Precious Summary The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally
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contexts. I have chosen to write a positive movie review of the 2010 television version of Macbeth‚ produced by Rupert Goold with Patrick Stewart in the title role and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth. My purpose is to illustrate how this version of Macbeth‚ even though it is set in modern times and it is not always loyal to Shakespeare’s work‚ is still able to enhance the main themes and portray the characters with the same traits. I chose to write a movie review as I thought it would be interesting to
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Olympia movie review Olympia an award winning documentary made by leni Riefenstahl is beautifully captured‚ capturing the true life of the berlin Olympics. Riefenstahl uses techniques in which we still use nowadays and creates art in her films Riefenstahl and her staff didn’t uses very professional camera angles ‚ only to improvise with telephoto lenses; though the results are often more dramatically impressive than the up-close-and-personal approach taken by contemporary TV cameramen. Riefenstahl
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TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
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Tulak (2009) Stars: Rafael Rosell | John Regala | Melissa Mendez | Fanny Serrano | Julio Diaz | Maria Isabel Lopez Genre: Drama Director: Neal Tan Review: Orphaned at a young age‚ Tikboy (Rafael Rosell) was under her aunt Lukray’s (Isabel Lopez) wings together with her live-in-partner Abdon (Julio Diaz). Aunt Lukray is an aging prostitute while Abdon is a corrupt and fraudulent policeman who also happens to be a drug pusher‚ with Tikboy as his delivery boy or batang “Tulak”. Together they are
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Gattaca Film Review Gattaca is a science-fiction film released in 1997‚ lead starring Ethan Hawke‚ Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The film details a man’s (Ethan Hawke/Vincent Freeman) physical breakthrough of the barrier of attaining his dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but not being able to due to a heart defect imprinted in to his DNA. The film begins showing the birth of a baby and the process that goes with such an ordeal in ‘the not-too-distant future’. This baby was Vincent‚ who was genetically
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Chelsea Tibbetts CMS 202 10/3/12 Beyond the Pane is Pleasure: A Chocolat Review None are allowed to see what Vianne is concocting behind the windows concealed with newspaper. Away from the public eye‚ Vianne paints the walls of her shop with Mayan designs and places tribal sculptures on the shelves with care. Young schoolboys peek through the miniscule slivers in between the newspaper; their only means to observe the magic happening within its walls. They watch as the grinding of
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December 30‚ 2011 Catherine Cox Oliver! Movie Review Grade 9 Drama A The movie watched from November 18th to the 21st in Mr. Sheridan’s drama class was the 1968 musical‚ Oliver! This musical was freely adapted from the book “Oliver Twist” by Charles dickens‚ with screenplay written by Vernon Harris. The film was produced by John Woolf‚ directed by Carol Reed with music by Johnny Green‚ choreography by Onna White‚ and costumes by Phyllis Dalton. The talented cast was chosen by Jenia Reissar
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THE RAINMAKER REVIEW The Rainmaker Review Jasper Smith Busn 210 Business Law Professor Sauchuck In the film‚ “The Rainmaker”‚ Rudy Baylor is a young man who just graduated law school. Rudy is having a hard time finding a full time job‚ and has yet to pass the bar exam. He eventually finds a job as an ‘ambulance chaser’ for a personal injury lawyer named “Bruiser”. Rudy already has a couple cases that he brings with him to the firm. One is an insurance
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Casablanca Movie Review The film Casablanca has been a favorite for many people since its release in 1943. It was directed by the talented Hungarian director Michael Curtiz. It stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as the main characters. Claude Rains plays a supporting role as Captain Louis Renault. He delivers one of the best performances of his impressive career during the course of this movie Casablanca is a classic tale of lost love found again. This love is then put at risk of being lost
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