Oftentimes, the screen adaptation of a novel just doesn't live up to the original story. There could be many reasons why a movie differentiates itself from its literary counterpart such as time limit,…
Movies
Hairspray (2007) is a film set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland. This year was a time that America was facing the social construct of segregation. While some Americans were pushing for integration, many st…
Michael Lennox's 2014 short film, Boogaloo and Graham has represented the youngsters to be naive, pure and a symbol of hope. Set in 1978, Belfast during the happenings of the troubles where the averag…
Rizal in Dapitan (1977) was directed by Tikoy Aguiluz and is about, as the title suggests, Jose Rizal's exile in Dapitan that lasted for four years. Interestingly, the movie begins with a scene of his…
Titanic (1997), directed and written by James Cameron, is a historical romance based on the true story of a British luxury steamship during its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912. The story is p…
The roar from the crowd was deafening on opening night of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" as audiences tried to fathom what we were seeing. Cheers, profanities, and gasps filled the air, along with the mute…
In many different ways describing their situation I believe it is braver when you don't know what is the danger happening with your surroundings.In the movie the boy in the striped pajamas I believe t…
Throughout recent years, there has been a demand for more representation of minority groups in the film industry. These minorities of gender, race, and sexuality are proven to be included for roles co…
Determination is a key aspect in the process of becoming personally content because if you don't stick to something that you start it is another setback on the road to personal contentment, and every …
The movie of Twelve Angry Men takes place in a single setting: a New York City jury room in 1957. Twelve jurors are deliberating over whether to execute a young boy who has been accused of murdering h…