Ringo Expo '18: Peace of Mind at Forty Years Old 

This is a movie that combines a ghost story, revenge tale, and serial killer obsession into a cinematic experience that uses your fears against you.

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.

The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.

Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.

Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.

“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”