20 Films That Got Mental Health Issues Right

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, MSN.com has compiled a list of 20 films they believe have gotten mental health issues right.

1. Palm Springs (2020)

-Summary: A sci-fi romantic comedy focusing on two wedding guests, Nyles (Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti) who are stuck in an infinite time loop, repeating the same day over and over again, almost identical to Groundhog Day.

-This movie references depression and anxiety, as the characters wake up each day, feeling unhappy, lonely and not seeing any resolution to their issues. Not all movies dealing with mental health need to have psychiatric evals. People can relate to this movie because there is a subtle nod to mental health issues at play here

2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

-Summary: An American mathematician named John Nash (Russell Crowe) is diagnosed with schizophrenia. Early in his career, he made a discovery that would win him international fame, but his schizophrenia threatens to destroy it

-Russell Crowe was said to nail each and every exact step showing the progression of schizophrenia, from mannerisms to behaviors associated with this widely known mental health disorder. It's also shown in this movie the stigmas facing those who battle this condition every day. Even experts in mental health agreed that Russell Crowe's role in here helped people better understand the condition known as schizophrenia

3. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

-Summary: A family takes a cross country trip in their VW Microbus to get their youngest daughter in to the finals for a beauty pageant

-In this movie, the patriarch Frank Ginsberg (Steve Carrell), suffers from Major Depressive Disorder, which can often lead to suicide attempts. After attempting suicide, he goes to live with his sister's family. His character shows what it is like to live with Major Depressive Disorder. The rapid changes in mood, how to function every day without letting it control your life and that, with treatment, you can live your life to the fullest and that things do get better with time

4. Good Will Hunting (1997)

-Summary: Will Hunting is a janitor at the famed M.I.T. He has a talent for high-level mathematics, but he suffers from mental health issues and needs help from a psychologist to find meaning in his life

-This movie explores the troubles and often mental health issues that stem from abuse. Matt Damon's character talks to a psychologist named Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) about his horrifying child abuse. He was also diagnosed with attachment disorder, a somewhat unknown condition that involves difficulty in developing adult relationships. At the time of the release, it was still considered very taboo about men opening up about trauma. It was often thought that only females could endure child abuse, usually of the sexual kind, not always the physical kind. That men were never abused as children. This movie changes the way we look at men's mental health. Any health expert will state that men or women can suffer from any type of abuse or mental health issues

5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

-Summary: When their relationship goes south, a couple undergo a medical procedure to erase each other from their memories

-The couple in this movie both show they have mental health issues at play. Jim Carrey's character Joel shows signs of having anxiety and depression while Kate Winslet's character Clementine shows she has borderline personality disorder. Clementine is seen as wild, impulsive while Joel is seen as more reserved and reflective. This movie shows that people can coexist together while also trying to handle their mental health

6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

-Summary: A 15 year old is about to enter high school. He's an introvert and is nervous. He befriends a group of seniors and they help him process and deal with his troubled past and his friend's recent suicide

-In this movie, the stigma of depression is addressed. Fears of ridicule for being hospitalized due to depression. PTSD after a traumatic event. This film addresses, in the most tender, caring way, trauma, abuse and the stigma of PTSD and what it looks like from the teenaged perspective

7. Eight Grade (2018)

-Summary: A shy eighth grader tries to survive the last week of school before moving on to high school

-Like most teens, she's almost obsessed with social media. Teens addicted to social media can sometimes develop and use it to overcome social anxiety. Creating online personas help those with social anxiety feel accepted somewhere and give them confidence they normally don't have in real life. Some regard this movie as nothing more than a silly, coming of age movie about teens learning to find themselves, but it does address the issue of teens and social media and the influence social media has on people's mental health

8. First Blood (1982)

-Summary: A Vietnam War-ravaged Green Beret is simply on his way to meet up with his former teammates. But a cruel sheriff and his deputies, unaware that this man suffers from PTSD, trigger the man's flashbacks and blows up into a war between the soldier and the sheriff

