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PERFORMANCE TASK NO. 2 Movie Review

TO: CSS A, HE A, STEM E, HUMSS D, STEM H, and STEM F
RE: Guidelines in Writing a Restaurant Review/Critique/Reaction Paper
DATE: September 14, 2024

Please be guided with the guidelines in writing your Movie Review:

A. PRE-WRITING STAGE

1. Each group must watch and write a movie review of their respective source/material:

Group 1
Harriet

Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film

directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote
the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard. It
stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionist Harriet
Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn,
and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.

You can watch it here:

https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/harriet-
100301/#play-btn

Group 2

The Diary of Anne Frank

The film talks about trying to hide of Anne

Frank’s family before the Nazi hunt in
Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944. Anne died
then in a German concentration camp when
she was 15 years old.

You can watch it here:

https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/the-diary-of-
anne-frank-12291/

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Group 3
Interstellar

Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction drama

film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote
the screenplay with his brother Jonathan. It stars
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica
Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon,
and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future
where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight
and famine, the film follows a group of
astronauts who travel through a wormhole near
Saturn in search of a new home for mankind.

You can watch it here:

https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/interstellar-
1655/
Group 4

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (released as

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in North
America) is a 2008 Holocaust historical
drama film written and directed by Mark
Herman. It is based on the 2006 novel of the
same name by John Boyne. Set in Nazi-
occupied Poland, the film follows the son of
a Schutzstaffel officer who befriends a
Jewish prisoner of his age.

You can watch it here:

https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/the-boy-in-the-
striped-pajamas-4319/

Group 5
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee is a 2005 comedy drama fantasy

film based on the Nurse Matilda character by
Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones,
coproduced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Pictures, Working Title Films, Three
Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions
with music by Patrick Doyle, and produced by
Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner.

You can watch it here:

https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/nanny-mcphee-
3928/

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2. In writing your paper, follow the stages in the writing process.

3. Follow the considerations in writing a review paper in Lesson 2.3, Writing a Reaction
Paper/Review/Critique.

B. WRITING STAGE

1. In writing your paper, be guided with the Jacob’s Theory Writing Criteria:
a) Content – 15 points d) Language Use – 10 points
b) Organization – 10 points e) Mechanics – 5 points
c) Vocabulary – 10 points
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GSxUM-
Read the full description of the criteria here: xRNEbNpq6d2T9BCKjlBkbk2N3/view?usp=s
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Group submission = 50 points
Individual submission = 50 points
Total = 100 points

2. As a group, your leader must submit your final paper in a TYPE-WRITTEN format in
Use following setups:

Paper: Short Size

Orientation: Portrait SUBMIT YOUR OUTPUTS HERE:
Margin: Normal
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Paragraph alignment: Justified

Submit it in a PDF format and rename your file to: (STRAND-SECTION-GROUP

NUMBER)
Example: STEM-H-2

3. For individual submissions, each member (including the group leader) must write their
individual output using the Writing Template (HAND-WRITTEN).

4. Please be guided with the given deadlines below:

CSS A
HE A
STEM E
HUMSS D
September 20, 2024
STEM H
STEM F

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HERE ARE FEW EXAMPLES OF MOVIE REVIEW PAPER:

‘Inside Out 2’ Review: The Best Pixar Movie In Years

A Review by Erik Kain

When Pixar’s Inside Out released in theaters, my kids were 8 and 5-years-old. It was a
delightful movie about the rather limited—but intense—emotional landscape children (and their
parents) must navigate.

My kids are now 17 and 14 and that landscape has seen some massive changes,
especially since so much has changed between 2015 and 2024. The intervening years have seen
major political change, a global pandemic, big family changes at home, and of course the
transformation of my beautiful little kids into, well, teenagers.

