A League of Their Own
August 10th, 2010
The hit is about the all women baseball league that was cooked up as a publicity stunt for the men fighting in the Second World War. The story begins with two sisters who both joined the All American Pro Girls Baseball League. When only one was selected, she refused to join if her sister wasn’t allowed to join too. The league was allowed for all the men were away and there was not much happening back home in the name of the great sport. The movie is a concoction of an all star cast with Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan, an alcoholic and the worst coach on the league. The famous line was spoken by Hank’s character during a game when they were down he tells one of the girls, Evelyn in frustration after she starts crying her eyes out, “Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying, there’s no crying in Baseball!!!”. The cast is made up of Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell and many more memorable women.
Wall Street (1987)
April 10th, 2010
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One of the very few stories about the life of Wall Street traders where budding young hot-shot trader to be Charlie Sheen seeks to make a big name for himself and millionaires whom they worked for. The deceit and the amount of control they had over the lives of all Americans and in fact the people of this earth. Spoken by the power broker character Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), who earns his living by manipulating stocks in the interest of his company with the story was roughly pattered after the junk stocks and bonds trading spree of the 80′s which made much news and had many heads roll along with it. As it was being filmed, the working title was GREED and not Wall Street.
Sixth Sense (1999)
June 29th, 2009
The line, “I see dead people”, was spoken by a gifted young boy who sees dead people whom Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) a child psychologist is bent on saving from a killer whom the boy is a witness to. The line was spoken by the boy when he tells Malcolm of his problem and he says he’s a freak. The movie was intended by Shaylaman to be a cross of the Exorcist and Ordinary People, both stories of the extra-ordinary events of ghosts and other super-natural beings. Malcolm continues to help the boy through his illness as he fails to realize that he too is already dead and is same as the other ghosts the boy sees. In the end, he remembers the whole story of him being shot and killed by the man whom he is protecting the boy from.
The Classics
March 5th, 2009
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The classic movies of the many cowboy movies played by legendary actors like Clark Gable who spoke the ever loved quote, “Frankly My Dear, I don’t give a damn’” and Casablanca’s, “Here’s looking at you kid”. Many a film quotes became synonymous and great as the films themselves. Another legendary film, The Wizard of Oz had, “There�s no place like home.”
These quotes found a place in popular culture and became synonymous with love, hate and romance that the film showcased. The Godfather’s, “I’ll Make him an offer he can’t refuse”, became a gangster type lingo that remains to this day. All these films gave impacted and given us the beloved quotes we love to use in our own little ways to make us part of the nostalgia that was the golden years of the movie industry.
Finding Forrester
October 6th, 2008

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“The key to a woman is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time” from Finding Forrester.
Jamal Wallace is sent to an exclusive prep school in Manhattan. He got the chance to do so because he scored high in a state standardized exam and he is an exceptional basketball player. In his stay at the school, he found a friend in a reclusive person, a writer named William Forrester. Ultimately Forrester overcame his isolation from the society through the help of Jamal. And Jamal on the other hand got over his racial prejudices and was ableto pursue his true love, which is writing.
Message in a Bottle
September 29th, 2008

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Theresa Osborne: If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful.
Message in a Bottle
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore while she was jogging. Moved by the message written on the piece of paper, she uses all her resources including that of the Chicago paper, where she also works to find the author. When she finally tracks him down, the man turns out to be a shipbuilder, widowed early on their marriage, they felt something for each other. Slowly, they both grew deeper in love, but the man struggles to make peace with his past and move on with his life.
I have watched this film a few times, but it still makes me cry.
Disney vs. Pixar on Wall-E
August 16th, 2008

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The outline for Wall-E looks somewhat like this: “Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot that travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend.” The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the monotony of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humanity. When highly advanced search robot EVE makes friends with WALL-E and realizes the value of his remarkable discovery, she excitedly races back to let the humans know that there’s hope for their home planet after all. But after centuries alone in the world, WALL-E can’t stand the thought of losing the only friend he’s ever known, and eagerly follows her into the deepest reaches of space on the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, the friendly trash-collecting robot who has always known what he was made for gradually begins to understand what he was meant for.
This is the most excellent film of 2008 so far, and if Wall-E doesn’t get listed for Best Picture (not just the cheap cop-out Best Animated Picture) then I’m going to throw a total fit. This is a beautiful, smart, touching, hilarious and damn cute movie that I’m going to see at least 4 more times in the theatre. It is the best film Pixar has ever made in my opinion… and the most complete one too. I appreciated this movie.
The Terminal, 2004
August 1st, 2008
Viktor Navorski: I’ve been waiting my whole life.
A movie about a man who was able to leave his country just a few hours before it went into war. Lucky? Not really. He has been held in at a terminal in the United States, not able to go out of its doors. Stuck for days and days inside the terminal, it has become his home, and the people who work and “live” there have become his friends. Tom Hanks shows remarkable and excellent acting (as always) as he does a film with a somewhat, distinct similarity with Forrest Gump. The simple storyline and plot holds much deeper meaning and would definitely bring you to happy tears towards the end.
Forrest Gump, 1994
June 12th, 2008

FORREST: I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.
There are movies that we watch and never forget. This is one of those movies for me. It changes you and how you perceive things. In this simple line that Forrest uttered at the point wherein he professed his love to the girl he would later on marry, we see the simplicity and innocence of how life could be for some people. We see that no matter how natural and simple the ways of some people are, the true sincerity and honesty is what weighs so much more than anything else.
Forrest Gump teaches us to be more of our humble selves by his very convincing portrayal of a man who was able to make a good name for himself despite the fact that he was in a way, unlike the normal people his age. A movie that would drive you to tears, drive you to laughter and all other kinds of emotions, Forrest Gump is really one film one must have in his collection.
Jerry Maguire, 1996
May 25th, 2008
There is a sensitivity thing that some people have. I don’t have it. I don’t cry at movies, I don’t gush over babies, I don’t buy Christmas presents 5 months early, and I DON’T tell the guy who just ruined both our lives, ‘Oh, poor baby.’ But I do love you.
If you’re able to grab a copy of this film, you will see a catchy phrase out front – “Everybody loved him… everybody disappeared.” Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire, a sports agent whose so-called perfect world changes as he realizes he’d been doing things the wrong way. His philosophy changed, and so did everyone. Everyone who loved him left him. The very few who stuck with him (Renee Zellweger as Dorothy Boyd and Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Rod Tidwell) proved to be loyal and were Jerry’s saving grace. Jerry was able to stop doing what he’d always been doing and made a difference for himself and for the only athlete who stayed with him, Tidwell. A truly inspiring story, Jerry Maguire will captivate you and leave you talking about it for days.

