Women and Men's Preferances in Choosing Movies Nina and Richard is a loving couple and both of them are movie fans. Sometimes they both enjoy going to see one movie,but at times they have disbute over choosing which movie to see. Men and women have preferances on many things and the...

Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho is known as a classic. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and changed movies forever. It is hard to see how a person could not like it and not appreciate it, even in modern times. In the film a woman named Marion comes across and steals forty thousand dolla...

Today we are at a point where Bollywood movies rely more than ever on the songs to create the big moment of spectacle. In fact, many movies are accepted or enjoyed mainly due to music. What is about these musical movies we love... well I think many people like them due to its intense color, glamo...

Though the style of realism is not big, flashy, or constantly moving, it does have a sort of richness about it that, director, Elia Kazan achieves so accurately in his 1954 classic, "On the Waterfront." Through his use of subtle photography, we, as an audience, are able to break away from...

Two is Always Better Than One Whoever said that the sequel is never as good and the original spoke too soon. James Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein is far superior to Whale's first Frankenstein creation. The acting is superior, the costumes and make up are more fitting, the musical s...

Shocking cinema is the term used to describe films that are usually classed as horror. In this essay I will outline the meaning of shocking cinema/horror as well as talk about 3 main horror films that I studied in lessons and at home. Shocking cinema films tend to be classed as films that horrify th...

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 ...

Cinematic Views on, "The Deep End Of the Ocean" The bond between a mother and child is one of the most precious and priceless tokens of life. When this bond is destroyed or taken away due to a non-caring and selfish kidnapper, loved ones are left to mourn and grief with harsh guilt. In t...

Set against the backdrop of the mid 1990's Los Angeles club scene, Swingers, gives us an engaging and realistic look into the L.A. singles life, and serves as a parable for all of those out there that have looked for love, failed and have had the courage to get up and try again. The story cente...

"Top Gun"Elevates You To New Altitudes Top Gun is a 1980's action packed military aerial thriller and romance starring Tom Cruise as an underdog, crackerjack, F-14 pilot named Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. This film is a celebration of military heroics with a lone ...

Great Expectations Let desire be your destiny ... Director: Alfonso Cuarón Producer: Art Linson Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Production Designer: Tony Burrough Music (score & soundtrack): Patrick Doyle Artworks: Francesco Clemente Writing Credits: Mitch Gl...

Animation has proven to have an irresistible magic that has been a major part of the film industry since its very primitive times in the early twentieth century. The ability to make still pictures seem to move and have a character of their own has fascinated artists so much that they have sought to ...

Passion and Love: Beethoven's LifeThe film Immortal Beloved was amazing. It was something very entertaining yet educational at the same time. I've always known about Beethoven. From the time of my early childhood days I have been introduced to culture. Music is one aspect of culture that I was alway...

The 1963 film "The Haunting," directed by Robert Wise, is a dark, suspense-filled picture from the start. Based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House, this film clearly shows the use of a number of important elements in classic horror films. Wise incorporates the use of music, by com...

What would come to mind when thinking about the late seventies. Most people would say drugs, sex, and music. That is the exact plot of Dazed and Confused. It actually describes the whole movie in the two-word title. Dazed and Confused brings many people back to the most enjoyable years of their ...

I think one of the most significant strengths of Casablanca, one of the few universally canonized films, is its simplicity. Adapted from a stage play that was never produced, it's not commonly known for its Great Cinematography, a term usually (and erroneously) applied only to movies with wide, exp...

In the introductory scene, there is a chicken running through narrow hallways in a Brazilian slum called City of God. Chasing the chicken, there are dozens of thugs waving and shooting guns trying to kill it. At that point, the hero of the movie, Rocket, is presented as what seems to be just another...

Noir is also a French word Ginette Vincendeau The theme of this French article is the French antecedents of film noir. Film noir is a term used to describe the large body of films in America in the period of 1941-58, generally they focus on urban crime and corruption, on sudden episodes of violence ...