Film & TV Essays and Term Papers

of Rhetoric                  In the world that we live in, rhetoric always affects and is a part of everything that happens. Rhetoric, in its broadest sense, is communication, and how people relate to each other. The movie The Color Purple…

& "The Patriot" "Non-violence is the greatest force of mankind; it is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of men." - Mahatma Gandhi. "This war will be fought, not on the…

Children Of A Lesser God The movies "The Miracle Worker" and "Children Of A Lesser God" are both stories about the struggles of two young women who are hearing impaired, who are being persuaded to come out of their "shells". They both have similar…

a student preparing for a life in the FBI, hunts a serial killer by use of vague information given to her by an incarcerated psychologist. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter relays information to Clarice in exchange for information about herself. …

of its unexpected and quite phenomenal success at the box office. The trouble with all sequels is, howefver, whether the orginal idea was exhausted in the first film. Thankfully, such is not the case with The Matrix Reloaded which manages to successful…

new release of Romeo and Juliet is fun, fast and exciting to watch. It is a slick cinematic rendition of Shakespeare's work brought to the screen for contemporary movie-goers. There is something for everyone in this movie. A timeless story, a…

and globalization have a huge influence on us and the characters in the film, "Fight Club." What the main character, "Jack," said, "You are not the car you drive" is very true. In the world we live in, we are all the same. We all wear brand name…

                 In the movie The grapes of Wrath, the Joads undergo the hit of the depression, they have to leave their farm. They go to California for jobs, but find there are few jobs, and it pays little, or at least less then what…

Industry         One only has to look at the astonishing opening weekend of Paramount Pictures' action adventure thriller Congo which was universally panned by critics, to be reminded of the power of the person who created the underlying material:…

movie but a study of humanity. The movie makes us wonder what humanity really is, and what we would be without emotion. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is in this sense much like two works that we have studied this year. 1984 by George Orwell is a…