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much more smoothly with the women in charge, is a much happier place (Canby, 1980). The film is uneven and the sequence where the...

Expressionists were predicting an urban catastrophe even before the First World War, and within the ruins that still existed in th...

same lust. At times, his meddling seems to be a good thing, as when he and his nurse/masseuse Stella (Thelma Ritter) see a neighbo...

(Dirks, 2008). There is almost nothing positive about the surveillance that Chaplin describes here; it consists solely of a powerf...

of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...

somewhat difficult; she appears to be one of those writers who will not use one word where she can cram in three. In addition, she...

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

the bug, and that Harry cannot find it unless he steps out of context to consider the way in which the film itself is made (Levin)...

three. In addition, she seems to have been vaccinated with a thesaurus: why use "mimetic" when "copying" will do? Her pretentious ...

couple as well (Beah Richards and Roy Glenn) who arent happy that their son is considering marrying a white girl (Guess Whos Comin...

successes in Roman Holiday, for which she won an Academy Award, and Sabrina. This was exactly why Audrey Hepburn was perfect for ...

overall philosophical tone of the work. Whatever the reasons, the James Whale 1931 film is meant to frighten audiences, and it wor...

help, that friend, for they are capable of doing things alone. This clearly links together with being a loner. None of these indiv...

a story about finding ones passion in life. This is evident in the following as Orleans makes note of the obsession concerning orc...

he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible" (Bodnar). While there is also this sort of romantic ideal in Saving Private ...

bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...

involves also looking ahead to the necessity of rights for future robots such as the robot in I, Robot. In the film...

between Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin is the primary focus of the trilogy, but there is also an interesting dynamic of thei...

are seen in environments "that could not physically exist in the real world, a world where terrains and vehicles are created by co...

his dashboard. There is a common thread between the two men, but Hanson reacts to the fantasy he has constructed, not the reality,...

on his phone, and settles down to wait, telling him there is nothing else anyone can do. He almost says But youre Erin Brockovich,...

whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...

showing that her concerns are animalistic as well. From this beginning, she grows into a person of worth and awareness. Miyazaki ...

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

his habitual good-natured grin when he is arrested. For this damage to municipal property, Luke is sentenced to two-years labor on...

Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...

is just surplus" (Ebert) But the "surplus" is everything that a "normal" person experiences. While there is a definite charm to t...

is: Platos account of how Socrates defended himself. When he is condemned to death in spire of his eloquence, he accepts it with d...

is Torres mother; Do?a Maria is a frail woman but apparently stronger of character than her daughter. Since they are going to live...

that each person compose a ghost story (Gilbert and Gubar 239). Marys story was transformed into the novel Frankenstein; Or, the ...