Literary Review of Dead Poet's Society
One of the 20th centuries most compelling and best films goes by the title Dead Poets Society. This movie is set at the Helton Academy...
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own is a movie written during a time of war and during a time where women are expected to stay at home and tend to the womanly duties....
A "Man for All Seasons" is about a man so subtle and saintly that an actor
who takes on the role must be able to project an almost superhuman presence. As is evident, the...
The play, A Man for all Seasons, is based around the story of Thomas Moore. Thomas was a lawyer and became the chancellor of England. His quest in the story was not so much so...
The epic poems The Odyssey, written by Homer, and Gilgamesh, translated by David Ferry, feature the struggles and triumphs of two epic heroes, Odysseus and Gilgamesh. Epic her...
Performance Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream
This movie production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream was produced and directed by Kevin Kline in 1999?. A...
S & M: No Leaf Clover
The talent of an artist rests in the ability to recreate a sense of reality, and to communicate such an experience. When such timeless thoughts are...
Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) inherits the role of man-of-the-house from his father and now his bedridden mother, bratty and selfish sister, and mentally handicapped younger bro...
"Rock-and-roll is the hamburger that ate the world." This quote by Peter York says a few things about rock-and-roll. From the beginnings of this style...
: Today’s and Yesterday’s Music
When observing the CD covers and photos of Tupac Shakur, Marvin Gaye and the group called the Sugarhill Gang, you will p...
Andrew Vaccarezza
Dr. Keith Bohm
Music 129, section 2
12 July 2007
A New Age of Music Piracy
A thief can be defined in many different ways. The American Heritage Di...
If you're getting tired of played out punk, sold out ska, and eccentric emo, then you'll love South Florida's coming of age skate punk band Empty Noi...
Intro to Film
December 17, 1999
A Nightmare on Elm Street
At a time when the stalker movie had been exploited to all ends and the image of mute, staggering, vicio...
The Influences and Interference of Mama
In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, influence and interference plays a role in everyday life. The Young...
Slasher Movies:
A Review of House of Wax
House of Wax challenges the mold of Horror films and further conveys the adage: looks can be deceiving. Although at surface level th...
A Ride You'll Never Forget
The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' criteria for "Best Documentary Film" includes in their definition for a documentary that it sh...
A Ride You'll Never Forget
The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' criteria for "Best Documentary Film" includes in their definition for a documentary that it sh...
Have you ever experienced an overload of every sense at once? Well,
rock concerts can almost take you there. I went to see AC/DC in the spring of
1991, and...
"A Rose for Emily": A Review
In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, we see how past events effect
the main character Miss Emily, especially her mental state. Sh...
[Camera pans in on a caterpillar nest. Nest is covered in sprinkles for no apparent reason. Steve Irwin type narrator is standing beside the nest]
Narrator: Here we get our f...
One of the things that first struck me about the play was that the characters believed they lived a good life. I saw the exact opposite. The good life is shown through succes...
The 3rd Major Scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
1. The scene begins by fading in on the back of the silent man's head (Cary Grant) in Alicia's bungalow. Then the camera...
Harold and Maude is a romantic comedy film that focuses on the contrasts of youth and age, apathy and energy, and life and death. Harold Chasen is a wealthy young man with an...
In A Simple Plan, director Sam Raimi delivers many emotionally effective scenes. He enhances each scene with vital, well placed filmmaking techniques. Raimi's techniques inc...
