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(Extra Credit) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes *Spoiler Alert

Posted on December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 by Sophia Kim
I watched the new Hunger Games movie over the weekend and it was honestly one of the best movies I have watched in a while. Usually, I do not like the second or third movie of a trilogy in comparison ... Read More

The importance of color in Money Heist (Extra credit)

Posted on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 by David Qiu
Mis en scene is such a important element in all film work, as it is how many things are displayed and shown to the audience. As part of Mis en scene, props are crucial as well, and the color of the pr... Read More

(Extra Credit) Deep Staging in Community

Posted on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 by Liam McConnell
My favorite show of all time is Community. It’s a sitcom of sorts about 6 characters who go to Greenville, a community college. My favorite part about this show is that the writers are insanely ... Read More

(Reader) Truth in Documentaries

Posted on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 by Liam McConnell
According to Bordwell and Thompson, “A documentary claims to present factual information about the world”. The most important word in that sentence is “claims”. The makers of a... Read More

(Searcher) Why Was Do The Right Thing Snubbed of an Oscar?

Posted on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 by Liam McConnell
I hadn’t watched Do The Right Thing before this class, but I’ve always heard about how it was one of the biggest oscar snubs in the history of the academy. I found this one specific clip where the... Read More

(Searcher) My Top 3 Jack Black Movies

Posted on December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 by Liam McConnell
I recently saw this clip of an interviewer asking Jack Black what his favorite Christmas movie is, and he gave the very accurate answer of “Elf”. When asked why he didn’t pick his own Christmas ... Read More

What is The Right Thing? (Extra Credit)

Posted on December 3, 2023December 4, 2023 by Kwan-Ting Calvin Chen
I am writing this blog simply because I still do not quite understand the meaning behind Do The Right Thing, especially the ending. I applaud Spike Lee for giving what feels like a balanced and fair ... Read More

(Searcher) Peeping Tom: An Underrated Psycho

Posted on December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 by Esther Jung
Over Thanksgiving Break, I watched the 1960 film Peeping Tom, which revolves around a man who stabs women with his camera tripod while filming their deaths. The main protagonist, Mark Lewis, is a soft... Read More

(Searcher) Growing Popularity in Making Film Prequels – Hunger Games, Cruella, Fantastic Beasts

Posted on December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 by Skye Li
Over the Thanksgiving break, I watched “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the prequel to the gripping Hunger Games trilogy, set in a dystopian world where children are coerced into batt... Read More

The “Naatu Naatu” Dance Sequence (Searcher)

Posted on November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 by Kevin Juzeniw
RRR (Rajamouli, 2022) is an extremely engaging film due to its non-stop action and striking visual effects, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats throughout the entire cinematic experience. ... Read More
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