Think like a man

Think like a man is a romantic comedy film based on the book: “Act like a lady think like a man”. The book is about how women can accomplish what they want from men and also writes tips. At the begging all women bought this book and they follow the tips. After that, we saw four men who are friends. They were four different types of men, "the mamma’s boy", the "non- committer", "the dreamer" and "the player". One day when they were talking they understood that their girlfriends were following the tips of the book and then they bought the book and they could predict the behavior of their girlfriends. So they knew what their girlfriends wanted in each case. Men had the "game" until girls discovered that their boyfriends had the book and all their acts were “fail”. Then they quarrel and they divided. At the end they reunite.Although that film has the all the elements of a standard romantic comedy I think that is not the same with the other movies because of the nice plot and the cast. At this film also we saw Chris Brown as an actor. I recommend you to watch this film because it’s a great film especially for young people.

Philippos favourite film: "Green Street Hooligans"

  ‘Green Street Hooligans’ is a 2005 English drama/crime movie directed by Lexi Alexander. The story tells us about Matt Bucker (Elijah Wood), an American college student who was studying journalism in Harvard University. Unfortunately for him just two months before his graduation he gets expelled not by his fault but due to the fact that his roommate set him up.

Therefore, Matt decides to visit his sister (Claire Forlani) that lives with her British husband (Marc Warren) and their newborn child.

   When Matt finally does arrive in London, he goes out on a football-only night with his brother-in-law's brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam). As Shannon and Steve (Marc Warren) were having a romantic dinner all alone, Pete used to hang out with various friends who are called "the Green Street Elite" and are passionate fans of the West Ham United football club.   

  Without even noticing, Matt began entering the malicious world of English hooliganism. Despite that our main actor is about to learn things that any university could not teach as he now learns how to fight, self-esteem and mainly he learns how to support his friends often defying the horrific consequences.

  To sum up, I would strongly recommend this movie to my classmates as it can be a really touching and teaching movie even for people who don’t share a passion for football. Finally this is a movie that reveals us that love and brotherhood that cannot be achieved without frightful costs.

 sources: 1)picture:http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2386009344/tt0385002?ref_=tt_ov_i

               2)trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAe-1Lv1KYU

               3)details about the movie:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385002/

Memento (2000)

MEMENTO

 Andreas Moyseos

Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori".

Plot : The story follows Leonard who is an insurance investigator whose memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife's murder. His quality of life has been severely hampered after this event, and he can now only live a strange life by tattooing notes on himself and taking pictures of things with a Polaroid camera. The movie is told in forward flashes of events that are to come that compensate for his unreliable memory, during which he has links with various complex characters. Leonard wants revenge for his wife's murder, but, as numerous characters explain, there may be little point if he won't remember it in order to provide closure for him. The movie focuses between these future occurrences and a telephone conversation Leonard is having in his motel room in which he compares his current state to that of a client whose claim he once dealt with...
  The reason i chose this film is because it is a great film and put you in a situtation to think a lot. I am sure that people with taste in movies will be enjoy it.

Cast:
Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby
Carrie-Anne Moss as Natalie
Joe Pantoliano as Teddy (John Edward Gammell)
Mark Boone Junior as Burt
Russ Fega as Waiter
Jorja Fox as Leonard's Wife
Stephen Tobolowsky as Sammy (Samuel R. Jankis)
Harriet Sansom Harris as Mrs. Jankis
Thomas Lennon as Doctor
Callum Keith Rennie as Dodd
Kimberly Campbell as Blonde
Marianne Muellerleile as Tattooist
Larry Holden as Jimmy (James F. Grantz)

 Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_%28film%29

               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMBTMEgCSok

The pursuit of happyness

General informations:

žRelease date: December 15, 2006

žDirector: Gabriele Muccino

žCast: Chris Gardner – Will Smith

           Christopher – Jaden Smith

           Linda – Thandie Newton

           Alan Frakesh – Dan Castellaneta

           Jay Twistle – Brian Howe

Will Smith starts in this moving tale inspired by a true story. In 1981 San Fransisco, Chris Gardner invest his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he tries to demonstrate and sell to doctors. The investment proves to be a white elephant, which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda leaves him and moves to New York. Their son Christopher remains with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of his scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle, a manager of Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker. Concluding his internship, Chris is called into a meeting with his managers. His work had paid off and he is offered the position. ''This part can be called happiness.'' Fighting back tears, he rushes to his son's daycare, hugging him. The epilogue reveals

that Chris went on to form his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm. With self- confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstades to become a Wall Street legend..

