movie review week 10

                    THE IMITATION GAME

The story is nonlinear, beginning in 1951 as two policemen, Nock and Staehl, investigate the mathematician Alan Turingafter an apparent break-in at his home. Turing's suspicious behaviour and lack of war records triggers Nock's suspicion that he might be a Soviet spy. During his interrogation by Nock, Turing tells of his time working at Bletchley Park.

Attention then switches to 1927, when the young Turing is unhappy and bullied at boarding school. He develops a friendship with Christopher Morcom, who sparks his interest in cryptography, and develops romantic feelings for him. Before Turing can confess his love, Christopher dies unexpectedly from bovine tuberculosis.

When Britain declares war on Germany in 1939, Turing travels to Bletchley Park, where, under the direction of CommanderAlastair Denniston, he joins the cryptography team of Hugh Alexander, John Cairncross, Peter Hilton, Keith Furman, and Charles Richards. The team are trying to break the ciphers created by the Enigma machine, which the Nazis use to provide security for their wireless messages.

Turing is difficult to work with and considers his colleagues inferior; he works alone to design a machine to decipher Enigma. After Denniston refuses to fund construction of the machine, Turing writes to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who puts him in charge of the team and funds the machine. Turing fires Furman and Richards and places a difficult crossword in newspapers to find replacements. Joan Clarke, a Cambridge graduate, surpasses Turing’s test, but her parents will not allow her to work with the male cryptographers. Turing arranges for her to live and work with the female clerks who intercept the messages and shares his plans with her.

Turing’s machine, which he names Christopher, is constructed but cannot determine the Enigma settings before the Germans reset the Enigma encryption each day. Denniston orders it destroyed and Turing fired, but the other cryptographers threaten to leave if he goes. After Clarke plans to leave on the wishes of her parents, Turing proposes marriage, which she accepts. During their reception, Turing confirms his homosexuality to Cairncross, who warns him to keep it secret. After overhearing a conversation with a clerk about messages she receives, Turing has an epiphany, realising he can program the machine to decode words he already knows exist in certain messages. After he recalibrates the machine, it quickly decodes a message and the cryptographers celebrate; however, Turing realises they cannot act on every decoded message or the Germans will realise Enigma has been broken.

Turing discovers that Cairncross is a Soviet spy. When Turing confronts him, Cairncross argues that the Soviets are allies working for the same goals and threatens to disclose Turing’s homosexuality if his role as an agent is revealed. When the MI6 agent Stewart Menzies appears to threaten Clarke, Turing reveals that Cairncross is a spy. Menzies reveals that he knew this already and planted Cairncross among them in order to leak messages to the Soviets for British benefit. Fearing for her safety, Turing tells Clarke to leave Bletchley Park, revealing that he is homosexual and lying about never having cared for her. After the war, Menzies tells the cryptographers to destroy their work and that they can never see one another again or share what they have done.

In the 1950s Turing is convicted of indecency and, in lieu of a jail sentence, undergoes chemical castration so he can continue his work. Clarke visits him in his home and witnesses his physical and mental deterioration. She reminds him that his work saved lives and uses the phrase Christopher used of Turing and Turing once used of her: "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine."

                             

The Imitation Game is assertive and makes a serious claim as one of the best spy thrillers ever made. There are sub plots that all resonate and never feel forced. This will not only keep your tension level at a fever pitch but could leave you in tears to walk home with. It's a complete realistic view at the spy game that stands as one of the best films of the year and a performance for the ages from Benedict Cumberbatch . A captivating achievement that I'll likely remember for some time.

