Tagline: After that summer nothing would ever be the same. Based on the classic Michael Noonan novel, December Boys is the story of four orphan teenagers growing up behind the closed doors of a Catholic convent in outback Australia during the 1960s. As the boys watch younger kids get adopted by loving families, they begin…
Category: Period Films
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Tagline: Woman, Warrior, Queen. Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett returns to her star-making role from Working Title Films’ seven-time Oscar-nominated 1998 film Elizabeth. She is reunited with her collaborators from the worldwide crossover hit—Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush and Golden Globe- and BAFTA-nominated director Shekhar Kapur—in this gripping historical drama laced with treachery and romance:…
Golden Door (2007)
Tagline: A remarkable vision. A dream of a better life. A romance that would change their lives forever. “Golden Door,” a modern fable from director, Emanuele Crialese, captures the spirit of the immigrant experience as one family sheds the comfort of the Old World for the opportunities of the New – a risk that carries…
Goya’s Ghosts (2007)
Spain 1792 – the Catholic Church is at the height of its powers. The revolution has sent neighbouring France into turmoil and the Spanish church decides to restore order by bringing back the dreaded Inquisition. Spearheading this movement is the enigmatic and cunning priest Lorenzo, a man who seeks power above all. Lorenzo’s friend is…
Gracie (2007)
Tagline: The rules of the game are about to change. A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. Based on the real-life story of Elisabeth Shue when she was a girl. Set in 1978, Gracie is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes…
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Wiley College debate team was coached by the brilliant and passionate professor Melvin B. Tolson. It was Tolson’s recognition that the power of knowledge is the greatest advantage of all, which brought these students from underdogs to victors in a time when more than the odds were against them. Professor Tolson (Denzel Washington) carefully…