England Movie Reviews Samples For Students

1. Describe the emergence of abolitionism in American society and its significance. Give examples.
2. Describe the distribution of slavery in the South. Describe slave culture and how it helped slaves bear up under the pressures of slavery. How did southern whites defend slavery?
The Southern states of America were growing in economic power through their plantation system. After the first plantations were expanding and the new were emerging, the plantation owners needed more people, in particular, slaves for work, and, thus, more slaves have been brought from Africa. Gradually, the number of slaves started rising and ...

‘The Patriot’ is a movie based on the American revolutionary war of 1776. The movie circles around the life of Benjamin Martin, a single parent of seven children. He is a man with strong military training and a sharp character. He is very keen, and a true patriot of the country. He had a very bad experience of the previous war that he had been a part of. Still, with his struggles, he manages to care a lot about his children. The movie was loosely based on the real happenings of American Revolution war against the British in 1776. Especially, the cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. ...

Richard III written by William Shakespeare was a play based on the historical English king named Richard, the Third. Although the film was given with a modern twist by setting the plot in the 1930 post-war Britain. Richard Loncraine’s film was a daring attempt and inventive; instead of creating a story wherein all the characters moves in a medieval setting, the film was placed in a modernized era. Fancy cars, beautiful costumes depicting the 1930’s fashion, historical places and excellent acting made by the actors are the few reasons for the films excellent remark. Set in an era when England became a Fascist state, ...

The most recent historical movie that was widely discussed and scarified by various critics is “The Patriot” by Roland Emmerich. The discussion expanded because of historical inaccuracies shown in the movie. The film can be called wide-known, but it is not possible to name it popular. Taking into consideration the fact that the film was based on a real historical event, the performance might have been more emotional and accurate.
The storyline finds its place on the battlefields of American Revolution in 1776. The Martins family is positioned as a traditional American family of that time. They are caring, have a ...

In the 1998 action-comedy Rush Hour, veteran Chinese Detective Lee (Jackie Chan) forms an unlikely partnership with loudmouth LA cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) to solve the kidnapping of the daughter of the Chinese consul Han (Tzi Ma). Along the way, they form a strong friendship built upon trust and mutual respect, acknowledging their unique strengths and weaknesses to solve the crime that the FBI brass cannot. In Rush Hour, racial minorities are shown to overcome their white counterparts, commenting on both California white-black relations and Western imperialism in both main characters fighting back against the racial majority.
The film ...

Question 1

Yes, I believe the words highlighted though I find a lot of symbolism used to describe the technological tension between china and Japan

Question 2

The title is derived from the need of either of the countries to gain recognition of power across the world. Jim is a representation of a dream that grows from its conception to becoming a reality.

Question 3

Even though the plot is all about the war and how Japan surrendered to china, in reality, it is all about the prevailing competition of power and economic growth of china, which Japan could no longer resist

Question 4

The survival of Jim irrespective of the ...

Michelle Williams becomes Marilyn Monroe in the film My Week With Marilyn. It is obvious that Williams spent hours studying both movie and news footage of Monroe. Williams perfectly portrays Monroe’s voice, body language, and facial expressions. This film gives viewers a glimpse into Monroe’s fragile ego. Monroe’s low self-esteem causes her to be late on the movie set and influences who she chooses to have in her inner circle.
The story is told from the perspective of the young Colin Clark. Clark was only twenty-three years old when he landed his first job in filmmaking ...

Introduction

The American Revolutionary War was a turning point in the history of the United States of America. It signified the independence of America from the British colonizers. The war surrounding this independence of America has been featured in films such as The Patriot. Through such films, everyone can learn about historical wars that shaped the future of the United States (Ansen 58). However, the questions that arise from such movies as The Patriot is if they are truly historically accurate in their character depiction, scenery and weapons that were used, what the film got right and what it got ...

Zulu 1964 and Bridge too far

Introduction
This paper explains in details the SWOT analysis of the Zulu 1964 epic war film between the Zulu Army and the British. Besides this, it also focuses in a similar margin on the Movie Bridge too far. The clarity and analysis of the two movies is also supported by the chart diagrams entailing the strengths and weaknesses as earlier mentioned.

Zulu 1964

This is an epic war film between the British army and the Zulus in January 1879. It narrates about 150 soldiers of British who were seriously wounded in the process of Anglo-Zulu war and who successfully held a ...

