Half Nelson dir. by Ryan Fleck
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers …
Big Hero 6 dir. by Chris Williams, Dan Hall
Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) graduated High School at 13, and since then he’s been spending his time at Bot Fights. He hustles …
Foxcatcher dir. by Bennett Miller
Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) won gold at the 1984 Olympics. As did his older brother David (Mark Ruffalo). Now they are in …
Adam’s Rib dir. by George Cukor
Warren Attinger has been a bad husband, but his wife, Doris, has caught him out. She follows him one day and when …
12 Years a Slave [based on the memoir] by Solomon Northup dir. by Steve McQueen
In pre-Civil War New York Solomon Northup lives a good life with his family and two children. He is a free man, …
Black Swan dir. by Darren Aronofsky
Nina Sayers is a ballerina in the New York Ballet. She lives with her mother, and her whole live revolves around dancing. …
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [based on the book] by Ron Hansen dir. by Andrew Dominik
I loved this film. I loved everything about it. The acting was brilliant. The way the story unfolded. The narration. The casting. …
A Little Princess [based on the book] by Frances Hodgson Burnett dir. by Alfonso Cuarón
based on book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Sara Crewe lives a spoiled life in India with a devoted, doting father, until World War I intervenes, and he enlists, sending Sara off to boarding school in New York to keep her safe. There she must adjust, whereas before she had free rein to do as she pleased, now she must submit to rules and regulations that she doesn’t understand. And, most difficult for her, she must keep her imagination in check. But Sara isn’t a selfish, “poor little rich girl”, she is bright and kind, and soon makes friends with most of the other girls, from those in her class to the scullery maid. She is also the only one who can really get through to Lottie as they have both lost their mothers.
The Pursuit of Happyness dir. by Gabriele Muccino
At the start of the film Linda is pulling double shifts while Chris is out selling bone density machines, struggling to make …
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) dir. by Christian Carion
Before the opening credits rolled on this film I had been thinking that I really wasn’t in th emood for seeing a …
Corpse Bride dir. by Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
Poor old Victor just can’t get his through his wedding rehearsal, can’t remember his lines, bumps into things, sets the bride’s mother …
Pride and Prejudice [based on book] by Jane Austen dir. by Joe Wright
Sometimes directors really make you think, make you stop and consider their work, make you want to never ever see anything in …