2004 in film

The movie “I Am Legend,” a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, directed by Francis Lawrence in 2007, is regarded as one of the most popular modern vampire-like creature films. It is also credited as the main influence to portray vampires as the characters we know nowadays. Of course, it is not the first time that the concept of a ‘living vampire’ is used in the film industry, and this is actually the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend in 1954, which was published after…

She sighed in relief when she saw her back yard. Twenty feet and she’d be free of the shadows. Ten feet. Five. A scream tore from her lips as a hand clamped down over her wrist. She’d nearly made it to safety! Pain, wicked and hot, raced down her spine as something sharp tore through the flesh of her back. One look over her shoulder had her stumbling away from the man- the monster- hovering too close. His nails dripped with her blood and she shivered when he brought them to his lips.…

“Eh, excuse me, excuse me I hate to bother you but I’m looking for someone. Would you happen to know where I can find a man called Nicolas Mack?” “Never heard of him. Can you hand me that car jack?” “Uh, what? Oh yes, yes here you go.” “Thank you.” “Li, Listen I can see your quite busy, but I’ve come a long way, are you sure you don’t know where I can find him? I’m on assignment from The Union. *Smirk* Last I heard The Union were wiped out just like everything else during the fall.” “Well, you…

"Listen to me," insisted the Demon, as he placed his hand upon my head. “We have to get you out of here before he comes.” “What do you mean? Who is he?” I questioned hesitantly. “The Prime Demon. They call him Alastair. If he finds me facilitating a Chosen, I’ll be dead!” And with that he recited words that were unfamiliar to me. It sounded like a different language, none of this planet. A bright iridescent light encaptured us, and I closed my eyes thinking that he was going to kill me. I mean…

Patrick Mai Research Essay Phillip Woods 4 December 2014 Can the State Use Film to Influence National Identity? Cinema can be, has been, and will continue to act as an incubator for cultural nationalism. Film propaganda serves to target specific groups in order to persuade viewers into adopting the film’s intended messages or beliefs whether they are political, economical, religious, or philosophical. In cases like Britain during World War II, the government’s goal was to gain support for the…

the new film series The Conjuring by James Wan, released in July 2013, marks the glorious return of horror. Bringing back the classic ghost story with a touch of perfection, James Wan tells us the terrifying real story about the Perrons family, Ed and Lorraine Warran in a haunted Rhode Island farmhouse during the 70s. With the special support and consult from the real Perron sisters and Lorraine Warren, who is now 86 years old, director James Wan and the filmmakers were able to create a film…

I’m listening to my dad’s old CD’s from the 50-70’s. Nobody can hear it but me. The night is silence. The star is shining. The world is listening. I should have gone to sleep hours ago, but the memories go through my head. The music has enchanted me. This music most reminds me of my dad, Oscar. I always listen to this music on June 22 and Nombrever 26. On Nombrever, 26 is his birthday and on June is his anniversary of his last breath. Its has been 10 years that I see him. I was 6 years old, two…

“Well, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?” “But he’s a guy!” “Didn’t he fight or somethin’?” “Was he asking for it?” “Mr. Pierce? Mr. Pierce?” The brunette hardly moved, staring out the window as people ran to and fro like busy little ants. A perfect baby blue sky cradled the sun, a bright lemon drop with blinding rays. He sighed, making the therapist start in his seat. With light like that, you could just take a magnifying glass and roast all those ants alive. One, two,…

I can.” Those were the words spoken by director Steven Spielberg when he talked about his life as a film maker. The film making industry has changed since the start of the cinema in the early in the 1890s, from the creation of the first motion picture cameras, to the grand computer-generated imagery we have today. But, it is a fact that without certain films from the past we wouldn’t have the films we have today.…

happy new year to you and your family. I hope the new year the starting off well for you as for me and because of you it started out to be a wonderful new year There is a saying that I learned a long time ago and that is life is what happens when you 're busy making other plans this is stuck with me for years and I have always often thought about it when my plans do not line up with what life has in store for me this seemingly simple statement has on several occasions put my thinking back into…