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Lucas returned to the role of director (he had directed the first film but not its two sequels) and utilized a new cast of popular young actors—including Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman—as well as recent advancements in digital video technology. Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (made in 1999), Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (made in 2002), and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (made in 2005) were all…

talented. When people talk about great actors, they would immediately think of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tom Hanks. When people talk about great actress they would say the names of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, and Nicole Kidman. However, people tend to forget about some…

there isn’t much of a difference between cop and criminal, and he accentuates that they need each other, and no one else, in order to truly survive. Heat spends a good deal of force focusing, on its supporting characters, especially children (Natalie Portman) and women (Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman and Diane Venora). In the long run, the characters receives equal screen time, the audience empathizes and roots for both sides equally (except Waingro), something rarely seen in crime…

in the collaboration, even inviting herself to ad-lib all over his verse. A genuinely fun collaboration, American Boy stood the test of time extremely well. 62. The Shins - New Slang Sometimes, all it takes for a song to become a hit is for Natalie Portman to look at you say say that the track “will change your life”. The folk ballad New Slang definitely changed The Shins’ life, helping the band’s début to sell 500,000 copies. With its light tambourine and dreamy melody, New Slang is the song…

There are several examples in today's media. For instance, Dunst in Elizabethtown or Natalie Portman in Garden State epitomize the Manic Pixie Dream Girl of the time. Having considered that our culture was far too prosaic to get the correct understanding of such term, every lazy writer started using the term to create poorly written female characters…

OTHER NOMINIEES Isabelle Huppert (Elle) Ruth Negga (Loving) Natalie Portman (Jackie) Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) BEST ACTOR WINNER: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Ben Affleck’s brother is once nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars for his role in the western drama film The Assassination…

Nice Legs In modern society, overly sexual representation of women is widely accepted. Women who engage in pornography, stripping, nude photography, and magazines are now accepted. Some women perceive a career in the strip club or pornography as degrading. Other women, like FCP’s (Female Chauvinist Pigs), encourage women to utilize their beauty and/or physical attributes to get ahead. “Their bodies are their instruments” (Nevins 267). This concept of women encouraging other women to objectify…

Clean Water Initiatives and the Almighty Mount Kilimanjaro How would you react if I told you that I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, while confined to a wheelchair? I wouldn’t be surprised if you doubted or even disbelieved my claim. I don’t judge or blame you for these doubts. In fact, if you’d asked me if I could accomplish such a feat 5 years ago, I would have told you that it would be impossible with my physical disability – a genetic ailment that left me with no…

10+ Best Ideas for Valentine’s Day Celebration in Your Office/Colleges If the Valentine’s Day will fall on a working day, you will probably spend working hours in the office with your co-workers or in college with your friends. On this day of hearts and love, you’re perhaps thinking only of your special someone. You try to concentrate on your work and studies but your heart and mind are on your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife or someone special with whom you wanted to spend the entire day.…

Black Swan It’s fascinating how people go to great lengths to get what they want or to pursue their goals. These actions that go beyond the extent of the audience’s imagination are what make movies consuming. Overall, the movie “Black Swan” shows such strange and creepy images that made me wonder what is a hallucination and what is real throughout the whole movie, and that thought kept me absorbed. The fragile and pure main character, Nina, who perfectly symbolizes the white swan, is constantly…