Film review: Captain Philips “Captain Philips‚ can you hear me‚ Captain Philips can you hear me?” The walkie talkie sounded in the midst of pirates‚ as Captain Philips reached to take the walkie talkie…… This is from an awesome called Captain Philips. Captain Philips was released on October 26th 2013‚ the director is Paul Greengrass‚ and major actor is Tom hanks as Captain Richard Philips. This film is rated 8.1 on imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/)‚ 8.3 on rotten tomato (http://www
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How does mise-en-scene create meaning and provoke response in the opening of American Beauty? The opening scene of American Beauty shows a teenage girl lying in a bed‚ venting her feelings towards her father. In this‚ the audience sees her in dull clothing and colours‚ minimal make-up and has greasy-looking hair. As she sits up‚ her hair falls around her face and she stares directly into the camera‚ giving a sense of unease to the audience. The next shot is an establishing shot‚ showing the
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Film Review——Bruce Almighty (2003) God has always been regarded as an omnipotent being. Imagine‚ what would happen if you are the god? Have you ever thought that the power of god is already inside of you? The 2003 comedy film‚ Bruce Almighty‚ explores such theme when Bruce Nolan‚ an ordinary news reporter‚ is given the power of god for a week. The film stars Jim Carrey‚ Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman‚ and is directed by Tom Shadyac. The films tells the story of Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) ‚ a
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Shaquilla Gracien 3/19/14 Women in Africa Film Review Dance can be used as a source of therapy where one can express their emotions whether it is positive or negative‚ through each movement. In the past and maybe still today‚ women in Tanzania were not allowed to speak about nor complain about the lack of support they get from their husband. Women in Tanzania use the movements of dance to portray how they are the actual providers in their family and to express how their husbands are useless
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Review of the film The film‚ which really starts a few years before 1492 and closures a few years after the fact‚ begins off with a great deal of grave and traditionally successful scene-setting as Columbus’ child and biographer‚ Fernando‚ reviews his father‚ the visionary of inconceivable dreams. The myth of Columbus-as-legend propagated in 1492: Conquest of Paradise just on the grounds that I didn’t generally think about chronicled correctness. But rather I focused around the moderate moving plot
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The review of film "Ostrov". "Ostrov" was directed /daɪˈrekt/ by Pavel Lungin. It stars Pyotr Mamonov who plays the part a monk Father Anatoly and who is very interesting person in private - formerly /ˈfɔːməli/ one of the few rock musicians in the USSR‚ converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent‚ he played himself." The film won the Nika Awards of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences for
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Siri Parakum Review Siri parakum is a movie about the childhood of Sri Lanka’s one of the most significant kings‚ king Parakramabahu II. It’s written and directed by Somarathne Dissanayake‚ produced by Renuka Balasooriya. This is my first review. So here goes nothing. As mentioned above‚ this film is created by the award winning famous director himself‚ Somarathne Dissanayake. After doing movies like Saroja‚ Punchi suranganavi‚ Suriya Arana etc‚ now the director has done his first periodic
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As Lester from American Beauty once said‚ “This isn’t life‚ it’s just stuff. And it’s become more important to you than living. Well‚ honey‚ that’s just nuts.” This classic film is replete with themes‚ symbols and motifs‚ but the most noteworthy theme relates to everyday happiness. An individual’s happiness depends on a plethora of psychological factors such as interpersonal relationships as well as individuation and this film explores the psychological aspects that determine happiness (Hewison)
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Limitless or Limiting? “Obviously I miscalculated a few things…” – The opening line to what I thought (and still think) was a gripping watch until I read the reviews that demolished the way I read and interpreted films. One of these demoralizing reviews includes a one liner from a ‘Top Critic’ of The New Yoker stating: “Very limited‚ actually.” Perhaps I had miscalculated a few things myself. I found myself in the same designer shoes as the main character that was ready to jump off the ledge of
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American Beauty Essay 2 Question (a) A successful film offers an insight into our own society. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Many successful films provide insight into our own society. This is observed in the film ‘American Beauty’ by Sam Mendes‚ which presents us with the idea of the American Dream/Materialism which is also relevant in today’s society. In this essay I will explore this idea by linking our society to what is portrayed in American Beauty‚ along with the aspects
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