Cullan Mary McClean American History 2 September 2016 Movie Review: The Patriot On September 2‚ 2016 I watched “The Patriot” on my computer via DVD I borrowed from my grandmother. I sat down at twelve o’clock and finished at two o’clock. This is my opinion and account of this movie featuring the American Revolution. The movie begins with a post man delivering the mail to a plantation where Benjamin Martin lives with his family Benjamin was a veteran of the French and Indian war where he regarded
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Issues Movie Review ‘Alive’ When posed with the challenge of reviewing a movie with some sort of ethical dilemma or controversial issue‚ the first movie that came to mind for me was Alive for a variety of reasons. First of all‚ not only is the movie based on a true story‚ but the main controversial events in the movie actually took place which makes the analysis of this movie all the more challenging and much real to think and deal with as a human being. Secondly‚ in my opinion this movie touches
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Film Review-American History X American history X is the shocking drama that takes racism to a deeper level of understanding and shows us a family torn apart by hate and fear. There is loads of films about modern racism but "American History X" is absolutley the best i’ve encountered. Second comes "This is England" that pretty much describes same things but not as accurate as American History. The reckless violence and the strong hate shows us how twisted our modern society is and how a normal
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Augusta‚ Georgia suffering from multiple personality disorder (MPD) also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). You will find that I refer to it both ways in this review. In the movie‚ Woodward plays a conservative southern housewife Eve White who‚ at times‚ transforms into a bold and bawdy woman named Eve Black. The movie is supposedly based on events that really happened in true life. Although at times it is almost difficult to accept and believe the rapid transformations portrayed from
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Twilight: Interpersonal Communication Movie Review Through the story of the characters and their interpersonal communication movies have become a household commodity and often times emerge as a mainstream “pop culture.” Twilight is the recent adaptation from novel to film based off the book by Stephanie Meyer released in 2005 by the same title. The film tells a story about the forbidden love between two individuals through the telling of a seventeen year-old girl. Through this forbidden
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Under the Same Moon (Movie Review) Under the Same Moon is a story about a nine year old boy‚ Carlitos‚ who wants to be reunited with his mother‚ but has to cross over the Mexican border to do so. The movie starts by us learning about Carlitos life in Mexico and his mother’s‚ Rosario‚ who lives in L.A. Carlitos and his mother speak every Sunday at the same two payphones‚ while Rosario reassures her son they will be reunited in the U.S one day. We also see her describe what it is like in the U.S.
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American Beauty A Sociological Movie Review American Beauty‚ a film that was written by Allan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in 1999 is a unique piece that demonstrates many sociological themes throughout the development of the plot. The characters strive to portray themselves as the All American Family. They live in a nice house‚ drive nice cars and seem perfectly normal to the general public‚ but the audience is allowed to view the deep set issues that plague the main characters; Lester
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August Rush Movie Review August Rush B. Lead Characters Evan Taylor (August Rush) – Freddie Highmore Lyla Novacek – Keri Russell Louis Connelly – Jonathan Rhys Meyers C. Director Kirsten Sheridan D. Setting of the Story New York‚ USA E. Summary of the Film The main character‚ Evan Taylor‚ can hear music in everything around him. He is being raised in an orphanage with no contact with his parents‚ although he insists that he can "hear" them. Evan believes that the music that
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Business Association October 9th‚ 2014 Movie Review Number 1 Wall Street (1987) After watching “Wall Street (1987)” I learned of several dilemmas stockbrokers‚ such as Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko‚ encounter in the pursuit of wealth. First‚ Bud was faced with the difficult dilemma of whether he should do what’s best for his career or what’s best for his father. Bud’s father worked his entire life for a small airline company‚ but Bud’s Boss‚ Gordon Gekko‚ desired to take over the airline
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satire. It actually highlights the bitter society in America‚ and mocks the way corporate bosses manage employees ’ dismissal; more accurately‚ it displays human fallout over job loss. This kind of movie is not common in the modern Hollywood production - the kind that does not insult our intelligence. This movie‚ released in 2009‚ is very well-timed‚ as in these times of economic meltdown‚ one of the main problems in people ’s lives is getting laid-off‚ not knowing what to do next to support their families
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