Movies I love that haven't gotten a lot of notice:
Dear Frankie, a bittersweet tale about a mother to tells her deaf son that his father is a merchant marine to explain his absence. The mother authors letters from his 'father' telling of his adventures at sea, but runs into a snag when the boy learns that the ship his father is supposedly sailing on is going to be docking at their town.
Millions A clever story of a motherless boy who finds a sack full of money. The money was supposed to be destroyed as the country converts to the Euro, and he must find a way to spend it all or convert it before the deadline without anyone finding out. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of secret you can keep, especially from the man who went to the trouble of stealing it in the first place.
Mary & Max is a claymation film in the style of Wallace and Gromit. It's a quirky tale of a lonely Austrailian girl who chooses a name from an American phone book at random, and strikes up a friendship via mail by sending a letter asking where babies come from in America. (They are found at the bottom of beer mugs where she is from.) Max Horowitz is a 47 year old severely obese man with Aspergers Syndrome and chronic anxiety issues. The unlikely friendship is strangely charming and engaging.
The Brothers Bloom is a strange movie about two brothers who live their lives as con men. The older brother convinces the younger to help him with one last job, conning an eccentric heiress and having an adventure that will take them all over the world. I enjoyed the diversity of the characters and the odd moments that seem to make no sense, but add to the overall experience.
I also want to recommend The Hunger Games books by Suzanne Rollins and and by Kristin Cashore.
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Dear Frankie, a bittersweet tale about a mother to tells her deaf son that his father is a merchant marine to explain his absence. The mother authors letters from his 'father' telling of his adventures at sea, but runs into a snag when the boy learns that the ship his father is supposedly sailing on is going to be docking at their town.
Millions A clever story of a motherless boy who finds a sack full of money. The money was supposed to be destroyed as the country converts to the Euro, and he must find a way to spend it all or convert it before the deadline without anyone finding out. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of secret you can keep, especially from the man who went to the trouble of stealing it in the first place.
Mary & Max is a claymation film in the style of Wallace and Gromit. It's a quirky tale of a lonely Austrailian girl who chooses a name from an American phone book at random, and strikes up a friendship via mail by sending a letter asking where babies come from in America. (They are found at the bottom of beer mugs where she is from.) Max Horowitz is a 47 year old severely obese man with Aspergers Syndrome and chronic anxiety issues. The unlikely friendship is strangely charming and engaging.
The Brothers Bloom is a strange movie about two brothers who live their lives as con men. The older brother convinces the younger to help him with one last job, conning an eccentric heiress and having an adventure that will take them all over the world. I enjoyed the diversity of the characters and the odd moments that seem to make no sense, but add to the overall experience.
I also want to recommend The Hunger Games books by Suzanne Rollins and and by Kristin Cashore.