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From the left: Paikea Aspirina (Keisha Castle-Hughes), Koro (Rawiri Paratene)             Can human beings ride on whales? Can a woman lead a tribe that has only had male chiefs before her? and Can you Really change someone that is living in the past? I am sure we would all like to know the answers to these questions, however the answer is not as simple as it seems. Hello everyone and today we will be reviewing the epic and sometimes nonsensical film of Whale rider. Let's get started           In this film, one of the most dominant characters is of course, Koro, the grandfather of Paikea. It doesn't get anymore sadder when you are ridiculed for your existence during your birth. However, what was utter brilliance of the film was the fact that the movie portray an inner conflict between his paternalistic chief but caring and loving grandfather. The grandfather that would cycle with Paikea and stand up for her when she got ...

      From the left: Scott Hastings, Fran       Hello everyone! This week we are taking into a classic movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. As per usual, this film is divided into two segments, which is my personal reflection of the film and the psychological aspects that took part. Let's get started!       In the beginning, this movie portrayed a dramatic and exaggerated introduction where the mother was in an interview setting talking about her son. She exclaimed, "Did I failed as a mother?". The audience was left to wonder for whatever reason that come after that caused the mother to feel that way. In this film, I related a lot to Scott as he was someone that wanted to try new things. I am also like Scott where I like to be spontaneous and try new things. Thus, when I chose Psychology as my degree, my mother had the same response as the movie. My father was silent and let me decide, kind of like Scott's father as well. The film also had...

From Left: Lorna Phillips, Danny Pope, Artie Pope (top), Annie Pope       The Film Running on Empty portrayed how a family operates when running away from the feds. It portrayed how a single decision of your life have undesired consequences. While some of us wonder, how it would feel like becoming a vigilante, changing identity every six months may not be what we had in mind.        First of all, the film was excellent in touching our heart strings because it touched a lot on family matters. I resonated with Lorna the most as I have dreams that I want to carry out as well. However, like Lorna's parents, they have the sense that whatever is bad is filtered out and whatever is good is kept. For example, when I have bad results, there weren't any praise or criticisms, just disappointment. I finally get to realized when I came to KL to further my studies. Lorna was a critical part in the film as she was an imperative anchor to leading Danny to...

       In respect of the late Robin Williams, this film shall forever hold as one of his masterpieces. This film i will delve into two aspects which is the psychological aspect of the film (which is how it impacted the audience) along with my personal reflection of the film.        Movies usually portray a just-world beliefs, where Dr. Malcolm Sayer managed to use the drug L-Dopa to cure the catatonic patients of the disease that stole years or even decades off their lifetime. This story is not so different. The movie preyed on innocent psychology students that wanted nothing more than patients in the film to recover from the Encephalitis Lethagica symptoms. The film gave us just that as the movie climaxed when the drug worked and they became better. That somehow they should become better because of the loss they received.        In my own personal reflection of the film, i think that this film does leave the audience to...

        It's been almost three decades since the Italian film premiered and brought fame to Italian film-making. The films rhetorical elements and captivating ending left it unquestioned why this movie was framed as one of the classics for movie-watchers worldwide.         The movie was interesting to me because it utilized many rhetorical devices in the film. Truthfully, this film would have been amateur at best at the current standard of editing and modern equipment of film. However, it did well to illustrate key moments in the film such as, when Alfredo was telling Toto a story about the Knight that chased the princess for 99 days and then left. Toto chased the girl for what seemed like months until New Years and then he left. The ending of the story i presumed is that the girl eventually come to him instead and that is how it led to Toto's persistence paying off. Another rhetorical device that there use was the cloth that became unsown as if...