Movies Essays

Walt Disney’s Fantasia: A Magical Work of Music-Animation Fantasia is an American animated film produced by Walt Disney, which was released by Walt Disney Productions in 1940. It is the third most featured film in the Disney Animated Features Canon and consists of eight animated segments of classical music that …

Introduction Countless Filipinos often appreciate foreign movies rather than be pleased about our own local works. Foreign film is not only foreign in terms of the country of production, but also in terms of the language used. We can see in our entertainment industry that art pieces from other countries …

McLauglin, Eliott. “What We Know About Michael Brown’s Shooting.” CNN. Cable News Network, August 15, 2014. Web. This article was informing us on the first, basic information that was gathered about the case. It includes stories from both sides of the case and contradictions of both. Such as, if Brown …

Millions of people go to the movies each year to view new films, but how many of those people actually stop to analyze the film. Analyzing a film is very essential in that it is an important factor, in fully understanding the film you are viewing. In the essence of …

The 1920s was an important time period in American history due to the significant transformation of the film industry that further influenced the economy and the society. Both silent and sound movies were largely produced during the time that not only made the entertainment more popular but also created a …

The creation of new fictional characters in media every year has always been attractive to the public. Two of the oldest and most iconic fictional characters are namely Batman and Superman. Although both heroes share similarities, such as their job to protect the people, loss of biological parents in young …

Whenever the moon and stars are set whenever the winds are high all night long One viewer described their tape of The Shawshank Redemption as ‘like a friend in the sitting-room, who talked to me and picked me up when I was down’. And from such intimate encounters came the …

Movies make up part of the dominant discourse reflecting and at the same time affecting society (Farhi, 1999). The mythical portrayal of the good teacher in Freedom Writers supports the idea that urban schools are in need of a “good teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the …

The Glass Castle is a brilliant memoir following the story of the young author, Jeannette Walls. She writes a revealing look into her uniquely vibrant and deeply dysfunctional family. Constantly short on cash and food, the family moves around the country frequently and tries to re-settle. Threw the families hardships, …

Thomas Jefferson vs Alexander Hamilton, one of the chief rivalries at the center of American politics through the first two decades, split the nation by ideology and purpose. Hamilton, a staunch Federalist, and Jefferson with his agrarian democracy, could not agree on much in regards to the structure and role …