Movie Review: The Da Vinci Code By Robin J. Sharpe 30 January 2008 Director: Ron Howard Star Cast: Tom Hanks - Robert Langdon Audrey Tautou - Sophie Neveu Ian McKellen - Sir Leigh Teabing Jean Reno - Police Captain Fache The movie version of Dan Brown’s best selling novel arrived in the theatres with a huge amount of fanfare and high expectations‚ which could arguably be considered as unworthy and unfounded. Anyone who actually read the book will realize that it consists mostly
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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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What rules your world? Are you defined by your personality or the possessions you own? Do you have a fridge full of condiments but no food? Fight club directed by‚ David Fincher‚ is still considered a cinematic marvel. Edward Norton‚ who narrates the film‚ deals with insomnia‚ and it’s slowly eating away at his life. “When you have insomnia you’re never truly awake and you’re never truly asleep.” When seeking medical help he comes across these anonymous groups with different diseases. After being
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Movie Review: Black Hawk Down I selected the movie Black Hawk Down‚ because I really respect the soldiers who fight to keep all of us safe. Also‚ my mother told me that she had a personal connection with this movie because her mentor’s son was one of the Army Rangers that participated in this battle. On October 3‚ 1993‚ a group of U.S. Elite Forces consisting of more than 100 Delta Force soldiers and Army Rangers‚ who were part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force‚ were dropped into
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English 1010-01N Mrs. Norwood 26 October 2012 “The Secret Life of Bees” Movie Review From one of the best-selling novels by Sue Monk Kid and receiving multiple awards‚ “The Secret Life of Bees” is full of fright and grief turning into a heart-warming‚ tear jerking film. You will go on a journey with Lily facing child abuse‚ racism‚ suicide‚ and life threating situations. She is one courageous little girl who won’t stop until she finds the truth. From the opening credits to the last scene every
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American History X Movie Review American History X is a powerful movie about racism in today’s society. It follows the life of a troubled teenager Danny Vinyard played by Edward Furlong‚ who looks up to his neo-Nazi brother Derek. Derek‚ played by Edward Norton is the leader of the local skinhead gang in Venice Beach‚ California. Derek was sent to prison for committing a hate crime against a black man‚ who tried to break into his house. Danny decided to continue down Derek’s path of becoming
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Movie Review ADELE: RISE OF THE MUMMY Adele: Rise of the Mummy is a movie adaptation of the comic series of Jacques Tardi and directed by Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element”). The genre of this is more on adventure‚ action and comedy. It tackles about the adventures of the author Adèle Blanc-Sec on her search for the mummy Patmosis‚ physician of the great pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt. With the help of Esperandieu‚ a physicist‚ and his concept of life after death‚ the plan is to resuscitate Patmosis
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* Introduction The Ward was a movie that talked about Alice who was suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The movie begun with a young lady-Kristen that caught by polices after burning down an old farmhouse and then was sent and locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. At there‚ Kristen met Dr. Gerald Stringer-a psychiatrist and also Emily‚ Sarah‚ Zoey and Iris-other personalities. After some procedure of body checking‚ Kristen was put into a room that belonged to Tammy-a personality
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Jose Rizal’s Life (Movie Review) As a citizen of the Philippines‚ it is really important to be acquainted with the life of our national hero here in our own country and that is certainly about the biography of Dr. Jose P. Rizal. Besides reading books about the history or biography of our national hero‚ another one good way for us to make it more understandable is its transmission to films. In this way‚ it will aim to further expand our knowledge about the character‚ vision and how Jose Rizal lived
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Movie Review (Air Force One) Air Force one is movie released way back in 1997. It is about how a president was able to save himself‚ family‚ and allies from the people who hijacked his plane. In the world of terrorism‚ the USA president‚ James Marshall portrayed by Harrison Ford‚ takes a stand against evil and as a consequence his plane was hijacked by a group of terrorists lead by Ivan Korshunov portrayed by Gary Oldman. They want to negotiate and have their leader General Ivan Radek released
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