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    George Clooney’s film noir “Suburbicon”, a weird crossing between “Double Indemnity” and a Shakespeare’s tragedy, holds a grip until a certain point but ultimately fails to deliver. The first film directed by Clooney in three years had everything to succeed if it wasn’t for its predictability and tackiness in the vain attempt to throw in serial crime episodes, racial injustice, and social satire in the same bag without mixing them well first. Not even the magic touch of the Coen Brothers, who…

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    We all want to get ahead in life. No one wants to stay in the same position for longer, how to get to the top of the game is something that may take time. In this case all means are necessary to stay in a comfortable place. Our assent into life may before luck or and uncanny situation, but once we start, we do not want to back down. The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad…

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    interests by showing realistic stories and for sure cinema world is a best place to deliver a good picture to symmetry the viewer’s imagination... In the films Cast Away and bring me home, the main characters (Chunk Noland),Tom Hanks and (Mark Wantey),Matt Damon are faced unfortunate circumstances they suffer physically and mentally they both tried to stimulate away for better living even though there is no sign of life. Both of champions are faced unbelievable conditions. For Noland when his…

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    Dogma vs. Indulgence Dogma (1999) is an obscure comedy, which challenges the beliefs and ideas, or dogma, set out by Catholics in particular, but may also pertain to other faiths. The story is about two angels that get kicked out of Heaven, and they want to get back in. They find a way to get back, which in the method will forgive all their sins. Naturally they must be stopped, by the "Last Scion," (individuals who were the last member of a ruling house, or another prominent family,…

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    Is ''The Martian'' Movie Realistic? I recently went to the theater to see Matt Damon's newest picture, ''The Martian''. In it, Damon stars as Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut who finds himself stuck on Mars after a freak dust storm forces him and his team (Ares III) off of the planet. When Watney is struck by debri before he can enter the ship home, the rest of the crew is forced to assume he's dead and leave without him. What they don't know is that Watney survived, due to the debri actually…

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    Who Is Stanislav Petrov?

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    Tuesday. Petrov, whose extraordinary story was told in a documentary entitled "The Man Who Saved the World," has received several international awards, was honored at the United Nations and met with Hollywood superstars such as Robert De Niro and Matt Damon . However, Petrov lived in a small town outside Moscow and died in relative obscurity on 19 May, his death becoming the headline in Russia and abroad months later, when a German friend wrote a blog entry on his death. In September 1983,…

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    movies which I mentioned before. Robin Williams had this unique ability to move audiences and viewers from tears of laughter or tears generated by an emotionally intense performance. Which was for example his Oscar-winning performance opposite Matt Damon in the Best Picture Oscar nominated film “Good Will Hunting.” It’s also impossible not to cry during the emotional breakthrough moment when Sean advises Will the child abuse he suffered was not his fault. Robin Williams proved his acting…

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    The Monuments Men

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    Given the reading and research you have conducted, how historically accurate and reliable is your chosen example of popular history? The 2014 film The Monuments Men directed by George Clooney has very little historical accuracy and is not a reliable source for learning about the art stolen by the Nazis during World War II. In the film, seven art historians, museum directors and curators form an army unit named ‘The Monuments Men,’ who set out to retrieve precious art stolen by the Nazis to…

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    quite intrigued and could definitely spot the differences easily, like how Mark Watney describes his situation. It was more for comedic relief in my mind, but in the book, I see it as being more serious. I liked the movie as well. I loved seeing Matt Damon trying to work out everything his character came across like when he found Pathfinder and was able to contact NASA. Throughout the movie, Watney is found always the hero to himself, when in the book he fails and needs to experiment. Both the…

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    gave her an upclose look at being an actress. This play was apparently a comedy about the actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck when they wrote the script for the production of Good Will Hunting. Her play was shown in Los Angeles and New York City, and while it was shown in Los Angeles it caught the eye of a very important person. Greg Daniels, a producer in Los Angeles, saw Mindy’s performance in Ben and Matt and was impressed with everything about it, from her writing to her acting on stage. He…

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