Raymond (Adam Milhander), a lifelong hopeless romantic, has spent the past four years ruminating over a failed relationship. His overwhelming grief leads him to frequent a local hot chicken wing joint, the site of his first date with Estelle (Emma Camille Ignacio). On an otherwise ordinary Friday afternoon, Raymond's unassuming visit takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Estelle. Faced with the gravity of the moment, he realizes that this may be his final chance to win back her heart.
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.
A consumed-by-rage woman travels from universe to universe to avenge the death of her daughter by brutally killing her murderer over and over again. And that's all that she does.
“Reboot” can be crass and has much room to improve, but with investments of time and care, could flower out of the seed of a vision.
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.
'Air' is a fun film about a company that put it all on the line for a 22 year old kid from North Carolina
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?
