… sure kids will love The Polar Express, the full-length movie based on Chris Van Allsburg's beloved 32-page book. While I like to think that I still have an inner child, Robert Zemeckis's latest cinematic stunt gave me the wrong kind of chills. Using…

… boy and a French girl met up on a train in Vienna and spent a wonderful day together talking about everything under the sun, slowly falling in love and eventually making love together in a park just before sunrise. They parted with youthful zeal,…

… rhetorical analysis over the documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. We were supposed to discuss the message of the essay and talk about how to improve it. ************************************************** Journalism, by definition…

… discussed for years. The powerful yet fleeting image of the alien as well as its connection to the ship and crew is both fascinating and disturbing. While many critics have speculated as to the nature of "Alien" and its symbolism, few have commented…

… that its stories and legends have definitely transcended time. According to Classical Mythology, "Perhaps the most remarkable attribute of classical mythology is its persistence." (997) The universality of the Greek and Roman myths is perhaps best…

… fine art of storytelling is utilized in order to give the storyteller power. The narrator, who is appropriately named Verbal, weaves a web of words, drawing his audience into his story. This not only gives him the power over what his audience is thinking…

… watching the film version of 'Of Mice and Men' directed by Gary Sinise, visual imagery, lighting, and soundtrack is used well in order to shapte the audience's reactions to plot, character and theme. <Tab/>Visual…

… this movie is Brilliant. In spite of the movie targeted at children, it pretty appeals to the more mature audience too. The movie flows along a typical manner but the comic relief brought up by the characters spice up the whole story. Who can 4get abt…

… on a journey that by all acounts seems to fit the model of the classical "hero's journey" pattern. From his call to adventure by way of Morpheus, to the road of trials that included his meeting with the Oracle, he experienced a very text book style…

… of the Mohicans is a film based on the novel of the same name. It's a fictional story set in the year 1757, during the French and Indian War. Though it takes place in the midst of a conflict between the countries of France and Britain, who are allied…