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Slap Her, She French
This teen revenge comedy is not the greatest film ever made, but there are very few films which can't be exploited in some way for teaching purposes. This one is good for looking at stereotypes. It...
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American Rhetoric: Movie Speeches
"Full text, audio and video database of some 80 Hollywood movie speeches, as selected by audiences of American Rhetoric. A new movie speech is added every 2-3 weeks. Included are military movie...
View ArticlePoliteness in The Graduate
Here's a lesson plan for teaching polite request forms based on a scenes from The Graduate and here's a quiz based on the same movie.
View ArticleHow To Make A Video Clip
There are many ways to make a video clip from a DVD. The best method I've found so far involves using XMPEG to extract the scene from the DVD and Windows Movie Maker to edit the clip. If you've got...
View ArticleUseful tools
To record streaming video you can use WMRecorder. Try it for free or buy it for $30. Great for recording movie trailers! To copy an entire DVD film in DivX format without having to rip it first, use...
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Hidalgo
Hidalgo is based on the 'true story' of Frank Hopkins, an American cowboy who took part in a 3,000 mile desert horse race from Arabia to Iraq. Or did he? There's been some controversy surrounding this...
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Matchstick Men
This film tells the story of a neurotic con man and his partner and has several examples of confidence tricks which could be used as a basis for a lesson about ethics in business.
View ArticleGoogle Movie Search
Google have introduced a new movie search operator "movie:" It enables you to find to find movie-related information faster and more easily, whether you're looking for titles or actors, director or...
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The Corporation
I saw this film at the cinema a few weeks ago and was looking forward to getting my hands on the DVD. It doesn't disappoint. There are over 8 hours of extra material in the form of 165 interview...
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Super Size Me
I used some scenes from Super Size Me with my English for Marketing class. It's a Michael Moore-style documentary about an American, Morgan Spurlock, who eats nothing but McDonald's food for one month...
View ArticleTIME's All-Time 100 Top Movies
TIME's movie critics have chosen their list of the 100 most influential movies of the past 82 years. The films span comedy, horror, drama, romance, action and more. Some of the choices are bound to be...
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Catalogue your DVDs with Listal
Listal is a new site which allows you to create online catalogues for your DVDs, books and games. There are some really neat features such as tags and Amazon reviews.
View ArticleChallenge Education Movie Guides
Challenge Education design Movie Guides with lesson plans based on sequences of popular movies aimed at optimising learning results and supplement any EFL course. Each Movie Guide has lesson plans...
View ArticleThe Film Programme Interviews
The Film Programme on the BBC Radio 4 website has dozens of interviews with actors and directors going back to 2002.
View ArticleMovie Marketing Madness
Movie Marketing Madness is your home for all the latest movie marketing developments from around the web. Check here for news and opinions on the latest posters, trailers and more.
View ArticlePosterwire.com
Posterwire.com is a movie poster weblog. From images of the latest Hollywood one-sheets to vintage movie posters, this film poster weblog hopes to offer a bit of insight into film key art.
View ArticleMovie Sounds Central
Movie Sounds Central is a great website that has an archive of movie quotes that you can view and listen to online. Go to the website and read some of the quotes. Then listen to them, try and repeat...
View ArticleClosing credits
I'm no longer posting to this blog. You can find film resources and lots more besides on The English Blog, which was recently selected as number one language blog by Lexiophiles.
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