Cinema Therapy Review

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Philomena

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When former journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena Lee (Judy Dench), who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate […]

2013 Top 10 Cinema Therapy Films

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1. Her – Her is an unusual movie with some interesting observations about the way in which people are becoming more reliant on technology. It’s set in Los Angeles in the not too distant future, and tells the story of Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix). Unfortunately, Theodore’s own relationship is failing and he is soon to […]

Donnie Darko

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This unclassifiable but stunningly original film obliterates the walls between teen comedy, science fiction, family drama, horror, and cultural satire–and remains wildly entertaining throughout. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Donnie, a borderline-schizophrenic adolescent for whom there is no difference between the signs and wonders of reality (a plane crash that devastates his house) and hallucination (a […]

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Revered filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton […]