Film Review Essay Examples Page 4

One film that left a strong impression on me was “Killing Us Softly,” a documentary exploring the power of advertising and the media in shaping our world. Despite its drastic premise, I genuinely believe this statement to be true, given the multitude of troubling events occurring in our world today. The documentary effectively showcases the…

What does made in Dagenham tell us about aspects of ‘the women question? ” for instance what are women like? What do they want? What is their proper sphere? You may wish to comment upon how the film works as a film for instance framing images, music, and characterization. Etc. Made in Dagenham The film…

Environmental Facts The film entitled “Ganito kami noon, paano kayo ngayon” displayed an immersive look of the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. It portrayed how rich culture was in Manila and how influenced the city looked, while the far-flung areas of the country was shown to be otherwise. The film was set to show sometime…

The Departures are a Japanese film that encapsulates the theme of love in terms of words and actions. This is a plot-oriented film which has a surprising element on how the story develops; from a cellist then to a job far from what he really had imagined- preparing dead bodies for funerals. What’s amazing about…

            As the back of the DVD box accurately states, teenager Juno McGuff “takes a nine-month detour into adulthood” when she accidentally becomes pregnant.  This detour forms an important, unusual part of her dialectical maturation through Erik Erikson’s adolescent stage.  The crisis at this point in Erikson’s (1994) schema is the identity crisis, in which…

As a little girl, Catherine wants to marry her firefighter dad. Her mom says, “You can’t marry Daddy, I’m married to him. ” The film relates what transpires 25 years later. Catherine is now married to young firefighter Caleb Holt (Cameron). On the job, Caleb lives by the motto “Never leave your partner behind”, forcefully…

Donnie Darko, released in 2001, is a fantasy film that incorporates comedy and drama. Despite being initially overlooked, the film gained popularity over time and served as inspiration for aspiring directors. It explores various themes such as time travel through wormholes, parallel universes in quantum physics, religion, mental illness, predestination, and the conflict between good…

“American Beauty” is a DreamWorks production that was shot in 1999 and released in the United States in 2000. It was the big-screen debut for director Sam Mendes, as well as for writer Alan Ball. The film was produced by Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, and Stan Wlodkowski. It won five Oscars: Best Actor…

LIAR, LIAR Liar, Liar is a movie produced in 1997 that talks about a lawyer who keeps on lying all the time, either to his friends at work, his wife whom because of lying and his work caused a lot of problems between them that led to a breakup and divorce, and even his little…

In the evening of October 5th, 1974, in a pub in Guildford, an IRA bomb explodes, killing five people. The police force is forced to turn to the most likely suspects without regard for their guilt or innocence. Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson, known as the “Guildford Four”, become prime targets….