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  • Eat Pray Love Film

    Movie: Eat Pray Love

    By: Cece Hymes

    This movie came out back in 2010. I am just now watching it and it was good. I love Julie Roberts. She is a great actor. This film was about a lady named Liz that thought she had everything she ever wanted in life, a home, a husband, a great career. She finds herself not happy. She wants to find out what is important to her and what makes her happy. She gets divorced and then goes to travel to different countries to figure out life.

    Liz travels to Italy, India and Bali and learns things on her journey. She meets new friends, learns to meditate and finds she loves to eat. She still has feelings and can’t seem to get over the pain of leaving her husband. She also helps people on her journey. She makes others happy while trying to figure out what makes her happy. She steps out of her comfort zone and tries new foods, studies a new language and reads and learns new cultures.

    I would love to travel to different places and to learn how other cultures live and see things. I started a new journey of mine to educate myself more on the world and what is right where I am. I want to travel to 50 states and different countries and at least do 3 to 5 things in each state.

    Watching this movie inspired me to continue my journey and not give up. To learn and listen. To meet new people and meditate. Also, on her journey she opens up again to date. She was scared to open her heart because she gets in deep when she is in a relationship and thinks she will lose herself. Sometimes people can forget who they are when they get involved with someone. Nothing like giving it a try you never know what it will bring.

    Great movie on Netflix if you watched it let me know what you think. If you haven’t, check it out. It is based on a true story of Elizabeth Gilbert’s personal experience.

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  • True Spirit Film on Netflix

    Movie: True Spirit

    By: Cece Hymes

    This movie was about a teenager who plans to become the youngest sailor to travel the world alone. She has been traveling with her family all her life, so she thinks she is prepared for it. She has a mentor that guides her since she was a little girl and they practically become best friends. Her parents are scared but at the same time want her to follow her dreams. Her family is her biggest supporter and helps her prepare for her journey.

    Her mentor gets a team together to build her boat and make sure it is good. She will travel around the sea and back home. She didn’t think about how lonely it would be out there by herself, the food lasting, or not being able to move if there’s no wind.

    She goes through this journey and is able to call home and she blogs to keep the world informed of her mission and what is going on with her. She goes through a depressing point, and she really misses her family.

    It’s times out there on the sea where she is scared and goes through challenges. She sticks it out because she has no choice, thankfully she has her family to be a supporter and talk to her with guidance and support.

    Can you picture a 16-year-old all alone on the water and a female. The emotions that she has to go through. Not knowing if she is going to make it back home, not knowing how big the storms are going to be. This movie is also based on the true story of Jessica Watson. She had to overcome her greatest fear.

    If you haven’t checked out the movie check it out and let me know what you think. I loved it. I got inspired by it and also emotional. You can catch it on Netflix.

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  • WAKE UP,” AN ALARMING THRILLER SHATTERS A DARKNESS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

    “WAKE UP,” AN ALARMING THRILLER SHATTERS A DARKNESS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

    LOS ANGELES, CA (November 29, 2022) – A suburban community is shaken when a pair of teenagers mysteriously disappear, uncovering a darkness hiding in plain sight in the new suspense thriller WAKE UP.  Writer-director Janet Craig and producer Kirsten Wise teamed up on their film debut, exposing a horrific tale. 

    Newcomer actor O’Shay Neal gives a riveting performance, dubbed Best Dramatic Performance by the Sunscreen Film Festival West. Filmed in Southern California, the diverse cast includes veteran actress and director Janet Craig (Butterfly Caught), Issac C. Singleton, Jr. (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), Chasnie Houston (Double Cross), Judson Mills (Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire), David Gridley (Lady Driver); to name a few.  

    “WAKE UP is one of the most powerful and important films of the year! Via true stories, writer/director Janet Craig successfully pulls back the murky curtain behind the utterly disturbing human-trafficking ecosystem. Everyone needs to see it,” states writer and producer Landon Johnson.

    The daunting message surrounding WAKE UP is already buzzing amongst audiences, achieving “Most Impactful Film” by Sedona International Film Festival, and “Best Feature Film” with a standing ovation at the 2021 Sunscreen Film Festival West.

    Rachel C. Thomas, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking appointed in 2020, also makes a gripping cameo finale you don’t want to miss!

    ABOUT WAKE UP – A JANET CRAIG FILM: 

    A suburban community is shaken when a pair of teenagers mysteriously disappear, uncovering a darkness hiding in plain sight. Tension builds, lives intersect as the community races against time to save their youth in this suspense thriller inspired by true events.

    Visit www.OfficialWakeUpMovie.com to learn more!

