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Transformers
For many loyal fans, Transformers is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2007– on par with Spider-Man 3 or Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenix. This film is the first big screen venture for the venerable franchise of shape-shifting robots in more than twenty years. This film is based upon the [...]
Ocean’s Thirteen
Ocean’s Eleven, which is the basis for this third installation in the series, is a remake of a 1960 film starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and Sammy Davis Jr. That film brought together the famous “Rat Pack” actors and depicted them as former World War II soldiers and officers who reunite [...]
New Super Mario Bros.
In their book, Remediation: Understanding New Media, Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin discuss how media formats replace one another as time and technology push forward. Sometimes they work hand in hand, remaining relevant because of one deficiency or another. We still read books because there is no way to communicate the amount of depth [...]
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Spider-Man 3
The question surrounding what demons truly lie within one’s soul has been a topic of discussion in literature for many hundreds of years. Books like Heart of Darkness and films like Apocalypse Now have surveyed the topic, and with the third installation of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man film series, the topic is brought up once again. [...]
300
The film 300 comes at a time when it cannot help but generate controversy. The film, like the graphic novel and historical event upon which it is based, is excessively violent. The film has numerous scenes of nudity. It has grotesquely exaggerated characters. Its portrayal of Eastern and African cultures is racist and slanted. It [...]
Final Fantasy III
Dualism is a common theme in adventure and fantasy literature. It is often used by authors to quickly set up an uncomplicated dichotomy between two opposing forces. Most examples are merely some variation on good vs. evil. This classic pairing left to its own devices is often vague and unappealing. Characters that are “evil” are [...]
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