-This movie shows exactly the kind of trauma that Vietnam War veterans suffered from. They suffer from PTSD, which, in their case, is also known as "Vietnam Syndrome". It's flashbacks of what they saw, what they endured, what they were forced to do and more. This movie also explores survivor's guilt, as the main character witnessed the death of a friend from a roadside bomb. Mental health experts were just now beginning to explore "Vietnam Syndrome" in the early 80s, as the Vietnam War had just ended several years prior. This film handled the concept of PTSD and "Vietnam Syndrome" perfectly; it was even considered ahead of its time and well handled for an action film

9. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

-Summary: A former teacher spends time in a mental hospital and when he gets out, he moves in with his parents while trying to fix issues with his ex-wife. When he meets a woman named Tiffany, who has issues of her own, things get worse

-This movie shows what it is like to live with bipolar disorder, the symptoms, the types of episodes that can occur. This movie shows what a rollercoaster of emotions that bipolar disorder is. How it can affect relationships and your life

10. Copycat (1995)

-Summary: A psychologist suffering from agoraphobia and a female detective team up to stop a serial killer who killing in the styles of serial killers from the past

-Here panic disorder with agoraphobia is mentioned. This movie shows what it is like to not feel safe in your surroundings and how any little change might trigger a panic attack

11. All the Bright Places (2020)

-Summary: Two people, Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Justice Smith) both with emotional and physical scars from their troubled pasts, meet and change each other's lives for the better

-This movie explores teen depression and how living with mental health issues makes you feel alone. Violet suffers from depression after learning her sister died in a car crash. Theodore suffers from bipolar disorder that has not been diagnosed. Unfortunately for Theo, mental health is often highly stigmatized in black communities, and in the case of Theo, he has an abusive parent and the fear of being judged for his bipolar disorder making things worse. This film shows just how much you should support your loved ones when they're hurting inside

12. As Good As It Gets (1997)

-Summary: Three unlikely people, a gay artist, an author with OCD and a single mother with a sick child, form an unusual friendship after the artist is beaten during a robbery

-Jack Nicholson perfectly captures what it is like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). From repetitive actions such as locking doors, turning off lights, fear of contamination and constant doubt to intrusive thoughts. But this film shows that those with OCD can learn to manage what triggers the condition and undergo treatment to live a good life

13. Cake (2014)

-Summary: A patient in a chronic pain group is still reeling over the loss of her son in a car accident. A fellow group member commits suicide and Claire starts exploring the idea of self-harm.

-In this movie, you see what physical and emotional toll chronic pain can have on someone. It can push them to the point of self-harm, even depression and suicide. Jennifer Aniston shows exactly what going through chronic pain can do to a person's mental health

14. The Skeleton Twins (2014)

-Summary: Two siblings hope to mend their relationship after cheating death on the same day

-Here, you can see two different forms of depression-smiling depression and clinical depression. This film highlights all the trademarks of both forms. One character is happy, content, seemingly carefree. The other is more reserved, dealing with bouts of tiredness and sadness. It shows the wide range of emotions that can one can suffer with. It also breaks that stigma that says depressed people are only sad and broken

15. The Hours (2002)

-Summary: Three generations of women, in one way or another, are affected by suicide in their lives and how the novel Mrs. Dalloway helps them

-This movie shows that back then, help for mental health was all but nonexistent. That the only solution was to forget it, move on, cheer up or something else

16. Black Swan (2010)

-Summary: Nina, a talented ballerina, is on the brink of stardom. A seductive rival and her artistic director push her to her limits and eventually her grip on reality starts slipping, sending her to a nightmarish life

-In this movie, the topic of psychosis is explored. The main character has hallucinations that seem so real. This is one common trait of psychosis. While it's not diagnosed, it worsens over time, and gives people a great idea of what struggling with psychosis is like

17. Garden State (2004)

-Summary: A man battling personal demons returns to his home state of New Jersey for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for over a decade

