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Smiley Face

smokes pot and the comedy arises through her being stoned all day. In relationship to these conditions the film offers ver...

Shakespeare Films

3 pages that compares two Shakespeare films. There are 2 sources....

Film Review/Finding Nemo

but are rather handled subtly and well, as they are integrated into the context of the narrative and the way the character change ...

City of God

something that happens to all the boys in this region of the city. They are clearly victims of the impoverished city as they are d...

Peaceful Warrior, A Film Review

and shown how Dan could overcome his greatest fear-"how to live life when unable to one thing he does well: gymnastics" (Petruska)...

Film Analysis

people. They rely on critics to tell the public about the film. As such they will clearly keep in mind what the public is interest...

Where the Heart Is

position. This superstition is very important in both the novel and the film from the beginning and is clearly seen in Walmart. Sh...

Oedipus Rex (1957)

as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...

A Son of Africa

thumbscrews" (California Newsreels). This particular film is clearly a film that is aimed at bringing light to the past, to the ...

Mrs. Doubtfire/Film Review

her away from home and the kids. Daniel seeks the help of his flamboyantly gay brother, Frank, to help him disguise himself as a w...

Crash: Film Analysis

and if they felt justified in their actions. He decided to write a movie from their perspective" (Jet 54). Such information hel...

An Overview of Imitation of Life

talk, and Lora says that she wishes she had someone to look after Susie while shes working, auditioning and trying to get her big ...

Seabiscuit Film Historical Review

portrays? Are the facts sacrificed in the name of entertainment? Seabiscuit is not only the story of a horse but also of the rea...

Film Review of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas

the voiceover. According to reviewer Patricia Kowal, this inclusion of a female perspective furthers the gangster genre because it...

Film Review of Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump

is picked to become part of a US Ping-Pong team that plays in newly opened Communist China. After his discharge from the army, For...

An Address of Specific Questions Concerning Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind

commands the attention of the other students because he is so gifted. He doesnt really seem to be part of the group-Nash was a no...

Sociological Analysis of “12 Angry Men”

they trust lawyers and never question things, in this case based on the assumed truth that all ethnic and impoverished people are ...

Harvard Business Review's 1990 Article 'The Core Competence of the Corporation' Reviewed

that also has not made the effort to identify and enhance its core competencies. This is one route to losing competitive advantag...

Eyes in Film

Schwartz towards the woman he is longing for; the disappointed gaze of his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz). When a person is presumably ...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Crash, A Cinematic Parable

his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...

12 Angry Men

as an unnecessary delay to the inevitable delivery of a guilty verdict. But, the Architect eventually convinces them to go over th...

Brazilian Film/Behind the Sun

backlands that appears to be totally worthless. The feud dictates a continuous cycle of murder. The shirt of a victim is hung out ...

America's Ailing Healthcare as Depicted in Michael Moore's Documentary 'Sicko'

have reattached since he could not afford the cost of both. According to Rick, the hospital priced the reattachment of his middle...

Sociologically Implications of a Comedy

their acknowledged leaders and the only character that is not played for laughs. There are also Gordon, a middle-aged, loyal custo...

Violence in American/Bowling for Columbine

the stats that Moore cites about gun deaths, which compares the US to other countries. Yearly, there are "381 (gun deaths) in Germ...