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Film Journal | The Stranger (1946)

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Information & Storyline The Stranger (1946) is an American film noir. Its director is Orson Welles and the writer is Anthony Veiller. The main characters of this movie are Edward G. Robinson as Wilson, Loretta Young as Mary Longstreet Rankin and   Orson Welles as  Franz Kindler, also known as Professor Charles Rankin  ( AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS , n.d.) . This movie is narrating Mr Wilson, the war crime detective who is hunting for the Nazi Fugitive, Mr Kindler. Mr Kindler disguises himself as  Charles Rankin, a  lecturer of a university and has a marriage with Mary, the daughter of  Supreme Court Justice . When Mr Kindler knows that his former cooperative partner, Mr Meinike was released by the authority to meet with him, he kills Mr Meinike and buries his dead body in the forest. Although Mary slightly feels his husband is weird, she still believes in him, putting a lot of efforts into their relationship. Through assi...

Film Journal | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) is an espionage movie directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce are the screenwriters of this movie. Its' integral characters are Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt,  Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, Jeremy Renner as William Brandt, and Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn.  (AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS, n.d.) In this movie, Impossible Missions Force (IMF) was dissolved and consolidate with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The IMF agent, Ethan is striving to prove the existence of  Syndicate, an international field agent that consist of many retired or missing intelligence agencies from all around the world. Even though Syndicate has committed numerous offences on the sly, CIA chooses not to believe Ethan words. Hence, Ethan decides to launch his survey secretly. Through assistance from his former colleagues and an M16 agent-Ilsa Faust, he eventually reveals the truth and arrests the headman of Syndicate. EDI...

Film Journal | Braveheart (1995)

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Introduction and Story Development Braveheart is an action movie released in 1995. It's director and writer respectively are Mel Gibson and Randall Wallace. Mel Gibson is also the integral character in this movie as he acts as William Wallace. The other characters are Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce, Catherine McCormack as Murron MacClannough, and Patrick McGoohan as Longshanks- Edward I.  ( AFI catalog of feature films ) In the thirteenth century Scotland, Edward I is an ambitious king as he has been trying to occupy Scotland for many years. In William Wallace lifetime, his secret lover and father both killed by the English. Therefore, William Wallace has mustered the Scottish and set up an army to grab the opportunity of freedom for the Scottish. Eventually, he was betrayed by the Scottish noble and was executed a death sentence by the English. Although he is unfortunately killed by the English, his legendary stories and noble spirit have be...

Film Journal | Life of Pi (2012)

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  Introduction and story of the Movie Life of Pi (2012) is a fantasy movie that directed by Ang Lee and this story originally wrote by Yann Martel. The actors that play the main roles in the movie are Suraj Sharma as teenage Piscine Patel and Irrfan Khan as adult Piscine Patel.  ( AFI catalog of feature films )  In this movie, Mamaji told the novelist Pi has a fantasy story that will catch his eyes and makes him believe in god. The story is narrating becomes the sole survivor in a shipwreck and drifting on the sea with the Bengal tiger, Richard Parker.  Setting The setting of drifting on the Pacific Ocean will bring about the feeling of uneasiness and loneliness to the main character, Pi. Pacific Ocean owns the deepest trench in the world and its name is Mariana Trench.(2014) Other than that, Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean among the Earth’s oceans. He does not know when will be discovered and survived. Meanwhile, he is worried about the unknown attacker that ...