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Help us select excellent films to  present on campus.  Which ones do you think would be good?

*THE BABADOOK* (2014)

* INSIDE OUT * (2015) – Where do feelings come from?  One of those movies  for kids and grown ups

*THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (2014)  – This 10th century story, told with hand-drawn animations, is about a tiny princess who grows from a bamboo stalk.  It has thoughtful messages about love, encouragement, and freedom. Watch the preview below.

*GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY* (2015)

*SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE*

*BIG HERO 6*

 

* MISS POTTER *
She saw the world differently – based on the real person

* OLIVER TWIST *

* SAVING MR. BANKS (2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kYmrjongg
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson — This movie is about the making of the famous Disney film, “Mary Poppins”

 *MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT*

*CORALINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0

 

* SAVING MR. BANKS (2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kYmrjongg
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson — This movie is about the making of the famous Disney film, “Mary Poppins”

** UNBROKEN ** (2015) – based on a true story of an athlete caught in a war – directed by Angelina Jolie. PG-13 for some violence

Which are the The Best Scary Movies???

* GHOSTBUSTERS – a legend with legends – with Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntAEVjPBzQ

*THE VILLAGE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_B_ukrGKo

* BEETLEJUICE *  (1995, 92 minutes) – classic – horrific – funny! With Michael Keaton , Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyoe_THZn8

* THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS  (Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, based on a true story)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncG6epwTlEE

*THE SIXTH SENSE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG9AGf66tXM

*THE WOMAN IN BLACK  – with Daniel Radcliffe and Ciarán Hinds . https://www.google.ae/#q=The+Woman+in+Black

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* I AM ELEVEN * (releasing November 2014)

* SPELLBOUND * (2002)

*SELMA*  (Available sometime in 2015)

* STILL ALICE * (2014)

2014 Academy Award winner: Best Actress – Julianne Moore

* THE SOLOIST*

* INTO THE WILD *

* 127 HOURS *

* TAKEN 3 * (2015)

*BIG EYES*  (Available sometime in 2015)

* HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON *

* Marvel’s THE AVENGERS*

(2012, 143 minutes)

*UNSTOPPABLE* — with the inimitable DENZEL WASHINGTON

*BOURNE ULTIMATUM*

* MEN IN BLACK * 

(The first and best!  1997 original with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones)

* ALL IS LOST * (2013, 106 min.)

* THE CROODS * (2013)

*STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS* (2013, 134 minutes)

* EARTH *
One year in the life of the creatures who share our planet.

* WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE *
(2009, PG, 101 minutes)

* BAB’AZIZ – THE PRINCE WHO CONTEMPLATED HIS SOUL *
(2006, 96 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYjenA3VFg

* THE ENGLISH SHEIKH AND THE YEMENI GENTLEMAN *
(2000, 76 min) In English and Arabic with English subtitles
Short clip: http://www.arabfilm.com/item/61/
Long clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCvm0vgg_sY

* THE FIRST GRADER *
(2010, 110 min) Kenya – biographical Drama, based on a true story

* JANE EYRE *
1996 – With Charlotte Gainsbourg

* WALLACE AND GROMIT

* SAVING SARAH CAIN
– directed by Michael Landon – Amish culture clash

* BARFI *

*INKHEART

* SENSE AND SENSIBILITY *

*VANTAGE POINT

* THE TERMINAL

 

* MARY POPPINS (1964)

Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke – This movie is based on the beloved children’s books by P.L. Travers

* CHAMP OF THE CAMP

This creative documentary portrays the annual Bollywood singing competition held in the labor camps of Dubai. Told (and sung) entirely in the voices of the workers, the film is the first such project ever permitted.

* THE CHANGELING

*THE BOOK THIEF

*MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM

*MATILDA

*KUNG FU PANDA

* SECRETARIAT

* DREAMER