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...

About a Boy – Parental (Recommendation)

Year: 2002 Directors: Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Augustus Prew, Isabel Brook, Nicholas Hutchison, Peter McNicholl Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-apwoGTpi7E     About a Boy is a film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name, which is highly reflected in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pride and Prejudice – Tranquillity (Recommendation)

Year: 2004 Director: Joe Wright Starring: Kiera Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Brenda Blethyn, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Donald Sutherland, Simon Woods, Rupert Friend, Jena Malone, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=7s&v=1dYv5u6v55Y     Everyone has a go-to film they pop on when needing comfort, and mine is Joe Wright’s adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride...

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...