Introduction

The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

Critique of the Movie

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

Plot and Story

Plot and story appear in different dimensions in narratives. In narrative films, story refers to the account that film narrates. It also refers to events that the audience infers and assumes to have taken place in the film. In narratives, the story appears in chronological order with a duration and frequency. The Story differs from the plot because the plot presents specific events in a narrative. The plot appears as the imaginary construction by the viewer regarding the events in the film. The Plot also involves a chronological order and duration.
The narrative’s plot presents Richard Hannay as a visitor in ...

The movie “V for Vendetta,” directed by James McTeigue, follows the actions of a freedom fighter who operates under the alias “V” and uses guerrilla tactics to oppose the totalitarian regime established in England. When he rescues Evey Hammond from the secret police, he also gains an accomplice.
James McTeigue, the director of “V for Vendetta,” entered the film industry during the 1980s, and he became an assistant director in 1991. He was an assistant director known for participating in the creation of “The Matrix” series and “Star Wars Episode II.” The movie “V for Vendetta” was his debut ...

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Introduction. The traditional model of end-of-life (EOL) care is not adjusted to the needs of patients with life-limited conditions other than cancer. By presenting a case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient, Taylor (2011) develops representation of common patterns of dying in terminal stage lungs disease, and focuses on such patients’ needs to elaborate the optimal care model. This paper discusses the case presented in the video by Taylor & Trotman (2011) summarizing its key points and concepts.
Legal Considerations. ACP made by hospice team together with Martin, under New Zealand’s common law, should be logically followed by ...

Secrets and Lies (1996)
This movie focuses on the life and struggle of one woman in finding truths in her life. After her adoptive mama passes away; Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a triumphant black eye physician, searches for her birth mother. She is surprised when her investigation leads her to a plebeian white woman, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). Initially, Cynthia denies the claim, but she finally admits to birthing Hortense as an adolescent, and the pair begins to bond. Nevertheless, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a relative’s barbecue, Cynthia's already nervous relationship with her kin becomes even more complex. The film is ...

Mental Health

1. Unfortunately many individuals in our society are considered at "great risk" for psychological problems. Identify the psychosocial issues in the movie that should cause individuals to seek professional counseling help? (Even if some individuals could not afford to pay).
In the movie “Girl Interrupted”, there were several psychological problems depicted by the characters and the most prominent among them are the characters of Susanna, which was diagnosed of Borderline Personality Disorder and Lisa who was diagnosed of being a Sociopath. These mental disorders can be considered to pose a great risk to the society and requires professional help upon ...

Introduction

When a company outsources a product or service to another company and that company that has been outsourced with the service/product performs poorly, there are ways to correct this. Hanfield and Krause (2007), argue that there are three ways to correct low services from the supplier: either improve the supplier, change the supplier or bring the process to internal developmemt. Hanfield and Krause (2007) further argue that it is better to developthe supplier becaue of cost and logistics. When undertaklinmg supplier development, it isimportant to ensure that both parties commit to the process both in labor and resources and cost. Supplier ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India.
The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

Death by Moonlight:Bomber Command is a documentary directed by Brian Mckenna and released in 1992. It is about Canadian bombers who were sent to Britain to help the British Forces, RAF in their fight against Hitler and Nazis in the World War 2. At first they were targeting industrial and military targets but eventually they also bombed households and civilians. Not all of them were aware of the targets.
Some 50.000 Canadians came to bomb Germany. They had a base in Yorkshire, where people can still see the house where they wrote graffiti, such as their names, for remembrance. Most ...

Film studies:

In An Education it is 1961 in London. We meet a sixteen year old girl who plays the cello called Jenny. After one of her practice sessions it starts raining and she is standing at the bus stop getting rained on. A fancy looking car soon pulls up next to her and the car’s window rolls down. The driver introduces himself. His name is David and claims to share a mutual attraction towards the cello with Jenny. He proceeds to offer Jenny’s cello a ride and claims to be of the notion that Jenny would probably not agree to riding ...

English 225 Introduction To Film

The film “The Elephant Man” is an iconic and powerful humanistic filmmaking endeavor. Released in 1980, the film relates the story of Joseph Carey Merrick, the real-life figure who was born with a horrible deformity and had to deal with issues of humanity and discrimination in 19th century London. Through the use of compelling performances, assured and minimalistic direction, and a stark, Victorian Gothic aesthetic, director David Lynch forces the horrors and sadness of deformity onto the audience in a way that leaves the viewer tear choked with sadness and sympathy. Most people who watch the film are touched in a way that ...

