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What was once a dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, has become much more than just that. It all started when screenplay writer Terry Southern gave Stanley Kubrick a copy of the novel, but, busy with another incumbency, Kubrick put it aside. Although out of sight and out of mind for Kubrick, his…

Have you ever wanted to get away from reality, and go explore something new? Have you always felt like you were trapped in your town or city and couldn’t wait to get out? The Truman Show, a film by Peter Weir, and the star, Jim Carey, as Truman Burbank promotes an idea of a perfect…

Films play an important role in defining the similarities and differences between various societies. With increased globalization, the cultural divide between various societies can be well brought out through film and literary presentations. With advancements in technology, modern films have effectively represented the leaps in technology behind making the outer space happen. This paper seeks…

After being released from jail, Danny Ocean organized and leaded a team of 10 other individuals with different specialties to rob the vault that holds more than $150 million for three casinos owned by Terry Benedict in Las Vegas. The task is highly complex due to the tight casino security and had never been done…

During the evening of Thursday, September 18th, I attended the “No Ordinary Hero: The Superdeafy Movie” showing. It was located at the Elstad Auditorium at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. My friends Sam and Brittany accompanied me as we made the trip to DC. When we arrived at Gallaudet University, we had a tough time…

Themes that we may retrieve from a movie are viewed differently by different people. This would be because a theme is not what happens in a movie, but more of the meaning that we take from what is being portrayed in the film (Goodykoontz, & Jacobs, 2011). With different people, there will always be different…

The Truman Show was created in 1998, and was directed by Peter Weir. It is a show within a movie about a man whose life is fake and is being controlled by someone he does not know. Christof is the creator of the television show The Truman Show. His idea of following Truman’s life from…

Truman Burbank lives in a world that revolves entirely around himself. His relationships are fake, his work is not real, and his life is put on display for millions of people around the world to watch. He has been the star of this reality show ever since he was in his mother’s womb. The Truman…

The movie “The Lost Battalion” is a movie about a battalion in 1918 that was sent out to battle during World War 1. Major Charles White Wittlesey is assigned by General Robert Alexander to lead his troops to the Argonne Forest with five hundred men where they face severally bloody battle with the Germans forces….

The 1993 drama “Swing Kids,” starring Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale, is overall a very good movie. The film is set in Nazi ruled Germany in the year 1939 and tells the incredible story of three boys and their love and fight for swing music. Swing Kids is a remarkable display of directing and…