Essays On Entertainment

In the movie, “Little Miss Sunshine” the theme of winners and losers is expressed during the movie through each characters personality traits. The opening scene of the movie illustrates an atypical family at dinner to introduce the characters, and their personal traits to the viewers. The first character to be introduced in the film is […]

Apocalypse Now is an American war Hollywood film acted in the Vietnam War. The film was created and directed by Francis Coppola from a script by John Milius and Coppola. The movie shares the same actors of Marlow with Heart of Darkness and the Wrath of God directed by Werner Arguirre. The movie became an […]

Distinctively visuals are created in the movie ‘Pleasantville’ directed by Gary Ross to form meaning and impact the audiences through the use of various cinematic techniques. Gary Ross creates distinctive visuals by using particular camera angles/shots also effectively using colours to create symbolic meanings within the movie. Like so in the scene ‘The Trial’ it […]

The story of Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang revolves around two social “outcasts” in a small town in Nueva Ecija. The central sensibility of the story is Kuala, the town’s demented character, whose life becomes intertwined with the other characters in the community. Berto, a leper, symbolizes the community’s hypocrisy. Kuala, portrayed by Lolita Rodriguez, is […]

Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine ManssfieldName: The Lady’s Maid” by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam. ” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same […]

Wilberforce stays with cousin Henry to get better from sickness. Wilberforce is a Member of Parliament. His cousin Henry and Hannah, his wife, try to set him up with a girl. Wilberforce is fighting against the slave trade, trying to abolish it. Wilberforce says God has found him. He has a political career and would […]

The movie “Roger and Me” by Michael Moore is a documentary film about Roger Smith’s takeover of General Motors in the late 1980’s. Michael Moore documents the change in the movie from the economy in the city of Flint, Michigan. He attempts to find Roger and meet with him and talk about General Motors and […]

Ode on a Grecian Urn was inspired by a collection of Greek sculpture which Keats saw in the museum. Partly, perhaps, the inspiration for the poem was derived from a marble urn which belonged to Lord Holland. In giving us the imagery of the carvings on the urn, Keats was not thinking of a single […]

“Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I’m paid to tell elaborate lies.” – Mel Gibson. Everyone at least once in their life has been told, “Don’t lie,” or “lying will get you nowhere”. What about acting? Isn’t acting just another clever way to lie? Throughout my essay, I will tell about the […]

The concept of parasocial interaction connotes a parasocial interpersonal relationship wherein the mutually between the two communicating forces is vaguely present and composed. Somehow, the sociological perspective towards this concept is a one-sided relationship wherein the individual is greatly intrigued and curious about the persona characteristics, while the other does not know much about the […]

We live in a society where media portrays a great deal of information on a daily basis. Movies, TV shows, videos, internet etc. all accommodate with portraying the information all around the world. The advantage of media is that it can educate viewers with all the different kind of information but it can also portray […]

Motion pictures are possible by a director and a dream. The making of a motion picture is a tedious event, involving scripts, takes, re-takes, and an abundance of post-production editing. Many people sit and enjoy a movie without realizing the complexities and the amount of individuals involved in creating the film. The individuals create landscaping […]

The movie Girl Interrupted gives a glimpse into the world of the psychiatric hospitals and their patients in the late 1960’s. Each of the characters exhibit symptoms of various psychological problems, while still being personable enough to allow viewers to sympathise with them. At some point in our lives, each of us feels as if […]

Michael Kors, who was born on August 9, 1959 and raised on Long Island, moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. However, he decided to drop out after two semesters. In 1981, Kors started his women’s collection and later became a judge on Project Runway in 2004. Notably, First Lady […]

The gangster movie genre is one of the most popular among the modern movies and some of the best film directors have produced some very excellent gangster movies. For my first film analysis, I decided to analyze my favorite gangster movie of all time. The movie that I analyzed is called “Scarface” and is directed […]

In the movie As Good As It Gets it is very easy to see that the main character is portraying a man that has obsessive compulsive disorder. I chose to study this movie because although it is a comedy, the movie discusses a subject that is commonly stereotyped. I was anxious to see whether all […]

Feed and Wall-E are very much a like in the way they treated their planet. Both of the planets were completely trashed and are point to where humans could not live on them. Although they are at different stages of their polluted planets Feed being people are started to not be able to live on […]

Gandhi premiere on November 30, 1982 in New Delhi, India. The 190 minute film was wonderfully directed by Richard Attenborough and well written by John Briley. I found this film difficult to “briefly” summarize, however I would like to share a short timeline of events through the film’s eyes. The movie opens with a message […]

Mohammad Zahirullah also known as Zahir Raihan was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He still dominates our memory because of his documentary “Stop Genocide” made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Zahir Raihan was born on 19 August 1935, in the village Majupur, at Feni. His father was a professor of Calcutta Alia Madrasha. After […]

As we all know if a super duper movie is released today then, tomorrow there will be a great demand of dress of the actor which he wore in the movie. Day after tomorrow people will start coping the styles in which he talks, walks and behaves. This all means that whatever public likes to […]

Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. She is a born natural at performing, and she loves the stage. She made her first stage appearance at the very young age of two, as a fairy. Her aunt, Joan worked for dancing school where her mother, Barbara provided piano […]

When one hears the title I Am Legend being mentioned, they usually associate it with Will Smith and the terrific job he did in portraying the protagonist of the story Robert Neville. However, what they typically leave out is the equally terrific job done by author Richard Matheson coming up with the storyline and writing […]