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have begun to relate the popularity of this business with gangs, bouncing off the ideas and statistics of gang influence in the illegal drug trade (Claudia A. McMurray). This belief is expressed in the 2014 comedy 22 Jump Street, when partners (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum) walk into an animal trafficking site expecting the deal to be drug related. Later in the movie, it is revealed that the traffickers deal both animals and drugs, similar to the ideas expressed by Claudia A.…

Martin Scorsese’ s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) is a based on the story of notoriously wealthy stockbroker Jordan Belfort that glorifies his rise to the top of Wall Street. Scorsese shows a glamorous world of Wall Street, where millions of dollars are made and the businessmen reap the benefits by living a fast life of drugs, hookers and fast cars. Although the movie is a fast paced and humorous, Scorsese points out many underlying issues with gender and how women are misrepresented in in…

With American big blockbuster and independent films (Indies), there are many factors that contribute to the production of each. Even though both types of films can be great there are similarities and difference in the way they are made. The budget, cast, and film production concept are the biggest factors I will expand upon. The biggest difference between independent movies and big production movies is the budget the film is allotted. While in the comedy “22 Jump Street”, the budget was 65…

leader of the Church and to continue spreading the teachings of Jesus St. Peter was one of the most influential and faithful followers of Jesus. His date of birth is unknown, but the location of his birth is Bethsaida near Lake Tiberias. His father is Jonah and his brother is Andrew the Apostle. His wife was St. Perpetua and his daughter…

Moneyball, based on Michael Lewis’ 2003 book, details the struggle of the Oakland Athletics, a major baseball team. The Oakland A’s overcome some seemingly impossible obstacles with the help of their general manager, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), by applying a new innovative statistical analysis, known as sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is the empirical analysis of baseball, or the use of statistical analysis to question the traditional measures of baseball (Birnbaum). The underlying theme of this movie…

4 With only Naomi in view Jordan’s friends act as hype men towards his gaze in the background. “I'd fuck her if she was my sister,” followed by another, who says, “I’d let her give me AIDS.” Soon after you’ll find an intoxicated and high Donnie (Jonah Hill), who begins masturbating openly at the party in reaction to her.5 Naomi reacts not with disgust but with surprised laughter. In turn because of the extreme examples of objectification depicted in this movie it might also bring into question…

perspective his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also produced the film) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin,…

who had become “attached to the slime-coated upper wall of the basement, hanging close to the stone,”(322), he now he a rubbery arm that he lets hang idly by his side. Along with Teddy, Victor has become a creature with ribbed leather wings, and Jonah is seen gargoyled. Some of the inhabitants are even seen around Adrianne, sucking “the yellow fluid from the bloated pus-pockets that had been her breasts and her buttocks.”(322) The true effects of the drugs have finally been shown as they release…

Early on in Martin Scorsese’s new film, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) cheerfully describes money as being like “mainlining adrenaline.” Belfort, the real-life rogue trader who set up Long Island stockbroking film Stratton Oakmont, is depicted in the film as reckless, obnoxious, and sexist. Nonetheless, as portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, he is a very likeable character. We can’t help but root for him. Everything about The Wolf of Wall Street is excessive. It’s a three-hour orgy of greed,…

The Wolf of Wall Street may seem just as another ridiculous comedy film at first glance, however, as with art of all forms, it can be interpreted in drastically different ways. Although the film explicitly portrays how stockbrokers in Wall Street use manipulation to fill their own pockets, The Wolf of Wall Street splendidly conveys different “morals of the story” depending on the morality of the audience: “wolves” hunger for materialistic lifestyle are eager to become filthy rich like Jordan…