The Phantom of the Opera – Jealous (Recommendation)

Year: 2004 Director: Joel Schumacher Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, Jennifer Ellison, Miranda Richardson, Ciarán Hinds, Simon Callow, Victor McGuire, Kevin McNally, James Fleet Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N91AL8sAh9o     The Phantom of the Opera is a musical adaptation of French author, Gaston Leroux’s novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra. The film is set...

The Truman Show – Materialistic (Recommendation)

Year: 1998 Director: Peter Weir Starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Natascha McElhone, Noah Emmerich, Holland Taylor, Peter Krause, Paul Giamatti, Drian Delate Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loTIzXAS7v4       Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is the unknowing star of the global phenomenon that is The Truman Show, a TV series that has followed him from the womb to present day,...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Laugh (Recommendation)

  Year: 2017 Director: James Gunn Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillian, Michael Rooker, Kurt Russell, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Laura Haddock Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv2ueYnKjg   Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the second film adaptation of the Marvel comic books of...

Rear Window – Arty (Recommendation)

Year: 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Wendell Corey, Georgine Darcy, Ross Bagdasarian Sr, Judith Evelyn, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Irene Winston, Havis Davenport Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m01YktiEZCw    Rear Window is a beautifully artistic, thoughtful, and inspiring piece of film, which is set entirely from the confines of protagonist,...

Moulin Rouge! – Singing (Recommendation)

Year: 2001 Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan Mcgregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Kylie Minogue, Jacek Koman, David Wenham, Caroline O'Connor Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEgAx80NC4   Baz Luhrmann is a director obsessed with the fantastical, musical, and beautiful. From Romeo+Juliet to The Great Gatsby, Luhrmann has incorporated the modern world into stories from or set...

Pay It Forward – Social Change (Recommendation)

  Year: 2000 Director: Mimi Leder Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Eugene Osment, Jon Bon Jovi, Jim Caviezel, Jay Mohr, Angie Dickinson, David Ramsey Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfW0wCV9iFI     Pay it Forward is an adaptation of Catherine Ryan Hyde’s novel of the same name, and revolves around a 7th grade class, who are...

Inside out – Sad (Recommendation)

  Year: 2015 Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Kyle Maclachlan, Kaitlyn Dias, Richard Kind, Diane Lane Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFv47QHWJU     Inside Out follows the Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), a popular pre-teen girl from Minnesota. Her world is shaken when her parents decide to move to...

The Terminal – Homesick (Recommendation)

Year: 2004 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanely Tucci, Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Chi McBride, Kumar Pallana, Barry Shabaka Henley Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ciByvddyHBs     The Terminal follows the determined story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) who becomes restricted to the JFK air lounge, when his Country enters into a civil war, making Victor...

Easy A – Judged (Recommendation)

  Year: 2010 Director: Will Gluck Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Aly Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Stanely Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNbPnqyvItk    When we meet someone for the first time, we can’t help but judge them on first impressions. We take in every detail and start to...

Her – Lonely (Recommendation)

Year: 2013 Director: Spike Jonze Starring: Spike Jonze, Scarlett Johansson, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Matt Letscher, Portia Doubleday, Bill Hader, Brian Cox Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4   Loneliness can come at any time, and it doesn’t mean you have to be alone. You can be in a room full...