     

     

  • The Best of Me Movie

    Movie: The Best of Me

    By: Cece Hymes

    I love a good book or movie about love. Everyone wants love but to have your best friend and be in love with them is a different kind of love. My motto is that your best friend is your soulmate. This movie was a good movie, it was emotional but good.

    It was about Amanda and Dawson. They went to high school together. Dawson lived with his dad, which the dad didn’t care much about him. He would beat Dawson and didn’t want him going to school. Amanda saw a lot in Dawson and did things to get his attention because she liked him. Dawson runs away and ends up sleeping in a garage where Turk stayed. Turk is an older man that lives alone. His wife passed away and Dawson ended up becoming the son he never had.

    Dawson and Amanda fall in love and become the best of friends. She pushed him onto so many levels. No amount of money or anything can keep them apart until something bad happens. Dawson had to go away for 8 years in prison. He didn’t want Amanda to put her life on hold for him. He wanted her to live her life and not wait on him. He cuts off all visitation with her that breaks both of their hearts.

    21 years have passed, and Turk passed away. He leaves everything to Amanda and Dawson. They hadn’t seen each other for 21 years. Amanda has had 2 kids and gotten married. When Amanda and Dawson have to pack up Turk house, old sparks come back. They never stop loving each other. They were each other’s soulmates and best friends. The type of love they had is hard to find. When they rekindle it’s like it may be too late. She hasn’t been this happy in a long time. When you find someone like that it’s hard to find again. We as people end up settling in a relationship for years with a person we love but not a person we are in love with. You never forget your first love.

    I hate that kids must go through a lot of pain with their parents. Some parents do not deserve to be parents. I don’t want to give the whole movie away, but it is emotional and good. If you like love movies like me. Make sure to watch this on Netflix. Tell me what you think of the movie.

    Comment your thoughts below. What are some good Movies to watch

  • From Scratch

    Tv Series: From Scratch

    By: Cece Hymes

    I usually don’t like watching series, but everyone was talking about this T.V. series, and I love a good love story. When I saw this, it made me so emotional. It’s about an artist that finds romance with a chef in Italy. When it’s time to go back home she brings him back also. He finds that the U.S. is different and it’s very hard for me. Her family treats him badly and was very rude at the beginning. They learn to go through the struggle but to do it together. The love that they have for one another is real. She works hard and he does also. They are finally able to buy a house.

    His family disowns him, but he misses his family, but he sneaks to keep in touch with his sister and mom when the dad is not around. He wants to change this restaurant round and do things like they do in Italy because he knows the food is bad, they’re at the moment. They go through so much, but they always figure out life together.

    He gets sick and he has to go through the cancer spreading. He beats it the first time around, but he still has to check it every year. They decide to adopt to have a family and it’s hard. He stays home while she works, and she feels like she doesn’t get enough time with the family. Then after years he gets sick again.

    When I watched this series, each episode taught me what real love is. It showed me that times get hard, and you have to be able to communicate with your partner. I always say your soulmate is your best friend. This movie shows what couples go through.

    Make sure to check out the T.V. Series and tell me what you think. I want to read the book now. Usually, the book is always better than the movie.

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

    Movie: Where the Crawdads Sing

    Director: Olivia Newman

    By: Cece Hymes

    I had a chance to watch this movie over the weekend. I read the book a while back and the book was great. The movie was also good. It’s about an abandoned girl named Kya who was left by her parents at a young age. She had to figure out how to survive without social services taking her. She always thought her mom would come back for her, so she stayed in the house. She learned how to make her own food, how to make some money, she had two people that donated clothes and shoes to her. Everyone around town thought she was nasty and creepy. She opened herself up to this guy and they became best friends. He teaches her how to read and write. Once she learned to read, he brought her different books all the time and she started writing about nature. She loved birds, feathers, and shells.

    When her best friend tells her he is leaving to go to college she is sad because that’s her only friend. He promised to come back in July and never showed up. She is heartbroken and thinks that everyone leaves her. She meets this other guy. She didn’t love him like her best friend, but she did like to have some company rather than being lonely. One day she was in town, and she ran into him. Come to find out he is engaged to someone else. She tries to stay far away from him, but he just keeps bothering her.

    Her books that she has written get published and she has to go out of town to meet the publishers. They found out that the guy she used to talk to is dead and they blame Kya even though they have no evidence. The whole town always thought bad things about her. She has this lawyer that always thought she was a sweet young lady and he decided to be her lawyer to prove she is innocent.

    Now you have to watch the movie or read the book to see what happens. Could you imagine having to raise yourself from being young to being an adult with no one around to show you how to live close to the swamps and woods. I was very proud of the woman she was or became. I guess at some point in life we all have to teach each other how to survive and grow up. Our parents don’t teach us everything. We just figure out life.

     

    Check out the movie and book and let me know what you think.