Film Analysis

Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film “The orphan Trains” tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. A traffic in immigrant children were developed and droves…

Bend it Like Beckham is a film based in Britain. The main character is girl named, Jesminder Bhamra, but goes by the name of Jess to her friends. The name of the film comes from her love for David Beckham , who is world renown soccer star from England; the term ‘bend it,’ refers to…

The Hardy Boys’ series of books was my choice of reading material. The books chosen were Rigged for Revenge (Hardy Boys Casefiles) and Hunting for Hidden Gold (Hardy Boys revised a hardback book). These books are very similar because they are both mysteries, have a lot of the same characters, and plot Developments of investigative…

The Help” is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. “The Help” is an American story about three women who take risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view…

Tom Hooper’s film “The King’s Speech” demonstrates the vital importance of the human voice in establishing and maintaining power. If you can’t get the words out then you will never assert authority. This moving film is about King George VI and his attempts to deal with a stammer. This charmingly modest film explores an entirely…

The X-Files is generally acclaimed as the television cult hit of the 1990’s. The pilot that aired in September of 1993 introduced FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Together the two work to uncover the truth behind unsolved cases that defy normal investigation, the cases that the government has buried or ignored, labeling them…

“Without my wounds who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.” In White Oleander by Janet Fitch,the above quote perfectly describes the confusion of the main character who is desperately trying to figure out who she is in a world that has seemingly forgotten her. The main theme of this…

Recently in class we watched a film called Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer.  The film turned out to be a highly diverse film which incorporated a wide range of distinctively visual elements and themes throughout the film. The film in itself is a fast paced, intense action packed with many implications along the way….

It was hard to find symbolism in this film since their culture was very colonialized. It seemed as though the culture was so European/American that the culture was gone. Even though it was hard, I was still able to find some cultural symbolisms. The different groups of friends were completely different from each other. There…

“Buckle your seat belt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.” -Cypher (Hugo Weaving) “Through all the action we’re trying to tell a story and there is a lesson to be learned. The movie has a meaning and a positive message. It’s a story for the fight for individuality and compassion and coming to terms with…