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Little Women (2019) Review – Four Sisters, Four Different Dreams

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  Four young women walk together into a glowing horizon between autumn and winter. πŸŽ₯ Film Overview Detail Information Title Little Women Director / Screenplay Greta Gerwig Based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868) Genre Drama, Period, Coming-of-age Release Date December 25, 2019 (USA) Runtime 135 minutes Main Cast Saoirse Ronan (Jo), Florence Pugh (Amy), Emma Watson (Meg), Eliza Scanlen (Beth), TimothΓ©e Chalamet (Laurie), Laura Dern (Marmee), Meryl Streep (Aunt March) Music Alexandre Desplat Cinematography Yorick Le Saux Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design + 5 Oscar nominations πŸ“– Plot Summary Greta Gerwig's Little Women refuses a straight line. Instead, it moves back and forth in time—between the warmth of childhood and the cooler, more complicated realities of adulthood. This structure isn't merely stylistic; it mirrors how memory works. We don't leave the past behind. We carry it with us, reshaped by loss and experience. Jo March appears first as a yo...

Dead Poets Society (1989) Review – Carpe Diem and the Courage to Be Yourself

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  A vintage-style poster inspired by Dead Poets Society, portraying students standing on desks in a warm, sunlit classroom to symbolize courage and self-expression. πŸŽ₯ Film Overview Title Dead Poets Society Director Peter Weir Screenplay Tom Schulman Genre Drama, Coming-of-Age Release Date June 9, 1989 (US) Runtime 129 minutes (2h 9m) Country United States Language English Cast Robin Williams (John Keating), Robert Sean Leonard (Neil Perry), Ethan Hawke (Todd Anderson), Josh Charles (Knox Overstreet), Gale Hansen (Charlie Dalton), Dylan Kussman (Richard Cameron), Allelon Ruggiero (Steven Meeks), James Waterston (Gerard Pitts), Norman Lloyd (Headmaster Nolan), Kurtwood Smith (Mr. Perry) Cinematography John Seale Music Maurice Jarre Rating PG Box Office $235.8 million worldwide Awards Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (won); Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Weir), Best Actor (Robin Williams);...