November Movie of the Month – Ghost Town (2008) PG-13 1 hour 42 min (Romantic Comedy/Drama/Fantasy) Director: David Koepp Stars: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni A light hearted romantic comedy/fantasy of how we need to step outside of our comfort zone often to grow our hearts and find the love we seek Watch this YouTube…
October Movie of the Month Contact (PG, 1997 ‧ Science fiction film/Drama film ‧ 2h 30m) Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey Deep in our heart of hearts, we all long for a sense of connection, love and unity within ourselves and with others. But our path to seek this may be different. Watch…
Black or White is a 2014 American drama directed and written by Mike Binder and stars Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle, Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr. A wonderful, touching movie centering around a custody battle of a young girl between her Caucasian grandfather (Kevin Costner) and her African-American grandmother (Octavia Spencer) and the healing power…
Patiala House A 2011 Indian/Hindi sports drama/comedy film directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia Available on Amazon, Google play, and YouTube with English subtitles A story about father-son forgiveness set against backdrop of classical Bollywood masala of song, dance and drama. Listen to YouTube…
May movie of the month: Finding Joe I recall the first time I heard about Joseph Campbell was in 1988. My mom introduced him to me via a PBS documentary of Bill Moyers interviewing Campbell in a 6-part series called the Power of Myth. I was a premed student struggling to stay afloat with the…