vocabulary week 10

NO	WORD	TYPES OF WORD	MEANING	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1	Notable	adjective	Deserving to be noticed or to receive attention , important	His sudden success in the business world is the notable point in his life.
2	Feasible	adjective	That is possible and likely to be achieved	His plan of robbing the bank seems feasible to me.
3	Mercenary	adjective	Hired to fight , caring only about making money	A mercenary businessman had been caught for bribery last month.
4	Advocate	verb	Speak, plead , argue in favor of	While the senator privately approved the gay marriage , he was unwillingly advocate for the cause in public venue.
5	Fabricated	verb	Invent or concoct something typically with deceitful intent.	Ali fabricated the fake news to attract people’s attention.
6	Relegate	verb	Dismiss to an inferior rank, lower , downgrade , put down	They aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.
7	Ephemeral	adjective	Lasting for a very short time	The new jar is ephemeral as it already broken this morning.
8	Obdurate	adjective	stubborn	He remains obdurate , refusing to alter his decision.
9	Malady	noun	Sickness , disease , ailment, disorder , infirmity	KKTM Ledang was struck by a malady throughout the winter.
10	Annex	verb	To add something to another	The attendance of my friends to my house annexed some more joy to the ambience.
11	Emulate	verb	Strive to equal or match especially by imitating, compete with successfully	To really become fluent in a new language, emulate the speech patterns of people who speak the language.
12	Avert	verb	Prevent	How can the danger can be averted?
13	Glib	adjective	(of a person ) speaking with ease but without sincerity	I have found that the more glib the salesman , the worse the product.
14	Blurt	verb	To speak quickly without thought	Please think about your reply and do not just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
15	Eccentric	adjective	Strange , highly unconventional bizarre , cranky , peculiar , unusual	Mikha lives to collect an eccentric products and keep it as an indelible.
16	Indelible	adjective	Impossible to remove or forget	Fizo gave an indelible gift to Mawar during their first anniversary.
17	Ebullient	adjective	Full of confident , energy and good humour	The prime minister was in ebullient mood.
18	Morbid	adjective	Having or expressing a strong interests in sad or unpleasant things especially disease or death	His morbid fascination towards death terrifies me.
19	Credulity	noun	Ability or willingness to believe that something is real or true	The credulity of his horror novels amazes me.
20	Equivocal	adjective	Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous ,uncertain	The results of the investigation were equivocal.
21	Aboveboard	Adjective	Open and honest	The president’s face was hardly aboveboard when he give the speech about environmental cleanliness.
22	Apprehension	noun	Fearful expectation , misgiving, foreboding , unease , worry , anxiety	Test day can be one of pure apprehension, as many students worry about their test score.
23	Autonomously	adverb	Acting indepently , self- governing (of a country)	Many of the factory workers are worried about being replaced by machines that will work completely autonomously.
24	Oust	verb	Remove or expel	Despairing that the performance of the chief executive would ever improve , the corporation’s board of directors took decisive action an ousted him.
25	Grassroots	adjective	important	A grassroots factor in deciding to buy a house.

movie review 9

               THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

                               

In 1963, Cambridge University astrophysics student Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) begins a relationship with literature student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). Although Stephen excels at mathematics and physics, his friends and professors are concerned over his lack of thesis topic. After Stephen and his professor Dennis Sciama (David Thewlis) attend a lecture on black holes, Stephen speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe and decides to write his thesis on time.

While pursuing his research, Stephen's muscles begin to fail, eventually causing him to fall and hit his head. He learns he has motor neuron disease; he will be unable to talk, swallow, or move most of his body, and has approximately two years to live. As Stephen becomes reclusive, focusing on his work, Jane confesses her love to him. She tells Stephen's father she intends to stay with Stephen even as his condition worsens. They marry and have a son.

Stephen presents his thesis to the examination board, arguing that a black hole created the universe; they tell him his theory is brilliant. While celebrating with Jane and his friends, Stephen realises he cannot walk and begins using a wheelchair.

After having a second child, a daughter, Stephen develops a theory about the visibility of black holes and becomes a world-renowned physicist. While focusing on the children, Stephen's health and his increasing fame, Jane is unable to work on her own thesis and is frustrated; Stephen tells her he understands if she needs help. She joins the church choir, where she meets widower Jonathan (Charlie Cox). She and Jonathan become close friends, and she employs him as a piano teacher for her son. Jonathan befriends the entire family, helping Stephen with his illness, supporting Jane, and playing with the children.

When Jane gives birth to another son, Stephen's mother asks Jane if the baby is Jonathan's. Jane is appalled; seeing that Jonathan overheard the conversation, when they are alone they admit their feelings for one another. Jonathan stays away from the family, but Stephen visits him, saying that Jane needs him.

While Jane and Jonathan take the children camping, Stephen is invited to a concert in Bordeaux and contracts pneumonia. In hospital, the doctors tell Jane that Stephen needs a tracheotomy, which will leave him unable to speak. She agrees to the surgery.

Stephen learns to use a spelling board and uses it to communicate with Elaine, his new nurse (Maxine Peake). He receives a computer with a built-in voice synthesiser, and uses it to write a book, A Brief History of Time, which becomes an international best-seller.

Stephen tells Jane that he has been invited to America to accept an award and will be taking Elaine with him. Jane and Stephen agree to divorce. Stephen goes to the lecture with Elaine, the two having fallen in love, and Jane and Jonathan reunite. At the lecture, Stephen sees a student drop a pen; he imagines getting up to return it, almost crying at the reminder of how his disease has affected him, and gives an inspiring speech about human endeavour. Stephen invites Jane to meet the Queen with him; they share a happy day together with their children with Stephen saying "Look what we made".

