Film Review 12 Years a Slave Based on a true story‚ 12 Years a Slave depicts the journey of a free black man in the 1840s that is kidnapped and sold into southern slavery. Aside from the captivating story and tremendous acting‚ the historical accuracy of slavery during this time is gut retching. The director‚ Steve McQueen‚ does a remarkable job executing the transition of Solomon Northup’s autobiography into a live action film‚ but what makes this movie so captivating? What about the film makes
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Denis Salinas 04/23/2013 “Pulp Fiction” Film Review When giving a film and evaluation it is obvious that acting‚ setting and plot would fit in every gender‚ however to evaluate a crime movie the expectations and feedback changes. Crime movies are known for having a flexible plot that allows mystery and tension build up‚ characters and acting that will maintain their role alive and transfer emotions and dialog that stays clear and understandable. Writing that is able to keep the audience concentrated
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first‚ he taps a hidden side to his personality and blossoms into an accomplished ballroom dancer. All very well‚ except none of his family is aware of this chrysalis bursting open in this way. In roughly one hour and forty-five minutes‚ the film turns all expectations and predictability on their respective heads. With all the action building up towards the climactic Chicago Tattinger Trophy who could blame you for expecting a neatly wrapped package at that point: Clark rewarded for his accomplishment
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Film review Eat Pray Love It’s true to say that cinema is rather enjoyable piece of art and a lot of people nowadays can’t imagine their lives without such leisure activity as watching different genres of films. As for me‚ I also belong to that people‚ who are called “film freaks” and it’s quite natural for me to watch many films and to express my own objective point of view on this or that film. To speak about the film “Eat‚ pray‚ love”‚ we have recently watched‚ is rather difficult
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Film Review: Up in the Air/The Descendants Paradise. We each have our own specific interpretations of what kind of environment this epitome of comfort and serenity may represent; and this is one of the key linking concepts between Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011).This idea is driven home strongly by both the endearing leading roles of George Clooney and the physical settings of the films themselves‚ giving two frank contrasts of this idea of what ‘paradise’ is. First delivered
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Film Review Title: Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Director: Lasse Hallstrom Main Actors: Richard Gere‚ Joan Allen and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Length: 1h 55min Classification: Universal Rating: 4 stars ‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’ is a 2009 American fantastic drama film which was based on a true story of a faithful Akita Hachiko. I could tell before watching the film that it would have a sad ending which would keep me speechless. After watching the film I thought that it was one of the most emotional films I have
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Utopia or Dystopia Film Review- Gattaca Welcome back your listening to 104.7 FM Radio National Breakfast and it is time for films with Jane Smith. Today I’ll be reviewing Gattaca‚ There is no gene for the human spirit. Gattaca enters the same category as Contact (1997). Starring Ethan Hawke‚ Uma Thurman and Jude Law Gattaca is a Science Fiction film about a possible future dystopian world. The movie draws on what it means to be human and the concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate
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A Film Review about “Slumdog Millionaire” Rate: R Runtime：2 hrs Genre: dramas Theatrical release: 09-01-2009 Cast: Dev Patel ‚ Irrfan Khan‚ Anil Kapoor‚ Madhur Mittal‚ Freida Pinto Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy Producer: Christian Colson Composer: A.R.Rahman Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Have you ever asked yourself how long will love be? Will it be forever or just a few months‚ years? Have you ever believed in true love which can survive through hardship‚ selfish
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Qing Min Apr 21‚ 2013 AHI 356 Imaging Otherness in Visual Culture Film Review 8 King Kong Though the movie King Kong could not possibly cause anyone to lose sleep after seeing it today‚ it was certainly classified as a horror movie when it firstly went public in 1933. On the one hand‚ the director’s intentional blurring between the boundary of a documentary and a fiction added to the horror effect. On the other hand‚ besides the use of cutting-edge cinematic technology‚ the era of Great Depression
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The Bran Nue Dae Review The film “A Bran Nue Dae” was a very intriguing film and was definitely unique. This particular movie tells the story of an adolescent Aboriginal boy and his journey to return back home to Broome. Along the way he meets characters that challenge him‚ which helps him mature but also embrace his Aboriginal heritage. Throughout the movie there are many unexpected occurrences that make it thoroughly enjoyable and a great family movie. There were many aspects within the movie
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