Academy Award for Best Picture

Lovesport by Tony Padilla, A Play For The Modern Age On March 26th 2017, I attended the Palm Springs Woman’s Club’s Pearl McManus Theatre and watched the show Lovesport. The play takes place in the present, 2017, in Josh and Marty’s house which is near San Francisco. One night after a party, Josh and Marty invite Gary and Ben over and they all hang out and talk. During this time, Ben and Josh talk to one another about how they feel about their relationships with his boyfriend or husband and…

Director Gavin O’Connor takes viewers on an emotional rollercoaster in his 2011 film The Warrior. Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, and Joel Edgerton star in this sports drama that is sure to have you cheering, crying, laughing, and crying all over again. Tommy (Tom Hardy) is an ex-marine haunted by his troubled past who returns home from war and recruits his estranged newly sober father (Nick Nolte) to be his trainer for the biggest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament, “Sparta”, ever held. This starts…

It was a golden sunlit day apparently with a shower of pillows. I woke up to pillows nudging me to get out of bed as Cameron threw them. “Get up, get up, get up!” he yelled impatiently. He threw those pillows like he was in the MLB. WACK! You could hear the small smack of the soft fluffy pillows as they hit my head. “Cameron!” I bellowed. I chased him out to my grandma’s backyard. Running as fast as i could. When Cameron came to sudden halt. I tripped over him hitting the long damp grass.“Come…

Describe an activity that you find boring in your life (e.g., taking out the trash). I find cleaning the car extremely boring which in fact, just thinking about it puts me in a bad mood. Don’t get me wrong - I love having a clean car, but when it comes to me cleaning it, I rather pay someone else to get the job done. I honestly don’t know why I find it boring but it’s just one of those things I cannot find the passion to do. Especially, here in Florida where we have this bipolar weather I rather…

Swoosh! Bang! Pow! The man hits Lavinia in the gut with a baseball bat. She falls to the floor and with a thud, she hits her head on the doorknob and is now unconscious. The Lonely One covers her face with a mask and ties her hands behind her back. He turned off the lights, picked her up, and then threw her over his shoulder. He checked to make sure the coast was clear and then carried her to his car and put her in the back seat. What he did not know is that as he shut the door Francine was…

What cinematic techniques does he use/manipulate in order to portray these ideas?

Interview Host: Today I am joined by the director and screenwriter of the internationally acclaimed motion picture The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Frank Darabont. The film is accompanied by numerous accolades, seven Academy Awards nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, cementing its status as a must see movie of our generation. 

The movie focuses on the unfortunate life sentence of Andy Dufresne, a young…

I learned how to work with others, how to raise kids, how to live, laugh, and love. The best shows were those that were more realistic and focused on specific aspects of the overall human experience. And so came the connection I made between Forrest Gump and Perks of Being a Wallflower. Both stories contain dark undertones of suicide, physical/emotional…

In Cormac McCarthry’s novel The Road, the man, who believes God has entrusted him to protect the boy from the evils and dangers of the world, is in a constant struggle between life and death. McCarthy depicts the man as a hardy character with a sensitive side towards his son. The man, struggling to survive for the sake of the boy, is ruthless, suffering, and protective. If he is pushed to his limit, the man can be ruthlessly violent. For instance, he and the boy were hiding behind an…

The Importance of Friendship Friendship is, by definition, a relationship between two friends. Some believe that friendships are a necessity for human life. Joseph Conrad was a man who grew up not having many friends. As a young child he had missed school quite a bit from illnesses (Kathleen Wilson 200). This made it hard to have close relationships with other children. He did however gain a love for literature and the sea from his father at a young age (www.notablebiographies.com). This is…

“My Papa’s Waltz” Imagery The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” the author Theodore Roethke talks about his small boy and the relationship he has with his father who is considered drunk or incapable of walking straight, so the boy helps his father. The poem is told from the perspective of the small boy as he addresses his father’s awkward walk since he is considered intoxicated. The relationship they share is expressed by the use of imagery in the poem to show the audience the father’s drunk behaviors and…