The Tree of Life

On the anniversary of his younger brother’s death, Jack O’Brien (Sean Penn) reflects on his childhood in 1950s Texas. His gentle mother (Jessica Chastain) taught him wonder and kindness, while… Read More

Where the Red Fern Grows

In contrast to last week’s film, this week’s film offers a story with a slower and gentler pace… In 1930s rural Oklahoma, young Billy Coleman dreams of owning a pair… Read More

The Miracle Worker

After a severe illness at the age of one leaves her both blind and deaf, Helen Keller grows up unable to communicate and is easily frustrated. Having become a wild… Read More

Three Wishes

In a quiet 1950s American suburb, Jeanne Holman is doing her best to hold her family together after her husband is presumed dead in the Korean War. When she accidentally… Read More

Swallows and Amazons

It’s 1935, and the four Walker children are thrilled when their mother gives them permission to set out on a little adventure and sail their small boat to a tiny… Read More

Arthur the King

Due to strong language and some intense drama, this week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) is an experienced racer longing to finally win a… Read More

August Rush

Here’s a film appropriately titled for the beginning of August… Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) is a young orphan who hears music in the sounds all around him, from the wind… Read More

Field of Dreams

Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is an Iowa farmer who, walking through his cornfields one evening, hears a mysterious voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come.” Despite the strangeness… Read More

Shiloh

When eleven year old Marty discovers a young runaway beagle that has clearly been mistreated by its owner, he quickly falls in love with the dog, whom he names Shiloh,… Read More

Wonderstruck

It’s 1977, and the young boy Ben knows nothing about his father. After his mother dies and an accident renders him deaf, he runs away from home in search of… Read More

Revolution

With America’s 250th Independence Day less than a week away, this week’s film takes us back to the war that made the celebration possible in the first place.  In 1776,… Read More