National Film Registry

Helping immigrant children heal Today we will be discussing the article that have reseach on the internet that will bring your eyes to tears. I will be discussing the article “helping immigrant children heal” (Lorna Collier,2015). Through the article it lists sections like the fears that caused them to flee, resilient, but often traumatized, treatment strategies, and future directions. Through these topics they discuss the hassels of immigrant children everyday life and trying to overcome the…

In "On the Waterfront" the pigeons symbolize Terry Malloy, and the choices he made all through the film. A pigeon's regular drive is to fly, yet these pigeons have been prepared not to. Despite the fact that he's a durable previous boxer, his unbalanced look after these birds is confirmation of an exceptional bond between them. The symbolism of him really inside the pen himself, obvious when he tends the birds, proposes this bond too. Malloy is a visionary, a mind boggling and delicate man. From…

The Secret Life of Bees is a novel about a 14 year old girl, Lily, living in a time of segregation. She grows up in the time of the Civil Rights act. After reading The Secret Life of Bees book, we watched and compared it to the movie. A movie based on a book wouldn’t follow the exact plotline. There were key differences, but the movie followed a similar plotline. There were extra things added into the movie, and there were things left out. The movie immediately begins with Lily talking about…

Birdie kicked at a stray rock with all her might, snarling with clenched teeth. It flew across the street, and disappeared into the passing crowd. Birdie sighed and ran a hand through her hair, her stomach folding in on itself. “I want to go home,” she moaned quietly, and Albert nudged her with a grin. “You want to go back to Kansas? Lame, Bernie.” Birdie rolled her eyes at the nickname, but smiled at Albert anyway. They started walking down the street, dragging their shoes across the…

Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well-known Disney movies in history. With the main protagonists being a beautiful girl and an ugly beast, the storyline is truly one that anyone of any age can enjoy. But this story is not a simple love story, there is a deeper meaning to the movie than what we think. The beginning of the movie starts off with a song called “Little Town”. Belle, one of the main protagonists, is singing along with the rest of the town. The song does not seem like much, but…

like course of events allows Phil to choose how his day goes, knowing that he will be able to relive it the next day without consequences. His character and demeanor changes throughout the film from his initial personality, through his repeating days, and once the repeating days end. While Phil’s journey in the film can be explained in multiple personality theories, Skinner’s personality theory perfectly describes Phil and his eccentric personality. Phil Connors is an anchorman who is pretty…

representation of the screenplay. The movie 12 Angry Men displayed differences in the roles of characters, adding scenes, and a changed ending. The changes made were for the most part a good addition and contributed in a positive way towards the film. This was a good screenplay to read and a good movie to watch because of the interesting themes and plot, and is a story I would happily watch and read…

As I walked into the movie theatre intending on seeing "Project Alminac," my friends and I were stopped by an officer for looking "suspicious." We looked "suspicious" because the way we were dressed supposedly. I was only trying to have a good time with my friends but, this was the day my perception on police officers dramatically changed. On a summer night six of my friends and I wanted to go see this new movie that just hit theatres. "Project Alminac," a movie that brought back it's…

The movie franchise that began with “The Terminator” in 1984 has had its ups and downs. Being the first film of the series, “The Terminator” did not make a lot of money in total given that it had little hype going into it and it co-starred a relative unknown with some German sounding name that it turns out was Austrian. However, considering it only had a budget of $6.4 million and it made $78 million worldwide according to the Wikipedia page about the franchise, the producers were no doubt happy…

make the most of the out of the entertainment. As discussed above, Jaws was one of the first movies that brought about this concept of merchandising (Biskind, 1975). These are some of the components that can make or break the financial success of the film. Thus, the blockbuster syndrome was the time period when movies were evaluated and judged by their marketing effort rather than production quality and value. Due to that, even the movies that are low on critical claim or box office success such…