Film Review Essay

Adapting history to the movie screen is not a novel concept. Many movie productions have captured audiences ' attentions and shed light on historical happenings. However, there is the occasional movie that goes above and beyond being a simple historical flick. Inherit the Wind is a perfect example of this exceptionalism. The movie, a classic take on the social issues of 1920 's America, is directed by Stanley Kramer and features stars like Gene Kelley, Spencer Tracey, and Fredric March (IMDb).…

American Sniper is the film adaptation of the life of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. It was directed by Clint Eastwood, and it follows Chris Kyle’s life story, starting when he was a young child and going all the way until he was killed by a recovering veteran that he was helping after he returned from his tours in the middle east. The movie spends virtually equal time showing us what he did during his time at war, and how it affected his life at home. It does a good…

I believe that this is a very excellent film it talk about law and is very interesting and it helped inspire my opinions on the gun control topic and some of the views and ideas I have concerning this controversial idea about how the gun companies can get away with all the life’s they have took and all the stress guns cause now I am not saying guns are bad it is just the people who are bad there should be tight restrictions for guns that way they don’t get bought and sold on the market because…

Film Review - Exit Through The Gift Shop Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary about the emergent and exploitation of the street art genre directed by the reclusive street-art graffiti legend, also known as Banksy. The film came about when the world famous graffiti artist was approached by an eccentric French shop keeper, Thierry Guetta, who records his entire life with a video camera in order to capture the memory out of apparent relevance to the impromptu death of his mother when he…

In this essay I will be analysing the film Goal (2005) to understand the technical reasons why I enjoyed the film. To do this I will be picking my four key moments in the movie and critically analysing them with the use of film terminology. By the end of the essay I should know why I consider this to be my favourite sports film of all time. The first scene I want to analyse is at 19 minutes. There is a sequence where the main character (Munez) has to work to get money to travel to England.…

Prom Night in Mississippi Reflection Prom Night in Mississippi is a documentary film about Academy Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman who offers to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under the condition that, prom had to be racially integrated. In this film, we view the struggles that are faced and overcome to have a successful integrated prom in 2008. My personal views, emotional connection, previous thoughts, reaction, and what I learned from watching this…

in Hollywood, the American film director, producer and actor - Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds (American actress, singer, dancer and film historian) and the American film, stage and television actress - Gena Rowlands, were all given an Honorary Oscar for their contributions to the film industry. Spike Lee, who has produced over 35 films since 1983, has never won an Oscar in spite of the previous nominations for Best Original Screenplay for 1989's American comedy-drama film - Do the Right Thing and…

and now Beneath. All films that happen to take place in a mine, in fact I can't thing of a single film that takes place in a mine that I dislike. A lot of this stems from the fact I like horror films with a ton of ambiance with a claustrophobic feeling of being trapped to back it up, which is something Beneath has in spades. What makes this film even better is the tight script and well-balanced cast. Something that made this film standout to me, and I really like how this film played with my…

With the exception of my friend, Myra, back in college, almost all the women I've met who have naturally curly hair, hate it and wish they had straight hair. Of course it was the '80s and big hair was in, so Myra's long, curly, wild, Puerto Rican hair was da bomb at the time. I, on the other hand, have spent a small fortune throughout my adult life, paying for perms because I always wanted curly hair. I just watched Good Hair, a funny documentary by comedian, Chris Rock. He was inspired to…

I really enjoyed Water By the Spoonful. It was easy to become lost in the show and I ended up becoming very attached to the characters. Although there were some scenes where you could tell the actors spoke a line ahead, overall they did a great job. The performance by the actress playing Haikumom/Odessa brought tears to my eyes. Additionally, the production did a really good job of working with the few set pieces they had. The use of lighting for the chats was cool and made it easy to follow…