Tim Burton

In a variety of films, female characters do not have an impacting role to play. For example, in the film Dark Days, Dee’s character is a strong independent woman who has little screen time but struggles if not more than the male characters besides her. Also in the film Batman, Vicki Vale’s character is underdeveloped and perceived as a Damsel in Distress who drives the superhero of the film to save her. Similarly, in the film Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, female characters are misrepresented,…

Despite the many controversies surrounding his life, Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, more commonly known by the stage name of CeeLo Green, has had plenty of musical success stemming from his hit single “Crazy” while being a part of the group Gnarls Barkley.” This song was popular in the U.S. reaching number 2 in the Billboard Top 100. This song was also Number 1 in many other countries, most notably in the United Kingdom. CeeLo Green has won 5 Grammys and has been nominated for even more prestigious…

Autism is possibly one of the most well known disorders due to its nature. By this I am talking of many things, the range that it can affect people, the diagnosis rates, and the unique symptoms that can occur. In most peoples minds, Autism is an extremely damaging disease when talking of the quality of life for the one affected, but this isn 't necessarily true. Along with quality of life, the reasons for autism are also misunderstood and possibly incorrect. With diagnosis of Autism Spectrum…

turns terrifying once Beldam is revealed in the film. The dogs own by the actresses turn into bats the mice turn into rats, while other dad tries to attack Coraline with a creepy lawnmower. All of that is double when the whole movie is animated Tim Burton…

least my mother would take me to the used game store(which also sold VHS tapes and DVDs)every once in a while. I became addicted to owning VHS tapes, even as a six year old boy and honestly, I still am to this day. My favorites were the movies from Tim Burton and the Disney films were my absolute favorites; I just could not get enough of Toy Story and The Lion King.…

Beginnings The Expressionism movement is thought by many to have began on June 7, 1905 by four architecture students when they formed the group “Die Brücke” (The Bridge) (Die Brücke). The four students that formed the group “Die Brücke” were Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl. Fritz Bleyl left the group shortly after (Die Brücke). The name, Die Brücke, was taken from writings of the philosopher Friedrich Nietszche, of whom the group greatly admired. It…

Having won 13 awards and 37 nominations, which includes 1 Oscar nomination for the Best Achievement in Costume Design, the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory successfully made it to the international film industry. Directed by Tim Burton, the movie is derived from a children storybook written by Roald Dahl and its main casts starring 3 times Oscar nominee Johnny Depp, who played as Willy Wonka, and Britain born Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. (Anon, 2005). The movie began by an…

Maryland, in the year 1984. I was a 15-year-old teenager growing up in Reisterstown, Maryland - a town about an hour away from Baltimore. I was just like any other red-blooded American male teenager growing up in 1980's America. I liked video games and Pac- Man, loved "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", tried my hand at the Rubik's cube, and was concerned about the USSR and nuclear war. Oh yes, I,like millions of other teenagers loved good rock music and was just beginning to…

Tim Burton, on the other hand, utilized his main character, Edward Bloom, in the movie Big Fish during the 1950s to show how getting passed the one-way thinking and making decisions without fear and rules can open new doors leading to fresh adventures, trials…

Price is still mentioned in today’s pop culture references like when Tim Burton made a short film called Vincent honoring Price and his influence on his works, or when he was Parodied in The Simpsons on one of their later episodes. The band Deep Purple even did a hit single called “Vincent Price” last year that was dedicated…