Essays On Entertainment

Lebanon’s film industry, together with Egyptian cinema, is the sole national cinema within the Arab World. With its portrayal of the country’s beauty, challenges, and people’s determination for their homeland, Lebanon’s predominant film sector has significantly boosted the country’s reputation domestically and internationally. Lebanon has produced over 500 films since the 1920s. Lina Khatib, in […]

Hey, my name is Brian Robeson and I am 13 years old. I live in New York so I guess that makes me an American right? Okay so my holiday didn’t turn out as I’d hoped. My parents got divorced, I crash-landed in the Canadian wilderness with a dead pilot and some crazy animals as […]

Iron Man is a fictional character, a brutal superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. An American boastful billionaire, industrialist and ingenious ambitious engineer, Tony Stark suffers a severe chest […]

Synopsis Lt. Adnan is a film about a Malaysian soldier who dares to sacrifice his life for Malaya from the Japanese during World War II. This movie shows the charisma and patriotic spirit that all Malaysian should have. Lt. Adnan believed that as a patriotic citizen, one had to fight until the last of breath […]

Slumdog Millionaire is a British Drama Film, set in India. India is the second largest country by area in Asia, and with over 1. 2 billion people it is the second most populous country in the world, after China. The film was released in 2008 and portrays the different aspects of India as a country. […]

Investigating Social Realism: with reference to Sweet Sixteen (2002) and This Is England (2006) Within the last few years British Cinema and Realism have been linked. “Realism began in the 1930’s with documentary films, and a prime example of this is with the ‘father of documentary’ John Grierson, who founded the British documentary movement and […]

The film Green Street Hooligans (2006) is about some young boys and their relation to hooliganism. In the film we meet Matt Buckner, who is getting wrongfully expelled from Harvard. He moves to London to his sister, Shannon, but gets dragged into the violent world of football and hooliganism. Matt’s sister is married to the […]

An important idea worth learning about in the film I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson is the power of love. This theme is portrayed by the relationship between Sam and his seven year old daughter Lucy. Love is an important idea in the film because Sam has a mental handicap which causes society to […]

Alia Bhatt, an Indian actress and model, gained popularity in Bollywood for her performances in movies. Born on March 15th, 1993 into a family with strong ties to the film industry, her parents Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, along with her elder sister Pooja Bhatt, are all involved in the entertainment world. Starting at just […]

Frankenweenie is a 3D film directed by the famous film director, film producer, writer and artist, Tim Burton. The film has a dark, gothic, and horror style taste that add spice to the award winning movie. The story runs with a boy named Victor who has a dog named Sparky. They are so close to […]

The Great Debaters is an inspiring true story of the Debate Team consisting of four students and their professor from Wiley College, in Marshall, Texas. As an all black school, Wiley College during the 1930’s trained young minds to believe in themselves and to use their educated minds to change the hearts and minds of […]

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 […]

Hannah, a teenager, moved to a new town only to be faced with classmates she couldn’t trust. These unfaithful peers spread rumors about her, damaging her reputation. Seeking comfort, Hannah joined a poetry class in search of happiness but to no avail. Feeling ignored and unloved, she considered suicide as her next step. In both […]

In The Outlaw Josey Wales, the viewer finds the hero, Josey Wales, representing Christ to a world of sinners. It is unclear whether Clint Eastwood intended to direct the movie in mind with such similarities between Christ’s role as a savior and Josey’s actions. Christ is an archetypal, mythological hero figure that the well-read viewer […]

The film starts by showing a middle-aged man, Salvatore, surrounded by society’s symbols of success: bright city lights, a Mercedes Benz, a luxurious mansion, and a beautiful woman in the background. These symbols gave the impression that life was good. “Cinema Paradiso” is a reminiscence film about a famous film director, Salvatore Di Vita (Marco […]

Martin Scorsese’s film “Raging Bull” is considered by many to be one of the greatest “sports” films of all time. The plot focuses on the professional and personal life of boxer Jake LaMotta. In the opening sequence, the film uses narrative, mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound to provide a framework for the rest […]

Simon Birch was an undersized boy who was determined to find out what was god’s purpose for him in life, but deep down Simon knew he was going to be a hero. Due to the fact that Simon had a disability the stunted his growth, he faced multiple problems, but he didn’t let that stop […]

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 […]

The Milagro Beanfield War is a contemporary film written by John Nichols and directed by Robert Redford. It was produced by a Latino film maker, Moctesuma Esparza. The movie introduces the Mexican American population stories, history and sheds light on their culture. It is set a fictional town in Northern New Mexico and deals with […]

The 2004 French film Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, stars Audrey Tautou as Mathilde, a young girl searching for her fiancee Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) who has disappeared in the wake of World War One. Everyone believes he has died after being court-marshalled, but Mathilde refuses to believe it, clinging to little […]

The remake of 3:10 to Yuma was phenomenal. Now the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was better than the past version. Three reasons, first off the sound and the visuals were way better in the remake, second, the settings and the realistic feel and the sounds of guns were better, and lastly, the acting was […]

The United States experienced turmoil in 1969 due to casualties in the Vietnam War and domestic political unrest. Cinema played a crucial role during this time, with successful films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Midnight Rider dominating the box office. Easy Rider, written by Peter Fonda, achieved significant commercial success as well, […]