Academy Award for Best Actor

The drama-comedy film Mississippi Masala (1991) directed by Mira Nair explores an interracial love story between Meena, an Indian woman, and Demetrius, an African-American, portrayed by Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington, respectively. This is one of those movies that I had high hopes for and anticipated that by the end I would feel so empowered and moved that it would be impossible to not constantly hype up the motion picture to friends and strangers. To my relief, those expectations were met

Patrick Fugit and Philp Hoffman. Ironically the film was written, directed and produced by the talented Cameron Crowe. Immediately this film was awarded countless awards, including Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Sound, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female Newcomer, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and the list goes on. Almost Famous, is set in 1973. The movie revolves around a fifth-teen-year-old boy named William Miller. He is employed by

An espionage and intriguing movie of 1975, which is an American thriller directed by Sidney Pollack and played in New York. It guests the evergreen Robert Redford; Faye Dunaway, a splendid young woman; plus MaxVon Sydow, and so many other valid actors. Movie’s hidden meaning snuggles a project of national interest and security, which is supposed to protect the country. Redford, plays as Joseph turner and is a CIA analyst bookish codenamed “condor” which is one of the employees of “American

“Silver Linings Playbook” premiered in 2012 with great reviews. This movie depicts a character, Pat Solitano, who lives with a mental disorder. With many award-winning actors such as Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro, “Silver Linings Playbook” was very well received from a large audience. The movie uses drama, romance, and comedy to bring mental illness to the surface while beating out stereotypes that tend to follow the stigma of mental illness portrayed in movies. This dynamic

Johnny had noticed from a distance that the church we had been hiding out in was ablaze and there was a crowd of locals standing around it not doing anything but just staring at the towering flames. Dally accelerated on past the church. “What are you doing?” I shouted, “They may need help we can’t just leave them!” “Are you stupid Ponyboy? What do you think caused that fire, hmm?” “I don’t know it could have been anything.” “No you and Johnny, Ponyboy! You two must have left a butt alight and it

Sayle Enterprises In the chapter, “Sayle Enterprises” by Anthony Horowitz, a14 year old international spy conceals his identity to an eccentric man. Sayle Enterprises is a dark but strange place with inner secrets that may lead to the suspicious death of Ian Rider. In “Sayle Enterprises” Anthony Horowitz uses multifarious techniques to create the mood of distressed. There are many examples of Sayle Enterprises mood in the chapter. First, when Alex Rider went to lumber in his bed, the one in which

La Haine is a crime drama that was released February 23, 1996. The film's director and screen writer are Mathieu Kassovitz, who captures what life was like for three young men growing up in the suburban "ghetto" of France. Vinz (Vincent Cassel) plays the hot headed young gangster who acts on impulse and seems like he has something to prove. Said (Said Taghmaoui) plays the middle man, and Hubert plays the more lever headed roles of someone who wants to really get out of his living situation. In the

the role on Broadway, winning awards for his work, and many viewers believe he gave an excellent performance in the film adaptation of the musical. I am not one of those people. Preston does a fine job with his character, but he plays him very stereotypically. He is simply a quick-witted conman with a flair for manipulating naïve people, a character seen in many other films. Preston is not memorable or convincing enough to distance himself from the crowd of other actors who have taken on a similar

Pay-it-forwardism is an amazing movement, but there are many flaws to the movement. When watching the movie one flaw that I saw in “pay-it-forwardism” is how Trevor brought a homeless man into his home. Trevor provides the homeless man with food, shower, and somewhere to sleep, but Trevor does not know that the homeless man is a drug addict. Bringing a drug addict into his house put himself and his mother life into danger and at serious risk because drug-addicts tend to steal and physically hurt

The movie Mr. Holland's Opus was about a composer with the dream of making his own symphony but in the middle of that he managed to take the temporary job as a music teacher in his local high school. However the temporary job becomes his permanent career and he then realizes the effect he has had on his students. Thru the struggles of his career Mr. Holland has managed to play several roles throughout his life. The 3 main roles Mr. Holland plays through the movie are a father, composer and teacher