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Film Club |
What makes a great film?
Everyone has their own preferences about what they like in a movie. Some people like gunfights, car chases, and explosions, the more the better. Some people like romance and chick flicks. Some people like movies that make them laugh. Some people like movies that make them cry. Some people like movies that scare them.
The best sorts of movies usually are more than just pure entertainment, they make you think.
JVSO Film Club is open to all members. All meetings will be via Zoom, and everyone will watch the movies at their leisure before the meeting.
If you have a favorite you think the group would like, please share them with us. All movies will be chosen by a random draw.
Our film club has chosen the following film for May, 2026; click on the movie poster to read the Rotten Tomatoes Review.
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A Million Miles Away is a 2023 biographical drama based on the true story of Jose Hernandez, a Mexican migrant farmworker who persevered through extreme adversity to become a NASA astronaut. It highlights his, his family’s, and his community's dedication to achieving a "seemingly impossible" goal. In the late 1960s and 70s, José is a young boy whose family travels from Michoacán as migrant workers picking grapes in California, his parents hoping to buy a house back home after they've made enough money. While they are working in the harvest season, José attends school and afterwards works in the fields with his family. His teacher notices his potential and visits his parents at home to express her concern over the disruption to his studies by his family going back and forth as migrant workers. His father realizes José's teacher was right to be concerned, and the family decides to stay in California full-time. Available on AMAZON PRIME. |
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Films for 2026
January - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
February - The Heart of the Sea
March - Caramelo
April - 20 Feet from Stardom
May - A Million Miles Away
June - Remarkably Bright Creatures
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December - no meeting
Films for 2025
January - The Holdovers
February - Carry On
March - The Six Triple Eight
April - The Storied Life of AJ Fikrey
May - Number 24
June - Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
July - Remarkable Life of Ibelin
August - Nonnas
September - The Thursday Murder Club
October - The Penguin Lessons
November - On Golden Pond
December - no meeting
Films for 2024
January - Bank of Dave
February - The Hill
March - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
April - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
May - Musica
June - Women Talking
July - no meeting
August -
September - A Night to Remember
October - The Long Game
November - Here
December - no meeting
Films for 2023
January - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery / Cyrano
February - Matilda the Musical / The Glass Castle
March - The Swimmers / Enola Holmes II
April - Woman in Gold / Dog Gone
May - Elsa and Fred / Facing Nolan
June - No Meetings
July - Monford the Chickasaw Rancher / Air
August - Guillermo del Tores' Pinocchio
September - The Deepest Breath
October - The Booksellers
November - Arrival
December - no meeting
Films for 2022
January - Tick Tick Boom / The Shack
February - Passing / Dumplin'
March - Kodachrome / Munich: The Edge of War
April - Paper Moon / The Ride
May - Enola Holmes / Rescued by Ruby
June - Our Father / Operation Mincemeat
July - The Tender Bar
August - My Best Friend Anne Frank / The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
September - 42
October - Thirteen Lives / Operation Varsity Blues
November - West by Orphan Train / I Used to Be Famous
December - Where the Crawdads Sing
Films for 2021
January - Judy
February - The Social Dilemma
March - The Life Ahead / Founder
April - Moneyball / A Man Called Ove
May - Sunset Boulevard / The Keeper
June - Philamena / Fanny's Journey
July - Blue Miracle / Sarajevo
August - Black or White / Athlete A
September - Rose Island / Hunt for Wilderpeople
October - What's Eating Gilbert Grape / Murder on the Orient Express
November - The Courier
December - Love Hard / A Boy Called Christmas
Films for 2020
July - Knives Out
August - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / The Monuments Men
September - The Peanut Butter Falcon / The Iron Lady
October - Super 8 / Chappaquiddick
November - The Hundred-Foot Journey / The Ottoman Lieutenant
December - White Christmas / It's a Wonderful Life
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