… Ben Stiller fit his part. He always seems to play in a comedy and this film was another typical Ben Stiller character. Owen Wilson was a match for Ben to act with and the two acted together perfectly. Todd Phillips brings back a few actors,…

… Luhrmann's Romeo+Juliet is a revamped, trendier, modernised appropriation of the romance classic written by William Shakespeare. Luhrmann has commented on many cultural issues in society at the time, by using many cinematic techniques. Luhrmann…

… For a Dream I will examine how the four elements of cinematic style affect the film's theme and the audiences responses to both the characters and the overall story. The audience remains immersed in the story throughout the film due to Aronofsky's…

… a small southern town ravaged by the Depression is unknowingly diagnosed with this even more devastating disease. One lone soul is prepared to make the diagnosis. An adaptation based on the classic Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, "To…

… of topic was "Why to Keep Your Teeth Healthy." After seeing The Passion of the Christ, my idea completely changed. I have now decided to write about why someone should go watch The Passion of the Christ. There is the emotional aspect, the subtitles,…

… of Robin Hood, and Hubert Hawkins tale from The Court Jester are similar in several obvious ways in which you can easily tie the two together, but separated by humor and subtle details. Robin Hood, the dashing hero of The Adventures of Robin Hood…

… Though much of the decade was spent deciding what was 'un-American,' the 1950's became somewhat of a reference point for what is 'American' in our culture. The values and goals that were set then are some of which are still among us and still strived…

… medium is always another medium, the contents of writing is speech, the content of speech is the actual thoughts or itself nonverbal. The content of written word is print and the print is the content of the telegraph" (1964, 8). Today the theory of…

… of Joan of Arc and Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times both contribute tremendously to the art of storytelling in modern filmmaking. Despite very little or no speech, each story is able to covey a highly understandable story line that rivals most dialog…

… behavior in the 1950's. The film is about two groups of teenagers who attend the same high school and live in the same town, but lead radically different lives. One group, known as The South-Side Socials (more casually called "socs"), is the more…