Category Archives: Class Activities

Film: The Betrayal on Kerrigan (Animated Cinematic) Year: 2010 Director: Nick Carpenter Synopsis: Sarah Kerrigan, a Confederate Terran ghost is on a scouting and combat mission on the alien planet of Tarsonis when she is faced with an oncoming Zerg … Continue reading →

Title: The Grand Budapest Hotel Year: 2014 Director: Wes Anderson Brief Synopsis: Most of the movie is set in the 1930’s at a popular European resort. The main character, M. Gustave, is the concierge of the Grand Budapest Hotel who … Continue reading →

Film: La La Land Year: 2016 Director: Damien Chazelle Synopsis: Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, an aspiring Jazz pianist, are both struggling in Los Angeles to try to make it in the difficult entertainment scene.  The movie follows the … Continue reading →

Film: Samurai Jack (television show) Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Synopsis: A samurai loses a battle with a spirit that embodies all the evil of the world as the spirit throws him into a time portral that sends him to the far … Continue reading →

Film: Atonement Year: 2007 Director: Joe Wright Synopsis: This English drama film is about two young lovers: Cecilia and Robbie who are driven apart by a lie Cecilia’s jealous younger sister constructs. All three of them deal with it in … Continue reading →

Director: Alain Resnais Writer: Alain Robbe-Grillet (scenario and dialogue) Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff   A LONG DRESS. What is the current that makes machinery, that makes it crackle, what is the current that presents a long line … Continue reading →

Film: The Exorcist Year: 1973 Director: William Friedkin   Synopsis: After separating from her husband, an actress, Chris McNeil, relocates to Washington, D.C where she begins to notice her young daughter’s odd behaviour and appearance. Chris has always had a … Continue reading →

Film: Toy Story 2 Year: 1999 Director: John Lasseter Synopsis: A movie about toys who come to life when humans are not around. The second movie in the trilogy follows the cowboy toy, Woody, who is stolen from his home … Continue reading →

Title: Cowboy Bebop Year: 1998 Director: Watanabe Shinichiro Synopsis: In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. … Continue reading →

Film: 千と千尋の神隠し (English Title: Spirited Away) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Year: 2001 Synopsis: Coming-of-age story about a young girl, Chihiro, who is moving to a new neighbourhood with her family. On the way there, her parents decide to take a little detour … Continue reading →