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    The last of the Mohicans review The last of the Mohicans was a movie that really appealed to me from the beginning because of the heroism and the action into it. The main characters in this movie were Daniel day- Lewis as Nathanial Poe (Hawkeye) and Madeline Stowe as Cora Munro. The movie could be described as a romantic action like a Spiderman or a superman movie always needs the girl to give motivation to the main character but it is a historical drama. The movie was 112 minutes long‚ it contains

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    In the movies Fight Club and American Beauty‚ the values of happiness are interpreted incorrectly. This interpretation is consumerism. Consumerism is the myth that consuming will gratify an individual. Consuming can be purchasing anything from a yacht to a book. Consumerism is encouraged through advertising in corporate America. Advertising and consumerism go hand in hand because advertising is necessary for consumerism to play such a huge role in culture. In American culture‚ consumerism is a degenerative

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    Movie Review: UP (2009): Starring Edward Asner‚ Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai Every so often‚ a movie comes along that really inspires the audience to live a better way‚ to take risks‚ and stop making excuses. I was truly stunned that this inspirational‚ physics defying film actually came in the form of a kid’s movie. An animated wonderment about an old man wracked with grief‚ a yellow dog‚ a chubby little boy and a huge flightless bird‚ in a floating house. The film was particularly

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    a serious law student. The movie relies heavily on the stereotype of being blonde‚ “Blondes are usually associated with both low intelligence and ability and high beauty and femininity.” (Bry. C‚ Follendant‚ A.‚ Meyer‚ T.‚ 2007) Despite getting into Harvard‚ Elle is excluded from the study group after they tell her “It’s a smart people thing.” Her ex doubts Elle’s abilities to which she replies “did we not just get into the same law school.”Throughout the movie she is constantly judged based

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    1. Introduction In recent years‚ movie class plays a more and more important role in English teaching in China. Most teachers require students to write movie reviews after watching the movie. However‚ how to write movie review is still remain unclear to students. Some student download a review from the internet‚ and some write a summary of the movie instead. Genre analysis is a system of analysis by which observations are made on the repeated communicative functions found in genres and on the

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    Running head: MY MOVIE REVIEW OF THE NOTEBOOK 1 My Movie Review of The Notebook 3 MY MOVIE REVIEW OF THE NOTEBOOK 2 My Movie Review of The Notebook In search of the perfect romance movie that would satisfy the hopeless romantic inside me I stumbled upon Nick Cassvetes’ "The Notebook" in 2004. The movie is based on the novel of the same name

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    Steinbeck’s novel of ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Sam Mendes’ ‘American Beauty’ each explore the American dream‚ an ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire and achieve. Both texts place their own contextual perspective upon its ideals and the settings are the main distinguishing points between the texts‚ from the Californian Dust Bowl in the 1930s to the globalised commercial 21st century. ‘Of Mice and Men’ suggests that the American Dream is to attain private land ownership‚ so as to belong

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    In both text‚ ‘American Beauty’ and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’‚ the illusion of the American Dream is explored. These two texts rely heavily on symbolism to convey messages of desire. In ‘The Catcher in the Rye’‚ the red hunting hat is symbolic for Holden’s desire to be an individual. The presence of the hat mirrors the central conflict in the book: Holden’s need for isolation versus his need for companionship. The colour red is symbolic‚ in ‘American Beauty’‚ for desire as well. Angela‚ Lester’s desire

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    In the Disney Pixar film Inside Out (2015) directed by Pete Docter‚ the focus character Riley experiences mild mental illness’ including depression and social anxiety. Mental illness is a less recognised form of disability for the reason that it is an internal illness rather than a physical illness. Depression and social anxiety is a common illness among adolescence as a large number adjustments occur in this period of life for numerous people. The film represents this internal disability by depicting

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    Angeles on September 24th‚ 2012. The film was directed by Jason Moore. It is based on Mickey Rapkin’s non-fiction novel Pitch Perfect. The director of this movie has assembled a celebrity cast on the set‚ including Anna Kendrick‚ Rebel Wilson‚ Skylar Astin‚ Anna Camp‚ Brittany Snow‚ Ester Dean‚ Alexis Knapp‚ Ben Platt and Adam DeVine. The movie takes place at Barden University‚ Georgia where Beca (Anna Kendrick) is a new arrival and joins the Barden Bellas‚ a female a cappella group. There is a rivalry

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