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… about a film of such utter quality. What must be said at the start is that "The Seven Samurai" is flawless. It's characters are brought to life by some of the finest and most committed acting I have ever seen. It is a compelling story of courage,…

… the Mecha Genre of animation. The concept of the series is survival, but at many a time this concept is betrayed by the many characters inner demons, and emotions which draws upon the question. What really is Survival? If survival is the ability to…

… in an old farmhouse. I remember vividly sights, smells, sounds, and feeling of the things in my house. In the tiny, country style kitchen the first things you see are huge sky blue water jugs. They were rough and the plastic was starting…

… of the narrative”. [Walker: 1993 (ed. Cameron)] Walker made this comment on the film “The Big Sleep” (1946), yet it can easily be applied to other early film noir, such as “The Maltese Falcon” (1941), and “Scarlet Street” (1945). Films are probably…

… well as the recent movie, which deviates very little from the book), the author uses a club in which grown men fistfight as a vehicle for a plot and analysis of modern culture. After hearing of recent instances of life imitating art poorly in a student…

… the promotion of Frederic, a Pirate apprentice, to full pirate status. Unfortunately he was never supposed to become a Pirate, and feels duty-bound to return to a crimeless life at the end of his indentures. He vows to hunt down the pirates, as…

… House Rules, faces many moral dilemmas as his life progresses. Homer, who was an orphan at St. Claude's as a child, was taken under the wing by the head doctor at the orphanage, Dr. Wilbur Larch. Dr. Larch teaches Homer, instructing him to be a doctor,…

… perception on reality nearly as well as the writer of the Matrix. In this movie the thought of no limit’s, and the so called ability of believing and achieving rather than, thinking and knowing while not doing what you as a human is capable of is…

… flock to the theaters to see what Hollywood has punched out as their big summer hits. Some do well and become successful blockbuster, while the others fail to stand up to their potential hype. Yet in the past few years it’s seem as though movies…

… is the single most important and key film of all time - it contains many new cinematic innovations and refinements, technical effects and artistic advancements, including a color sequence at the end. It became a formative influence on future films…