It’s pretty fitting that Pixar should come out with Inside Out 2 nine years later, and the
movie hits all the right beats. As fun as it is for kids, this is a movie that will delight parents more.
When Riley wakes up one morning to her first full-blown puberty-induced hormonal rage, snapping
at her mom and barging out the door, we are given a glimpse of the mother’s emotions. “Well,
that’s a preview of the next ten years,” one emotion says to another.

I laughed out loud. I also cried quite a bit during this movie. Then again, I’m a cryer. It
doesn’t take much. Still, this is easily the best Pixar movie I’ve seen in many, many years and in
some ways, I think it outshines the original, if only because it tackles the far more complex
emotions teenagers (and their parents) grapple with and does it so well, with verve, humor and
plenty of poignant moments.

Of course, it distills “the next ten years” into just one weekend at hockey camp. The loss
of a sense of self that Riley experiences, as Joy and Sadness and Disgust and Fear are replaced
with Anxiety and Embarrassment and Envy and Ennui (and occasionally Nostalgia) is profound,
but it’s all confined to an hour-and-a-half movie. As a parent, I know how this really plays out: Over
years of angst and rebellion and lots of scary moments. Teens must come to terms with their
own changes, but parents have to also learn to change and to let go and to venture forth into
uncharted territory that can be both incredibly terrifying and humbling.

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Avengers ‘Endgame”: A Movie Review

A Review by Brian Tallerico

“Avengers: Endgame” is the culmination of a decade of blockbuster filmmaking, the result

of years of work from thousands of people. It is designed to be the most blockbuster of all the
blockbusters, a movie with a dozen subplots colliding, and familiar faces from over 20 other
movies. It’s really like nothing that Hollywood has produced before, existing not just to
acknowledge or exploit the fans of this series, but to reward their love, patience, and undying
adoration. The blunt thing you probably want to know most: It’s hard to see serious MCU fans
walking away from this disappointed. It checks all the boxes, even ticking off a few ones that fans
won’t expect to be on the list. It’s a satisfying end to a chapter of blockbuster history that will be
hard to top for pure spectacle. In terms of sheer entertainment value, it’s on the higher end of the
MCU, a film that elevates its most iconic heroes to the legendary status they deserve and provides
a few legitimate thrills along the way.

Don’t worry: I will stay very spoiler-free. The main joy of this film is in how its incredibly
complex narrative unfolds, and you can go elsewhere if you want that ruined. The disappointing
“Avengers: Infinity War” ended with Thanos finally getting all of the six Infinity Stones he so
desperately sought, and then using them to wipe out half of existence, including beloved heroes
like Black Panther, Star-Lord, and Spider-Man. “Avengers: Endgame” picks up a few weeks after
“The Snap,” as the remaining heroes try to pick up the pieces and figure out if there’s a way to
reverse Thanos’ destruction.

Immediately, “Endgame” is a more focused piece than “Infinity War” by virtue of having a
tighter, smaller cast. (Thanks, Thanos.) It’s a more patient, focused film, even as its plot draws in
elements of a dozen other movies. Whereas “Infinity” often felt bloated, “Endgame” allows some
of the more iconic characters in the history of the MCU a chance to be, well, heroic. No longer
mere pawns in a Thanos-driven plot, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, and Thor
break free of the crowd, ably assisted by Hawkeye and Ant-Man. In a sense, this is the new
Avengers, and the tighter group of superheroes reminded me of the charm of Joss Whedon’s first
“Avengers” movie, one in which strong personalities were allowed to bounce off each other
instead of just feeling like they were strapped into a rollercoaster headed in the same direction. It
also allows space for some of the best acting work in the franchise, particularly from Chris Evans
and Robert Downey Jr., who one realizes while watching this have turned Captain America and
Iron Man into something larger than life for a generation. The most satisfying aspect of
“Endgame” is in how much it provides the MCU’s two most popular heroes the story arc they
deserve instead of just drowning them in a sea of cameos by lesser characters from other movies.
In the way it canonizes them, it becomes an ode to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

What works best about Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely’s script for “Endgame”
is that one feels, for arguably the first time, a sense of looking back instead of merely trying to set
the table for something to come. This film incorporates elements of what fans know and love
about the MCU, recalling character beats, origins, and the plots of movies like “Iron Man,”
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.” Call it cheap fan service, but
one of my biggest issues with these films, especially “Infinity War,” has been a sense that they’re

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merely commercials for movies yet to be made. “Endgame” doesn’t have that. Sure, the MCU will
go on, but this movie has a finality and depth given to it by MCU history that the others have
lacked.

