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Author Archives: Anthony_Perrotta
Top Gun: Maverick and Authentic School Leadership
For many film critics Peter “Maverick” Mitchell is the quintessential Tom Cruise role. Like many of Cruise’s characters, Maverick is a character navigating some type of personal trauma, who then discovers something about himself that requires critical reflection. This reflection … Continue reading
Before Visiting Pandora, Enter The Abyss
Before you take a deep dive into this love letter to The Abyss (1989) it’s imperative that I disclose a conflict of interest. I was born and raised in Niagara Falls, Canada, where James Cameron first found his teenage love … Continue reading
Register Now: A Media Literacy Week Conversation
Media Smarts’ National Media Literacy Week is soon approaching and promises an exciting opportunity for educators in Canada and beyond to learn, unlearn and relearn as it pertains to all-things media literacy. Recognizing that educators and students are navigating a … Continue reading
[Media Literacy] Lightyear: A Family Watch Guide
Setting the stage for family movie nights can help in nurturing young people to be active consumers of media text. In the spirit of reading deeply, providing young viewers with an opportunity to reflect and share prior knowledge can nurture … Continue reading
[Trailer Review] Halloween Ends
With the return of Jamie Lee Curtis to the Halloween franchise in 2018, the new series of Jason Blum produced and David Gordon Green directed films have garnered huge box-office results along with divisive critical response. Premiering as part of … Continue reading
[Movie Review] Tom Cruise Soars in Top Gun:Maverick
Simply put, Tom Cruise is Top Gun: Maverick and perhaps the last true Hollywood movie star. In a pop culture landscape filled with reality television personalities, TikTot challenges and superhero multiverses, the selling-power of a marquee name on a movie … Continue reading
To Infinity and Beyond the “Learning Gaps.”
Throughout the course of the pandemic, much has been shared about the negative impacts COVID schooling has had on students. From academics to social-emotional learning, a number of “learning gaps” and next steps have become a critical focus of educational … Continue reading
[Coming Soon] Brick By Brick – An ONABSE Conference Presentation
As an educator, being humbled is part of the experience of learning from others and sharing time with those who make you better. I’m so fortunate that this happens quite often. For example, over the course of the past five … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Education, Educational Leadership, Media Literacy and Pop Culture, Student Voice
Tagged Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Dr. Marlyn Morris, Michael Fullan, ONABSE, Story and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, storytelling, Storytelling and Digital Citizenship
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[Movie Review] Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Masterpiece
I’ve spent many years studying and appreciating film. From my time in college and university diving deep into production and theory, I can without hesitation share that my fandom for Steven Spielberg was polarizing. Perhaps, this is because I was … Continue reading
[Movie Review] Leatherface Returns
Other than comic-book inspired movies, horror continues to resonant in theatres during the pandemic. In the past nine months, horror has dominated the box office with The Quiet Place 2, Candy Man, The Conjuring : The Devil Made Me Do … Continue reading
Posted in Film Theory, Media Literacy and Pop Culture, Movies and Television, Netflix
Tagged Leatherface
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