Joaquin Phoenix

Who doesn’t love a movie where the protagonist is off on a quest for revenge in numerous action sequences for his taste of sweet, sweet revenge? When breaking films into this type of category, one film that stands out among the rest has to be Gladiator. Gladiator can be argued as one of the greatest action movies of all time, and for good reasons. The soundtrack, dialogue, and characters have no equal in the revenge action category of film, and can be considered tops of pure action films. Gladiator

"Her" is set in a near-future era where people and Artificial Intelligence live harmoniously. Joaquin Phoenix plays the role of Theodore Twombly who's an ordinary employee who writes letters online for people who are tongue-tied, inarticulate and illiterate. The handwriting is generated by a computer, which in my opinion is a representation of man’s sentimentality in a digital age. He specializes in communicating feelings with words, but he's actually lonely, not just because his wife, Rooney Mara

Minamata was once only a small bay, filled with fish and sea life. Then, in 1932, the Chisso Corporation of Japan opened a chemical plant in Minamata, dumping their waste into the bay. The factory they built produced acetaldehyde, a synthetic acid which had many uses, from photography to scientific research. The factory served a global purpose, exporting the acetaldehyde around the world, however the side effects of its production were kept local. Acetaldehyde was produced by Chisso using mercury

Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi In the beginning, Crispin's mother, Asta, had recently passed away. Crispin extremely upset by his mother's death so he runs into the woods crying. He trips and falls and passes out. He later wakes up with a large welt on his forehead. He looks around in the forest and finds John Aycliffe, the steward of Stromford, with another person. John Aycliffe is upset by Crispin interrupting their discussion. In result he chases Crispin, but Crispin is able to get away. When

The film Teddy Bear revolves around a Danish bodybuilder named Dennis and his pursuit to find a fulfilling relationship with a woman. Throughout his life, either due to his oppressive mother or crippling shyness, Dennis has never been able to connect with a woman or have a successful romantic relationship. As a 38 year old man, Dennis becomes frustrated with his situation and decides to follow in the footsteps of his cousin/uncle and travel to Thailand to find a woman. However, Dennis does not appear

Evil is a strange subject for people but it is in everyone lives. The Village directed by M. Night Shyamalan and The Crucible by Arthur Miller both explore how evil is perceive to be outside of a society. Both authors agree evil is not just outside of a society but is within a community in the form of human nature. Evil is outside and inside a society and individuals. Both authors agree that evil perceived to be outside the community. Both authors utilise symbolism of a forest to demonstrate the

“I’m going to become hokage, believe it!” as Naruto would often say in the tv show Naruto, the word “hokage” being a title bestowed on the village’s leader, being often the strongest in the village. Naruto is a kid with a dream that seems impossible to the people around him. This is due to him being sealed with a demon inside of him that attacked and almost destroyed village long ago along with taking out the future hokage and his parents with it. Naruto never gives up despite the amount he was looked

Change Progress and Prosperity The Harvest took place in a small, secluded, and self-reliant agricultural community in England, before the industrial revolution. The novel was based on change, growth, progress and prosperity. The village, as the narrator Walter Thirsk stated was, “far from everywhere” (Crace, 3) and isolated from the world. The village was also fragmented and missing any development of identity. The “commons” were the people living in the unnamed village. The “commons” way of life

This story is set in England in the Middle Ages in the year 1377. It is about a young boy called Crispin, who is declared a fugitive by the steward of his village. He runs away and is hunted by the steward and his men. He meets a friend called Bear and travels with him to the city, where he learns the truth about himself and manages to win his freedom. Crispin is a thirteen-year-old boy who lives with his mother in the small village of Stromford, which is part of Lord Furnival's land. He has no

As Bear and Crispin were walking Crispin whispered to Bear that he has a dagger.(A short knife with a pointed and edged blade,used as a weapon).Bear told Crispin to give it to him, as Crispin did he folds it in his cloak. When Crispin and Bear reached the City Gate there was soldiers surrounding them. Someone came closer to us.It was Aycliffe.In one of his hand he had a sword and in the other he had a dagger. Crispin yells “Let us out”. Aycliffe shouts so everyone could hear was “Both of you