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    In The Wee Small Hours

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    Any researcher, philosopher, or anthropologist have considerable difficulty finding a heart which has never been scathed, bruised, or even broken by love. Throughout all recorded history, the common experience of the pains of love is shared. Perhaps this has contributed to society’s desire to produce and consume material that relates to this subject. In particular, one record of lost love relates these lonely heart woes in a understandable yet intricate way. Frank Sinatra’s 1955 album, In the Wee

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    Within Krisofs article he directly states his thesis that “The problem is not only abusers but more broadly a society that often disbelieves or scorns those crying for help,” personally I agree with this statement. I definitely approve of this outlook because I saw this “disbelief” growing up in a technology and social media concentrated age. For instance, if someone posts something about them being upset that person is usually “scorned” and doesn't receive much help from society. They are displayed

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    The Establishment of Wrongness Fantasy literature typically follows the same formulaic flow of story through wrongness, thinning, recognition, and healing or return. Despite this typical progression of story, the way novels approach these themes and thread them together differs between each author. Wrongness, the recognition that the world is or is about to change, is the start of the chain reaction that pushes the story further. Three novels that provide variations on this theme are, The Year of

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    Crimson Peak Essay

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    Guillermo del Toro has constructed and established a cheerless résumé that certainly puts him in the conversation of being the new, modern director of darkness. In Guillermo del Toro’s (Pacific Rim, Hellboy) latest concoction, Crimson Peak, Mia Wasikowska stars as Edith Cushing – an aspiring young fiction writer that discovers it’s difficult to be taken seriously in the field (since the film is set during the turn of the 20th century). Edith is also the proud daughter of a wealthy, high-standing

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    upon Charlotte Brontë´s gothic novel from in 1847 this 21st century adaption takes few liberties as it reconstructs a beloved story. Critically acclaimed and nominated for several prestigious awards for its costume design and for its lead actors, Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, this film introduces the unforgettable romance between Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester to a new generation. The leading lady and protagonist of the story, Jane Eyre, is an intelligent, honest and mousy governess who through

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    Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak tells the tale of our heroine, Edith Cushing, portrayed by the doe-eyed Mia Wasikowska. In the opening narrative, she states firmly, “Ghosts are real. I know that now.” Fourteen years after receiving a warning from her dead mother to “beware of Crimson Peak,” Edith writes and lives wither her doting yet stern father, Carter Cushing (Jim Beaver.) They’re well off, a fact Mr. Cushing is proud of. In comes Sir Thomas Sharpe and his older sister, Lady Lucille Sharpe

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    Albert Nobbs Women

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    Recently unemployed Joe Mackins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) stumbles in the hotel and takes on the positon of boiler man. The young and coquettish maid Helen Dawes (Mia Wasikowska) is drawn to him instantly and soon enough the two are in a courtship. However, Joe’s true colors show him to be an alcoholic tormenter and Helen decides to break the courtship. Hubert Page (Janet McTeer) is assigned to paint the hotel and discovers

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    The Stoker Analyse

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    Pictures 2013). It narrates the drama of the Stoker family. Everything begins with the sudden death of India’s father, Richard Stoker (Dermont Mulroney) on her 18th brithday. During the wake, India (Mia Wasikowska) discovers that she has an uncle, Charles Stoker (Matthew Goode). The uncle is going to stay with Mia and her mother, Evelyn Stoker (Nicole Kidman) in their house for a few days to help them after his brother’s death. The Stoker’s drama continues with a serie of murders accomplished by the uncle

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    The Double

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    particularly interesting clip, precisely within the minutes forty-eight and fifty-three, where various subliminal features are hidden within the subtle organization of the overall scene. Initially, the clip begins with a conversation between Hannah (Mia Wasikowska) and Simon (Jesse Eisenberg)—where the surroundings were nearly pitch black, except for the two characters who were on focus. There is a medium close-up on both the characters, but the director interestingly fits in one character per frame—this

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    produced by Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd and Tim Burton with John G. Scotti serving as executive producer. () The upcoming 3D format movie is a fantasy/adventure genre which will star such famous actors as Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and many others. Past promotions of Alice in Wonderland proved to be very successful. There was everything Alice in Wonderland themed, even such high-end companies as Christian Louboutin and M&S created Alice in Wonderland themed advertising campaigns

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