To Be and To Have(2002)Plot Summary–A documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.Ryan T. thoughts:–“This is an amazing movie….the teacher, Mr. Lopez, is awesome and my p...
A film that I don’t think I fully appreciated until I got a little older (and much wiser), this revenge tale is centered around a troubled teacher (Tim Matheson) who is haunted by a gang of greasers who killed his brother and were obliterated in the attack as well, some 27 years ...
After reviewing this movie I knew I had to obtain a copy for my students.This movie was filmed in my hometown of Gastonia, NC. My grandmother went to the old Central High (Washington High) in the movie and my 7 grade history teacher and her husband own the yellow house that the ...
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is a documentary about a troubled poet-author-singer-songwriter and the woman he always loved. We see the Greek island-paradise where they met in 1960 and indulged in free-love and psychedelic-drugs. We learn of his insecurities and depression -- and his ...
but inside, he’s unhappy about being separated from his parents, when an art teacher named Ram Shankar Nikumbh comes into his life. Different from the rigid teachers we have seen in the past, Ram Shankar Nikumbh advocates that students should retain their own personality and ideas and develop...
The 4th Dimension (2006) IMDB *** Excellent, strange movie about Jack, who is trying to fix time. A few equations, and Einstein makes an appearance. A classroom scene with Jack daydreaming in a geometry lesson. The teacher confronts him and asks him what is the shortest distance between ...
Critics Consensus: Overflowing with ideas as it moves across genres, The Five Devils uses intoxicating magical realism to explore a family's troubled past. Synopsis: Eight-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother... ...
Training “Kes” leads Billy to make some changes. Small ones, but definite ones – he doesn’t give up the petty theft, but now he steals things like meat for Kes instead of candy. He’s still a shaky student, but a kind teacher, Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland), notices Billy’s new...
Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics. But when a jealous student exposes Kevin's double life, his two worlds collide, threatening his...
When a troubled teen from Cleveland experiences bullying in Cocoa Beach, he soon learns Martial Arts to gain confidence and self-defense skills. Five Superfighters (1979) Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself "a corrector...