Cannes Film Festival

Though Ex Machina centers on technology and artificial intelligence, it also focuses on gender politics. In this essay I will argue that the interactions between robot and human in the film represent contemporary relationships between men and women, specifically those that involve the dehumanization and sexual-oppression of women. This can be seen through the allegory of the Turing test, which is not only meant to determine Ava’s humanity but also her value as a woman; and through the inferior…

Outsiders: Movie v. Book S.E. was in high school when she wrote the book the Outsiders . Also fun fact about the movie is the scripts were taken right out of the book. I would say that the book was more effective, and had a lot more details. The movie was good but I didn’t like how they skipped a few parts that were in the book. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the ( book ) was more effective in telling the story. First of all is the scene where the rumble…

story. Chaplin believed that the expression of an actor made dialogues useless. The Great Dictator contained the typical characteristics of Chaplin’s work: political satire and exaggerated performance. What differed The Great Dictator from other films of Chaplin was that he chose to have dialogues within this…

1960s Television Imagine yourself sitting in the living room with your family. It’s the mid 1960s, and you’re flipping through channels until you reach CNN, where John F. Kennedy is standing at his post, giving a speech, with Nixon right behind him. You are watching the very first televised presidential debate. You decide to watch something else, so you click the remote, and Fred Flintstone appears on the screen, living life in the town of Bedrock. On comes an ad about toothbrushes, then…

topic was Bladerunner, a science fiction movie about what makes someone human. In a dystopian world with robots that are nearly indistinguishable from humans the director makes decisions to lead you to some conclusion about humanity, and in the 1982 film based on a novel the director has a bias from which you…

Over the past few years I have grown to better appreciate the world of film. I love watching movies from countries all over the globe. One of my favorite genera’s of film is animation, or anime. Debatably the best animation film director of all time is Hayao Miyazaki. Central Argument/ Thesis In the article Animating child activism: Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox’s Fern Gully (1992), Michelle J. Smith and Elizabeth Parsons compare…

surface of the franchise. The Star Wars expanded universe is so crazy, it would take years to take it all in. The other thing is that different people have different tastes in movies, so it would make sense that Faraci doesn’t enjoy a cheesy Star Wars film. But the point of this essay isn’t about how the Star Wars movies are the best, it’s about the franchise as a whole being better than any other. In many people’s opinion, the Star Wars movies are fantastic, and adding all of the other…

“Demolition”, a stilted comedy drama written by Bryan Sipe, was conceived by an extraordinary director and showcased a no less extraordinary cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper. Despite these observations, it’s not an extraordinary movie, showing several problems that turn it into an unfortunate stumble in the filmography of the Quebecois Jean-Marc Valleé. The latter, who deserves all my respect for accomplished works such as “C.R.A.Z.Y”, “Café de Fleur”, “Dallas…

changing the game of his or her sport, these moments can take place anywhere and at any time. For the film industry, one of the most important and groundbreaking films ever made was Star Wars, directed by George Lucas. Star Wars instantly became one of the most popular films once released, creating a fanbase that will continue for many generations. Lucas was able to create this unbelievable film through many common techniques that were used for many decades before his time. However, the most…

Camp Fire Games have launched their Kickstarter campaign for War of Rights - a game about the American Civil War. War of Rights intends to be the most historically accurate game about the American Civil War to date, but at the same time wants to be fun to play. With that being said you will find yourself toting a musket most of the time, and it wont be reloading fast. Nope, the game intends to stick to its historical accuracy and simulate authentic reloading - players will have the choice of…