THE GRAPES OF WRATH -Movie Review- FROM A TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC VIEW POINT People today realize that individualism in our time‚ of the Great Depression‚ doesn’t work. The stock market is plunging; people are losing their jobs‚ money‚ and homes. The most well known people suffering through these hard times are the Okies. Okies come from Oklahoma‚ the major home of the Dust Bowl. The Okies continue to flock to the land of promise‚ California. Their motive is to find work and better living conditions
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Movie Review: Coach Carter 1. In the locker room after the St. Francis game‚ did the players of Richmond demonstrate responsibility? Why or why not? -The players of Richmond didn’t show any sign of responsibility because during the whole game they didn’t show their “hunger” to win. And they were playing the game in a very lanky way which made their opponent win the game. 2. What do you think motivates Coach Carter to take the low-paying coach job? -Personally I think it was because
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The Hunger Games Movie Review The Hunger Games was an action packed thriller. It had some highs and lows‚ but overall I give this movie a 6/10. This movie starts out in a very poor district twelve. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is a young‚ mature girl who has to fight and break laws to keep her family alive. Katniss would do anything to save her younger sister Prim‚ and we know that because Katniss volunteered as tribute to take her sisters place in the Hunger Games (where the Capitol
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The Truman Show‚ Truly Remarkable The Truman Show is a movie that orbits the life of just one person. That person is the character Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey). Truman has no idea his every move is being broadcasted as a live show throughout the world. Christof (Ed Harris) is represented as “God” in this movie as he controls Truman’s life. Christof tells all the actors what there rolls are in his show as well as control the weather‚ time of day‚ etc. Several efforts were made to tell Truman about
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Ernest Green Movie Review In Little Rock‚ Arkansas in 1957‚ a group of 9 African American students attended an all-white school. Ernest Green‚ the oldest of the nine‚ went to the school to receive a better education and a better chance for the future. However when he and the rest of the nine got to the school on the first day‚ There was the Arkansas National Guard and many protesters not letting them into the school. So many people were there resisting because they did not want to desegregate
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[pic] [pic] [pic] Prepared by: REALYN C. CABATAY Master of Arts in Education Introduction Mr. Holland’s Opus is a 1995 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role and the cast includes Glenne Headly‚ Olympia Dukakis‚ William H. Macy and Jay Thomas. Mr. Holland’s Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character‚ Glenn Holland‚ as a music teacher at the
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which they will now be apart of for the rest of their life. A character that changes throughout the film is strong willed sixteen year old Beatrice Prior (Tris) when on choosing day she rejects her familys group and chooses a whole new faction called The Dauntless. After she discovers unrest and growing conflict in their seemingly ‘perfect society’ she becomes a protagonist and is forced to fight for the country. The changes that Tris makes throughout the film help me understand that to survive in the
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Sean Tomas Mr. Golden ENG 3C1 October 9‚ 2012 Movie Review: Cinderella Man The movie that I will be reviewing is Cinderella Man. Directed by Ron Howard and stars Russell Crowe‚ Renee Zellweger and Craig Bierko. The story is about James Braddock‚ who is a light heavyweight boxer‚ who was forced to retire from the ring after breaking his hand in the last fight. His wife Mae had hoped for years and years that he would quit boxing before really messing himself up. James works as a laborer at
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Film Review—The King’s speech The King’s speech is a historical based biopic about King George VI; the Duke of York (known as Bertie in his family) who went on to assume the throne of England in 1936. The movie was mainly descripting the journey of him to overcome his painful struggle among public speech‚ and how he gains help from Australian therapist—Lionel Logue. George conquered his stammer and found his voice to lead his people to face the most devastating war humanity has ever
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focus discussion on a movie called “3 idiots”. The essay provides a brief background of the chosen film. Next‚ it provides a description of the story and introduces the main characters in the movie such as the features on their experience and personalities. Moreover‚ it will illustrate discussion on main themes and ideas in the film. it focuses discussion on the use of cinematic techniques in the film. In addition‚ it will explain how the cinematic techniques used in the movie contribute in bringing
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