                                   

    I like the most in this movie is the willingness of Jane to take care her sick husband , Stephen Hawking. Jane is the one who give Stephen his spirit to live back . Hence , this scene made me believe that behind a great man , there must be a great woman . If Jane does not care about Stephen , I think Stephen will die eventually. Because of her , Stephen managed to do a research about time under the field of physics. So, I think it is a great movie.

vocabulary week 9

NO	WORD	TYPE OF WORD	MEANING	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1	obstinate	adjective	Refusing to change your behavior or your ideas, difficult to deal with	The child was obstinate about wanting that specific toy , despite being offered several others.
2	callous	adjective	Not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.	Afiq has been known as callous man as he does not bother anything about his friend.
3	Impetuous	adjective	Acting or done quickly and without thought	The research is impetuous by the students.
4	Hubris	noun	A great or foolish amount of pride or confidence	Victor Frankeistein ‘s hubris made him to create the monster.
5	conjecture	noun	An opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence	The professor’s research is a conjecture that makes her students to against her.
6	Sedate	adjective	Slow and relaxed , quiet and peaceful	The island is sedate .
7	rambunctious	adjective	Uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy	The beach is often taken over by packs of rambunctious young people, so do not go there expecting peace and quiet.
8	scrupulous	adjective	Very careful about doing something correctly , honest and morally right	A scrupulous attention to detail is evident in all of his reporting.
9	indecent	adjective	Using language that offends people including behavior or ideas that people find offensive.	The indecent words are prohibited in the class.
10	irreverent	adjective	Showing a lack of respect for someone or something that is usually treated with respect	The students are very irreverent if they playing with their phone during a lecture.
11	Punctilious	adjective	Very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way	Old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety.
12	Euphoria	noun	A feeling of great (usually exaggerated ) elation	The euphoria of winning her first gold medal in the 100 meter dash overwhelmed Shelly.
13	Beatific	adjective	Express great happiness and calmness	As soon as she heard that news , she had on a beatific smile.
14	Luster	noun	A gentle sheen or soft glow , especially that of a partly reflective surface.	As light bounces off the ruby’s surface , its luster caught the eyes of many.
15	Distraught	adjective	Very upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally	She was distraught that some of her classmates are leaving MADPP.
16	Begrudge	verb	To envy someone for possessing or enjoying something	Sitting all alone in his room, Tony begrudged the happiness of his friends playing outside the window.
17	schism	noun	A separation or division into factions	Heratics were burned for attempting to create a schism in the Catholic Church.
18	Unscrupulous	adjective	Having or showing no moral principles , not honest or fair	Dinasur had unscrupulously copied his friend’s work behind his back.
19	Capricious	adjective	Given to sudden and accountable changes of mood or behaviour	The rescue team had a hard time delivering supplies due to capricious weather.
20	Savvy	verb	To understand something	MADPP students savvy the meaning of the words and update them in their blog.
21	Besmirch	verb	Damage the good name and reputation , make something dirty	The ground was besmirched with blood.
22	Spellbinding	adjective	Holding your attention completely	He gave me a spellbinding performance.
23	Paucity	noun	A lack of something	There is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require menial skilling.
24	Obliterate	verb	Remove all signs , rub or blot out, to remove something completely so that nothing is left	The robbers had obliterated all fingerprints before leaving the scene.
25	Amiable	adjective	friendly	That fellow is known all around school because of his amiable trait.

movie review week 8

                                            THE GREAT GATSBY

                                         

In the winter of 1929, Nick Carraway, a Yale University graduate and World War I veteran, is staying at a psychiatric hospital to treat his alcoholism. He talks about Jay Gatsby, describing him as the most hopeful man he had ever met. When he struggles to articulate his thoughts, his doctor, Walter Perkins, suggests writing it down, since writing is Nick's true passion.

In the summer of 1922, Nick moves from the U.S. Midwest to New York, taking a job as a bond salesman after abandoning writing. He rents a small house on Long Island in the (fictional) village of West Egg, next door to a lavish mansion belonging to Jay Gatsby, a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant parties. One day, Nick drives across the bay to the old money East Egg to have dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a cynical young golfer with whom Daisy wishes to couple Nick. When Nick returns home, he sees Gatsby on the edge of his dock, reaching out to a mysterious green light coming from the Buchanan's house.

Jordan tells Nick that Tom has a mistress who lives in the "valley of ashes," an industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after, Nick travels with Tom to the valley, where they stop by a garage owned by George Wilson and his wife, Myrtle, who is the mistress Jordan mentioned.

As the summer progresses, Nick receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. Upon arriving, he learns that he is the only one who received an invitation, and that none of the guests have ever met Gatsby. There are multiple theories as to who he is: a German spy, a prince, even an assassin. Nick encounters Jordan, and they meet Gatsby, who is surprisingly young and rather aloof. Gatsby's butler later informs Jordan that Gatsby wishes to speak with her privately.

