In the past decade, the price of going to the movies has skyrocketed! At the close of 2012, average ticket prices had topped $8 a person (Lieberman). Unfortunately, this average is somewhat skewed by discount deals; the actual cost per ticket for a first run movie during peak hours is more like $10 to $12 …
Abstract Cinema is meant and believed to entertain, to take the viewer to a world that is starkly different from the real one, a world which provides escape from the daily grind of life. Cinema is a popular media of mass consumption which plays a key role in moulding opinions, constructing images and reinforcing dominant …
Hollywood, Bollywood… Ah! Ha! Nollywood! Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years, Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world, …
Bollywood song and dance draws attention to Indian film studies as one of the most dominant and distinguishing features of the Indian culture (Dudrah, 2006, p. 26). Dancing within movies is becoming among the most common attributes of modern popular culture that generates and reflects diversity in cultures and the traditional values of a society. …