Academy Award for Best Original Song

Movie Review: Practical Magic The story begins by involving a family that has had witches for 300 years and because of an ancient curse the husband’s will die with the signal of the death watch beetle serving as their advanced warning to avoid the heartbreak that comes with love. The film Practical Magic is based upon the book written by Alice Hoffman in 1995. The character Sally, played by Sandra Bullock, attempts to thwart the curse by casting a spell creating a man she feels does not exist,…

Some films have a song so powerful and memorable that it sticks in the common consciousness like glue. Lots of movies have great soundtracks overall, whether original scores or creative selections of existing music, but it is more rare to find a single theme song that really captures the spirit of the movie and enjoys lasting fame of its own. A single bar from any one of these songs is enough to instantly recall the film, and important scenes come flooding back. Even for those who have never…

the movie, Clint Eastwood expressed Chris’s story in a very touching and a warm loving way but also catches you but surprise with numerous suspenseful, gruesome, and jaw dropping sense throughout the movie. Main reason American Sniper has multiple awards is due to the amazing actor that were apart of the film. Bradley Cooper playing Chris Kyle, Sienna Miller playing Chris’s wife Taya. Along with Bigger and Marc who were Chris’s friends, played by Luke Grimes and Jake McDorman. These actor plus…

everywhere. The historical and social impact that are found within the book deem The Color Purple as a great work of literature. Walker’s brilliant novel contains great rhetorical strength. This includes a certain grace of style and large amounts of original expression. Right…

The opening scene of Rear Window (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, acts as a prologue of the film: we are introduced to the space where much of the narrative will take place, to the protagonist, his background, and his neighbors through entirely visual means. Hitchcock created an entire film from the rear window of a Greenwich Village apartment symbolizing a certain “movie-watching” experience. Hitchcock uses mise en scène to show how the film is going to progress, uses camera movement…

Intro: “Calling it a job don’t make it right boss” (Luke, Cool Hand Luke). Within the films Cool Hand Luke and Shawshank Redemption, one can discover that through drinking issues of each character that prison is in fact obviously terrible. However, with the fact that prison does also come to an end for some the friendships and plans that are made, are forever lasting. Between the two films Cool Hand Look and The Shawshank Redemption, there are a number of similarities and differences expressed…

born on June 20, 1968, in San Antonio, Texas. As a part of a large family, Rodriguez began by making short films, which often featured some of his nine siblings. Initially rejected from film school, Rodriguez continued making movies. He won several awards for his efforts and was eventually accepted into the film program at the University of Texas at Austin. He made his first feature film El Mariachi (1993) on a very tight budget—only $7,000. Some of the money came from his work as a human guinea…

To me, the best course of action was to always write with the intent anyone who reads my writing could understand it. However, now I see my thinking was flawed. Writing is for everyone, but this all-encompassing delineation of writing’s ability to be understood…

2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or,Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards. Scorsese's body of work addresses…

I have personally read Wes Moore’s book and went to see him speak in McCain Auditorium this past week. Personally I thought it was very interesting how he really didn’t talk as much about the book as I thought he might. He talked about how the title was created and more about the backstory of the book. While I was reading the book I could see many theories from our lectures, and also picked up on some things he said in his speech. In the book Wes talks about his own life and “the other Wes…