Of course, it needs to work as just a movie too. The middle hour is as purely enjoyable as
the MCU has ever been, but there are times when I wished I could sense a human touch below
the incredibly polished, carefully-planned surface of “Avengers: Endgame.” In the long build-up
first hour, I longed for one of the pregnant pauses about the seriousness of the situation to lead
to something that felt spontaneous or an acting decision that didn’t feel like it had been run
through a committee. Every single aspect of “Endgame” has been foreshadowed for years by
other films and finely tuned by the hundreds of people it takes to make a movie like this one. The
result is a film that often feels more like a product than a piece of art. Roger Ebert once famously
wrote that “video games can never be art,” but he may have been surprised to see art becoming
more like a video game, something remarkably programmed and determined, lacking anything
that really challenges the viewer.

However, people aren’t lining up at dawn for “Avengers: Endgame” to challenge them. It’s
really about rewarding commitment, fandom, and expectations. Whatever its flaws, “Endgame”
does all of that, and with a sincere admiration for the fans who have made this universe a true
cultural phenomenon. The stakes are high and the conclusions actually feel resonant. It’s an epic
cultural event, the kind of thing that transcends traditional film criticism to become a shared
experience with fans around the world. The biggest question I had coming out was how they could
possibly top it ten years from now.

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Miracle in Cell No. 7

(A Movie Review)

A mentally handicapped single father is wrongly accused, tried and sentenced to death
for the rape-murder of an elementary school girl in Lee Hwan- kyung’s Miracle in Cell No. 7. The
miracle of the title is the series of meetings the man has with his daughter while in prison in the
months that lead up to his execution and the friendship she forges with his fellow inmates. Years
later, the girl grows into a woman set on exonerating her dad with their help. Oh, this is a comedy.

But then there’s the melodramatic, tragic aspect of the film that gives it its jarring tone.
The prison scenes are told in flashback as an adult Ye-sung (Park Shin-hye) addresses a court in
an attempt to prove her father’s innocence. Her biggest ally in the quest is Jang Min-hwan (Jeong
Jin-young), warden at the time of Yong-gu’s detention. In 1997 Jang is a grieving father whose
experience and gut instinct tell him Yong-gu may be innocent. He does his part by looking the
other way when Ye-sung sneaks in and by raising the little girl later on. He also digs around police
records and uncovers a pattern of political prosecution, police ineptitude and corruption that
supports their claims. And Lee has a penchant for heavy-handed imagery (the hot air balloon that
gets snagged on barbed wire) and histrionics (walking the green mile) that could bear judicious
editing.

It is this odd mix of broad comedy and issue-based drama that makes Miracle so
perplexing and logic-defying. It’s hard to tell if Lee has made a social drama (legal shortcomings
and cronyism make headlines in Korea) disguised as a goofy comedy or a comedy with an
undercurrent of righteous anger. Either way, the film wouldn't work at all if it wasn’t packed with
engaging performances by some of Korea’s most reliable second-stringers. Ryu (War of the
Arrows) waffles between caricature and affecting as the handicapped Yong-gu, and Gal
occasionally suffers an overabundance of cute (though she’s far more interesting than Park), but
the rest of the cast more than compensate for their shortcomings, particularly Oh (The Thieves)
and Jeong (The King and the Clown). Miracle in Cell No. 7 is one of those films you don’t want to,
one you know you shouldn’t, but you just can’t help liking.

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