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...

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...

A Monster Calls – Grief (Recommendation)

Year: 2016 Director: J. A. Bayona Starring: Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin, James Melville, Jennifer Lim, Ben Moor, Lewis MacDougall, Max Gabbay, Dominic Boyle Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Xbo-irtBA   A Monster Calls (2016) follows Twelve year old Conor O’Malley (Lewis MacDougall), who is struggling with his mother’s battle with cancer, a vacant...

The Edge of Seventeen – Abandonment (Recommendation)

Year: 2016 Director: Kelly Fremon Craig Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto, Kyra Sedgwick, Alexander Calvert, Eric Keenleyside, Nesta Cooper, Lina Renna, Ava Grace Cooper Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw9hlZ2uiII Abandonment can come in many shapes and forms, and it is a major theme in The Edge of Seventeen. The film revolves...

Matilda – Shrove Tuesday (Recommendation)

Year: 1996 Director: Danny DeVito Starring: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Pam Ferris, Embeth Davidtz, Rhea Perlman, Jimmy Karz, Kiami Davael, Jacqueline Steiger, Paul Reubens, Brian Levinson, Tracey Walter Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC_YMvYZyI   Shrove Tuesday is traditionally a part of the Christian faith, bench-marking the month long fast commonly known as Lent. This is where people test...