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National Lampoon’s: Christmas Vacation: A Worthy Classic Comedy In the film Christmas Vacation, there is a hilarious scene when Clark Griswold “played by Chevy Chase” and his family are out finding the perfect Christmas tree. They come across what Clark believes to be the family tree, but the family worries about the tree being too big. Clark reassures them that the tree isn’t big, it’s just full. Rusty worries about the tree not fitting anywhere, Clark tells Rusty the tree is not going to go…

Jodie Foster leans on two of the most revered Hollywood actors, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, to bring her new showy drama, “Money Monster”, to the forefront. Despite the stars and the pertinent topic, which targets Wall Street and its financial uncleanness, Ms. Foster stubbornly opted for a standardized approach that frustrates both our expectations and the film’s ability to find a proper voice of its own. We don’t have to wait too long for the action to begin, but that same action doesn’t…

Universal Pictures is One of the biggest movie producers out there,and they have made and remade many of their most iconic movies since their beginning in 1912. One of those movies is the 1932 Horror Film “The Mummy” starring one of the greatest actors of all time, Boris Karloff. It even won an academy award for best film in science fiction, horror, and suspense. Due to its success, a remake was bound to happen. In 1999 universal studios did not disappoint when it released “The Mummy” starring…

As it plays you almost forget what you were going to do next. The film captivates you, as…

Muti 11/26/17 Professor Carmen FTV The Good, the Bad, and the Wookie Akira Kurosawa’s Influence on Sergio Leone and George Lucas The post war renaissance in Japan had a great influence on contemporary American filmmaking. Viewing Akira Kurosawa’s films, one will see his influence on modern filmmakers such as Italy’s Sergio Leone and America’s George Lucas, through storytelling, cinematography and character development. Akira had a unique and genius style of creating new movies from classics,…

Bullet” The 1985 horror film “Silver Bullet” is cherished by horror enthusiast and widely criticized by film critics. The movie, “Silver Bullet” is adapted from a novel by Stephen King, “Cycle of the Werewolf”. This classic horror film has created a cult following that has also received negative attention and criticism. “Silver bullet” is one of the greatest, most entertaining werewolf movies of the eighties. Stephen King’s, “Silver Bullet” is a film greatly misunderstood by film critics…

Alfonso Cuarón, a film director, screenwriter, producer and editor, is famously known to be the first Mexican director to win an Academy Award for Best Directing. Born on November 28th, 1961, his passion for the industry had been integrated from a very young age. Growing up in Mexico City, Cuarón was exposed to numerous mediums of film wether it was watching movies, television or going to cinema theatres. Like many children growing up in the 1960s, directors such as Vittorio De Sica, John Ford…

UNDEAD EXPRESS is a great name for this horror zombie script. The goal is well defined and the stakes are life and death. There are solid themes about survival and second chances. While zombie films are not original to the industry, they have been a fan favorite. The script attempts to add some new hooks that have merit. One is the idea of the story mainly taking place on a train. It’s a smart contained and isolated setting and one gets the feeling of being trapped with no way off. In addition…

Burton, Tim Burton is an American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator. He is mostly known for his “Burton-esque” style that he has been developed by him as he is such an influential artist with his films and art, it is mainly frame by frame art as he does storyboards for his stop-motion films and also concept arts for his final characters in the films, his work has been produced since 1982 and he is still making work up to this day which is either films or art, he has made…

Suspense is easily felt in movies such as The Fellowship of the Ring. The directors and producers create this on-edge feeling through camera shots, editing, and sound effects. Camera shots are how the camera is angled and what the angle is showing you. Editing is how fast or slow the director wants the scenes to come at you. Sound effects allow you to hear what you may not quite yet see off screen. Suspense in the film The Fellowship of the Ring is created through camera shots, sounds, and…