Film Review of ‘The last of the Mohicans’ (1992)
This is a wonderful film that tells the story of a gradual, difficult and bloody birth of a new American society against the backdrop of the war for colonies between England and France. In that war, a very important role was played by the local communities: the white settlers that put down their roots and indigenous people – the Indians. Moreover, different Indian tribes were fighting on the opposite sides: the Hurons – for the French, and the Mohicans with the Mohawks - for the British.
What were the terms of service ...

Film Journal: The Breathless (1960) and Blow up (1966)
The camera style (shots and movement) of the film Breathless can be described as a bold visual style that attracts much attention for motion pictures. The police shooting Michel in the streets after an evasive and long death run signifies the motion picturesque that utilizes camaflex camera techniques. Such camera style, As a result, makes Godard wants to draw a picture of unsuited illusions not so best framed for my existentially challenging times in relationships.
The Editing style of the film builds on the hyperactive style that use abrupt jump cuts ...

Film Studies

The individual films by Howard Hawks were celebrated by intelligent critics by later 1920s an onwards (Hillier and Wollen 1). He was one of the most brilliant Hollywood directors in his generation, where there is little written about him. One of the greatest masterpieces of Hawks is the Big Sleep. The book written by David Thomson is an affirmation that this film has become one of the greatest movies of all time and how he gushes that the film was exquisitely directed, with superb script, fine cast and magnificent cinematography. Thomson was able to vividly shed light on the ...

Summary of the Case

The video Nissan Cogent presented Nissan’s initiative of the same name. In particular, Nissan Cogent is a co-development regeneration tool that involves the Nissan European Technological Center, Cranfield University, and 89 of Nissan’s suppliers.
The case described how Nissan and its suppliers use Nissan Cogent to communicate and coordinate with each other during the design and development phase so that a better understanding of each other’s needs may be obtained. On one hand, Nissan Cogent would enable suppliers to improve their processes and products and maintain their reputations as quality suppliers. On the other hand, Nissan Cogent ...

Country of origin: Kenya

Genre: Drama
About the film
The Kenyan government has announced free primary education for all and parents are pushing for a chance to get their children enrolled in these schools. In a quiet, distant village lays a mountain top primary school and the villagers are running around with their children to be admitted in the school. However, one applicant leaves the whole school in awe when he tries to seek admission into the school. He is Mr. Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an 84 year old Mau Mau veteran desperate to learn how to read and write despite his old age. Mr. ...

Identification of Health Issues from the Movie “Sick around the World” and the Reaction

The movie entitled, “Sick around the World” reported by Thomas Roy Reid features the way healthcare system operations occur from five other capitalist nations in the World. Reid visited United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland to help America improve its health care system from the lessons learned from these nations. Health issues that came out evident from the movie include poor management of chronic diseases, low health practitioners’ motivation, high cost of healthcare services, little research in health care system and unequal health care provision amongst citizens. The movie begins by featuring the healthcare system in United Kingdom. ...

Pocahontas is a Disney animated feature that follows the story of a Native American Motoaka. She is the daughter of the Powhatan Confederacy chief in the early 17th century. It is the 33rd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classic series following known hits like Beauty and the Beast, Alladin and The Lion King. It was released in theaters in 1995 and is the first film based on a known historical character. However, it did not follow the actual historical account of the Native American’s encounter with the British settler John Smith who had sailed in search of gold in the “ ...

Corporations have been blamed for so many problems in the world. Chief among these is air, land and water pollution. Mining firms and oil companies have also been blamed for vast, environmental degradation. Not only have they abused nature, but also they have abused people as well. To lower costs, they exploit impoverished workers in developing countries. Corporations clearly have a great influence on government, the entire community and even the environment. Unfortunately, this influence has been used in a bad way, mainly for the benefit of the corporations especially their owners and senior officers, leading to the abuse ...

The musical concert is Die Fledermaus a production of Johann Strauss that took place at the Royal Opera House in London in December 31, 1977. The musical concert is a musical orchestra taking place in a venue with a large gathering to witness and multiple performers. The performance was led by John Bacon as the chorus master, John Brown as the leader and Zubin Mehta as the conductor. The event was graced by performers from the royal opera chorus, dancers and servants of the orchestra of the royal house opera. According to the time and date which the performance ...

The point of many movies lies in the fact of illustrating social problems. Global and domestic issues, issues of consciousness and symbolism – all of those aspects are shown in the three movies, which will be discussed in this paper. Avant-garde filmmakers have produced tons of works and it is essential to reveal at least some of them.
Powerful experiments with theatrical forms are introduced by Robert Lepage in his masterpiece, called “Le Confessionnal”. He is known as a director of game cinema and released four pictures during eight years in different countries of the world. His unique film "Confessional" ...

