… "Frankenstein" By Mary Shelby talks about obsession and life. "My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea and executed the creation of a man." Mary Shelly.…

… Homer's Phobia, and Gay Life on The Simpsons m* Matthew Henry * Copyright 2001, Popular Culture Review, 13.1 (2002): 19-33 Deviations can only be perceived against a norm - David Lodge Introduction Those who are not regular watchers…

… XVII shoes?" For young adults that like to keep up with the latest fashion, "Jordan," is one of the most talked about around households. This is highly influenced by commercialism. Commercialism has a major impact on society. We are what makes…

… Casablanca chronologically, whilst detailing the editing, sound and mise-en-scene, and analysing how they affect the viewer's reading of the scene. Throughout the scene, the room is dimly lit, and there are a lot of shadows - both on the faces of Rick…

… shots of The Shining, The Overlook Hotel looks like it's going to eat its inhabitants. Toward the end of the film, it looks like it does just that. Throughout this essay I will demonstrate how Kubrick uses filmic techniques to illustrate the film's…

… many an occasion. The introduction of recorded audio to films in 1927 added another dimension to the cinematic experience as did the introduction of colour film processing during the mid 20th century. However no technology has made as much of an impact…

… a self confessed cinematic experiment. It is a film without actors or plot, its intention is to attempt to create a "truly international, absolute language of cinema based on its total separation from the language of theater and literature." Vertov creat…

… texts, films, and religions, there are many things that are common traits. Using two different sources, the movies End of Days (1999, directed by Peter Hyams) and Devil's Advocate (1997, directed by Taylor Hackford), I will compare them to…

… pushes the envelope of the most controversial ideas of life itself, broad religion versus mathematics and order. In this film a brilliant number theorist, Maximilian Cohen, teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an underlying meaning…

… simple story, perhaps the simplest story of all. Unfaithful appears to be today's translation of Paradise Lost. Edward and Connie have a picture perfect marriage. But when Connie's chance encounter with an attractive stranger, Paul, turns into a full-blo…