Merlin Entertainments

All types of movies are a form of media that promote certain beliefs and/or values. Traditionally, the protagonists embody the desired characteristics, always on the moral high ground; the antagonists, on the other hand, are vessels for sins and evilness, waiting to be redeemed or eliminated. Each characters representing certain ideologies that audiences are then being taught which is good and which is bad. Also, with the commodification of commercials, movies often contain hidden product placements

John Carney’s “Sing Street” is the best movie I’ve ever reluctantly started viewing. When asked to watch a Romantic Musical Comedy, being the contrarian 9th-grade boy I am, I immediately declined in favor of spending another 30 minutes mindlessly browsing through Netflix’s incessant flow of titles. However, after much persuasion from my family, I eventually agreed to give it a chance. I was pleasantly surprised. “Sing Street” is a fantastic coming of age movie that brilliantly illustrates the struggles

Most students who have studied American film history know the essentials that contributed to the Nickelodeon boom. Five cents paid for a cramped, dingy, hazardous room accommodated with a horrible smell in the air. Because nickelodeons made their appearance more presentable and safe for the public it drew in the middle class. “Motion Picture Exhibition in Manhattan” by Robert C. Allen examines what made certain locations special. Allen’s primary source are the 1908 edition of Throw’s Business Directory

Bonnaroo is one of the most popular summer music festival located in the United States. It has been going on for the last 15 years in Manchester, TN just 30 minutes outside of Nashville. It is also one of the most organized festivals I have been to and that is why I keep going back. They are well organized from the second you get there till everyone is gone. The way they have you enter and go through security at the entrance, wristbands they can scan, and a number of people they have directing people

The Dude Perfect guys, Tyler, Cory, Garrett, Cody and Colby have achieved tons of success, but, before they became famous, they went through a season of struggles and conflict wondering if their company would make it. It started when they attempted to make their highest basketball shot ever. The Cross Tower Shot. The Cross Tower Shot was a point about 150 feet high at Prestonwood Baptist Church. It was hard trying to figure out how Tyler would attempt to make the shot with all the outside factors

This film was a cultural thesaurus to me because I can use quotes or sayings from this film in a regular conversation with my friends and they will almost immediately understand what movie it is from. I think it is that simple sense of humor connection I have with my friends that allows us to have those conversations where we can quote popular comedy movies and immediately know the movie. The craziest thing about this movie is that I can’t actually recall the first time I saw it. The most vivid

Games are very popular nowadays and people can now pick and chose a game they wish to play. However some games can be fun for them while others may find some very bad. All games however have something that makes them interesting, such as an adventure, strategy, and powerful characters if they have any. These pull people into their franchise thus making them very popular and enjoyable to many many players. There are many games out there yet people like to stick with certain games. many games have

The continuing success of the film industry and the subsequent ticket sale receipts proved that the American public was interested in motion pictures and willing to pay for it. The introduction of sound and an ever increasing production value was putting customers into seats. “The idea was to get the public out of the house and into the theater, give them what they wanted and thus help them forget the Depression and the anxieties caused by the events leading up to the Second World War” (Barsam 427)

There are a lot of movies made about our world and what our world could be. They show us issues in our world that people might not always notice, and they show us what our world could be if we don’t fix those issues. People use movies to show us the things that are wrong with our world and the things that we should fix. It sends us a message about who we are and what we are doing. One of these movies, even though it might not seem like it, is Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park is a movie made in 1993 about

Passchendaele is not your ordinary war film in that there are only about 10 or 15 minutes of war scenes at the beginning and a half an hour toward the end. But those 45 minutes out of 120 are so vivid and hardheaded that you will get your fill of war quite swiftly. I think that the movie Passchendaele positively portray true and accurate events of Passchendaele, and this is why. In the film, the weather condition is unbearable precisely like in real life. The mud played a big part in the war and