Quote of the day :

"..But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.." (Miep Gies - Freedom Writers)

The Bucket List

What will You do if You know that your life is no longer? These two old-men have their own way to spend the rest of their lives.

Into the Wild

Story about Christopher McCandless, a college graduate from Emory University, rejects a materialist and conventional life. He destroys all of his credit cards and identification documents, donates nearly his entire savings of $24,000 to Oxfam.

Patch Adams

It tells the true life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander.

Fireproof

40 days struggle to become a better husband and make his wife love him again when their marriage was almost over

127 Hours

Tell about mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah in April 2003. His desire to stay alive, make him do everything possible to release him.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

I am Sam (2001)

Director: Jessie Nelson. 
Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning.

I Am Sam is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with a developmental disability, Dakota Fanning as his inquisitive seven-year-old daughter, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his lawyer. Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff and Laura Dern appear in supporting roles.



Pay it Forward (2000)

Director: Mimi Leder. 
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment.


"Just imagine, You do a favour that really helps someone and tell her or him NOT to pay it back, but to pay it forward to THREE other people who in turn each pay it forward to three more"








Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe
Director: Gabriele Muccino
     


     If someone you know is struggling with unemployment this is an amazing film to rent for them.  


     Based upon the true story of a genius, Chris Gardner who finds himself a single dad, homeless and without a job, basically as far down as a person can get in American society.  Living on the streets, he ultimately gets back on his feet and climbs to the top of the heap as owner of his own firm in 1980s San Francisco.  Smith's own son plays his son in this film. The scene where father and son have to sleep in a public bathroom is one of the all time most memorably haunting scenes in cinema history. 

Friday, March 18, 2011

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy
Director:
Stephen Herek 

    This is a story for anyone who has had to postpone their dreams because life gets in the way.  Glenn Holland is a music teacher frustrated by his lot in life with dreams of becoming a composer but his wife's pregnancy forces him to give up the dream and become a teacher at the local high school.  Add to this, his son is born deaf and Holland feels he has nothing in common with his child.  The ending of the movie is a testament to the power of pursuing your dreams and the bond that can develop even within adversity between a father and son.   You'll cheer, you'll cry and you'll beg for more.