Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions). There have been a number of movies have had characters who portrayed OCD. OCD is a potentially disabling illness that traps people in endless cycles […]
Archives for April 2005
Cinderella Man
James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) is an Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and an upset to his wife, Mae (Renée Zellweger): she cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his […]
Millions
Millions tells the story of 7-year-old Damian (Alex Etel), a devout Catholic school boy, whose family moves to the suburbs of Widnes after the death of his mother. Soon after the move, Damian’s hermitage in a cardboard box by the train tracks is disturbed by a bag of money flung from a passing train. Damian […]
Bipolar Disorder and Cinema Therapy
Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people go back and forth between periods of a very good or irritable mood and depression. The “mood swings” between mania and depression can be very quick. We all have our ups and downs, but with bipolar disorder, these peaks and valleys are more severe. Bipolar disorder (also […]