67th Academy Awards

The poem “The Thought-Fox” is written by Ted Hughes’ in 1957. The poem exists out of descriptive and figurative language; this language is used to emphasize the intrinsic and complex relationship between a poet and the poet literary creations. The poem is a six-stanza poem that is all quatrains, with one or two full end rhymes. The poet carefully used different punctuation and enjambment to the rhythms of the fox as it moves onto the page come through. The poem deals with 6 stanzas and 4…

similar he looked to Shingen. The Takeda Clan wanted to use him as a political double, in case the real daimyo was ever hurt or killed. Kagemusha was produced in the 1980’s and won the Cannes Film Festival that year. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received several other honors. Kagemusha was a film made in Japan during the mid 16 century and was set in the Sengoku Period of Japanese History. The Sengoku Period means “Age of Warring States” this…

A Few Good Men The film A Few Good Men by Rob Reiner is the best example of the judicial drama, a very popular genre in American cinema. It is a dynamic, uninterrupted even for a second, detective intrigue with a great actor's play: one of the best performances of Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Jack Nicholson. The movie, edited in 1992, contains some ethical and moral issues related to the judicial system and immoral army orders, which turn into a crime against humanity. On the one…

Looking for Alaska was awarded the 2006 Printz Award by American Library Association. An Abundance of Katherines was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor book and a runner-up for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was also named one of the books of the year by Booklist, Horn Book and Kirkus. Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Paper Towns is included in many high school and college…

Can you imagine being a star in an abundance of movies, receiving several awards, learning additional languages, and being named best dressed all in one lifetime? Audrey Hepburn was very well-known in the acting world, in addition, she was also a young philanthropist who loved helping and giving to people. Furthermore, she set the bar quite high with her sense of style. An acting career, many accomplishments, and an amazing family allowed Audrey Hepburn to be quite successful. Despite Audrey’s…

In the fall of 1963, writer Stan Lee created a comic about a fictional team of superheroes with incredible powers known as the X-Men. Since the first comic appeared there have been ongoing spin-offs created, and to this day over 400 issues of X-Men comics exist each with an abundance of volumes. The first X-Men movie came out in the year 2000 and the worldwide franchise has not stopped growing. A total of seven movies have been released, the latest being X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men:…

about me. Let’s discuss the subject of the new National Portrait Gallery photography show, ‘Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon’. Born in Belgium in 1929, Hepburn’s early life as a ballet dancer and chorus girl led to her exceptional career as an Academy Award-winning film star. The photographic portraits on display document the many roles she played onscreen - in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sabrina, My Fair Lady, etc - and offscreen - fashion icon, humanitarian worker, and an exquisite beauty. …

This school year, I decided to get an off campus apartment instead of staying on campus in a dorm. It was a last minute decision, but I wanted the experience of truly being on my own. Because I waited so long to get an apartment, a lot of them were already taken. An old friend of mine introduced me a girl named Danielle the previous school year and she happened to be looking for a roommate as well. We texted and a few weeks later I was approved to move into the apartment with her. I did not…

1. Analyze Officer Edwards 's searches, if any, and note which may survive constitutional challenge. Officer Edward and Officer Casey are set up a road block to catch drunk drivers, during this roadblock they stop a blue minivan. This action in itself would withstand a constitutional challenge since roadblocks such as these are allowed in most states. The length of time officer Edwards interrogates Jane might be questionable. Considering that he notes no signs of intoxication of any…

Change of perspective In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen we come across as a well told story where the characters are well drawn and supported. By observing the different encounters between Darcy and Elizabeth, we come to learn that she forms a prejudice against Mr. Darcy. Throughout the novel we see how these prejudices she has are ironic and even sometimes wrong and how he over comes his pride. In my essay I would like to look at three instances where we see how his actions are…