Film Review: Up in the Air/The Descendants Paradise. We each have our own specific interpretations of what kind of environment this epitome of comfort and serenity may represent; and this is one of the key linking concepts between Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011).This idea is driven home strongly by both the endearing leading roles of George Clooney and the physical settings of the films themselves‚ giving two frank contrasts of this idea of what ‘paradise’ is. First delivered
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Film Review Title: Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Director: Lasse Hallstrom Main Actors: Richard Gere‚ Joan Allen and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Length: 1h 55min Classification: Universal Rating: 4 stars ‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’ is a 2009 American fantastic drama film which was based on a true story of a faithful Akita Hachiko. I could tell before watching the film that it would have a sad ending which would keep me speechless. After watching the film I thought that it was one of the most emotional films I have
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The movie Troy (2004) was based on the stories told within the Iliad written 3200 years ago. The story is a tale of one mans greed versus the land loving‚ pride fighting Troy army. Troy seemed to be outnumbered‚ but their faith in the gods‚ and the love of their own country helped them stand up strong against the enormous Greek army. With the kings’ son‚ Hector a great war hero and powerful leader‚ the Troy army had seemed unbeatable. They were a very advanced and healthy city‚ protected by giant
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Utopia or Dystopia Film Review- Gattaca Welcome back your listening to 104.7 FM Radio National Breakfast and it is time for films with Jane Smith. Today I’ll be reviewing Gattaca‚ There is no gene for the human spirit. Gattaca enters the same category as Contact (1997). Starring Ethan Hawke‚ Uma Thurman and Jude Law Gattaca is a Science Fiction film about a possible future dystopian world. The movie draws on what it means to be human and the concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate
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Qing Min Apr 21‚ 2013 AHI 356 Imaging Otherness in Visual Culture Film Review 8 King Kong Though the movie King Kong could not possibly cause anyone to lose sleep after seeing it today‚ it was certainly classified as a horror movie when it firstly went public in 1933. On the one hand‚ the director’s intentional blurring between the boundary of a documentary and a fiction added to the horror effect. On the other hand‚ besides the use of cutting-edge cinematic technology‚ the era of Great Depression
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Spike Lee released the film‚ Malcolm X in 1992‚ a biographical story about the African- American controversial figure during the Civil Right Movement. Malcolm undergoes three significant conversions in his life. The first portion of the film depicts Malcolm’s childhood through flashbacks and his teenage years as he strived to emulate a white man and gain acceptance to their society. The majority of the film is dedicated to his life after prison‚ portraying the transformation made once he discovers
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The film Away From Her‚ is a screenplay adaptation from the short story Bear came over the Mountain by Alice Munro. The story focuses around the relationship of Fiona and Grant‚ an Ontario couple married over 40 years. The couple is forced to face that fact that Fionas forgetfulness is actually Alzheimers disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost‚ she realizes that she can no longer live at home. Fiona has too much self-pride for herself‚ and too much pity for Grant‚ to subject
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You’ll be ADDICTED to this classic film. The original story line and ‘on the bad guy’s team’ style makes for an extremely memorable tale. Aaron Eckhart plays the very comical‚ knowledgeable and oh-so argumentative role of Nick Naylor. Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley‚ Thank You For Smoking’s distinct title contains everything you would want in a movie and more. Nick Naylor is the lobbyist of one of the biggest tobacco companies‚ Big Tobacco. Nick plays the perfect defense‚ a strong‚
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Review on the Film: The Stoning of Soraya M. Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh Genre: Drama‚ Tragedy The film‚ The Stoning of Soraya M.‚ is based on a best-selling book written by Iranian- French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam‚ adapted by Cyrus Nowrasteh. The film’s greatest strength besides an outstanding script‚ was its gifted cast: Shohreh Aghdashloo as Zahra‚ Mozhan Marno as Soraya Manutchehri‚ James Caviezel as Freidoune‚ and other great actors starred in this movie which was filmed in the year
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Film Review of The Movie Blackboard Jungle This was an interesting movie about a man named Rick Dadier who is married to his wife Anne Dadier who is pregnant. Rick is a war veteran who lands a job teaching. Now this isn’t your ordinary teaching job because he has to teach a class of thugs who don’t listen. Rick is hired at a North Manual High School‚ which is a boys school. Now this is the first thing he is faced with as a new teacher at this school. As he is there he discovers that the rumors
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