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Tag Archives: Critical Analysis
The Spontaneous Precipitation of Fairy Tale Rip offs
At first the sudden appearance TV shows like Grimm and Once Upon a Time seemed fallout from the not one but two movies about Snow White made in the last year or so. But that was only the beginning. Now … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, List, Trend-Spotting
Tagged antihero, Antiheroes, Critical Analysis, Critical essay, Disney, Fairytale, film, Film Theory, industry, Screenwriting, television, TV, Vampires
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How to Remember Movies Fondly, Even When They Stink
Try watching a few movies you only saw once or twice when you were a kid and see how well you remember them. Not only will you remember them differently than other people, but you might have even rewritten the … Continue reading
Posted in Trend-Spotting, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, film student, Film Theory, movie, movie review, Movies, Screenwriting
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Weekly Mini-Review: The Escape Artist (1982)
Story: A young drifter uses his skills as a magician and escape artist to get along in life, and gets tangled up with a crime ring along the way. Review: The Escape Artist is a neat little movie. It’s one … Continue reading
Weekly Mini-Review: Scoop (2006)
Story: A perky, young girl-reporter tracks down a Zodiac-centered serial killer in jolly old England with the help of a nebbishy magician. Review: This is really one of Woody Allen’s few very cute movies. Scarlett Johansson does a perfect pushy, … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Critical Analysis, movie, movie review, Movies, Romantic Comedy, Woody Allen
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Is There a Stereotype for TV Medical Examiners?
A little while ago, I just happened to find myself watching a few episodes of various shows about people who examine the dead and solve crimes; namely Quincy M.E, Crossing Jordan, Dexter, and Bones. In doing so, however, I noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Trend-Spotting
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, industry, Screenwriting, television, TV
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Weekly Mini-Review: Sabrina (1954 & 1995)
Two for one today, since I’m reviewing the remake as well. Sabrina (1954) Story: The naive and sentimental daughter of a chauffeur who is smitten with one of the boss’s sons is sent to France to study at Le cordon … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Review
Tagged acting, Critical Analysis, movie, movie review, Movies, Screenwriting
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Weekly Mini-Review: The Color of Magic (2008)
Story: A failed wizard is forced to guide a guileless tourist through a magical land, during which time they meet ridiculous versions of familiar fairytale characters/creatures, save the world(s), and come out as better people. Review: Judging this as a … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Critical Analysis, movie review, Movies, Mythology, Screenwriting, television, TV
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Weekly Mini-Review: Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Story: A poor immigrant woman that is slowly going blind tries to earn enough money for her son’s operation (to keep him from going blind) in a lowly factory job. Obsessed with musicals, she imagines song/dance routines interspersed in her dreary … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Bjork, Critical Analysis, Indie, movie, movie review, Movies, Screenwriting
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Weekly Mini-Review: Alice’s Restaurant (1969)
Story:(The whole Movie) The year or so of Arlo Guthrie’s life during which his friend Alice and her husband buy a church open/close a restaurant, and during which his father and one of his friends dies. (The good part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, movie, movie review, Movies, Screenwriting
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What is Feminist Media?
There seem to be several different definitions for the term “feminist cinema,” (or TV, as the case may be). To some, unfortunately, it means films with self-proclaimed “bitches” who spend an hour-and-a-half man-bashing, complaining about cosmetics/shaving and other methods of hair removal/magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Review, Trend-Spotting, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, feminism, film, Film Theory, industry, movie, movie review, Movies, Semantics
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