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...

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...

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...

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...

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...