1997 in film

story. Chaplin believed that the expression of an actor made dialogues useless. The Great Dictator contained the typical characteristics of Chaplin’s work: political satire and exaggerated performance. What differed The Great Dictator from other films of Chaplin was that he chose to have dialogues within this…

1960s Television Imagine yourself sitting in the living room with your family. It’s the mid 1960s, and you’re flipping through channels until you reach CNN, where John F. Kennedy is standing at his post, giving a speech, with Nixon right behind him. You are watching the very first televised presidential debate. You decide to watch something else, so you click the remote, and Fred Flintstone appears on the screen, living life in the town of Bedrock. On comes an ad about toothbrushes, then…

topic was Bladerunner, a science fiction movie about what makes someone human. In a dystopian world with robots that are nearly indistinguishable from humans the director makes decisions to lead you to some conclusion about humanity, and in the 1982 film based on a novel the director has a bias from which you…

surface of the franchise. The Star Wars expanded universe is so crazy, it would take years to take it all in. The other thing is that different people have different tastes in movies, so it would make sense that Faraci doesn’t enjoy a cheesy Star Wars film. But the point of this essay isn’t about how the Star Wars movies are the best, it’s about the franchise as a whole being better than any other. In many people’s opinion, the Star Wars movies are fantastic, and adding all of the other…

“Demolition”, a stilted comedy drama written by Bryan Sipe, was conceived by an extraordinary director and showcased a no less extraordinary cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper. Despite these observations, it’s not an extraordinary movie, showing several problems that turn it into an unfortunate stumble in the filmography of the Quebecois Jean-Marc Valleé. The latter, who deserves all my respect for accomplished works such as “C.R.A.Z.Y”, “Café de Fleur”, “Dallas…

changing the game of his or her sport, these moments can take place anywhere and at any time. For the film industry, one of the most important and groundbreaking films ever made was Star Wars, directed by George Lucas. Star Wars instantly became one of the most popular films once released, creating a fanbase that will continue for many generations. Lucas was able to create this unbelievable film through many common techniques that were used for many decades before his time. However, the most…

Camp Fire Games have launched their Kickstarter campaign for War of Rights - a game about the American Civil War. War of Rights intends to be the most historically accurate game about the American Civil War to date, but at the same time wants to be fun to play. With that being said you will find yourself toting a musket most of the time, and it wont be reloading fast. Nope, the game intends to stick to its historical accuracy and simulate authentic reloading - players will have the choice of…

this timeless film came out it led people all over the world scrambling in hopes to find a golden ticket inside their chocolate bar as of today no valid tickets have been found yet. Even with no tickets found, they did however come another remake of this movie. The title of the second movie is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. While comparing the two movies with similar scenes, one will know about the main character “Willy Wonka”, the music displayed, and the plot of the two films. Willy…

Netflix made viewers label films and TV shows with hundreds of metadatap descriptorsq to comment, among others, about the actors, the screenplay, the overall appeal, and the category. Previously, these labels were employed to suggest other shows available on the service, fundamentally constructing outlines of individual viewers according to their choices. However, Netflix began gradually ordering original content as it was aware of what subscribers desired prior to their being in the know.46…

Have you ever wondered how Netflix suggests a movie for you? You would be incorrect if you thought it was a group of geniuses researching people from their computers all day. It would be too expensive for Netflix to pay them. Instead, Netflix uses the concept of correlation and a complex statistical algorithm to make suggestions. This algorithm tracks and groups people based on movies that they have similarly rated in the past and makes movie recommendations based upon those who have liked the…