992 Literature and Film: Student Review + evaluation
Writing about film can serve one of several functions. It can help you do the following:
‧Understand your own response to a movie better
‧Convince others why you like or dislike a film
‧Explain or introduce something about a movie, a filmmaker, or a group of movies that your readers may not know
‧Make comparisons and contrasts between one movie and others as a way of understanding them better
‧Make connections between a movie and other areas of culture to illuminate both the culture and the movies it produces
(Corrigan, Timothy. Short Guide to Writing about Film, 7/e (2) (Writing about Film, here). Taipei: Pearson Education Taiwan Branch, 2009, p. 7)

Films are a great medum to use not only to practice English, but also to facilitate intercultural learning. Today English is a global language spoken by people from many countries and cultural backgrounds. Since culture greatly impacts communication, it is helpful for teachers to introduce lessions and activities that revel how different dialect, forms of address, customs, taboos, and other cultural elements influence interaction among different groups. Numerous films contain excelent examples of intercultural communication and are highly useful resources for teachers. Additional reasons for teachers to incorporate films in class and encourage their students to watch movies in English include: 
‧Films combine pleasure and learning by telling a story in a way that captures and holds the viewer's interest.
‧Films simultaneously address different senses and cognitive channels. For example, spoken language is supported by visual elements that make it easier for students to understand the dialogues and the plot.
‧Students are exposed to the way people actually speak.
‧Films involve the viewers, appeal to their feelings, and help them empathize with the protagonsits.
‧DVDs usually come with subtitles in English, which facilitates understanding and improves reading skills. 
...Culture, according to one difinition, is the value, traditions, custome, art, and institutions shared by a group of people who are unified by nationality, ethnicity, religion, or language...
1. General questions for evaluating a film
2. Questions for evaluating the intercultrual aspects of a film
(Roell, Christine. "Intercultural Training with Films." English Teaching Forum. 48.2, 2010, p. 2-9.)