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Determining whether history would repeat itself and could therefore be predicted was one of the hopes of some. However it was fou...

by Jim Sheridan) is based on the true story of Barry McGuigan, Irish featherweight champion. In Sheridans film, the protagonists n...

to abide by her decision to communicate only in sign language. Young children acquire language skills by listening. From the tim...

was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...

in 1980, Puerto Ricans organized a protest outside the theater in order to draw attention to the stereotypical images of Latinos ...

finds that her conscience has problems with this assignment and she ultimately rebels. Paralleling Janes story is that of Akiko...

returns. If this plotline sounds familiar to modern audiences, it should. Sundiata is often referred to as the Lion King. Disneys ...

mindless it can make a person who is not aware of its power. This is a powerful universal theme that transcends the fact that it i...

specifically address black independent filmmaking. Diawara (2001) highlights the tendency of the mainstream to consistently borro...

attempt to make to the viewer sympathetic to his ideas...the film highlights the many conflicting realities which are inherent in ...

middle of filming the commercial he has come to do and the director is attempting to give him directions in Japanese using an inte...

Ulmer relied on things like voiceover and dark shots that create a very powerful sense of darkness. There are the close ups and th...

minds and bodies has become somewhat of a hobby with the presence of such technology as mood-altering drugs and cosmetic surgery (...

in fact, she had more gumption than most adults, refusing to allow adversity stand in the way of what she knew had to be done. He...

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

Aruru to create a man mighty enough to subdue him if necessary: "It was you, Aruru, who created mankind, now create a zikru to i...

forcing the law to re-evaluate the legal meaning of life, when it is over and how to cease bodily functions all from the combined ...

Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...

rings. At the door is Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers), an African American woman who has come to apply for a job as cook and hous...

light of day can become obscured in the dark just as the best and brightest intentions can be compromised by allure of corruption....

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...

stresses the importance of early relationships, as she perceived personality development as integral to the parent/child relations...

was most assuredly looked upon as a positive move forward for the country overall; additionally, it also cultivated the capitalist...

documentary, that his most beloved college professor, Morrie Schwartz, played by Jack Lemmon, is dying from what is commonly refer...

as an imitation of reality, "it holds a mirror up to nature" (Durant, 1961, p. 59). Aristotle notes that human beings find pleasur...

Japan should become more westernized so that it could prosper economically and protect its territorial independence. Suddenly, a ...

Clearly, the leaders are Noah and Allie, who refuse to surrender their cause (love) despite the diversity that frequently forces t...

of film by offering film at a lower price. Further Fuji became the official film of the 1984 Summer Olympics which took place in ...

subject of Gavin OConnors 2004 film, Miracle. As portrayed by Kurt Russell, Brooks is presented as a no-nonsense disciplinarian w...

is partly based on the experiences of one of its writers, Neil Peng), focuses on Wai-Tung, a gay yuppie and his lover, Simon -- th...