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status of Africans caught and brought to America on a Spanish slave ship. The Africans rise up and begin a mutiny against their captors on the high seas and are brought to trial in a New England court. The court must decide if the Africans are actually…

for which we are immensely proud of, and events that make us sick to our stomach. One such sickening time period was in the late 1930's and early 1940's during World War II when Nazi Germany strategically eliminated people of the Jewish faith.…

best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, that revolutionized special effects in movies the way Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey did. The story concerns a tropical island, that is the home to living Dinosaurs, brought back by way of DNA. The billiona…

teacher at a tough high school who persuades his class of violent pupils that education is an asset. East Los Angeles Garfield High is the setting for this inspirational true story about a teacher who refuses to discard his inner city students as…

Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton didn't exist. These individuals helped create who and what we are today. Without their help our world would be a far more primitive one. These incredible people are said to have a gift, which few could only dream…

is a biography featuring political drama and docudrama. It is based on a book, Asking for Trouble, Biko, written by Donald Woods. The movie was set in South Africa and was release November 6, 1987 by Universal Pictures. This drama has a running…

A Nightmare on Elm Street) is a turn of the tables on the typical horror flick. The problem with today’s slasher movies is that the character’s are all one-note stereotypes, the plots are ridiculous, the action always follows the same dreary pattern,…

It records the following 180 days. Days on which the fate of the civilized world hangs. It is the epic contest between the Red Army of Russia and the Nazi forces of Germany for Stalingrad. Joseph Fines plays Political Officer 2nd Class Danilov.…

X” has influenced me ”American history X” had a strange effect on me. Usually, movies entertain me as I watch them, but the moment they end, it is over. Everything goes back to the way it is was as I leave the theatre. ”American history X” was not…

Red Line, a recurring theme appeared to be the impact of war on the common soldier. Through a variety of different scenarios, the viewer is exposed to the daily hardships that one must endure while in battle. The soldiers are continuously walking a fine…