Film Review of The Shawshank Redemption Release dates: September 23‚ 1994(U.S.) Running time: 142 min Language: English Budget: $25 million Box office: $28.3 million (North America) Released in 1994‚ two decades ago‚ the film The Shawshank Redemption is rather old yet far form old-fashion. It is a film that ages well‚ that does not date‚ that stands the test of time and that becomes the living example of the absolute best. And the excellent film is worth a recommendation. The Shawshank Redemption
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Film Review – 127 Hours Today I would like to recommend a movie to you called “127 Hours”. It is the true story of the adventure of a mountain climber‚ Aron Ralston. Ralston was hiking alone one day and incidentally he was trapped in a canyon with his arm stuck under a rock. He got very little water and food and even more worse‚ he had not told anyone where he was going. After being trapped for over five days‚ he realized that there was very little chance that someone would rescue him
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ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) Film Review This show re-lives a true story about a woman‚ Erin Brockovich‚ played by Julia Roberts and directed by Steven Soderbergh‚ of how a woman can achieve personal and professional victory by overcoming obstacles external to her and those within her. With limited skills she took on corporate world and caused compensation of US$33M to be paid out to residents of a small town in California‚ Hickley‚ as compensation for contaminated water supply. Erin‚ is an
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his death in 2012‚ Carter was a renowned ace in composing contemporary classical music. His success during his career spanning eight decades can well be manifested by the numerous accolades he gained including the most coveted Pulitzer Prize. Elliot Cook Carter‚ Jr. was born in New York City in 1908 and died in 2012. His interest in music began while he was in high school. Carter’s music career was instigated by Charles Ives‚ who had relations with Carter’s family by virtue of business. Being
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USC- PR Vanessa Alexandra Activity 8: Film Review "RENT" RENT I was raised all my life in the theater and I have taken lessons of everything that has to do with fine arts. Two of my passions are dance and sing‚ that is why my interest has been created for musicals. One time I saw this musical for the first time‚ I knew it has something special‚ but I was a little girl and I did not realized the meaning. Once I grew up and I could understand what was happening this musical become part
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the two versions. After comparing the two side-by-side‚ it becomes clear that the original graphic novel is far superior to its movie adaptation. In the film‚ Evey Hammond is on her way to her Boss’s house for dinner instead of soliciting men for sex like in the novel. In both versions of V for Vendetta‚ she represents the “everyman” but in the film she starts off as a strong‚ confident woman instead of an insecure teenage prostitute. The relationship between V and Evey in the original graphic novel
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Gran Torino Gran Torino is an American drama film‚ released in 2008 film directed and produced by and also starring Clint Eastwood. Set in Detroit‚ Michigan it was the first mainstream U.S. film to feature Hmong Americans. Gran Torino was a critical and commercial success‚ grossing nearly $270 million worldwide and is also said to be Clint Eastwood’s most successful film‚ but as like many films Gran Torino received both praise and criticism. “Gran Torino” tells the story of Walt Kowalski (Clint
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Billy Collins once said‚ “Poetry can do a lot of things to people. I mean it can improve your imagination. It can take you to new places. It can give you this incredible form of verbal pleasure.” Collins truly sends his readers to new places with his poems. Billy Collins writes with childhood‚ and memories as his main themes. By writing about childhood‚ and memories from the past Collins brings his reader into the poem. Everyone reading his poems has had a childhood‚ and has memories of that childhood
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of sneakers. He accidentally places first and wins another prize instead. The film ends with Zahra finding out that she will not get a new pair of shoes‚ but there is a quick shot of their father’s bicycle at the end of the movie that shows what appears to be the red shoes Zahra had been focusing on earlier and another pair of white sneakers‚ presumably for Ali‚ whose old sneakers were torn from so much use. The film ends with the final shot showing Ali dipping his blistered feet in a pool.
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Sociology in sport Film review: bend it like Beckham Bend it like beckham is based on Jess‚ a 17 year old British born‚ Sikh girl who has an undying passion for football‚ her favourite player is David Beckham and he is exactly who jess wants to be. But jess’s parents have taken every effort to stay in touch with the families Indian heritage. Jess ’ father and mother are after their daughter to go to law school‚ learn to cook a traditional Indian dinner‚ and settle down with a nice Indian boy
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