Gatsby seemingly takes a liking to Nick, and one day Gatsby offers to drive Nick to town in his expensive yellow car. On the road, Gatsby tells Nick that he is an Oxford man and a war hero, who was born into a wealthy family in the Midwest who have all since died. Gatsby takes Nick to a speakeasy, where he introduces him to Meyer Wolfsheim, a mob boss and business partner of Gatsby. Jordan later tells Nick that Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy five years earlier, and is still in love with her. Gatsby had been throwing the extravagant parties in the hopes Daisy will attend. Gatsby later asks Nick to invite Daisy to tea at his house, without mentioning that Gatsby will be there.

After an awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair. Gatsby is rather dismayed that Daisy wants to run away from New York with him, as his initial plan being for them was to live in his mansion. Nick tries to explain to Gatsby that the past cannot be repeated, but he dismisses the remark. Trying to keep the affair a secret, Gatsby fires the majority of his servants and discontinues the parties. Eventually, he phones Nick and asks that he and Jordan accompany him to the Buchanans', where they plan to tell Tom that Daisy is leaving him. Nick is hesitant, but Gatsby insists they need him.

During the luncheon, Tom becomes increasingly suspicious of Gatsby when he sees him staring passionately at Daisy. Daisy stops Gatsby from revealing anything about their relationship, and suggests they all go into town. Everyone leaves for the Plaza, Tom driving Gatsby's yellow car with Nick and Jordan, while Gatsby and Daisy take Tom's car, which is blue. Out of gas, Tom stops at George and Myrtle's garage, where George says he and his wife are moving west, telling Tom he suspects Myrtle is cheating on him, not knowing that Tom is Myrtle's lover.

At the Plaza, Gatsby tells Tom that he and Daisy are together, claiming that she never loved him. Outraged, Tom accuses Gatsby of making his fortune illegally through bootlegging with his mobster friends. Daisy tells Gatsby that she loved him and still loves him, but she cannot claim that she never loved Tom even once. Tom promises that he loves Daisy and that he will take better care of Daisy as Daisy reminds him of his faults in their marriage. As Tom tells Gatsby that he is different from them due to his dubious background, Gatsby lashes out at Tom, frightening Daisy. She leaves with Gatsby, this time in his car.

Later that night, Myrtle rushes out into the street after a fight with her husband about her infidelity. She sees Gatsby's yellow car approaching and runs toward it, believing Tom is driving and had come for her. Myrtle runs out to the street, shouting Tom's name. Wilson sees this and calls out for her. Myrtle continues shouting and waves her arms in the air. Gatsby's car comes faster. Myrtle screams as the car strikes her, instantly killing her. George witnesses this. Myrtle's corpse thuds, her body torn open and bloodied. Gatsby's car fled the scene. Afterwards, Tom, Nick, and Jordan stop by the garage when they see a large crowd has gathered and learn about Myrtle's death. Tom tells a distraught George the yellow car belongs to Gatsby and that he suspects Gatsby was the one sleeping with Myrtle.

Nick finds Gatsby lingering outside the Buchanans' mansion, where Gatsby accidentally reveals that Daisy was the driver, though he intends to take the blame. Nick eavesdrops on Daisy and Tom, where he hears Daisy accept Tom's promise that he will take care of everything. Nick is disappointed, but decides not to tell Gatsby since his friend hopes for Daisy's call. Gatsby invites Nick over for the night and tells him the truth about his origins: he was born penniless, his real name is James Gatz, and he had asked Daisy to wait for him after the war until he had made something of himself. He'd then met Meyer Wolfsheim and entered his "business."

The next morning, Nick leaves for work and Gatsby decides to go for a swim before the pool is drained for the season. He hears the phone ringing, and, believing it is Daisy, climbs out of the pool as the butler answers the phone. Gatsby is then shot and killed by George, who proceeds to kill himself.

Nick invites Daisy to Gatsby's funeral, only to learn that she, Tom, and their daughter are leaving New York. The funeral is attended only by reporters and photographers, whom Nick angrily chases out. The media accuses Gatsby of being Myrtle's lover and the one who killed her, leaving Nick the only person knowing the truth. Nick realizes that he is the only person who actually cared about Gatsby. Disgusted with both the city and its people, he leaves New York, but not before taking a final walk through Gatsby's deserted mansion; reflecting on Gatsby's unique ability to hope, and how he lost everything. Back in the sanatorium, Nick finishes his memoir and titles it "Gatsby," then takes out a pen to re-title it, "The Great Gatsby."

Based on my opinion , I think this movie is a great example of the statement that wealth cannot buy love. It is evident when Daisy does not accept Gatsby's love although he is the richest man in town. Daisy is too scared to run with Gatsby from her family . I sympatized with Gatsby as all the things he done are useless as lastly Daisy decided to choose her husband instead of Gatsby. So , this movie really made me believe that wealth cannot buy love.