Movie Feel Good Review – Do you want to examine what’s really important in life and what is not. The Bee Season can get your wheels turning. Saul Naumann (Richard Gere) is a religion professor and a highly dedicated Kabbalah scholar. However, his wife and two children each seem to be going in their own [...] Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – Because of Winn Dixie (2005)
Movie Feel Good Review – This fun for the whole family, heartwarming movie is worthy of multiple viewings. Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – Good Night and Good Luck
Movie Feel Good Review – This true story of the battle between newsman Edward R. Murrow and Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy demonstrates the power of the spoken word. Rhetoric, the effective use of language to please or persuade is often use to distort the truth. Perhaps the truth is distorted for personal gain or to [...] Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – The Queen
Movie Feel Good Review – This movie was the winner of numerous awards, especially for the acting by Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. This film is centered around the events following the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997. The Princess’ death was followed by a worldwide outpouring of feelings of grief. Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – Kundun
Movie Feel Good Review – In Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece detailing the life of the Dalai Lama, four different actors portray the spiritual leader at various stages of his life. This epic begins with the discovery of a toddler who is regarded as a reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, the reincarnation of the Buddha of [...] Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – Come Early Morning
Movie Feel Good Review – In Come Early Morning, Ashley Judd plays Lucy, a lost 30 something lady whose life is defined by a series of one night stands. She never seems to learn a guy’s middle name. She doesn’t learn much more other than she wants to get out of a guy’s place early [...] Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – A Good Year
Movie Feel Good Review – In this engaging movie Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) is a ruthless stock trader driven by greed. His dishonesty comes second nature and permeates his entire being. Will he ever change his ways? Max is raised by his loving Uncle Henry at a beautiful winery in France. As a child, he [...] Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – Freedom Writers
Movie Feel Good Review – Freedom Writers is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is based on the true story of a 23 year old Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank), an idealistic high school teacher who insists on teaching a class at a gang infested high school in Long Beach, California. Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – The Man from Snowy River
Movie Feel Good Review – This 1982 film is one of my all time favorites. It demonstrates courage, integrity, ego interactions, romance, ability, determination, and the full range of human emotions. This is all painted on a backdrop of beautiful music and breathtaking mountains and trees. Read more »
Movie Feel Good Review – The World’s Fastest Indian
This feel good movie, The World’s Fastest Indian, provides a true example of someone who lived life in unconditional love. Anthony Hopkins’ character, Burt Munro, was indeed a character. He did oddball things that disturbed the peace, such as mowing his lawn by setting it on fire. Yet everyone loved him. Read more »