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The flexible rules of the science fiction setting can empower and liberate female protagonists, argues Jennifer Stuller.
Tag: film
Finally got around to seeing this.
Atmospheric, beautiful, exhausting, bleak.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Leonardo DiCaprio completely immerses himself fully in the role (and in the belly of a horse *spoiler?*) in order to make the audience feel as hopeless and exhausted as he does, at points some of the expressions we see through some close-ups are quite disturbing . Not that i’m complaining; the film may lack some emotional character development and seems to half-bake a back story that we never quite get to understanding fully, but you can’t help but really feel like you are there, shivering and trudging your way through the wilderness. Tom Hardy continues to play a bad-guy well, although at times, he also continues to be borderline inaudible (See: Bane).
Starsuckers Watch Free Documentary Online on Vimeo on Vimeo Here’s a link to watch Star Suckers FREE online on Vimeo (Mr Hembling in legal video link shocker).
Related Guardian press complaints commission (PCC) and wider issues: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/15/starsuckers-celebrity-surgery-tabloids
B-Movie Name Generator. – Just a bit of fun.
For that professional film poster look:
http://www.sixsix8.com/2009/12/the-movie-poster-font-you-were-looking-for/
Is Kick-Ass an example of how we are desensitised to violence in the media?
Adams, Stephen. Screen violence ‘desensitises teenage brains’ – Telegraph. October 19, 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8059204/Screen-violence-desensitises-teenage-brains.html (accessed January 17, 2013).
BBC. BBC News – ‘Kick-Ass unglamourises violence’ says creator. August 12, 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23667041 (accessed January 18, 2014).
British Board of Film Classification. KICK-ASS | British Board of Film Classification. 2010. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/kick-ass-2010 (accessed January 18, 2014).
. KICK-ASS 2 | British Board of Film Classification. 2013. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/kick-ass-2-2013 (accessed January 18, 2014).
. What Are You Complaining About Now | British Board of Film Classification. May 7, 2010. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/education-news/what-are-you-complaining-about-now (accessed January 18, 2014).
Cox, David. Kick-Ass kicks the c-word into the mainstream | David Cox. April 2, 2010. http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/apr/02/kick-ass-bad-language (accessed January 14, 2014).
De Semlyen, Nick. "Cuban Fury." Empire Magazine, 2014: 116-123.
Kick-Ass. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Performed by Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chlo Grace Moretz, Mark Strong and Nicolas Cage. 2010.
MediaSmarts. Violence | MediaSmarts. n.d. http://mediasmarts.ca/violence (accessed January 18, 2014).
Millar, Mark, et al. A New Kind of Super Hero: The Making of Kick-Ass featurette (2010).
Pozios, Vasilis, Praveen Kambam, and H. Eric Bender. "Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing? – NYTimes.com." NYTimes.com. August 23, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/opinion/sunday/does-media-violence-lead-to-the-real-thing.html?_r=1& (accessed February 16, 2014).
Kick-Ass 2. Directed by Jeff Wadlow. Performed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chlo Grace Moretz and Jim Carrey. 2013.
The Classification & Rating Administration. Reasons for Movie Ratings (CARA). 2013. http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmTitle=Kick-Ass&x=0&y=0 (accessed January 18, 2014).
Tookey, Christopher. Mail Online. April 2, 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1262948/Kick-Ass-Dont-fooled-hype–This-crime-cinema-twisted-cynical-revels-abuse-childhood.html (accessed December 17, 2013).
Turner, Pete. "Is Hollywood Out of Ideas?" Media Magazine, 2013: 15-18.
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Do you understand film classifications? I’m guessing the reason you watched those horror films and bought GTA V is because you might not!
Have a go, leave a comment so we know how you scored.
These are the media texts I want to use to support my critical investigation: The Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Fiction Film.
Seems there is a lot more to this game than the senseless violence and vulgarity…
Media Studies @ Oasis Academy Enfield 
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