Star Trek: The Motion Picture

known as Drake, is a world renowned rapper from Toronto, Canada. He is known for his Grammy winning music, his work on the television show Degrassi, and for his involvement with the communities in Canada and the NBA. Today, the ninety million dollar star is caught in the middle of a horrific murder case of his long time friend and OVO label affiliate, Fif, real name, Anthony Soares. Although the Fif’s death appears as a violent murder on an unexpecting pedestrian, many have been theorized that…

Did you know the rapper Drake's real name is Aubrey? He also grew up with divorced parents. Drake, the rapper, Singer, Music Producer, Comedian, Composer, and Child Actor, had to grow up with faith and trust in others due to a challenging past. You might know him from his most recent song God's Plan and that's not all. He has sold over 10 million albums only in the US. Drake's early life has been just the start of his career. Born October 24, 1986, his childhood was split between two avenues of…

increasingly prevalent in hostage situations. And now that an accurate depiction of Stockholm Syndrome has been made, an accurate diagnosis can be drawn for Beauty and the Beast’s Belle. Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. The film follows Belle, a young woman who is taken captive by The Beast, a cursed prince living in a nearby castle. By the film’s end Belle has fallen in love with Beast and even saves…

Single Sea Foam to Married Mermaid The original The Little Mermaid, written by Hans Christian Andersen, and the Disney version are closer than I had first thought. It turns out that Disney had only changed the ending to fit the Disney-fication process, besides adding music. The original piece isn’t as sad as thought. I’m glad I got to actually sit down and read Andersen’s version of The Little Mermaid. Both versions of The Little Mermaid follow the six-step formula for a Shakespearean comedy.…

In 1937, Walt Disney Pictures produced its first princess film. Almost seventy-nine years later, a total of twelve Disney princess movies have been completed, with each one bringing a captivating narrative to life. These classic tales feature a female protagonist that aspires to discover herself. Along the way trials are uncovered and, by the conclusion of the story, it makes the princess a better person overall. Villains normally create these obstacles and are an essential part of these movies;…

The United States of America has been at war since 2001. The two campaigns are known as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom. Since the beginning, there has been over 1.5 million troops deployed to the region (Savitsky, Illingsworth, & Dulaney, 2009). It does not matter what the job is, the chances that a soldier will experience a form of trauma is almost guaranteed. It was no different for Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft. In her book, Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in…

Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated is an investigation into the Motion Pictures Association of America and its movie rating system. Through Dick’s examination, it becomes clear that the MPAA has several biases concerning sexuality, violence, and film producers. Because of these biases and a lack of definite ratings standards, Dick argues that the MPAA is not the moral backbone of the film industry it claims to be; it is a “subtle form of brainwashing,” censorship, and propaganda…

A film is an art form. Composer, Henry Mancini, once said, “the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.” Henry Mancini was the composer for Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. While these two films may seem like they don’t connect with each other at any point, they do and it is with Henry Mancini. By examining Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s through the lens of Henry Mancini’s music choices we can see that Mancini’s music choices were just as important as…

In the case of violence in media, the amount of violence needs to be regulated among age groups as today many young children are able to witness inappropriate content throughout all forms of media. This display of violence in activities that children participate in everyday can have a negative effect on them. Young children often do copy what they see and they are most at risk when it comes to this over exposure of violence. More than ever before our youth is exposed to large amounts of violence…

Sex Education Growing up Sex education was never really spoken about in my family, we had to learn as we go. My parents believed that I shouldn’t be talked about until I became sexually active. There were no birds and the bees or anything like that. In school, I’m sure I did have health class and maybe they did talk about sex and all that, but till this day I can’t remember nor did I really think it was important to me, because at that time I was not in a relationship. I know in high school they…