A great 2001 film, Blackhawk Down tells the story of the US Army Rangers and their attached Delta Teams as they try to capture Mohammed Farah Aidid in Mogadishu, Somalia. During a mission that should have lasted less than an hour, things go terribly wring when one of the blackhawks supporting the Soldiers is shot down. Now the Soldiers much finish their mission and secure the new objective (crashed blackhawk). With supplies, personnel, and ammo, all running low, the Rangers show why they were the ones selected for the job. Vastly outnumbered, the Rangers held their perimeters, fought off the enemy, and helped each other as they fought throughout the night with no food and water.

This is a really good film and a true story.

Budget: $90 million
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring:
Josh Harnett
Ewan McGregor
Tom Sizemore
Eric Bana
William Fichtner
Ewen Bremner
Sam Shepard
Kim Coates
Hugh Dancy
Ron Eldard

A Beautiful Mind, a 2001 film, that is sure to become a classic, if it isn’t already. It’s the true story of John Nash, a professor, who hallucinates that people are following him, and out to get him. The film was directed by Ron Howard. It also has a beautiful score to go along with it.

If you haven’t seen this film or heard the music, you should try and find the time to do so. It’s a great film.

Budget: $60 million
Director: Ron Howard
Starring:
Russell Crowe
Ed Harris
Jennifer Connelly
Christopher Plummer
Paul Bettany
Adam Goldberg

Hearts in Atlantis is one of the more popular drama-driven movies penned by Stephen King. As we all know, Stephen is a master of the horror genre, thanks to a gory childhood experience when he witnessed his best friend sucked by a train. But not everybody knows that Stephen King is also a master of drama vehicles like this one. One thing I love in Stephen King movies is that they are all starred by very capable actors. In this instance, it is starred by the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins. This is actually a coming-of-age movie about a boy who will encounter life’s greatest challenges for the first time with the aid of Anthony Hopkins’s character. It does have a horror connotation to it since the boy will experience sad instances at the ending of the movie. It’s called Hearts in Atlantis for Anthony Hopkins’s character has the delusion that his neighborhood is utopian.