Chocolat – Self-Indulgent (Recommendation)

  Year: 20000 Director: Lasse Hallström Starring: Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Lena Olin, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Leslie Caron, Peter Stormare, Victoire Thivisol, John Wood, Hugh O'Conor, Aurelien Parent Koenig Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=692hOJq1KJE     Chocolat is a film about passion, desire, and indulgence. Set in a quiet town in rural France, we are...

The Danish Girl – Transformative (Recommendation)

Year: 2015 Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Rebecca Root, Pip Torrens, Henry Pettigrew Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d88APYIGkjk     The Oxford Dictionary describes the word transformative as “Causing a marked change in someone or something”, meaning that is can be applied to a multitude of situations....

Finding Nemo – Lost (Recommendation)

Year: 2003 Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Andrew Stanton, Alexander Gould, William Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Bob Peterson, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Geoffrey Rush, Barry Humphries, Vicki Lewis, Eric Bana, Joe Ranft Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNglLbt8     When you’re young, you don’t realise the impact films have on our social...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Chilly (Recommendation)

   Year: 2005 Director: Andrew Adamson Starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, James Cosmo, Rupert Everett, Dawn French, Kiran Shah Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKj41HZBzM   Currently, the United Kingdom is experiences a snow storm, aptly named the “Beast from the East”, due to it...

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...

Bend It Like Beckham – Goal-oriented (Recommendation)

  Year: 2002 Director: Gurinder Chadha Starring: ParminderNagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Archie Panjabi, Preeya Kalidas, Anupam Kher, Juliet Steveson, Frank Harper, Ameet Chana, Shazney Lewis, Nina Wadia Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLhahNBMXw0     In Bend It like Beckham, we’re are shown the world of female football through the eyes of two different cultures, the west...

Sliding Doors – Reflection (Recommendation)

Year: 1998 Director: Peter Howitt Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, Peter Howitt, Jeanne Tripplehorn, John Lynch, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran, Paul Brightwell Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkEX_EqBeq8     Do you ever find yourself looking back and wondering, what if? What if I’d gone travelling? What if I’d taken that job? We end up questioning, who and where...

Bridget Jones’s Diary – Frumpy (Recommendation)

Year: 2001 Director: Sharon Maguire Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Embeth Davidtz Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYPK3jPZkYI   Bridget Jones’s Diary was not only adapted from Helen Fielding’s book series, but slightly inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The films protagonist...

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...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – Escapism (Recommendation)

  Year: 2017 Director: Luc Besson Starring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Kris Wu, John Goodman, Herbie Hancock, Rutger Hauer, Elizabeth Debicki, Sam Spruell, Diva Cam, Alain Chabat Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNrK7xVG3PM   I have been watching Luc Besson since I was a child: The Fifth Element, Arthur and the Invisibles, Taxi, Léon:...