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The Kite Runner
Based on the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER is set in 20th-century Afghanistan where Amir and Hassan are young boys living in Kabul. They make an excellent team in kite competitions, with Hassan having a gift for running down kites, but after one contest, he is bullied by Assef as Amir watches from a distance without helping his friend. As the Russians and then the Taliban take over Afghanistan, Amir and his father escape to America. Even in later years, Amir is haunted by his cowardice and can’t turn down an opportunity to return to Afghanistan and “make things right again” only to find that the Kabul he once knew as a boy has been turned into a hellhole full of death and misery through years of civil war and the Russian invasion. The movie is an emotional rollercoaster but struggles to do the original book justice.
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, King of England (Patrick McGoohan), has captured Scotland’s throne and threatens the freedom of all Scottish people, as tyrannical policies instituted by the English plague the Scots. Initially, Wallace is content to stand by the wayside, yearning for the simple life of building a home and raising a family.However, when the woman he loves (Catherine McCormack) suffers a cruel fate at the hands of English soldiers,
A family faces the consequences of chasing the American dream in this independent drama. Elaine Cheng is an Asian-American single mother who has recently moved to Boston with her two kids, Raymond and Tina. Elaine’s financial situation is precarious,
Schindler’s List (1993) is Steven Spielberg’s unexpected award-winning masterpiece - a profoundly shocking, unsparing, fact-based, three-hour long epic of the nightmarish Holocaust. Its documentary authenticity vividly re-creates a dark, frightening period during World War II, when Jews in Nazi-occupied Krakow were first dispossessed of their businesses and homes, then placed in ghettos and forced labor camps in Plaszow, and finally resettled in concentration camps for execution. The violence and brutality of their treatment in a series of matter-of-fact incidents is indelibly and brilliantly orchestrated.
Tarek (Shredi Jabarin) is an Arab man in his early twenties who volunteers to be a suicide bomber and travels from Tulkarem to Tel Aviv, planning to explode himself in the Carmel Market. However, Tarek’s bomb turns out to be a dud, and he’s left stranded with nowhere to go.
Follow benevolent adventurer Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) as he sets out on a journey across America on a mission to win back his one true love. As his journey commences, Khan inspires optimism and joy in the hearts of the people he encounters by spreading of messages of goodwill wherever he roams.