Movie: Akeelah and the bee 1. Where and when does the story take place? This story take place at poor Crenshaw Middle School in South Los Angeles. 2. Who are the main charaters? a. Akeelah: b. Dr. Larabee c. Tanya d. Mr. Welch 3. Describe the charactes- Akeelah Enderson a. Akeelah: Eleven year old girl: her father is dead‚ her mom ignores her‚ her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She’s smart‚ but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations
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Critique of A Teacher Movie: Entry 1 The title of the movie : Taare Zameen Par Movie/ Like Stars on Earth. The summary of the movie : This movie told the story about an eight year boy‚ named Ishaan who was thought to be lazy and a troublemaker since he preferred to daydream during all lessons instead of paying attention to what were being taught by his teachers in front of the classroom. His habit of daydreaming also affected him when he was required to sit for examinations. He was also having
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My Favorite Movie There are thousands of movies in the United States. Many people have several favorite movies throughout their lifetime. Some people have favorites from each decade. Though many movies have grabbed my attention‚ my favorite is the eighties movie The Breakfast Club. I love the main characters‚ the amazing storyline‚ and the original ending. I have watched this movie many times and it never gets old to me. The reason I love this movie is that I can relate many of the characters
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The movie is called radio. The main character’s name is james. james is autistic and he likes radios. James goes by the name radio. Another main character is coach jones. Coach jones is a coach for sports at the school. Coach jones helped radio after he was bullied by his players. One of the players is johnny he is the one that hurt radio. Johnny is very good at sports he plays basketball and football. The theme of the movie is about a boy named james who likes football and goes by the name radio
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days on a raft after his plane crash and surviving being a prisoner of war by the Japanese caused him to be a war hero. Louie Zamperini is the person being portrayed on the base on a true story movie called” Unbroken”. Zamperini in high school broke all of his high school track records‚ and after high school he joined the Olympics at age 19 where he broke the 5000 meter dash record. After the war Zamperinni has many accomplishment after the war beginning his new life from where he started‚ Christianity
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Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4‚ 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett‚ a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson‚ Mississippi in the early 1960s‚ a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter‚ who is 21 years old‚ white‚ educated from Ole Miss‚ dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid‚ Constantine‚ gone and no
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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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could look for symbolism and find deeper meaning to the film he created. These symbolic scenes for example; Teresa burning the love letter‚ the children in the school resembling bees and Fernando relating his life to the bees. Victor Erice is the director of the spirit of the beehive. Erice directed short films while he was in film school; he was also a film critic at the Spanish journals. He then earned an international award for the Spirit of the Beehive which was his first official full length
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1. In the movie‚ Precious deals with at least 10 different issues. Identify at least 5 and discuss in detail. What is the issue‚ how does it play out in her life‚ how does it impact her‚ etc. (15 pts.). 1. She has a multitudes of issues. She was abused from the age of 3 by her father and her mother letting it happen. This appears to be when her mom started to resent her because the father wanted her more than the mother. The sexual abuse of her father caused her to have 2 children. The oldest
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in the movie Easy A‚ for example telling the truth‚ jumping to conclusions‚ and trust. First‚ telling the truth was a huge part in the movie Easy A‚ when Olive told Rhi that she was going on a date with this guy‚ instead of going camping with Rhi’s family‚ when in reality she was at home in her room jamming out to Pocket Of Sunshine. So when they came back to school Rhi asked how the date went‚ Olive went with the lie and Rhi asked if they ended up having sex‚ Olive said yes‚ and the school ended
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