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2015 - Certifi cate: 15. Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson & Finn Wittrock Audio Language: English; Subtitles: English; IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fi ght for his life


Unbroken


against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Louis (Jack O’Connell) grows up a rough-hewn kid on the verge of becoming a full-on delinquent, until his brother starts training him to be a track star. Louis excels at the sport, and eventually


represents America at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. During his training, he learns to become resilient and disciplined; his brother’s words of advice, “If you can take it, you can make it” push him to overcome any adversity.


He must live up to that adage under the most extreme circumstances after his plane is shot down during another bombing raid. He is stranded at sea for more than a month, only to be found by the Japanese and forced to endure constant physical abuse at the hands of sadistic prison-camp guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe, who wants to break Louis’ indomitable spirit.


2015 - Certifi cate: 15. Reese Witherspoon, Thomas Sadoski & Michiel Huisman Audio Language: English; Subtitles: English; IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 Adapted from Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir of the same name, director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild stars Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon as a self-destructive divorcée who seeks to conquer her demons by hiking 1100 miles across the Pacifi c Crest Trail. Cheryl was just 22-years-old when her mother Bobbi (Laura Dern) died of cancer in 1991. As children, Cheryl and her brother watched their mother endure intense suffering at the hands of their mentally and physically abusive father, and Bobbi was just getting her life together when she fell gravely ill. The loss was too much for Cheryl to take, and before long she sank so deeply into heroin addiction that it destroyed her marriage. Four years later, Cheryl has hit rock bottom. She knows that unless she makes a change, the future she had once hoped for will slip out of reach. Later, as Cheryl begins her arduous journey through the wilderness, those painful memories come fl ooding back as she encounters numerous dangers and disheartening setbacks. Meanwhile, the kindness of strangers helps her summon the courage and endurance she’ll need to stay the path.


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