interesting take on how to win at the game of baseball and it’s also based on the true story of real life Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) and how he turned around the team with the help of an Ivy league graduate computer whiz Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). The chemistry between Pitt and Hill helps drive the movie and gives it life with Pitt giving one of his best performances. Moneyball is a sharp‚ shrewd‚ intelligent and satisfying movie and for all the concentration on numbers‚ it
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Cited: Inglourious Basterds. Dir. Quentin Tarantino. Perf. Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz. Universal Studios‚ 2009. Film “Inglourious Basterds – Official Site.” Inglourious Basterds. The Weinstein Company‚ n.d. Web. “Quentin Tarantino Talks Inglourious Basterds.” Interview by Henri Sordeau. Rotten Tomatoes‚ n.p.‚ 11
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written by Solomon Northup in 1953. The autobiography was adapted into a film in 2013. The movie starred Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup along with Michael Fassbender‚ Benedict Cumberbatch‚ Paul Dano‚ Paul Giamatti‚ Lupita Nyong’o‚ Sarah Paulson‚ Brad Pitt‚ and Alfre Woodard as supporting actors. It was directed by Steve McQueen and the screenplay
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is paired with something of a sequel‚ the Odyssey‚ also attributed to Homer. Troy is a 2004 epic war film written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and loosely based on Homer’s Iliad. It features an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt‚ Eric Bana‚ Orlando Bloom‚ Diane Kruger‚ Saffron Burrows‚ Sean Bean‚ Brian Cox‚ Brendan Gleeson‚ Rose Byrne‚ Garrett Hedlund‚ Tyler Mane‚ and Peter O’Toole. Prince Hector (Eric Bana) and his young brother Paris (Orlando Bloom) negotiate
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Greeks Brad Pitt as Achilles - Son of Peleus and Thetis. Leader of the Myrmidons. Diane Kruger as Helen - Queen of Sparta and wife of Menelaus. Lover of Paris. Brian Cox as Agamemnon - King of Mycenae. Brother of Menelaus. Sean Bean as Odysseus - King of Ithaca and friend of Achilles. Considered the most clever of the Greeks. Brendan Gleeson as Menelaus - King of Sparta and husband of Helen. Brother of Agamemnon. Tyler Mane as Ajax - King of Salamis. Second to Achilles among the
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Action and drama are the basic features any movie requires to reach success but David Fincher gives these two genres a whole new meaning in his movie ‘Fight Club’. The film‚ featuring big time stars like Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton‚ Helena Bonham Carter‚ Meat Loaf‚ and Jared Leto‚ was released in 1999 and is based on a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk of the same name. The movie tells the story of how an ordinary man‚ the “narrator”‚ suffering from insomnia seeking happiness in support groups ends up
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You know her as Lara Croft in the epic “Tomb Raider” movies. And her name is being dragged through the noise as she goes through the divorce procedures with Brad Pitt. But Angelina Jolie is a person with a different identity back then. As a young girl‚ she had a different dream. She was the daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand‚ which means acting is in her blood even at an early age‚ cites Talk. When she was little‚ she often watched movies with her mother and that made her want to become
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as Fight Club‚ where a character played by Brad Pitt says "We’re the middle children of history‚ man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires‚ and movie gods‚ and rock stars‚ but we won’t. And we’re starting to figure that out. And we’re very‚very pissed off." Despite Brad Pitt being a movie god himself‚ one could define
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You can argue whether or not the media is sexist‚ about how women are portrayed and used in the media‚ and how it makes us feel about our selves and how we should be. In my opinion I think the media is sexist as they portray and advertise how women ’should be’. Sexism is one of the 5 major forms of discrimination. Even though discrimination against males exist‚ it is very uncommon. In fact‚ sexism towards women have been so strong‚ there has been 3 huge feminism movements through out the last
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Case 3-6 Consumer Behavior: Revlon For Men? Ubersexuals and the changing male landscapes Chenona D. Artis Dr. Hossein Kamarei February 9‚ 2012 Develop a marketing strategy for Revlon to enter the mens cosmetics market with a complete product line. Revlon Inc. (Revlon) is one of the leading cosmetics companies in the world. The company along with its subsidiaries offer a wide range of products inclusive of skin care‚ bath and body‚ cosmetics‚ hair care‚ fragrance products and other
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