society today. After “The Matrix was released in 1999‚ Mr. Cameron furthered his movie cyborg movie pattern with the construction of what would become another example of his effort in a paradigm shift of Science Fiction films‚ Avatar‚ finally exposed to the public in 2009(Dargis‚1). The idea of the alien universe first emerged into his train of thought back in the seventies. Unable to bring the blue humanoid planet to life in the fashion he wanted to during that specific time period‚ James Cameron failed
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Conor R-S Period 6. Lincoln Review Lincoln The movie Lincoln‚ directed by the infamous Steven Spielberg‚ is based on the life of Abraham Lincoln and his efforts to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ which would abolish slavery completely. With the assumption that the Civil War would end in one month‚ however‚ Abraham feels it it is imperative to pass the amendment by the end of January‚ thus removing any possibility that slaves who have already been freed may
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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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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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Ryan Marrero Mr. Gurian Movie Review Apocalypto The movie begins when you meet a small village in Mexico. The men are out hunting and get their kill when they notice something at the woods edge. Its a large group of people some hurt with lots of fear who say their village was destroyed and they are searching for a new beginning. They go back to their village and have jokes and fun. The next morning the main character Jaguar Paw awakes to a barking dog and when the dog stops barking he
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In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements In English MOVIE REVIEW Of BEOWULF Merry Anjela M. Mendoza September 16‚ 2011 Ms. Maria Dolores Fiao-ag Introduction Beowulf is an epic from England. It is a story of a brave man who killed many monsters and died defending from a dragon. It is also a great story of adventure. From an old English poem‚ it became a 3D movie with the faces of real actors and actresses. Although there has a difference from the original poem‚ it still showed great and it
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Matrix- Movie Review The Matrix is the second film of the writer/director team Larry and Andy Wachowski‚ who have once again hit the mark with their science fiction thriller with the perfect balance of action‚ excitement and suspense. The Matrix didn’t follow the trend of many other sci-fi films of this era‚ which are becoming less and less reliant on plot and focusing their attention on special effects‚ which can often result in them becoming boring and predictable. Instead the Matrix achieved
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Kevin Driggers‚ movie review “Titanic” The movie “Titanic” takes place in 1912 and is based on the wreckage of the ship‚ and a love story. Rose is the main character of the movie; Rose is the fiancé of Cal‚ Cal’s father owns a big business in Pittsburgh. Rose’s mother wants her to marry Cal for his money. Rose didn’t want to marry Cal‚ so in the beginning she is about to commit suicide when she meets Jack. Cal then shows up and questions both of them and Rose makes up a story‚ she says she wanted
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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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Movie Review Assignment Memento (2001) Drama‚ Mystery‚ Thriller Cast – Guy Pearce as Leonard‚ Carrie-Ann Moss as Natalie‚ Joe Pantoliano as Teddy‚ Mark Boone as Burt‚ Stephen Tobolowsky as Junior Sammy Writer/Director - Christopher Nolan. Synopsis - Guy Pearce stars as a man who is trying to track down the man who raped and murdered his wife‚ but has difficulties along the way with the fact that he suffers from a rare untreatable form of memory loss. He can’t remember what happened 15 minutes
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