PP a aE Re NE a Sr a ee TT TT a SG Sh GS eS Ae EE ~~ 1 Ft oN aN Culture October 23, 2002 Top Ten “Made Me Cry” Movies (no particular order) Kerry Evans Culture Editor 10. Terms of Endearment Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson This film is a definite tear-jerker. This movie will make you realize that your life probably isn’t so bad after all. It proves the “it can’t get any worse than this” theory wrong. Ultimately the movie is about the relationship between a mother and daughter (MacLaine and Winger) but it’s all the rest of it that has the tears streaming down your face. 9. Where the Heart Is Starring: Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd The old tale of single mothers done wrong by men. Gut wrenching real issues are done with taste and emotion. Crying was necessary and mandatory during many scenes of this film. 8. Pay It Forward Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey Osment plays a student who is given a task by teacher Kevin Spacey. His mother, Helen Hunt, is a lunatic alco- holic. There are eye-misting scenes throughout but the end requires a whole box of kleenex. 7. Beaches Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey The following of two girls’ friendship through girls to adult through thick and thin. When tragedy strikes, the true friendship is put to the test. Sad, sad, sad. 6. Stepmom Starring: Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts and Ed Harris This one hits home because I have a child who has a step- mother and it freaks me out to think that someone other than me many raise her. This movie made me think about the relationships in my life. As usual, the end rips your heart out even though you know it’s heading your way. You sleeves get wet from wiping away the tears. 5. John Q. Starring: Denzel Washington His child falls ill and the man, in this case the insurance people and hospital, screws him over to the fullest. He does everything possible, legal and illegal, to find a solu- tion. I can’t remember the last time I cried so hard. I was still crying about it later that night. Damn movies! 4. We Were Soldiers Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeline Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Paparazzi: Caught on Campus Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell and Barry Pepy An authentic Vietnam War film. I mean, people are there in the trenches and losing their lives and that’s s But the real heartstrings get pulled when the “telegrar start getting delivered. Very painful scenes. I will nq look at taxi-drivers again. 3. Joy Luck Club Based on a book by Amy Tan This is the story of four women and the past, pres¢ and futures of their lives. Some of their past is too rea tic that you know these things really happen and it g dens a person deeply. 2. Titanic Starring: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio Well, they made the movie even sadder because added a love triangle, but the real tears stem from actual horrific loss that occurs. All the lives lost...the nothing sadder than the faces on the poor people loc behind the gates. 1. Pollyanna Poor little rich girl! Yeah, I’m stretching, but remen when she broke her leg and had to get surgery?...cry} Every week in the Culture Section, we will be featuring a photo and brief bio of one male and one female. If you've got style or know someone who does, please feel free to visit us in the office (rm 1020), or call us at 604-525-3542. Names: Vida (on left), Tanis (on right) Age: 19 (Vida), 20 (Tanis) Status: Two single gals Program of Study: General Studies (Vida), Criminology (Tanis) What are you wearing?: Tanis: shirt, Off The Wall; pants, Below The Belt; shoes, Transit. Vida: shirt, Jacob; pants, Buffalo; Shoes, BB Blue. What do you want to be when you grow up?: Tanis: Police Officer; Vida: A little of this and a little of that. iy oe "iia oe Photos by Rea Haraseml Name: Harpreet Age: 19 Status: Single Program of Study: Criminology What are you wearing?: Versace shirt, silver coloured Mavi jeans. What do you want to be when you grow up?: An immigration officer to deport illegal immigrants, and business owner in partnership with my father.