Reel Event Movie #2 Yellow Rose

A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.

Director: Diane Paragas

Writers: Diane Paragas, Andy Bienen 

Stars: Lea Salonga, Eva Noblezada, Gustavo Gomez 

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, and teen drinking

Canada • 2020 • 120 minutes

Principal Cast

Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Peter Stebbings, Roberta Maxwell

Synopsis

Based on events from a 1998 lawsuit, PERCY follows small-town farmer Percy Schmeiser, who challenges a major conglomerate when the company’s genetically modified (GMO) canola is discovered in the 70-year-old farmer’s crops. As he speaks out against the company’s business practices, he realizes he is representing thousands of other disenfranchised farmers around the world fighting the same battle. Suddenly, he becomes an unsuspecting folk hero in a desperate war to protect farmers’ rights and the world’s food supply against what they see as corporate greed.

Rating

G

 UK | France | Belgium • 2019 • 1 hour 41 minutes

Principal Cast

 Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone

Synopsis

Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

Rating

14A

Canada  • 2019 • 2 hour 7 minutes

Principal Cast

Andrée Lachapelle, Gilbert Sicotte, Rémy Girard

Synopsis

Three elderly hermits live in the woods. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women - A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.

Rating

14A

United Kingdom • 2018 • 1 hour 41 minutes

Principal Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen

Synopsis

The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war.

Rating

PG-13 (for thematic elements, suggestive material and language)

UK • 2019 • 1 hour 31 minutes

Principal Cast

Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, and Alice Lowe

Synopsis

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.

Rating

PG-13

USA • 2019 • 1 hour 40 minutes

Principal Cast

Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo

Synopsis

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Rating

PG

USA • 2019 • 1 hour 22 minutes

Principal Cast

Lou Adler, Fiona Apple, The Beach Boys, Beck, Justine Bennett, Jackson Browne, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Jade Castrinos, Eric Clapton, David Crosby, Jakob Dylan, Norah Jones, and Michelle Phillips.

Synopsis

A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.

Rating

PG