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... Continue Reading →

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,... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

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