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...

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...

In Her Shoes – Resentment (Recommendation)

Year: 2005 Director: Curtis Hanson Starring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Ken Howard, Brooke Smith, Candice Azzara, Richard Burgi Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24_e8YBhlH8    By definition, resentment means to respond bitterly to something, whether justified or not. Nonetheless, resentment can come in many forms and degrees of gravity. As a child can resent a parent for scolding them, a person is able to resent being...

Under the Tuscan Sun – Betrayed (Recommendation)

Year: 2003 Director: Audrey Wells Starring: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta, Pawel Szajda, Giulia Steigerwalt, Mario Monicelli, Kate Walsh, Claudia Gerini, Valentine Pelka, Sasa Vulicevic, David Sutsliffe, Roberto Nobile, Massimo Sarchielli, Anita Zagaria Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJGMZDY0-8   Betrayal is a horrible emotion, as it always comes from those we trust the most,...

Wonder Woman – Female Empowerment (Recommendation)

Year: 2017 Director: Patty Jenkins Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis, Ewen Said Taghmaoui, Doutzen Kroes, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Ann Wolfe, Eugene Brave Rock, Samantha Jo, Madeleine Vall Beijner, Emily Carey, Lilly Aspell, Mayling Ng, Ann Ogbomo, Martin Bishop, James Cosmo, Rainer Bock Trailer:...

Saving Mr. Banks – Cry (Recommendation)

Year: 2013 Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Ruth Wilson, Rachel Griffiths, Annie Rose Buckley, Kathy Baker, Melanie Paxson, Ronan Vibert, Andy McPhee Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kYmrjongg   Mary Poppins (1964) was a film that everyone quoted, and everyone loved. I remember arguing with...

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...