… century includes vast pieces of writing, many of which speak of reform. The reorganization of the United States social service system during this period of time was a highly publicized issue, one which demanded recognition from the populous. Author,…

… several very visible flaws; yet, with these flaws, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" shines as the best from the Disney factory yet. For, at first, the company name and movie title didn't quite appear to sit well together. You don't marry the king of novel…

… sugar sweet voice saying hi to everyone, I just knew, this week was going to be hell! My boyfriend's prissy, goody two-shoed, know-it-all aunt came into town, and somehow I needed to make an escape. After being ordered around in my own house,…

… as to how realistic it was. They show how life was in the ‘Great Depression’. This movie shows how one family deals with getting kicked off their farm, death of family members, and much more. Our movie starts with a young man, Tom Joad, walking…

… the movie on March 31, 1999. The Matrix is based on a scientific theory that we are being run by computer programs. The computer program allows people inside the matrix to do anything they would like to do. In the opening sequence of the movie,…

… perceptions of reality in 'The Matrix' and the technological world. The idea for this dissertation arose from the culmination of a number of thoughts that have interested me for some time. The question of ‘reality’ has always intrigued me. I perceived…

… Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, routinely uses literary and other codes, but also depends on technical, symbolic and audio codes to convey his themes in the feature film. These issues include family, repaying of debt, and gambling. The codes used…

… illness. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey does. It is told through the eyes of a mental patient named Chief Bromden. He is a northwest Indian, who is disturbed with hallucinations about machines taking over the world he knows. The mental…

… was a movie about Pu Yi, and how Pu Yi, who at the age of 3 comes to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become the Last Emperor of China. His whole life is spanned in this film, from his childhood, to his ultimate fate as an unskilled gardener in the streets…

… piece of film-making from first-time director/screenwriter Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (first published in Different Seasons). The inspirational, life-affirming…