Essays on Movies

What happens when a country is left to implode upon itself? For 100 days the country of Rwanda, Africa suffered through a dreadful tribal war between two ethnic groups known as Hutus and the Tutsis, nearly 800,000 (although the number is actual number is higher),...

Traumatic experiences amongst individuals have always reaped havoc on a physical, emotional, and/ or physiological level. Trauma is a very personal experience that can affect the people around such victims in ways that can last a lifetime if not sought with any help. The most...

The film Fire presents an overlapping framework of different issues involving the myths and reality of lesbianism and lesbian desire, sexual preferences and freedom of expression, and the symbolic significance of women’s bodies and chastity for Indian culture and tradition. These invoked issues make up...

The Catholic Church has many concerns with the world of pornography. In studying the influence of pornography, the Catholic Church tends to discuss the definition of pornography, what the concerns the Catholic Church has with it, the impact it has and how we can help...

The Birdman of Alcatraz is a true-life American drama about a man, who experiences life in a solitary confined prison cell, and develops a curiosity in birds. The movie, released in 1962, is a duration of over two hours long directed by John Frankenheimer. Frankenheimer...

Introduction The movie Hotel Rwanda follows the true story of a man named Paul Rusesabagina as he attempts to save as many refugees as possible within his hotel, including his own family, as he is involved in a civil war and genocide that had been...

Abstract In a traditional sense humans have been considered to be solidly and indisputably classified as high-functioning animals, but both their biological and physical constraints limit/tether humankind to the base level. It is here that Post Humanism promises a condition in which humans and intelligent...

Shira Gabriel and Ariana F. Young (2011) conducted a study to test various hypotheses. This paper will focus on mainly one hypothesis which is the Narrative Collective-Assimilation Hypothesis. The Narrative Collective-Assimilation Hypothesis states that individuals have a strong desire to belong to a group of...

Personally, I have felt nostalgic for a better time period. Take me back to the days, 2010 was the year. You would get home from school, settle into your couch and watch hours of the newest episode of Wizards of Waverly Place or Hannah Montana,...

Is it ethical to kill living creatures for the sake of common good? Does the sense of necessity greater than morality? Does morality apply when the need of the common people abides the rules of ethics? In the 1800s, it was discovered that whale oil...

Go back in time and fall in love all over again with the nostalgic theater adaptation of the classic Julia Roberts and Richard Gere film, Pretty Woman. Experience the whirlwind love story, similar to the Cinderella concept where a prince charming falls in love with...

The practice of sexual manipulation within cinema remains still regarded in most modern Hollywood roles assigned to women. The concept that women emerge to be portrayed in films as sexual items are most usefully explained in the essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ by the...

The book “Indian Horse” by Richard Wagamese, is a story about despair since all the cynicism from Sauls’s surroundings never enabled him to truly be free. Indian Horse is the story of a private school kid who discovers trust in hockey but despair in prejudice....

When it was discovered that the AIDS/HIV virus could be transmitted through heteroSEual SE in the mid-1980s, society’s attitude towards casual SE and uninhibited behavior changed and the image of a more sensitive and virtuous youth began to feature in romantic comedies and dramas. More...

I have watched The Breakfast Club around 4 times and the line, “why do you need a fake ID anyways”…“so I can vote”, is usually stuck in my head for a while. At first, I like it because it’s funny and a genius use of...

For this discursive essay I would like to answer the question: In relationship with feminism, how did the portrayal of lead male characters in chick flicks change in the past decade? Chick-flick is a slang term used to refer to films that deal with personal...

One of America’s favorite pass times is watching movies. Whether that takes the form of going to the movies or simply staying in and watching it from the comfort of your own home. It is an activity that many utilize to bond with one another....

Rebekah Mahusay When one thinks of progressive movies, there are plenty that come to mind. Many are similar, with main characters challenging societal, religious, or social expectations and sticking it to the man. Normally, teen romance movies aren’t the prime example of progress. However, one...

Films have always been a powerful medium to express ideas, evoke emotions, and start conversations. They are an integral part of our culture, helping to construct our views. It has been suggested that their widespread accessibility in today’s world through streaming services makes films have...