Posts Tagged ‘self-discovery’

Color Purple, The (1985)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Glover, Danny | Goldberg, Whoopi | Avery, Margaret | Winfrey, Oprah | Pugh, Willard E. | Busia, Akosua | Jackson, Desreta | Caesar, Adolph | Chong, Rae Dawn | Ivey, Dana | Jackson, Leonard | Guillory, Bennet | Patton Jr., John | Anderson, Carl | Beaubian, Susan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900’s. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life…

Home Alone (1990)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Culkin, Macaulay | Pesci, Joe | Stern, Daniel | Heard, John | Blossom, Roberts | O'Hara, Catherine | Goethals, Angela | Ratray, Devin | Bamman, Gerry | Snell, Terrie | Wolf, Hillary | Hankin, Larry | Maronna, Michael C. | Minter, Kristin | Campeanu, Daiana
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Kevin McAllister, 8 years old is accidentally left behind while his family rushes to the Airport to go to France for their Christmas vacation. Kevin learns that he made his family is gone. He spends his first day having fun in his house. Kevin learns that Mav and Harry (The Wet Bandits), two crooks are trying to rob his house. Kevin fends for himself and protects his house from the thieves, by setting traps everywhere. Meanwhile, Kevin’s mother discovers that they left Kevin in Chicago and tries to go back to Chicago while the other members of the family stay in Fance.

Snow Cake (2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Rickman, Alan | Weaver, Sigourney | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Fox, David | Eastwood, Jayne | Hampshire, Emily | Allodi, James | Goltz, Johnny | Jones, Robert Smith | McKinney, Mark | Rennie, Callum Keith | Brown, Jackie | Cadell, Selina | Rorts, Nia | Stewart, Julie
Directors: Evans, Marc
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Alex Hughes, an ex-convict, is on a road trip to Winnipeg to see an old friend. Along the way, he meets the annoying, but vivacious, Vivienne Freeman who manages to bum a ride with him. Just as he begins to warm to this eccentric girl, Alex’s vehicle is in a serious automobile accident that kills Vivienne. After his meeting with the police, Alex decides to speak with Vivienne’s mother. Upon arrival at her home, Alex discovers that the mother, Linda, is a barely functional autistic who convinces him to stay long to take out the garbage the day after the funeral he agrees to arrange. In those few days, Alex discovers new friends and learns more about the uniqueness of Linda even as he struggles to come to terms with his own grief.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ledger, Heath | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Quaid, Randy | Hathaway, Anne | Williams, Michelle | Planche, Valerie | Beckel, Graham | Harbour, David | Mara, Kate | Maxwell, Roberta | McRobbie, Peter | Faris, Anna | Cardellini, Linda | Campbell, Scott Michael | Trimble, David
Directors: Lee, Ang
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A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond—by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: Japan
Actors: Baisho, Chieko | Kimura, Takuya | Miwa, Akihiro | Gashuin, Tatsuya | Kamiki, Ryûnosuke | Isaki, Mitsunori | Oizumi, Yo | Ôtsuka, Akio | Harada, Daijiro | Kato, Haruko | Simmons, Jean | Bale, Christian | Bacall, Lauren | Danner, Blythe | Mortimer, Emily
Directors: Miyazaki, Hayao
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Young Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, and turns into an old hag. Ashamed of how she looks, she flees into the hills where a moving castle roams the hills. It is said to belong to the young and handsome wizard Howl, who has a bad reputation. Within the castle, Sophie befriends the fire demon Calcifer, who promises to help her become young again. One catch: she must help Calcifer to be free of Howl, and Calcifer cannot tell her how. However, Sophie agrees to stay and try to find out about the contract through other ways. Still, Howl can see that Sophie is under a spell like Calcifer can, and he falls in love with her for who she is and not for what she looks like. Sophie manages to bring life to the moving castle, and she helps Howl to face his former tutor, Madam Suliman.

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bates, Kathy | Masterson, Mary Stuart | Parker, Mary-Louise | Tandy, Jessica | Tyson, Cicely | O'Donnell, Chris | Shaw, Stan | Sartain, Gailard | Scott, Timothy | Basaraba, Gary | Smith, Lois | Allen, Jo Harvey | McCalman, Macon | Riehle, Richard | Scheine, Raynor
Directors: Avnet, Jon
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Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920’s Alabama. Through Idgie’s inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.

My Girl 2 (1994)

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Aykroyd, Dan | Curtis, Jamie Lee | Chlumsky, Anna | O'Brien, Austin | Masur, Richard | Ebersole, Christine | Souther, J.D. | Ball, Angeline | Morris, Aubrey | Graham, Gerrit | Stein, Ben | Young, Keone | Jones, Anthony R. | Markell, Jodie | Beymer, Richard
Directors: Zieff, Howard
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Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother. Once in LA, she finds herself under the protection of Nick, the son of Phil’s girlfriend, who at first is very annoyed at losing his holidays to escort a hick *girl* around town. However, he soon becomes more involved in the difficult search.

Untamed Heart (1993)

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Tomei, Marisa | Perez, Rosie | Secor, Kyle | Garson, Willie | Cada, James | Groomes, Gary | Wilkens, Claudia | Clemons, Pat | Key, Lotis | Hart, Vanessa | Bartlett, Charley | Kartheiser, Vincent | Feder, Wendy | Marvy, Nancy
Directors: Bill, Tony
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All of Caroline’s boyfriends seem to leave her or cheat on her. On her way home from work two men try to rape Caroline. An introverted man from her work, Adam, rescues her. Adam is an orphan and he is told that he’s got a baboon’s heart. Adam opens up to Caroline and together they make sense. Adam and Caroline are very happy together but the rapists try to get back at Adam and not everyone accepts an outcast like Adam.

My Favorite Year (1982)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: O'Toole, Peter | Linn-Baker, Mark | Harper, Jessica | Bologna, Joseph | Macy, Bill | Kazan, Lainie | De Salvo, Anne | Hoffman, Basil | Jacobi, Lou | Green, Adolph | DiBenedetto, Tony | Wyner, George | Diamond, Selma | Mitchell, Cameron | Neumann, Jenny
Directors: Benjamin, Richard
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It’s 1950’s New York and the age of live television. Benjy Stone is a young writer on a major comedy-variety show. He is assigned to chaperon that week’s guest Alan Swann, a faded movie-star and renowned womanizer and drinker. Benjy’s job is to try and keep Swann sober and above all else, make sure he shows up for the live broadcast on Saturday evening. Benjy and Swann have a number of adventures throughout the week, including dinner with Benjy’s somewhat eccentric family. In the end, both learn lessons in life from the other.

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Black, Karen | Bush, Billy Green | Flagg, Fannie | Struthers, Sally | MacGuire, Marlena | Stahl, Richard | Smith, Lois | Kallianiotes, Helena | Basil, Toni | Thayer, Lorna | Anspach, Susan | Waite, Ralph | Challee, William | Ryan, John P.
Directors: Rafelson, Bob
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Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) comes from a well-bred family of musicians, and once showed great promise as a concert pianist. By nature a restless, angry individual, Bobby left his family and his music when he could no longer endure the dull, cloistered routine of daily practice. He took to the road, wanting to “see the world,” and hopefully find something or someone to quell his inner turmoil. He has settled in a small town as an oil rigger, where his life consists of going to work, arguing with his dimwitted but loving girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black), and bowling every night with his friend Elton (Billy “Green” Bush). Not surprisingly, this routine begins to disgust Bobby and, fed up, he decides to travel to Puget Sound, Washington to pay his family a visit. Leaving Rayette at a nearby motel, Bobby goes home and is reunited with his family.