SelF-DirecteD ResearcH...

These are some of the links and other research which i have been on so far:

• http://www.laalternativepress.com/v03n17/film/antani.phpThis link is taken via 'Rotten Tomatoes' and is a short review criticising the works of Zhang Yimou, well more precisely, his attempt to captivate a love story in House Of Flying Daggers...this will be useful to me as i can state whether Yimou's effort to make a 'love story' was just a desperate way to grab the attention of female audiences...
• http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?DVDID=10546Additionally a positive review from Empire, stating that 'this is how action movies should be made...'
• http://www.totalfilm.com/cinema_reviews/lara_croft_tomb_raiderA reveiw for Tomb Raider, one of the other texts which i might refer to as it was suggested by some other people..
• http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/824016/index.htmlA short article which decribes 'The changing images of women in fiction film', as written by Sarah Cardwell...this will be usseful to me as i can compare the roles that women played in past to now...
• http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/enterthedragon.htmEnter the Dragon - website dedicated to asian cinematography, moreso centered around Kung Fu...
• http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/824060/index.html a link which focusses on 'women on both sides of the camera'. It talks about how over the years their occupatins in film have become ore important.
• http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/566978/index.html an insight in the theory of Laura Mulvey's male gaze. looking particulary at filmd such as AMY!
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385004/ provides useful inforation about the movie, such as ratings, reviews and even memorable quotes.
• Philip Allan's essential Medi Studies 'Word Ditionary' - provides almost all media terminology under the sun. I have alredy looked up some key words which i will use in my Independent Study.
• http://www.brns.com/femalewarr/pages/overview1.html this article talks about how Asian 'cinema has been the prominence of action roles for women' and how 'female actors are leading roles in contemporary action titles'
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_movie explores theories and the rise of female leads in action films.