Michelle's Movie Page : May 2013

Here is a list of movies that your classmates and I recommend.

I will be adding more information and details as time allows.

When you click on the links, you will be sent to the Internet Movie Data Base ( IMBD)   where you can get a plot descriptions, information about the cast and director etc.. You can also watch movie trailers and previews to see if you would be interested in the movie.

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Award winners in the past year or two

The King's Speech

The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

Lincoln
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

Avatar (2009)
162 minues Action, Adventure, Fantasty. (2009)
A paralyzed U.S. Marine is sent to the moon Pandora on a unique mission Marine to destroy the inhabitants of the planet. However, he becomes torn between following orders and protecting the word and the people he now realizes are special.

Life is Beautiful
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.

The Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.

Black Swan
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Stand By Me
Four young friends set out on an adventure. Geordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern go looking for the missing body of a local teenager - found by a gang of older boys

Forrest Gump
A man with a low I.Q. has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes him. "Forrest Gump" is the story of a man who rose above his challenges, and who proved that determination, courage, and love are more important than ability.

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