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… "Opening weekend becoming be-all, end-all for movies" by Kenneth Turan argues that modern movie producers are more interested in generating revenue than making quality content for movies. Large advertising campaigns, marketing research, and speculative…

… to be Alice in Wonderland. The idea of someone living a life they think is real then having it all change on them actually started a long time ago. The most recent movie with a similar story line is The Matrix. A young man by the name of Neo lives…

… versatile forms of writing. It can be a romance, a comedy, a war story, a drama, a mystery and as the recent film The Wild, Wild West proves, even a western. Take any literary classic add in a crazed robot bent on world destruction, and a space…

… The two movies that i watched were Titan A.E. and Lost in Space(the movie not he TV series. The basic story of Titan A.E. by the year 3028 humans have conquered many feet's in science and other fields even the ability to make a planet. So in the…

… area of law discussed in this movie was homicide, and was viewed from the defense teams perspective. B. List of Characters: 1. Martin Vail- A high paid private defense attorney who takes on the case pro-bono after he sees the story unfold…

… classical Hollywood style, but upon trying to explain what it is, we usually come up short. When trying to find examples of this style, the movies that stay within this style do not stand out in our minds. It is the movies that break these…

… in nature. The political reasons were that England neglected the colonies, taxation without representation and limitation of individual rights and privacy. Then there was the most important…

… (1942) is a masterful tale of two men vying for the same woman's love in a love triangle against the backdrop of the conflict between democracy and totalitarianism. With rich atmosphere, anti-Nazi propaganda, Max Steiner's superb musical score,…

… opening of Rebel Without a Cause introduces three upper middle class rebellious teens, Jim, Judy, and Plato, and their respective troubled family relationships. The scenes that follow depict these teens as they try to fit in with their peers…

… a great people is a virtue lacked by many leaders. Mourning the death of such a leader is an even great task. Abraham Lincoln was an exception. In “O Captain! My Captain”, Walt Whitman metaphorically uses the image of a Captain to depict the respect,…