The Race for the Double Helix (1987)

Synopsis; This is yet another star from Jim Watson (Jeff Goldblum) who makes a joint force with some of his English counterparts, Francis Crick (Tim Pigott-Smith) in their determination to unlocking the double-helix structure of the DNA.

Review

James Watson
James Watson is depicted as a determined character in the movie. In the first instance, he is on a move for an Italian conference. Joined is by Maurice Wilkins they are determined to seek or better techniques on X-ray and Crystallography that are of great development only in England. He also comes out ...

The movie ‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’ is so far the best movies created entirely on the subject of marketing. The movie highlights the concept of product placement and advertising in a humorous yet insightful manner. The movie begins when the director Morgan Spurlock actually makes use of several marketing techniques to get sponsors to pay for the cost of filming. Product placement, as we know, is all about creating a perception if the product or service in the eyes of customers. Companies or brands communicate to customers their message which is aimed at molding the perception of customers ...

Introduction

On the wake of 20th April 2010, the deepwater oil rig of the coasts of the Venice exploded and caused a huge fire. In what could later be termed as the BP Crisis of 2010, about eleven of the workers who were at the plant at were burnt to death. In addition to the death cases, the explosion led to flow over 4.9 million barrels into the sea for three months. Upon expansion, the spill expanded to cover an area of over 70,000 square miles of the sea surface. The BP crisis has been considered as one of ...

1. Like a modern viewer, who saw countless achievements of the modern cinema, the color palette was not a surprise. But when you realize that Antonioni did it in 1966 (it was the first color film to him) and made so colourful and bright picture, you started felling slightly uncomfortable. According to the rumours, Antonioni asked to paint the grass in the park, where the murder scene was filmed, which gives the flavor to the picture. By the way, the green color often appears in the scene: the park, the dress of the secretary, the doors, and ...

There is a vast number of versions and remakes on R. L. Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, 1886. But the two are have appeared to be the most impressive for me are the following: a very close remake – “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, 1985, filmed in the USSR and another one – though far from the plot, but still – related to the same subject “Fight Club”, 1999. And as we can see, every person has an alter ego that may at any time show the dark side of his soul.

The novel by ...

Shot in 2008, “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is a historical drama film by the British director Mark Herman on the Holocaust during the World War II. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by John Boyne. The theme of a fine line between those who happened to be on the aggressor’s side and those on the victim’s side won the audience’s hearts and made the film noticeable among others dedicated to the World War II. The movie stars David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga and Rupert Friend. “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is ...

Psychology

It would be hard to prevent people from using methamphetamine, used to treat common cold, cough and allergies, as a drug. As they are easily available with druggists, anyone can walk into a drug store and order medicines for common cold that contains methamphetamine. If the views of some of the meth users are to be considered seriously, the spread of a potential epidemic could dwarf the Black Death. The movie, The Meth Epidemic reinstates our fear that the easy access to dangerous drugs is taking the country into a dark oblivion. This is because this film portrays a realistic picture of an issue ...

in the Movie “Vénus Noire” by Abdellatif Kechiche

Abstract

Sarah Baartman is not the name known by every person, only a few are aware of the facts about her ordinary but at the same time, tragic life. Among the different sources of getting to know the biography of Sarah Baartman, there is a fabulous feature film "Vénus Noire", which exposes “the Hottentot Venus period” of life of this woman till her death. The film review presented in this paper was influenced by the Africa study. Although the world cinematography covers a wide variety of films dedicated to the race discrimination "Vé ...

The miracle of face is a movie that explains the impacts that beauty plays as far as our life is concerned. For example, babies are drawn to beautiful faces, and they tend to spend a lot of time scaring at them. But when it comes to ugly faces, they cannot withstand scaring at them-most of the time they will cry while looking for an escape since they are scared by ugly faces. Research has been conducted, and it clearly depicts that even older individuals are scared when it comes to socializing with scary people. Henry having his eye removed-due to facial ...

Ernst Lubitsch (1942): To be or not to be
Ernst Lubitsch, a Jewish-German, directed the film to be or not to be in 1942 together with Jack Benny, and Carole Lombard, who act the couple Torra. This is a couple of actors who had led a theatre team in Warsaw and were busy in rehearsing an anti-Nazi play a time when Germans had invaded Poland. In the film, the group becomes an active secretive participant and through their costumes they manage to deceive the Nazis together with their cooperators. The film illustrates the Nazis racism and violence instead of the military ...

