Movie Reviews

Today my roommates and I decided to do NOTHING. It was Fantastic. I slept in, cleaned our cabin, did my laundry and watched 4 movies; 2 of which were REALLY good and 2 that were not so good. The two that were good our worthy of the post and I wanted to get the titles out to you so you can rent them. They are so worth your time.


Disclaimer: Movies are listed in the order in which they were watched not in ranking order.

Nafas is a reporter who was born in Afghanistan, but fled with her family to Canada when she was a child. However, her sister wasn't so lucky; she lost her legs to a land mine while young, and when Nafas and her family left the country, her sister was accidentally left behind. Not the best movie in the world. There are a few things that I took away from this film, but I would not recommend it.

A cheesy "Lifetime" movie about 2 bakers who fall in love while baking desserts for the Golden Whisk competition. NOT GOOD 1 star.

In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic priest Christopher and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor lodge two thousand and five hundred Rwandans refugees, under the protection of the Belgian UN force and under siege by Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they are murdered by the extremist militia. Written by Claudio Carvalho. Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) finds themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety. EXCELLENT! Must watch. Gave such a good depiction of war torn Africa as I know it. So much of it reminded me of Liberia. Be prepared to not be able to use the excuse of "I just didn't know that is going on"... anymore.

Another good one!!!!!

Admist the apparent growing prosperity of India, there is a dark underbelly of poverty of another side of the nation that is little known. This film is a chronicle of filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's efforts to show that world of Calcutta's red light district. To do that, they inspired a special group of children of the prostitutes of the area to photograph the most reluctant subjects of it. As the kids excel in their new found art, the filmmakers struggle to help them have a chance for a better life away from the miserable poverty that threatens to crush their dreams. Written by Kenneth Chisholm

My favorite line in the entire movie qutoed from a 12 year old.... even if I was poor I would still be happy. One has to accept life as being sad and painful. That is all.