email me by next Thursday (May 22) if you want any of these.
i've separated the titles into 2 blog posts so that the post isn't insanely long. this blog post will deal with the north american titles listed in no particular order.
1. The Motel (2007)
www.themotel-film.com
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean American man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood. --The Motel website
The Ice Storm at Wikipedia
Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While the Watergate hearings blast from the TV, the wayward Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentments, sexual experimentation, and cultural confusion. With crystalline clarity, characteristic subtlety, and even a dose of wicked humor, Academy Award–winning director Ang Lee adapts Rick Moody's acclaimed novel of American malaise into a trenchant, tragic portrait of lost souls. Featuring a tremendous cast of established actors (Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver) and up-and-coming stars (Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes), The Ice Storm is one of the finest films of the nineties. --Criterion.com
This is on my list of perfect films. --china lily
3. Thelma & Louise (Special Edition, 2003)
Thelma & Louise on IMDB
I think we all know what this movie is about. --china lily
4. Dummy (2004)
Dummy on IMDB
Steven, a socially inept young man who struggles to express his feelings, learns to communicate with the world through art of ventriloquism. --Amazon.com
5. Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Where the Truth Lies website
A female journalist tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup years earlier of a celebrated comedy team after the duo found a girl dead in their hotel room. Though both had airtight alibis and neither was accused the incident put an end to their act. -- from the DVD
6. Imaginary Heroes (2005)
Imaginary Heroes website
Imaginary Heroes is a look at one long year in the lives of an ostensibly typical, upper-middle-class suburban family. It tells a tale of a family in crisis with wit, warmth and a very contemporary sardonic spin. --Sony Pictures Classic
7. the Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Film trailer
Will Smith stars in this moving tale inspired by the true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith). When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out. Chris is left to raise Christopher on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the streets, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self-confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend. --DVD
8. Shipping News (2002)
Shipping News on IMDB
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. --IMDB
A star-studded cast: Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, and Judy Dench. --china lily
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