When you make plans, you have to take into account the unexpected. Especially, when big money is at stake and the world, in general, doesn't want to cooperate with you. Or you're simply unlucky. Getting money from the ransom and arranging your wife's kidnapping might not be a piece of cake. The same goes with hiring a group of totally not like-minded people, renting a room in an old lady's house, which seems to be a perfect starting point, and planning a casino robbery. Even though on paper it looks like an easy way to become a millionaire, the consequences might be tragic. Or hilarious. Coen brothers' humor and two plans for a better future which for some end in a disaster. Enjoy.
It's difficult to follow your dreams. You devote hours of training and preparation without any guarantee that it will go according to plan and you'll be appreciated. You have to have luck. And you have to learn how to get up once you fall with a bang. That requires courage. A group of young people in a ruthless world, stuck in their everyday jobs dreaming of something bigger than just a paycheck. How to deal with failure and rejection? How to dream when you're a woman learning that men can destroy you with the power of their choices and you cannot get by on your own without love? How to accept that time can only work against you? Who can you trust and do you have everything that will guarantee success? A cult movie from the 80s and still an inspiration for many girls who count on their talents to make their dreams come true. Flashdance.
While the majority of writers dream about instant success and leaving the legacy along the lines of Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, or the financial paradise of J.K. Rowling or Stephen King, a lot will face the bitter pill of professional drawbacks. And if your literary career is dying a slow and unappreciated death, can you use your talents for a bit different craft? Yes, winning literary prizes is glorious, but when your rent is unpaid, your pet is sick, and you have literally no money, how can you truly get by another day? What if entering the path of crime was a temporary fix to your problems? Based on a true story, hilarious, and real - a struggle of a writer who found a peculiar literary vocation. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If there is someone you can associate with adventure, it's Indiana Jones. A scholar beloved by his students can also be the protagonist of a series of exciting films and a womanizer. And, as every complex character, he's bound to have some women issues and father and son issues to make him more of an ordinary human. Ordinary is not something he seeks, however. He is there for the unattainable - magic, legend, and power of religious artifacts. All the above are hidden, protected, and to reach them, you have to come up against some deadly challenges, fierce and dangerous competition, with a lot of stamina and self-wisdom involved. But is there a better adventure? At this point almost legendary, a series of entertaining and compelling films, and one lonely hero against the power of history: Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade, and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Enjoy.