called Panem‚ within Panem there are 12 districts and the capitol. Each year one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 are "reaped" from each district to fight to the death in the hunger games. There will only be one survivor‚ leaving 23 dead. The movie starts out in district 12 where Katniss and her little sister Primrose are preparing for the hunger games. At the reaping‚ Primrose’s name is called but Katniss volunteers in her place. Katniss must say goodbye to her family and her close friend Gale
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effects of the biological warfare‚ believe that the problems of humanity were caused by the sciences they developed not the socio-political mistakes that caused this world war between China and the Soviet Union. They view Neville as a symbol of that time‚ a “refuse of the past” and want him “discarded” (Matthias – film). As Neville constantly fights for his survival he find he is not the last man on earth. He comes across a black woman named Lisa‚ played by Rosalind Cash‚ and finds that there are a
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the film received strong positive reviews for its cinematography‚ score‚ and young 15 year old Q’orianka Kilcher’s performance as Pocahontas. (Boehm 1-5) The movie opens up to three ships of settlers sailing up the James River in Southeastern Virginia‚ arriving at the soon to be settlement of Jamestown. While establishing the foundations of the first settlement‚ Captain Newport and a young John Smith make peaceful‚ first contact with groups of Natives. As time moves on‚ John Smith is elected to
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to watch this movie I thought it was going to be another boring love story movie. I was very wrong. I was expecting a copycat movie‚ I was expecting bad scripts and I was expecting bad acting. Instead‚ there was a mixture of genres. One minute it was romantic and lovey dovey and the next minute bam! There were swords and action scenes on the screen. The Princess Bride is a fantasy movie with a little bit of action and romance thrown in. There is a lack of loyalty throughout the movie but it also
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of Roger Ebert’s "Finding Neverland" Film Review "Finding Neverland" is a recently released motion picture starring acclaimed actors Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet‚ and directed by Marc Forster ("Monsters Ball") Personally‚ I loved the movie and It was hard to find a critic that gave the movie a negative review‚ so I stopped trying to find someone to argue with and I came across the king of all critics‚ Roger Ebert. I usually don’t agree with his reviews‚ so I figured we would clash on this one
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have shown to my children and my youth group and can honestly say that it impacted at least two. The movie is about Jake Taylor‚ a senior at Pacific High School. Jake is the typical high school jock that has it all popular friends‚ a beautiful girlfriend and is planning on attending college on a basketball scholarship. He parties with the most popular and everyone looks up to him. He is at times even referred to as “everyone’s hero”. However Jake was not ready for what was getting ready to happen
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Movie Review: 3 Idiots Last Saturday‚ we watched an Indian movie entitled “3 Idiots”. It is my first time to watch an Indian film and I must tell you that it is a great experience. At first‚ I actually taught that it is a typical comedy movie but I was wrong. There are so many lessons to be learned in the film. The first lesson is we should always follow our passion. Very often‚ we deceive ourselves by giving in to the demands of the people around us‚ rather than following what our minds dictate
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Pride and Prejudice Movie Review Pride and Prejudice came to life on the big screen in 2005. The movie was based on Jane Austin’s novel of the same name. The novel‚ being considered one of the most beloved books and one of the most popular in English literature‚ had high expectations. Director‚ Joe Wright‚ took on the task. Fortunately‚ he did not disappoint. The movie is effective at communicating the plot‚ setting‚ and characters to audience. First of all‚ this romantic period drama starts
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Movie Review for The Hunger Games Selena Guo Over the last two classes‚ we finished watching the movie The Hunger Games. I really enjoy the movie and I feel amazed after watching it. It is remarkable and fantastic. The movie is directed by Gary Ross and is an adaptation of the first in a set of three fantasy books written by Suzanne Collins. It is released in year 2012. Jennifer Lawrence is one of the primary actors and she plays the leading role as Katniss
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Introduction In this review‚ i will focus on the movie “Nineteen Eighty Four”. 1984 is a very meaningful movie which is one of the masterpiece of the antiutopia. In this paper‚ i will mainly talk about my feeling of the movie‚ who is the firm best for and discuss some of the technical aspects of the movie. First Feeling After watching the movie‚ the first feeling reflect in my brain was cherish. The reason of saying that is because the setting of the movie background. In this movie‚ one of the the biggest
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