Ekhi, a 10-year-old boy, heads out to play football with his friends, like every day. But this isn’t just any old day. The presence of a mysterious young girl will lead Ekhi along an unknown path that will change his life forever.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
It’s the most loving tribute to cinema and to Ingmar Bergman, set in world that feels so habitable that I felt like only re-watching this for eternity, because of how inviting it looks and feels.
A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.
The film may be a thriller, but I wasn’t thrilled by it. If anything, I was bored and annoyed.
The film is a documentary focusing on heavy metal in the late 80s and tackles topics like drug addiction, alcoholism, sex, masculinity, and of course, rock and roll. However, this didn’t feel like any documentary I’ve ever seen before.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
