My cinematic history is actually a huge part of who I am. As a child both my parents worked a lot, but every Friday we would all jump into the car and head to the movie theater. So for me going to the movies was not just a form of entertainment but it was an…
Category: Cinematic Memoir
Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)
Michael Keaton, Michelle PFiffer, Danny DiVito, and Christopher Walken. Who needs more than that in 1992? I won’t be spending too much time talking about Batman. Selina Kyle, played by Michelle Pfiffer, becomes Catwoman on her own crusade to find the man that killed her and kill him (her boss, Max Shrek, played by Christopher…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I ran into this movie by scrolling through an iPhone app called iFunny in which there were pictures containing funny captions. One picture I saw was simply a scene from the movie where a knight was missing all his limbs and the caption read “It’s only a flesh wound!” Interested, I searched the line on…
The Martian
My interest in the movie The Martian started by reading book for an English class. I thoroughly enjoyed the book so when the movie was released I was anxious to see it. The plot of the movie is about an astronaut, Mark Watney, who was left for dead following an accident during a mission to…
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall is a movie based from a book written by Patricia MacLachlan. It tells the story of a Kansas family living on the prairie in the 1800’s. The widowed father, Jacob Witting, sends an ad in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Sarah Weaton who is from Maine, answers the ad…
Patriot’s Day
I first stumbled upon Patriot’s Day by accident and I thought it was a completely different movie than what I was thinking of. This movie followed the lives of everyone involved in the Boston Bombings of 2013. It starred Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, and John Goodman. This film had a huge impact on me because…
Predator
A 1980’s action adventure that hits you with everything in the playbook. A group of special force commandos are called in by the CIA to rescue a government official who was taken by rebel forces in the jungles of South America. The commandos are headed by the lead CIA agents good friend Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who is…
Hacksaw Ridge
I first saw Hacksaw Ridge last year just before the Academy Awards aired on tv. I remember how much I enjoyed the film because of how well it was able to move me emotionally with the story. I also was amazed by its brilliant camera angles that made you feel as if you were actually…
Dead Poets Society: A Cinematic Memoir
This week, I rewatched the movie Dead Poets Society for the first time in about a decade. This movie has always stood out in my memory as a moving, influential film that portrays a strong life lesson: to seize the day, stand up for your individual beliefs, and follow your heart. As a lost teenager,…
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