Themes: Determination, Encouragement, Homelessness 

Determination: Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker- training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. Despite arriving there unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets and Chris didn't have enough time to make the appointment on time, Chris is offered the internship. Disadvantaged by this limited work hours, and knowing that maximizing his client contacts and profits is the only way to earn the one paid position that he and his 19 competitors and fighting for, Chris develops a number of ways to make phone sales calls more efficiently. He also reaches out to potential high value customers, defying protocol.

Encouragement:    

žDespite all the difficulties Chris Gardner faces, he always find the strength to encourage his son not to give up and believe in his dreams. After squashing his son's dream of becoming a pro basketball player, Chris realizes his error and then encourages his son to pursue any dream. 

 

Homelessness: Chris is further setback when his bank account is garnished by this IRS for unpaid income taxes and he and his young son are ericted. As a result, they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter primarily for single mothers and their children. The church's owner does not let him stay due to the fact that it is for women and children, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon on order to land a place to line.

 

Worth seeing:  

žYou have to see this film because it affects many aspects of today’ s society with the most important homelessness.

žThis film gives us many messages and convinces us that whoever tries really succeeds!

žWill Smith gives the most touching performance of his career.

 

Bibliography: http://inspiredground.blogspot.com/2010/08/pursuit-of-happyness-2006-struggling.html

Eleni's favourite film? Safe

Eleni's favourite film?

Safe

Plot:

Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops.  The Russian mob wanted to steal a safe, and they wanted that the girl be able to keep in her mind this code. 

Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail and now he wants to help her to take revenge. 

In the end the ex-cage fighter, named Luke Wright, managed to help her and since she had no parents he decided to adopt her and protect her forever.

Why I chose this film??

I have seen this film about a year ago and it was amazing!  I don't usually watch action films but this one was perfect.  The film's plot was very clever and not out of reality.

 I believe that the writer and director of the film, Boaz Yakin, made a good job.  Also I can't leave behind the mane actors Cathrene Chan, Chris Sarandon and of course Jason Statham and I want to congratulate them for their job.  

I chose this film because I think it is a very nice film, and those who like action should watch it. 


I recommend this film to my classmates because I think they would like it based on action, good plot and of course happy end! 

Watch the trailer:

Characters:

Director: Boaz Yakin

Writer: Boaz Yakin

Actors/actresses: Jason Statham, Cathrine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke,    
James Hong,   Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch, Igor Jijikine, David Kim,  Anson Mount

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_(2012_film)

                   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656190/

Step Up 4

My Favourite film: Step Up 4

 

Step up is an American dance film produced by Step Up director Jon M.Chu and directed by Scott Speer. The film features choreography by Jamal Sims, Christopher Scott, Chuck Maldonado and Travis Wall. The production design was created by Carlos A. Menendez. 

PLOT

Emily, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with the ambition to become a professional dancer. Falls in love with Sean, a young man who is the leader of a modern dance group makes unexpected happenings. The group called MOB and trying to win a dance contest to find a sponsor, but soon Emily's father threatens to buy the historic neighborhood of MFA to expropriate, driving thousands of people from their area. Emily along with Sean and the MOB should unite so that the dance performances to make moves protests, otherwise they risk losing their dream: to fight for a higher purpose.

 The character of the film

• Katharine McCormick was born in Georgia. Her mother is a dance teacher and her father a professional golfer. At the age of 11 years to win competitions tap and jazz dance, and at 19 she moved to Los Angeles, having already turned to classical dance. After many unsuccessful auditions, she was accepted to the program "So You Think You Can Dance", which won the Top Girl Dancer Award. This is the cinematic debut.
•  Ryan Guzman grew up in Sacramento, California. At age 7 began to show a keen interest in the martial arts, and at 10 he had already earned his first black belt in tae kwon-do-. He was involved in the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and fastball. After an accident turned to modeling, and starred in campaigns for brands such as Reebok and Abercrombie & Fitch. This is the first film.

 
Bibliography:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_Up_Revolution

Why i chose this film? 

•   I chose this film because it's a film where all ages can watch it. Can dance and have fun when they see it.

Antri Moulazimi