Academy Award for Best Picture

about being a warrior. It strikes deeply at the value of life and self-worth of oneself, and loved ones. It’s no surprise that “Million Dollar Baby” received such outstanding positive reviews as along with the Academy awards it received such as best actress done by (Hilary Swank),and best director done by (Clint Eastwood). It’s rare for a movie to succeed in capturing the attention of the audience in such a deviant way. Maggie Fitzgerald is the lead actress in this…

Audrey Hepburn said, “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” From the day she was born to the day she died, Hepburn has always been around those she loved. She craved relationships and affection. She taught others to cherish your loved ones and to not take them for granted. Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Belgium and died on January 20, 1993 in Switzerland. She had two brothers, Ian Edgar Bruce Quarles van Ufford and Arnoud Robert Alexander Quarles van Ufford, but she was never…

Grace Kelly lead an extraordinary life pursuing an extremely successful acting career, but gave up hollywood to start a family with Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Grace Kelly was born on November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a wealthy and award winning family. Grace showed great interest in performance at an early age participating in school plays, community productions and occasionally modeling with her mother and sister.…

the life of Forrest Gump from Alabama, who is unintelligent and naive, but he is a nice guy and very athletic, who witnesses some events of the 20th century in the United States. Through the movie’s entirety, outstanding performances from various award winning actors give this film’s involved and interesting plot a sense of realism that is far superior to that of other dramatic movies. Although many people think that the movie Forrest Gump may only contains romance, comedy and drama as genre,…

As far as movies go Apocalypse Now is at the very top of my list pertaining to favorite movies; although Robert Duvall performance as LtCol Kilgore may only last but a few moments, his portal of the character for me is one of the most enjoyable parts of the movie. Duvall has a history of both appearing in movies as supporting roles and delivering a performance that somehow always seems to stand out as one if not the most memorable scenes of each movie. Apocalypse Now is no exception to this rule…

recites the soliloquy. During the soliloquy Hamlet pulls a knife and points it toward himself but to show the audience that he cannot go through with suicide he actually throws the knife off of the cliff and walks away. The Olivier version does the best job at the actions that Hamlet plays…

Anne Hathaway is known for her break out role in ‘Princess Diaries’. She is also famous for her portrayal as a Parkinsons’ patient in ‘Love & Other Drugs.’ While she is clearly a talented actress, able to move from one spectrum to another, not a lot of people know that she had her share of higher education. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Anne Hathaway was inspired to pursue acting because of her mother. Her mother, Kathleen, appeared in ‘Les Miserables’ - during the first U.S. tour. But she was…

when Rachel confused Caine for her best friends lying ex-boyfriend, was hilarious. She told off Caine and treated him like the lowest scum on earth, but he took it all with a stride and a smile on his lips. Even when Rachel was walking away after her realization that she told off the wrong guy, Caine still watched her with a smile on his lips and curiosity. Their first meeting was just the beginning, the first day of school as a teacher’s assistant was the best. Rachel walked in class to her…

In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel, the main character, depicts an event on her eleventh birthday that strongly affected her. The story begins by explaining Rachel’s perspective and her feelings on birthdays. It’s her eleventh birthday, but she feels as if she’s still ten years old. She expected to wake up and feel eleven years old, but everything was just like the day before and nothing had really changed. Rachel says that when we all do or say something unintelligent, that’s the…

him. Look towards his meeting the female lead Tiffany, which only occurred because of Pat agreeing to attending a dinner party with his friend Ronnie and his wife Veronica even though he knows Veronica doesn’t care for him, but happens to be Nikki best friend, something he sees as a way to get Nikki attention if Veronica believes him to be better. Where once Pat and Tiffany have meet during the dinner party, where we come to learn more about Tiffany’s character who on top of her depression…