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Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song (1971; Sweetback hereinafter) is a low-budget, 97-minute-long independent film written, directed, produced and scored by Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932). Its production is considered a watershed in the history of US filmmaking. Sweetback’s firm stand on racism in the movie industry and the wider US socio-political context is still pertinent today as the racist ideology is disturbingly still with us today. Hence, the importance of revisiting Sweetback to unpack its…

the Baywatch revival. According to E Online, The Rock even posted on his Twitter the announcement of having Efron being part of this project. As for the character that he would portray, there is no update on the exact name he will be having on the film. But his role would be a drunk Olympic swimmer who found himself inebriated during the Beijing Olympics. He was so drunk that he even attempted to free some panda bears in the area. Efron's character would then decide to get his life straight and…

initial major films, D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation. With the discriminatory portrayal of African Americans, this Hollywood product would become a significant influence of discussion and mindset for films, and audiences alike, for years to come. The new film, The Birth of a Nation(2016) by Nate Parker, and the portrayal of the Nat Turner rebellion seems to be the latest in a long line of films endeavoring to correct the legacy of racist black American portrayals in Hollywood films that…

noticed that the new Ghostbusters trailer has been posted. I have been pretty indifferent to the whole thing ever since the original cast has pretty much had nothing to do with it. The big thing that will slap everyone that has a criticism about the film is that the new cast is female. That has nothing to do with a movie being good or not. Sure, there are probably those Men's Rights douche bags that will complain that it should be an all male cast, but the thing about that is no one cares about…

Blade runner has become a classic in sci-fi genre The directed by Ridley Scott who also directed movies like alien gladiator Blackhawk down and and the recent the Martian but the most interesting thing about blade runner is that neither release Scott nor the screenwriter David peoples ever never read Philip K Dick's novel do androids dream electric sheep the book that the movie is based on so unfortunately Philip K Dick died before the full movie was actually released he said he did see the…

127 Hours also contains one of modern day film’s most pivotal moments. The film details the story of Aron Ralston, an outdoorsman and thrill seeker who survived a horrific canyoneering accident while exploring remote areas of Utah. Aron’s desperate actions for survival served as the movie’s pivotal point. This moment entailed…

it with contemporary issues and projecting the future. This review alone only discusses one aspect of the great movie, that of Britain becoming a surveillance and fascistic state, but many reviews could be written about virtually any aspect of the film. Children of Men gives a dire warning to the contemporary world if it continues in the current trajectory, the world may look something like the one created by Cuaron (with…

this film is based, I have been greatly anticipating this film for quite some time. After seeing part one, I naturally want to cast every other book aside and hunker down and read the entire book from cover to cover. I expected this to be decent, but it was beyond that. While I cannot speak to whether this version is faithful to the book, I can guarantee that this on all counts, this film will not disappoint. One other thing to note--the cast for this film is pretty massive for a Hallmark film.…

The documentary The War Room worked similarly to the “behind the scenes” roll of a film. The BTS reveals that realistic monsters and impressive landscapes are just tennis balls on sticks and green screens the same way that The War Room reveals that a candidate’s polished speeches and strategies come from crowded rooms and disorganized piles of paper. The documentary provided insight in the process behind a strong campaign: the phone calls, late night discussions, and arguments with the press. It…

of Life is a subtle film that intricately links together the world while discussing vast concepts. One such concept, the way of nature, is personified through Brad Pitt’s character; he is a man who acts in primal animalistic ways, and consistently lets these emotions get the better of him. This motif has been explored in many films prior to Terrence Malick’s masterpiece and previous directors’ efforts by no means come close to the beauty of Malick’s film. Many of the films of the past relied…