Film Review Essay

On December 18, 2015, Star Wars:The Force Awakens, the seventh installment in the main Star Wars movie series, was released into theaters all over the United States. Starring Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia from the original trilogy, and dozens of other actors, this epic Star Wars movie was a major hit. After the defeat of the Galactic Empire thirty years ago, the galaxy faces a new danger from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. When…

with “Bob Ross” and “Curious and Unusual Deaths,” there are some family-friendly movies you can watch on the streaming giant. These include “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “All Good Things,” and “The Immigrant.” These films will make your day and are very entertaining. ‘Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey’ Released in 1993, “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey” is a remake of “The Incredible Journey,” based on a novel of the same name by Sheila Burnford.…

Her past basically speaks for itself; Citizenfour is the third film in her post 9/11 trilogy. Because of the type of film’s she’s worked on, she was placed on the government secret watch list. In a way, her past film from 2006, My Country, My Country, was something that helped get this one made in the first place. It was nominated for an Academy Award which subsequently put her under surveillance by the government. The content of the film was key in this incident happening—it was concerning Iraq…

Can Feature Films Teach History? There have been numerous studies regarding whether or not movies can teach history. The debate is ongoing. Some historians think that yes, movies can teach history but many lean the other direction. Historians question the validity of a film because of characters that weren’t real, or relationships that didn’t exist. In the study, there are a few key players like Peter Seixas and Robert Rosenstone. Seixas, a historian and a professor, believes history can be…

James Horner Film Music website, Horner won two Academy Awards in Best Original Dramatic Score for Titanic and Best Original Song for “My Heart will Go On” in 1997, one American Music Award in Favorite Soundtrack Album for Titanic in 1998,…

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The movie titled Inception was produced in 2010, and it captured many viewers as being one of the best fantasy and science fiction of the years. Christopher Nolan was the producer and director of the film. He also fully participated in its script writing. The movie's storyline and script development were Christopher Nolan's ideas from 2001. According to Christopher Nolan, the movie was themed around lucid dreaming and incubation of dreams that brought up visions of an existence whereby…

Rabid is the David Cronenberg film that I've been craving lately after having been disappointed with Dead Ringers. The film is a 70s mishmash of vampires, zombies and biological disorder. It also has lead actress Marylin Chambers showing off her splendid boobies. In conjunction with releasing Dead Ringers on Blu-ray, Scream Factory has also released Rabid in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray package with a substantial amount of special features and a damn fine transfer. Read on to see if you should…

I wen't into this film mostly blind. I knew it was a Rom-Com and that it had zombies. Funny thing, while watching this film I kept thinking "This feels a lot like Infestation", which turns out is because it's by the same director, Kyle Rankin. Looking back at it my only real issue with Infestation was that it was trying to be a zombie film without the zombies. Night of the Living Deb fixes that by being about zombies. Well, zombies and romance. Night of the Living Deb, opens on a bar on the eve…

Kane is often referred to as “The Greatest Movie of All Time” by many film critics, actors, directors, and film industry pioneers. Its story of Charles Foster Kane’s rise and fall as the wealthy newspaper tycoon is Orson Welles first feature film and his masterpiece. I must admit that last night was my first time watching Citizen Kane but I immediately understood why it is such a well-regarded film. I had previously read reviews and in-depth analysis about the movie but never actually saw it…