Every summer moviegoers 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 themselves have become less e...

A Movie That Makes You Think Movies make up a large part of every person's life. They act out events people can only imagine but are afraid to do. They also affect the lives of the people who see them. One movie, which dramatically affected my life, was Grosse Pointe Blank. This movie...

Name of Movie: Blue Streak Stars: Martin Laurence Directed: Les Mayfield Master jewel theif Miles Logan (Martain Laurence) has a problem! A $20 million problem! Recently realeased from prison after a 2-year bust, he's anxious to retrieve the huge diamond that he hid in a construction site ...

Thomas Kim The film, "Charlie's Angels" was a visually motivated movie. This film fit under the genre of action/comedy. The action and camera work moved the story forward while keeping the audience attentive. The primary characters were Dylan, a rebellious tomboy, Nata...

Move over X-Men, Terminators, and Hulks. Make way for the sizzling swashbucklers whose comical saga makes for some serious laughter. You would think it is a curse to have to transform a theme park attraction into a summer cinematic spectacle, but shiver me timbers, the only hex that burdens ...

Movie Review: White Heat The film White Heat (1949) is a story about a gangster named Cody Jarrett who goes to prison after confessing for a hotel robbery to avoid the death penalty for leading a train robbery stealing $300,000. Cody is played by the actor James Cagney and is portrayed as a rut...

In the past, directors have been plagued with the task of creating a classic teen movie. The idea of a classic teen movie would have to include drama, comedy, action, friendship, and most importantly a life lesson. However, today's directors seem to make carbon copies of each other work in the ...

TITLE OF MOVIE: Scarface Studio: Universal Studios Producer: Martin Bregman Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Al Picino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia Year of the Movie's Release: 1983 A basic summary of the Plot: Al Pacino gives an unforgettable p...

In the history of the United States nothing has brought more shame to the face of America than the cold, premeditated years of keeping black people in captivity, which is known as slavery. Accordingly, slavery can be defined as an inhumane action done to an individual or group of people that causes...

The movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is a crazy horror movie. It's about the teenaged children of Elm Street and how they all start to die, one-by-one, apparently being killed off by something when they sleep. Something in their dreams was murdering the children. A girl named Nancy T...

William Shakespeare\'s Romeo and Juliet is a cherished piece of literature that has been remade into movies many times throughout history. The 1968 version and the controversial 1996 version give different perspectives of Shakespeare\'s famous play. While the 1968 classical version of Shakespeare\'s...

One of the most important scenes in the play Hamlet, is the scene in which Hamlet orchestrates a scheme to prove the guilt of his uncle Claudius through mimicking his crime in front of him. The scene is important in the play to expose certain aspects of the plot, as well as led a hand to character...

Pulp Fiction is a great movie with one of the best young directors Quentin Tarantino, and great actors such as John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis. This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat at all times with the killing and drugs always in the shot but at times you...

Mr. King opens the discussion with quite a provocative statement. He declares that in his opinion, we are all no less as mentally ill and reasons it by mentioning people who talk to themselves in public, picking nose or make weird grimaces when they think nobody\'s seeing them, or have irrational, h...

A Civil Action The movie A Civil Action brings up an interesting idea that many people in the public don't see or hear about very often. The idea that the big corporations often don't take into account the safety of the people that work for them or the people that live around the factorie...

There are many ways to tell a story. Back before there were books there as the actual storyteller who could speak out a story. There is also acting where people physically perform a story. Books are another storytelling device that is more permanent, the words are kept and they can be reviewed a...

Hannibal: the Book vs. The Movie Since the beginning of the movie, it was a love story between Dr. Lecter and Clarice Starling. The movie began with the dialog between Barney and Mason Verger in which Verger bought the famous mask and they discussed the couple at hand. After this, cinema continues...

THE COMPARING AND CONTRASTING OF FRAILTY AND KIERKEGAARD. According to Kierkegaard in the Philosophy book, despair is sickness until death And is the central problem in philosophy. Kierkegaard poses the question, "Is there anything in this world or outside it to which the individual can ...

Visitors at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor often sense a feeling of deep sorrow, an almost instantaneous mourning for thousands of men who perished there on December 7, 1941. Now because of Randall Wallace and Michael Bay's film, Pearl Harbor, all people can come close to experiencing th...

The name of the movie I critiqued is called Bridge on the River Kwai. It was a film created in 1957, which won 7 academy awards in that year. This movie was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. The three main stars of this film are William Holden, Alec Guinness, and Jack Hawkins. I wa...

Diversity! According to Encarta's online dictionary, the definition identifies diversity as a variety of something such as opinion, color, or style. Perhaps this explanation best suited this high powered drama as diversity observed, explained, and adversely affected the lives of people along...

Intense car chases, extraordinary fight scenes, and a great storyline are all components of a good movie. Warner Brothers executes these elements with pizzazz in the movie \"The Matrix: Reloaded\" by director Josh Oreck. The Matrix is a science fiction movie and thus appeals to a very critical audi...

"Leadership Is an Action Not Position" Leadership can be shown through any person in any type of situation. In a classroom discussion, on the playing field, or in public a sign of a leader is evident. A person is born a leader. Certain humans know what to do when the time calls for it....

When Oliver Stone created JFK in 1991 he produced a historical drama that works as a mystery and a thriller. Not only did he create a movie that crossed multiple genres he did well. How does a movie that runs over three hours long find success? It realizes that the world is filled with conspiracy...

Braveheart and Gladiator are both highly acclaimed movies that have not only proved themselves in the arena of critiques but also performed admirably within the box office as well. They are both of similar genres, taking place in a medieval time setting with feudal and monarch elements. Though they ...