Category: Cinema

Table of Contents Plot Summary Facts about Alternate History Tarantino’s Alternate History The Great Man Theory The Subtext and Hidden Meaning of Tarantino’s Film Conclusion References Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) is a comedy-drama that represents the alternate history of one famous event. An alternate history narration is a subgenre…

Perseverance; the desire to keep going when things seem impossible. It is a measure of success, or at least how much one is willing to sacrifice in the pursuit of success. It is difficult to achieve a goal without a plan or direction, but the end goal and path that pushes us to attain is…

The outbreak of the bubonic plague that struck Europe in the middle of the 14th century was one of the worst epidemics in European history. Yersinia Pestis, the plague-causing bacterium, arrived from its natural biome in Central Asia with trading caravans and, by the late 1340s, affected most of the Mediterranean and Western Europe (Cunningham,…

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 war film with six Oscar awards for best film, best director, original screenplay, film editing, sound, and sound editing. The critics rated the movie high and appreciated it for its original script and epic but still dramatic atmosphere of the Iraq war. Despite some factual mistakes noted by veterans,…

In the film “A Time to Kill,” my opinion is that Carl Lee Hailey was right to have murdered rapists who assaulted his daughter. This is because of anger and the weight of the two white men’s injustice to his daughter. Therefore, he was justified in murdering the men in cold blood because he was…

Introduction The film Star Trek was produced during the civil rights turmoil in the United States. The film addressed various issues that affected the country at that time, such as gender inequality, war, and civil rights. Star Trek has highlighted various leadership models, and how they have affected the country and the entire world. An…

The film’s creator, Spike Lee, provides one of the 20th century’s most captivating figures with a sufficiently detailed screen biography rich in historical context and energetic cinematic style. Built around a superb performance, Malcolm X shows the life of the legendary civil rights activist from his early years to his conversion to Islam and subsequent…

The Gone Baby Gone movie represents one of those pieces of art which leave the audience with contradictory opinions about the ending. While the whole film is full of dramatic moments, its final part is the most powerful as it brings about the crucial question: should the character’s decision be governed by law or morality?…

Table of Contents Plot Description Developmental Period Bronfenbrenner Theory Erikson Theory Developmental Problems References Plot At the center of the film’s plot is Kat Stratford, whose last name is a reference to Shakespeare. Unlike her younger sister Bianca, she is not popular at school, so she has to protect herself from the increased attention of…

Table of Contents Introduction What is morality? An overview of morality in the film, “Sleepers” Works Cited Introduction In every society, there are certain values and conditions that are usually established, and it is expected that they are naturally followed by every member of the society and passed through generations without active questioning or suggestions…