Film & TV Essays and Term Papers

free to do anything," says Tyler Durden. The movie Fight Club, directed by David Fincher illustrates this quote throughout the entire movie. The audience sees the main character, who is only identified in the credits as "Narrator", go from a pencil-pushi…

simply a bad movie, but a lousy pictorial of William Shakespeare's original play. This film version of William Shakespeare's "King Lear" looks as if it was shot on three horribly designed sets: an "outdoor" field, an indoor set with poorly designed…

with a once upon a time, a princess trapped in a tower and her knight in shining armour. But once we see who the hero of the story is it is made obvious that this is not your typical fairy tale. I found this movie to have amazing graphics that looked…

Singer, five men suspected of hijacking a truck filled with guns are brought together by the police for questioning. The five ex-cons, Michael McManus, Dean Keaton, Fred Fenster, Todd Hockney, and Roger "Verbal" Kint are the main characters in this…

loses control of his anger and frustration when confronted with typical everyday stress. He has reached his breaking point and loses his cool as well as his sense of self. The movie demonstrates examples of both cultural and social issues. Cultural…

Polish Jews were forced to register and relocate. Oskar Schindler walked into the Jewish Council to find Itzhak Stern. Schindler wants to open an enamelware factory with Stern's help. Jewish people are now living in ghettos and they cannot own…

honest, and helpful? If I were to tell someone about my father, I would describe him as hardworking, considerate, and influential. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Pap is a poor excuse for Huck's father. At times, we picture Jim…

about Australian history and that Australia is not a perfect country, but struggles with criminals as well. It also conveys racism, not against blacks, but against the Irish. This is now dispelled as Ned Kelly is known as the 'Australian hero',…

humour and romance and you'll end up with Muriel's Wedding. Directed by PJ Hogan, this bright, yet sad, film focuses on Australian family life and the meaning of "success." Muriel Heslop (Toni Collete) is jobless, has a low self-esteem and is obsesse…

Horse Soldiers is a stimulating and changeless stunning success featuring John Wayne in one of his best acting performances. Wayne plays Colonel Marlowe a man that thinks that the Army's duty comes before being a humanitarian. Wayne runs into a pacifis…