ the paper that you see Beth Emhoff signing while she is on the business trip Hong Kong. It had the similar logo that was on a bulldozer clearing away trees at the end of movie. This business theoretically started this worldwide pandemic because it knocked over the tree which the bat that was carrying the pathogen. This
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Brock Marcotte Movie Review 2/23/2015 Introduction In the film Valkyrie‚ it portrays a large-scale conspiracy within the German Army attempting to assassinate Hitler. The film is based on the closest attempt that there was during WW2 by a coup of people led by Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg. It shows the multiple attempts by the group on Hitler’s life with both how they were able to get in close enough with Hitler‚ and the ways that their attempts failed or were flawed. The movie brings us into the
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