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    Blind Side Movie Review

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    For most of his childhood‚ 17-year-old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families throughout Memphis‚ Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home‚ he runs away. His friend’s father‚ whose couch Mike had been sleeping on‚ asks Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon)‚ the coach of Wingate Christian school‚ to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike’s size and athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Michael is befriended

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    The Beaver: A Depiction of Depression September 22‚ 2012 Perpetuates Stigma Films rarely broach the subject of mental illness‚ as it relates to families‚ due to its somber nature. This film‚ The Beaver (2011) provides the viewer with insight into the topic of mental illness as it identifies the various areas of life affected and the depth of the life altering changes. There has long been a stigma regarding depression. The general public often believes the person suffering from depression

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    Fight Club Starring: Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton‚ Helena Bonham-Carter‚ Meatloaf Director: David Fincher Writer: Jim Uhls Based on Novel By: Chuck Palahniuk Studio: Fox Studio Rating: R 18+ Genre: Action‚ Thriller Running Time: 139 minutes approx. Filming Locations: Los Angeles and California Special Effects: Many of the visual effects in Fight Club have been overshadowed by effect-based movies (LOTR‚ The Matrix) but upon closer examination I found that they were perfect

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    In a better world‚ Beautiful Creatures may have been the next Twilight. Ok‚ so it’s not about teenage girl who falls long and hard for a vampire. It’s about a teenage boy who falls long and hard for a witch. A boy named Ethan Wate has a strange recurring dream that haunts his sleep‚ but he prefers anything to his waking life‚ stuck in a small‚ conservative Southern town with his with his withdrawn father. To me‚ that kind of sounds a lot like To Kill a Mocking Bird. An unwilling new arrival in

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    Superstars don’t last forever. The dominant forces in the NBA aren’t far off from showing their first signs of deterioration. LeBron James is 31 years old‚ while Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry are 27 and 28 years old‚ respectively. As amazing as NBA superstars are‚ they don’t age like wine. Within the next five or so years‚ the next generation of superstars will be ready to take the stage and accept the proverbial passed torch. Of the teams in the NBA‚ the franchises that look the deadliest‚ in

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    Stylistic Language of Gettysburg Address Lincoln’s Gettysburg address has a great rhetorical significance partly achieved by its style. Some stylistic devices used in the speech are persuasive definitions; clarity‚ rhythm‚ and vividness of the language; and a combination of various elements within the speech. In this essay‚ I will elaborate the use of these aspects and how they affect Gettysburg address when the speech is read aloud‚ read silently‚ and read in paraphrased version. Persuasive definitions

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    Prior to converging on Gettysburg Lee had given Gen. Ewell orders to march on Harrisburg (Gottfried‚ 2010). The order to pull Ewell back from his attack on Harrisburg in order to march on Gettysburg was a result of information gaps which were normally filled by Stuart’s cavalry. Lee had believed the Army of the Potomac was still south of the Potomac River. He ordered Generals Ewell and Longstreet to converge on Gettysburg in an effort to force the Union Army northward‚ across

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    Would you be able to cope? That is the unspoken challenge laid down by “The Black Balloon‚” a harrowing‚ unsentimental portrait of a middle-class Australian family whose oldest son has severe autism compounded by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Would you find in yourself the seemingly infinite reserves of love and patience possessed by the Mollisons‚ the movie’s itinerant‚ highly stressed army family who have just moved to the suburbs of Sydney? Maybe not. “The Black Balloon‚” directed

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    Movie Review 1 Traitor

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    In the film Traitor‚ the main character’s faith is tested in a web of violence and misplaced loyalties‚ forcing him deeper into the fray of an international conspiracy. Throughout the film‚ Samir sources strength and tolerates persecution through Islamic prayer‚ while the organizations of people working around him are in a constant of flux. For Samir’s character‚ being Muslim is one of the few unbroken pieces of his identity from the moment his Father is killed by a car bomb to the climactic deaths

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    Why? Because‚ as I am told by some women‚ men lack the one emotion to make this movie enjoyable: sensitivity. Although "The Joy Luck Club" has been deemed a "must see movie" and given four stars by many reviewers‚ it lacks the ability to keep male interest so I would not recommend it. Before I proceed‚ I must clarify not all men will hate this movie. Some may actually like it. However‚ the type of male this review is geared towards can possibly be described as the Tim Taylor. If you do-it-yourself

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