Overcoming a rough childhood, and fighting her way to the top was the only way for Norma Jeane Mortenson, better known as Marilyn Monroe, to succeed. Becoming the world’s biggest and most enduring sex symbol sounds like a fun and easy life, but it is...
Hunter Patch Adams is the main character in the film Patch Adams. Hunter was lost and confused when he checked himself into a mental hospital after trying to commit suicide. Plagued with the uncertainties of life, he realized that he needed to get medical help....
Growing up is a different experience for everyone, but for certain individuals tragedy and sensitivity can impact them in negative ways. Until they reach a coming of age point where they can accept their differences and begin to love themselves and join society again. With...
The movie “Darjeeling Limited” directed by Wes Anderson and published in 2007 is a comedy-drama film that follows the three characters, Peter Whitman and his two brothers Francis and Jack. The three brothers reunited on a train in India called ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ and go...
Sam Shakusky – The Challenger of Hegemony Gender in Hollywood is based on the contrived actions of men saving their damsel-in-distress female counterparts. Male foci in film assume the role of emotionless individuals who strive only to outperform their male competition and sexually objectify women,...
In the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness’’ there are some characters that accepted personal responsibility and there are some that did not. But to accept personal responsibility you need to adopt a creator mindset and creator language and also you need to make wise choices....
The director Will Smith has continuously been credited for the uniqueness of his many films. The movie Seven Pounds starring Will Smith has a message which leaves the audience indecisive about their future and how it can possibly change in an instant affecting them in...
The film Bad Boys II, starring two cops named Marcus and Mike (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith), is set in Miami where both partners are assigned to look for clues and evidence for an international drug dealer’s arrest. As they start with the investigation and...
Every story has a heroic journey. In Steven Spielberg 1998 action movie Saving Private Ryan, Captain John H. Miller is sent to retrieve Private Ryan, the last of four brothers, and to send him home. Lt. Col Anderson tells him that they have been ordered...
Saving private Ryan (1988) directed by Steven Spielberg received critical applause for its realistic portrayal of World War II combat sequences in entire film starting to the end. The scenes that are depicting at the Ohama beach troops landing was named the best battle scene...
The humanitarian award is an award awarded to people for certain writings, work, and international societal achievement. There is certain criteria that needs to be met in order to be presented the award, and there are many different versions of it; there is no one...
Radical, mass production, pop-culture, new theories: These phrases have one thing in common. These ideas, beliefs, and ways of life were all trending and thriving during the sixties. It was time of original ideas, contemporary art forms, as well as developing ways of consuming and...
The biography genre is one that is rarely picked up for pleasure. Typically people don’t step foot in that section of the library unless they’ve been assigned to do so for academics. Naturally, this too is my personal reason for picking up a biographical text....
Fame, fortune, and glamour, three little words that beseech every American. Marilyn Monroe was no exception to the American conquest to become a common household name. Her legacy, love life, and charming good looks will forever be a part of American cultural history. Marilyn Monroe,...
The cinematic adaptation of Phillip K Dick’s thrilling science-fiction story Minority Report captures perfectly the futuristic noir feel of the original. However, the movie’s plotline, characters and central themes contain major dissimilarities. Its characters have different names, younger ages and greater free will. Its plot...
Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid appears to be a light-hearted film about companionship, fighting, and trickery, but an examination from a cultural standpoint reveals the film’s intellectual depth. Chaplin illustrates the will to survive despite the degrading aspects of capitalism through his struggle to raise the...
The film The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, is based around a legendary concierge from a famous hotel in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, Gustave H, who is framed for murder. In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, Gustave teams up with...
American silent comedy was at the height of its popularity in the early 1900s, namely during the 1920s. Being as creative and talented as he was, Charlie Chaplin is often regarded as the pioneer and central figure of this type of film during his time....
Chaplin’s Modern Times was a silent film, an unusual sight in the burgeoning era of “talkies,” or films with synchronized human voices. Chaplin felt that the art of filmmaking was already at its peak and that adding additional features such as voice into the film...