The movie that I choose to review is Amistad. I think this movie would be very appropriate with our course and subject. Set in 1839‚ a group of Africans take over a Spanish slave ship: directed by Steven Spielberg. Two abolitionists‚ Lewis Tappan (Stellan Skarsgard) and Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) hire a real estate attorney Roger Baldwin (Mathew McConaughey)‚ who is convinced he has the key to set African free. But pro-slavery President Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne) is on the
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Olympia movie review Olympia an award winning documentary made by leni Riefenstahl is beautifully captured‚ capturing the true life of the berlin Olympics. Riefenstahl uses techniques in which we still use nowadays and creates art in her films Riefenstahl and her staff didn’t uses very professional camera angles ‚ only to improvise with telephoto lenses; though the results are often more dramatically impressive than the up-close-and-personal approach taken by contemporary TV cameramen. Riefenstahl
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Tulak (2009) Stars: Rafael Rosell | John Regala | Melissa Mendez | Fanny Serrano | Julio Diaz | Maria Isabel Lopez Genre: Drama Director: Neal Tan Review: Orphaned at a young age‚ Tikboy (Rafael Rosell) was under her aunt Lukray’s (Isabel Lopez) wings together with her live-in-partner Abdon (Julio Diaz). Aunt Lukray is an aging prostitute while Abdon is a corrupt and fraudulent policeman who also happens to be a drug pusher‚ with Tikboy as his delivery boy or batang “Tulak”. Together they are
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Nurul Hazwani Bt Hatta M12L THE OTHERS Movie Review The Others is one of the psychological horror movies that impress me with its good story plot and suspense elements. It was written‚ directed and scored by Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar‚ starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. It is inspired partly by the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) is a Catholic mother who lives with her two small children in a remote country house in the British Crown
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Crash Essay The movie Crash conveys the message that conflicts between races is due to a lack of understanding and communication. Though the central meaning of Crash is centered around race‚ I think the movie has a deeper meaning. I think this movie speaks about people in general; how we treat and interact with one another and how we think of one another. In general people think everything racist is between whites and blacks‚ but if you look closely in this movie you see minorities and people of
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Making Dreams Come True The movie Miracle tells the inspiring story of the 1980 United States hockey team and their journey to becoming the best hockey team in the world. Any hockey fan would be a perfect contender for watching the movie. The movie explores the many struggles that the team has to face to conquer their way through the Olympics‚ including on and off the ice. At a time when the country is in a period of struggle with the Cold War‚ Coach Herb Brooks has goals for the team that seem
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dream at one time or another of leaving everything behind and starting over‚ searching for inner strengths. When Into the Wild was released on September 21st‚ 2007‚ based on the nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Directed by Sean Penn‚ this movie shows us the gripping true story of Chris McCandless‚ played by Emile Hirsch‚ as he leaves his privileged life behind to embark on a quest for adventure and truth. The film is set in the early 1990’s and follows Chris as he graduates from Emory University
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December 30‚ 2011 Catherine Cox Oliver! Movie Review Grade 9 Drama A The movie watched from November 18th to the 21st in Mr. Sheridan’s drama class was the 1968 musical‚ Oliver! This musical was freely adapted from the book “Oliver Twist” by Charles dickens‚ with screenplay written by Vernon Harris. The film was produced by John Woolf‚ directed by Carol Reed with music by Johnny Green‚ choreography by Onna White‚ and costumes by Phyllis Dalton. The talented cast was chosen by Jenia Reissar
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biography/ drama HBO film. The movie Stalin is about the life of Stalin from the time Lenin became ruler to when Stalin died. It shows the life and career of the leader of the Soviet Union‚ Joseph Stalin. Stalin is portrayed as a man who craved power and thrived for the goal in turning the nation of The USSR into a communist government. Stalin was also a horrible person and led the murder of millions of Russian people. This movie was very informational in my opinion. If you want to briefly understand
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Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity pulls viewers in with superb character development‚ cinematic brilliance‚ and harrowing action sequences‚ leaving them breathless. A film that uses 3D technology and special effects in the best possible way; Gravity will serve as the benchmark for excellence in space thrillers for years to come. The opening sequence transfixes viewers with a beautiful‚ almost ethereal wide shot of Earth from the view of space‚ and slowly moves in toward three dots that turn out to be
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