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- Stewie Griffin Do you ever wonder why Stewie Griffin hates his mother so much? You’re not alone. In fact many people ask this very question.At the age of one, this smart, c...
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- The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum first published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, and the success of that book led to several sequels. A number of adaptations of Baum’s ...
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- That ‘70s Show That ‘70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Pla...
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- Lois LaneLois Lane is the primary love interest in the DC Comics’ Superman stories. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1...
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Cool Movie Robots, Part 2
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- Cool Movie Robots, Part 2 There are tons more robots found in films. I’ve already introduced you to some in Part 1 of Cool Movie Robots. Here are some more examples! R...
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Pop-Culture in Family Guy
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- Pop-Culture in Family Guy If you’re a devoted Family Guy fan, then you’ve probably already got a good sense of the characters and what makes them funny.But it&#...
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Cool Movie Robots, Part 1
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- Cool Movie Robots “Is your robot housebroken, or is he going to leave batteries all over the floor?” You can find robots in all kinds of movies – whether th...
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- Citizen Kane (1941) Bernstein: “Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money… if what you want to do is make a lot of money.” What’s the story a...
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- Lester BangsLeslie Conway Bangs (December 13, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was a famous American music journalist, author, and musician. Most famous for his work at Creem and Rollin...
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- Techniques in Citizen Kane – Part 2 Kane’s stepfather: “What would you like to be?” Kane: “Everything you hate.” In Part 1 we covered ...
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Blaxploitation Begins
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- Blaxploitation Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s. The word itself is a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation.” T...
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- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a short story written in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby. This story was first published in 192...
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- THE FATHER OF FILM: Louis Le Prince Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841, vanished 16 September 1890) was an inventor who is generally recognized as the first person t...
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- Al Jolson performs “My Mammy” in The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialo...
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Book Review: The Reader
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- The Reader In a generation struggling to come to grips with what the generation before them has done, The Reader is the story of love, betrayal, war, and reading aloud.The Read...
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- Studies of Bollywood influence on Western films:Moulin Rouge While I was creating my lesson on a classic Bollywood film called PBS
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- Watch these five actors interpret the famous “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy from Act 3, Scene 1. In order of appearance: Mel Gibson (1990) Laurence Olivier (1948) ...
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(2007) Run Fatboy, Run
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- (2007) Run Fatboy, RunDirected by – David SchwimmerCast – Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank AzariaI happen to get an early viewing of Run Fatboy, Run. I initially wan...
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- Pyaasa (1957) The film from the golden age of Indian cinema Just like Hollywood, India also had a golden age of cinema in the 1950s. The country’s independence from Brit...
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- This movie trailer is for a documentary on the famous Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson
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Fine Play up Front
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- The need to have solid strikers in this league cannot be overlooked. All the good clubs have more than one solid player up front and that makes the difference. Some of these clu...
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The Golden Compass
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- The Golden CompassI had a chance to see the Golden Compass on the weekend and it was a refreshing enjoyable movie. The first time in a long time that I didn’t look at my w...
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- Probably one of the greatest duels in the history of western cinema.
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Spiritual Power
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- Spiritual power might be indiscernible to us but it is so infinite that no physical power can compare. You have heard that your five generations will be elevated after you are...
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Perception
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- Perception is about changing the way people see things, shifting attitudes and creating recognition. From the biggest to the smallest screens, we consistently innovate across al...
