Movie Review of “Cleopatra” The legendary story of Cleopatra has endured for over two thousand years. Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic movie‚ “Cleopatra”‚ starring Elizabeth Taylor‚ Rex Harrison and Richtard Burton depicts the end of Ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty with the fall of Cleopatra. Cleopatra was in fact the last of the great the pharaohs of Egypt and it can be said that she was as famous as Elizabeth Taylor who had been chosen to portray the fascinating ruler. Cleopatra was an intelligent
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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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Ruben Doncell 10/16/12 Christian Family Movie Review The main character had a terrible relationship with his father. They didn’t see eye to eye at all. The father just took him to baseball games and left him there with an usher that he paid to watch him. The absence of a father figure was significant to his childhood. When he grew up he tried to be anything but that memory. He was involved in his children’s lives. This would be a family theme where the parent separates themselves from the child
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In the womb - the DVD - Review A must see movie for future parents! Experience the life before birth‚ The formation‚ a step by step in a film that have not been seen like him. In the womb‚ was produced for National Geographic Channel . Its includes features in advanced technology‚ simulations that have been generated by ultrasound photography in four dimensions. Before it takes its first breath‚ a human baby has been through an incredible transformation from a single cell to a complex‚ self-sustaining
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Amanda Ujkashi 12/1/12 Macbeth Movie Review Macbeth is a story of passion‚ power‚ and violent betrayal: all of which are found in Mark Brozel’s contemporary adaptation of the Shakespearian classic. Set in Scotland‚ this production uses modern day language and dress to better relate to today’s audience. In this representation of Macbeth‚ Joe Macbeth is the sous chef in Duncan Docherty’s three star restaurant. Ella Macbeth‚ Billy Banquo‚ and Peter Macduff are also important characters. Macbeth has
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Nurul Hazwani Bt Hatta M12L THE OTHERS Movie Review The Others is one of the psychological horror movies that impress me with its good story plot and suspense elements. It was written‚ directed and scored by Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar‚ starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. It is inspired partly by the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) is a Catholic mother who lives with her two small children in a remote country house in the British Crown
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Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently
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A movie made by India’s finest director Mani Ratnam featuring the most talented actor Kamal Hassan and having its music composed by the one of the best music directors Illayaraja was very much high on expectations. The product was nothing short of sheer brilliance. Nayagan had got it all right!! It is almost fifteen years since the movie hit the big screen‚ but even today it is the most talked off movie in film circles. It was supposed to be filmed on the lines of another great English movie‚ Godfather
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Making Dreams Come True The movie Miracle tells the inspiring story of the 1980 United States hockey team and their journey to becoming the best hockey team in the world. Any hockey fan would be a perfect contender for watching the movie. The movie explores the many struggles that the team has to face to conquer their way through the Olympics‚ including on and off the ice. At a time when the country is in a period of struggle with the Cold War‚ Coach Herb Brooks has goals for the team that seem
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pursuit of the monster however‚ he dies of pneumonia in the hands of an exploration crew‚ and is then visited by the monster‚ who weeps and proclaims Frankenstein as his father. This adaption of Mary Shelly’s classic novel is the most source-loyal movie‚ and boasts many ideas rooted in many different areas of philosophy‚ such as aesthetics‚ the qualities of a human and the dichotomy of good and evil. Beauty is portrayed in this move as very objective‚ because even though the monster initially had
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