System of Justice

The “system of justice” that was shown in the film “In the Name of the Father” was tainted with corruption and dishonesty. The movie starts with the false conviction of four individuals for the bombing in Guildford causing the death of one civilian and four British soldiers. These four innocent people were later known as the “Guildford Four”. The movie showed the injustices done to innocent citizens by the present British court system.
The movie depicted the corrupt police investigation after the lawyer in the person of Gareth Peirce accidentally discovered important police files that were being kept ...

1. “Ordo Virtutam [Play of Virtues]”Hildegarde of Bingen (Germany, 1098-1179), Bonds p. 22
The cultural environment under which this music is composed is one of social stratification. Religion and social class seems to a fundamental component of this music. The dressing that is adopted by the presenters of this music illustrates the holiness of the environment under which the song is presented. Some of the important characteristics of this music are that the recording takes advantage of the variety of pitches among the presenters. Different voices which include soprano, base, and alto collaborate to create an effective tone ...

Comedy: The Hangover

In this movie, there are three friends one of them about to get married. Two days before the wedding, they got drunk. They lost one of them, and then must retrace steps in order to find him.
Angelinos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Doug’s best friends Phil Wenneck and Stu Price They went to Vegas and rent a pricey villa head the rooftop to have a good time (the setup). Two days before the wedding, Phil, Sue and Alan wake up in their villa with Hangover they have no recollection of the last night ( ...

Leadership Qualities In Henry V (1989)
Leadership Qualities In Henry V (1989)
Film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s plays have been made ever since the filmmakers, Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the Autochrome color photography process. However, Henry V (1989) is perhaps the finest film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, and Kenneth Branagh, who directed the film, wrote the screenplay and starred in it as King Henry V himself, was critically acclaimed around the world because of the film. Since the film after all is adapted from Shakespeare’s play, so like the play it shows Henry ...

Control Room was a very powerful documentary made by Al Jazeera television in 2004 about the early phase of the Iraq War and the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. Almost off of it takes place in the Coalition Forces Media Center for Central Command (CENTCOM), where the journalists are attempting to get real information about what was happening in the war. One problem with the film is that some parts are in Arabic and not translated or given subtitles, so English-speakers can only guess at what they are saying. Its point of view was clearly opposed to the war ...

Introduction

Saito and Nicholson are two different leaders from different communities with Saito being a British and Nicholson being a Japanese colonel. Even though the two men are similar in many ways like being loving, having pride and being dedicated to what they do, the two colonels are from different cultures which encompass different leadership styles.

Saito

He is a Japanese colonel who believes in commanding people to work despite their ranks. Saito is a transactional leader because he had personal interests in pushing even the officers to work. He knew if the bridge will not be completed in time, he was to kill himself ...

Oliver Parker’s version of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is a witty horror movie that captures subtlety of Oscar Wilde’s writing. The movie is somewhat different from previous attempts of screening the story about a young and handsome Dorian Gray.

The setting of the movie takes place in 19th century London. Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes), an extraordinarily beautiful and pleasant man, moves to this big city after the death of his grandfather. Dorian starts to enjoy a life of wealthy London Victorian society, as he inherited great deal of money from his relative. Soon he meets two of the people, ...

John James Audubon

John James Audubon, the illegitimate son of a sea captain Jean Audubon and a servant Jeanne Rabine was a French - American painter, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born on 1785 in Les Cayes (new Haiti), previously known as Saint Domingue, and died in 1851 (Rhodes, 2004). Even nearly two centuries since his death, Audubon is remembered in this world for his studies on birds, painting, and hunting. Audubon was a nature lover, and passionate about paintings of birds in their natural habitats. His most memorable documentation is The Birds of North America, a collection of ornithological works considered to be his best legacy ( ...

Retaining moral values and ethics that one learns from family at home is what Indian Film Industry showcases through most of its movies. The values may be directly or indirectly forecasted imbibed in the story. Based on the same concept, on October 20th 1995, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the English version of which is “The Big Hearted will take away the Bride” was released.
Directed by Aditya Chopra and Produced by Yash chopra, the movie highlights the true love story of an Indian Young couple. The couple meets on a vacation in Europe and fall in love with each ...

Feminism in Movies: Just Wright

Introduction

Decades after Mary Wollstonecraft began the suffrage movement, women’s liberation is in its third wave and has changed its style with feminists shedding the image of bra-burning activists to one of “the woman on the top” (Britannica Encyclopedia). According to prolific feminist studies writer Susan J. Douglas, as advocated by the British female pop group, Spice Girls, feminism has become a dirty word, and girl power has become the acceptable way to think and speak of strong women (2010). Feminists are no longer women clad in baggy clothes striving for better recognition and respect for their gender. In the ...