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...

By Richard Robertson In 1960 two creative talents combined and crafted a masterpiece horror film. The film, of course was Psycho and the talents were director, Alfred Hitchcock and the score composer, Bernard Herrmann. This collaboration was extremely effective and it had first begun when they ...

Film has been categorized by genres since it became popular in the early 1900\'s. Even within these categories (comedy, romance, action) genres often overlapped one another. George Melies\' 1902 classic A Trip to the Moon is a timeless piece that mixes science fiction with psychedelic aspects far be...

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...

FM2005 - British Film and TV Assignment 2Laura ToddWhy has vulgar comedy been critically undervalued and what is its importance to British Film and TV?The British sex film has often been blamed for 'a tidal wave of filth' (McGillivray, p.15, 1992) within the British film industry, whilst simulta...

In 1938, at the mere age of 23, Orson Welles' radio adaptation and performance of H.G. Well's classic science fiction thriller The War of the Worlds established him as a household name and a master of dramatic production. His previous experience, in both directing and acting, in theater had ta...

Could a movie really capture what a novel is trying to say? I think most people agree that a book is always better than the movie version. For over 70 years, screenwriters have been using literature to create its masterpieces and flops alike. According to film critic Frank McConnel, "Films are ...

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...

There was once a time in Hollywood when the stars were truly \"larger than life\" both on the screen and off. An era where the greatest dramas, comedies, and tragedies were best performed behind the scenes. It is a time when the studios controlled all of Hollywood. The \"Golden Era\" is when the fac...

The Buck is Back .......and Baaaddderrr Than Ever! Scene 1: Outside a ticket box office in a suburban movie theater in 1967. About a dozen white couples patiently wait in line to purchase tickets to the "progressive" new film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by Stanley Kramer. Cam...

Standing in front of the crowd, all dressed up in their costumes, everything is just clicking. The crowd loves it, and the play comes to an end. You feel the energy building up in the theatre, an energy that you\'ve never felt. The lights go out and the curtain closes, then the actors come out to bo...

Both Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple and Toni Morrison's tale of Beloved chronicle stories of African-American women's experiences of triumph and suffering over oppression and discrimination. But while Walker and Morrison share a common literary heritage in the tradition of Afr...

Animation My personal enjoyment with animation has inspired me to write this essay, pertaining to animation. Since I was a child I have been fascinated with cartoons; from when they started out to be black and white, and until now with full colour and computer effects. To better perceive what my pe...

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of horror thrillers- a genre that he single- handedly created and developed. Hitchcock's films were meant to evoke a blood-curling response from the viewers and the two films that managed to achieve that completely were Psycho and The Birds. The Birds was released ...