Just a World Away

Favorite Movie of the Week Whale Rider (2002) Twelve year old Māori girl Paikea comes from a long line of chiefs and has the ambition to become chief herself. Her…

Favorite Movie of the Week Mud (2012) Ellis and Neckbone are two friends growing up on the banks of the Mississppi in Arkansas. One day, they sneak off to visit…

Favorite Movie of the Week Australia (2008) Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English aristocrat, arrives in Australia to encourage her husband to sell Faraway Downs, their cattle ranch, and…

Favorite Movie of the Week The Fall (2006) In a 1920s Los Angeles hospital, injured stuntman Roy Walker and Alexandria, a five year old girl with a broken arm, strike…

Favorite Movie of the Week The Sound of Music (1965) I’m not sure how I’d never seen The Sound of Music, I’ve known songs from it ever since I can…

Favorite Movie of the Week Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) I’ve seen all of John Hughes’ teen movies that’s he’s famous for (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller’s Day…

Favorite Movie of the Week Ride with the Devil (1999) Another Ang Lee movie that I had never really heard of! And one of my favorite genres too – a…

Favorite Movie of the Week The Quick and the Dead (1995) I love Westerns and I didn’t realize that a Western with a female gunfighter protagonist was missing from my…

Favorite Movie of the Week The Hunt for Red October (1990) I always feel a little bad when I pick a movie that I’ve already seen as my favorite movie…

Favorite Movie of the Week Diner (1982) Diner follows a group of five friends in their early twenties as they struggle with the transition into adulthood. It is set in…