Mackenzie McHale, a main character on the show The Newsroom, plays an integral role as Will McAvoy’s executive producer at ACN. Mackenzie, being an intense, caring, and passionate person, intervenes in the lives of other characters to encourage their growth and development. Since she views herself as a very determined individual, Mac utilizes her vast array of knowledge and her quick wit to outsmart anyone and face all of the challenges and pitfalls that come with running a fast-paced news show.…
The Revenant is about facing the struggles of a new world and being able to endure the harsh cold winter while surviving unbelievable hardships. The movie is based on a true story and portrays how truly tough it was to survive in the vast uninhabited areas of North America in 1823. The directors and actors had a tough job of following the storyline while dealing with the elements and ensuring the action packed scenes where realistic. The Revenant is a superb and intense action seeking…
7. Andy Bell. Bell announced that he was openly gay in 1986 in an interview with Melody Maker. It was in December 2004 when he made another announcement stating that he had been HIV positive for 6 years and keeping it in control. 8. Chuck Panozzo. Chuck Panozzo broke fans’ hearts when he announced that he was guy and living with HIV and AIDS in 2001. Since then, he became an active person in the promotion of AIDS awareness. 9. Danny Pintauro. The last time we see Danny Pintauro is on a 2015…
Led by John Bridger and Charlie Croker, a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. The team includes Charlie Croker, a thief and John's protege, Napster, a computer expert, Rob, their wheelman, Steve, their inside man, and Left Ear, their explosives expert. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve, intercepts their van and take the gold, shoots and kills John, while the rest of the team falls into…
In the year 2000, the well-renowned director, Cameron Crowe, released yet another successful movie titled Almost Famous; this semi-autobiographical film starred Patrick Fugit as William Miller, Kate Hudson as Penny Lane, and Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond, among others. The film centers around the coming-of-age journey of the fifteen-year-old protagonist, William Miller. Will grew up in an overly strict household with his rebellious sister, Anita (portrayed by Zooey Deschanel), and their single…
Chapter three of The View from Saturday starts off with E.L. Konigsburg telling the reader about Mrs. Olinski’s first teaching job. At that school, all the students followed the school’s rules and behaved courteously. The principal of that school, Margaret Draper, stayed in touch with Mrs. Olinski. This allowed Mrs. Olinski to know about Margaret Draper’s marriage to Izzy Diamondstein, Margaret’s move to Century Village, Florida, and Margaret’s interest in sea turtles. Mrs. Olinski also knew…
Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman), an obsessive worker promoting official, is simply given his organization's greatest new record. Subsequent to going through the night visiting with his manager about taking care of another and vast record, he returns home to discover his significant other Joanna (Meryl Streep) during the time spent abandoning him. Ted is left to bring up their child Billy (Justin Henry) without anyone else. Ted and Billy start to loathe each different as Ted never again has…
1. The film I have chosen for my final is a film directed by David Lynch in 1986 called Blue Velvet. The film’s main actors are Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, and Dennis Hopper. They play the roles of the a college student named Jeffrey Beaumont, the role of a detective’s daughter named Sandy Williams, the role of crazy singer named Dorothy Vallens, and the role of a homicidal maniac called Frank Booth. Frank has a couple of screws loose, you can clearly tell he’s not sane…
Five days, one-hundred and twenty seven hours, seven thousand six hundred and twenty minutes, four hundred fifty seven thousand and two hundred seconds, this is the amount of time adventurist Aron Ralston spent with limited food and water supplies, not many equipment (tools), and his right hand trapped between the walls of Blue John Canyon and a massive boulder. Danny Boyle, finding this astonishing, decided to bring Ralston’s story to the big screen in 2010; taking place in the same place and…
John Wayne plays a stubborn, but strong willed man in Red River. Playing Thomas Dunson came off as one of the more believable performances. Wayne uses his voice much more than his body. Psychically he is a bit stiff, but that may be because he’s hardly moving around in the film. His expression are smooth just like his voice, all of the emotion the character is feeling comes out in the way he speaks and looks. Once things start to pick up, you can almost feel the difference in character because…