Return to Oz

rotten tomatoes.The movie really finished off strongly , but it had one or two things that I didn’t like but overall did good.There would be some people who wouldn't understand the movie making the movie bad This movie takes place thirty years after Return of the Jedi. The movie was a roller coaster of emotions, and really hit you with shocks and surprises that no one really intended to happen.The movie includes new…

Throughout the past four decades, the Star Wars movie series by George Lucas has become one of the most popular fantasy series around the world. The movies depict the saga of Luke Skywalker, a young Jedi warrior who is talented, ambitious, and unyielding. However, he unexpectedly vanished after he defeated the villains; thus his sister Princess Leia led an expedition to both find Luke and protect the galaxy. Although Star Wars is a space opera, but similar to the movie Pan’s Labyrinth, it blends…

David O. Russell's 2017 drama was a hit across the boards. Most critics gave this film exceptionally high ratings and it accumulated a large amount of money in the box office. Despite the prominent feature of mental illness and its treatments in the beginning of the film, the ending essentially negates the existence of a disorder. The main character to suddenly shows a significant and unrealistic improvement despite not progressing much during treatment. This movie starts out with the main…

Both Paprika and Inception are the kind of films telling the relationship between reality and dreams. Also, Kon Satoshi and Christopher Nolan are both well-known directors with a large number of fans. However, Paprika was produced four years earlier than Inception, which, in my opinion, also has the content with deeper and more complex thought. Inception is mainly about the demons story of the character which was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. It is a really simple and clear film that can be…

The Hero’s Journey is a widely-used formula to understand protagonists and is the perpetual basis for most story arcs involving good vs. evil. The portrayal of the main character, as introduced, is that of an average joe. Someone that would otherwise be indiscernible in a crowd of extras. For example John Connor, Bilbo Baggins and Neo from the Matrix. The “commoner to hero” narrative is generally the basis for most hero beginnings given it creates a sense of relatability between the audience and…

SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS IN PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK AND THE LAST WAVE Australian cinema has started to gain succes at the beginning of the 1970s. As well as the films that are screened in succession demonstrate varities in Australia, Australian cinema awake the attention in Hollywood. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a film that directed by Peter Weir in 1975 and is acclaimed worldwide. Actually this mysterious film is the adaptation of an Australian historical novel by Joan Lindsay. The plot is…

Scott Pilgrim Vs the world, a movie based on a comic and a video game. After having combined all three components together, with a genre of action, comedy and romance, we are given an amazing, interesting and fiercely thought about and put together, a well done movie. This film was rated an overall 7.5 out of 10 from over 237,823 users. The film also makes its way into the top 100 domestic grossing films of 2010. Directed by Edger Wright, who was once Director, Writer, Executive producer actor…

Star Wars vs. Star Trek Throughout the past two decades, two leading science fiction cult classics have rivaled and fought each other. Both have resilient followings of faithful fans who live and breathe these classic tales. Videogames, Lunch boxes, t-shirts, masks, bed sheets, and figurines embody only some of the Merchandise of these two epic films. Star Wars and Star Trek form the benchmarks for the genre of science fiction movies. While the similarities are not difficult to see, especially…

ABANGAN, KENDRA MARIE L. OT 1-1 MA’AM PEGGY ANNE OBRE “Awakenings” By: Oliver Sacks The awakening is based on a true story. A movie nominated 3 academy awards and considered as a box office movie that had reached approximately $52 million in their earnings. It is full of drama that can touch the heart of every person that will watch this kind of story, a story that is filled with hopes, joy,…

Are Star wars movies getting better or worse? The Star Wars movies have arguably been the best movie series ever made. Pretty much everybody knows what it is or has at least heard of it. If you have ever watched the movies and you know a lot about it, then you know the original movies started in the late 70’s. The trilogy didn’t start again tell 1999 and George Lucas’s series ended in 2005. Well, besides some Ewok movies and the animated Clone Wars movie. Recently the trilogy has returned and…