John Q

Being a father means accepting the responsibility involved with parenthood. Men take their job of fatherhood as seriously as women do (when entering motherhood), and they thrive on it. It's what we have been put on this earth for. But while being a great Dad is important, each man must decide how to go about accomplishing that very important virtue. Some do better than others, some fail and even drop out of the challenge. Those who are courageous enough to stick around are rewarded by seeing their child grow up to be a responsible adult, and become a parent themselves. ourageous involves four fathers who happen to be police officers. Each in a different stage of fatherhood, he must decide how best to be a parent and he learns what it means to be a great father. Presented by the Sherwood Baptist Church, and done on a tiny budget (just over one million dollars), this film is spiritual and realistic. Starring Alex Kendrick (associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist), Ken Bevel (Marine Corps officer), Ben Davies, and Kevin Downes.

Inspired by California's Parent Trigger law in 2010, a Daniel Barnz's movie Won't Back Down is telling a story about two mothers, who are adamant in their decision to change things in downgrading school of their city. Their strong will and resoluteness to override the sequence of mediocre performance reports issued by the school year after year leads them to fierce battle with corruption and indolence prevailing behind the school officers and government officials. Two mothers, a bartender (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and a teacher Nona Alberts (Viola Davis) maybe belonging two different backgrounds, but they are very eager to fight the bureaucracy personalized in Principal Thompson and Teacher's Union President (portrayed by Holly Hunter, Grace Hanadarko from Saving Grace TV series). It seems like the mothers are going to lose everything in this unequal combat, however their good will to change things for better will bring them victory and safe education for their children, which deserve the best future.

Stream Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light on the Criterion Channel, a 118-minute drama about three women working in Mumbai.

"Trumbo" is a 2015 biographical drama film that tells the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and his struggles during the Hollywood blacklist era of the 1940s and 1950s. Trumbo was one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of writers and directors who were blacklisted by the film industry for their alleged communist sympathies. The film explores Trumbo's fight against the blacklist and his eventual triumph, as he wins two Academy Awards under pseudonyms.

"Wild" is a 2014 biographical adventure drama film that tells the story of Cheryl Strayed, a young woman who embarks on a solo hiking journey to heal from the emotional trauma of her past. The film explores themes of grief, self-discovery, and the power of nature. The film was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and stars Reese Witherspoon in the lead role.

Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu lead a true-story North Sea thriller about a diver stranded on the seabed when his lifeline fails. Streaming on Peacock.