Category: Media Studies
Posts of studies, opinions, and reviews on multimedia communication including film, digital graphics, performing arts, and other mass media.
The Non-Noir Maltese Falcon
This was perhaps the most surprising element of the story to me when I read the source novel—the literal Maltese falcon. Though it was nowhere near the surprise I experienced when I realized the 1941 adaptation was far from the noir novel I knew.
Talk Is Easy. Love Is Hard.
The film’s moral is that you should be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. That seems easy, but if you want love? That’ll take some work.
Be Greater: The Power of Fictional Characters
As I’ve grown up, I have attained the belief that we, as people, are characters. That may seem like a bizarre statement to say the least, but let me expound. […]
Film as Lit Crit: The Problem With Beowulf
With a $150 million budget, that’s an expensive piece of criticism! I bet it all went into copyediting…
Too Many Villains: The Third Man (1949)
In Carol Reed’s 1949 classic The Third Man, no one is innocent…
Film Review: Out of the Past (1947)
The characters in Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 noir classic Out of the Past may not be good, but the movie is great.
Onward: A Film Review
Have you ever wondered if magic and mythical creatures existed what would the world look like? Would it be a place of wonder and adventure? If humans did not exist, […]
Ballet Magnificat! A Hiding Place: Review
Imagine a summer painting that is full of color and bright lines. Now imagine that same painting but you know that the artist painted it at his rock bottom. Was […]
A Vignette of a Life Amongst a Thousand: A Review of 1917
The last film to bring tears to my eyes was 2017’s Dunkirk, mostly because I am of a generation of Christopher Nolan fan boys who cannot see him doing any wrong. […]
A Review on Avengers Endgame
Avengers: Endgame shows Earth’s mightiest heroes trying to overturn the evil Thanos. As the movie opens, the heroes have suffered many losses, but their hope is rekindled by the brains […]
The Power of Friendship: A Bad Boys For Life Film Review
There are certain film franchises that are iconic: Star Wars, Back to the Future, James Bond, etc. We can think of many fantastic series such as these and the impact […]
Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 3: An Interview with Dynestee Fields
In the final part of my interview with recent Southern Wesleyan Honors graduate Dynestee Fields, we discuss the technical aspects of her documentary “The Voice of the Chicken” as well as what her next project will be.