-One thing about depression. It can leave a numbing feeling on those affected by it. The main character here is suffering from depression. It can leave a person feeling numb, detached, emotionless. It alters the theory that if you find happiness, you'll be cured for good. This movie shows the struggle to stay medicated, stay on the path that will cure your depression

18. Melancholia (2011)

-Summary: Two sisters, with an already strained relationship, face a new challenge as a mysterious new planet threatens to hit Earth

-Lars Von Trier, the director of the film, has suffered with depressive episodes. The main character, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is slipping into deep depression. She becomes fatigued, thin and is seemingly unable to pull herself out from the darkness of depression. Von Trier shows just how depression can affect some people

19. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

-Summary: A teenager contemplating suicide checks himself into a mental health facility. He's not allowed to medically signed out until he's proved he's not a threat to himself

-This movie explores the concept behind depression so strong it leads to thoughts of suicide. Talking about those who contemplate suicide can be a risky subject, but this movie shows what it is like for those who contemplate suicide and show the steps they take to try and overcome those feelings

20. Benny & Joon (1993)

-Summary: A young woman, suffering from undiagnosed mental illness, lives with her brother, who takes care of her. She falls in love with a unique young man who fashions himself after Buster Keaton

-While the condition Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) is never diagnosed, this movie shows just how multi-layered mental health conditions can go. It also shows that people with mental health conditions should be given the chance to move away from being dependent on one person and live life as they should, despite their mental health. It shows that someone can live a full life, even with mental health concerns

Lonely in Longreach by Eva Scott

This book is like Sleepless in Seattle, but given an Australian makeover

Summary

Sam Costello is a widower working his farm in the rural Outback of Australia. He's grieving the loss of his wife Michelle and trying to understand his teen son Levi. But Levi has other plans. Plans that involve attending university in Sydney with his friend Maddie. And even Maddie has her own reasons for going to Sydney, but they don't involve university. And, because of her matchmaking skills, she sets up an online dating profile for Levi's dad, hoping he'll be head over heels in love before he realizes what has happened

Sarah Lewis is a journalist with a great job and great boyfriend. But, she feels as though there is more to life than safe and perfect and great. She decides to do an article about finding love in the Outback, a place usually described as "harsh", "rugged", "hard". When she sets up a dating profile online, she encounters a user whose name is Lonely in Longreach, she wonders if this is truly the one for her

Chicago PD

This is a very popular television show depicting the life and times of a police precinct in Chicago. Very frequently, you'll see characters from the television show Chicago Fire on here. This show and Chicago Fire have very frequent crossovers, which means that the characters from one show will appear on the other and vice versa.

Summary

-The life and times of two different groups of people in the District 21 of the Chicago Police Department: the Intelligence Unit and the uniform police

Cast

-Jason Beghe: Hank Voight

-Patrick John Flueger: Adam Ruzek

-Marina Squerciati: Kim Burgess

-LaRoyce Hawkins: Kevin Atwater

-Amy Morton: Trudy Platt

-Jesse Lee Soffer: Jay Halstead

-Jon Seda: Antonio Dawson

-Tracy Spiridakos: Hailey Upton

-Elias Koteas: Alvin Olinsky

-Sophia Bush: Erin Lindsay

Did You Know?

-Prior to filming the show, the actors and actresses trained with real Chicago police officers and retired SWAT personnel

-The characters on this show will often appear on other shows by creator Dick Wolf, such as Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit because their story continues on those programs

-Each episode's title is taken from dialogue spoken in that episode

-Out of the entire cast, there are only two cast members who were actually born and raised in the Chicago area: LaRoyce Hawkins, who plays Kevin Atwater, and Amy Morton, who plays Trudy Platt

-Brian Tee, who plays Dr. Ethan Choi on Chicago Med, first appeared as a gang leader on an episode of Chicago PD called "The Three Gs"

-In the squad room, there is an alphanumeric cryptic code next to each suspect's photo, for example M/1/19. This refers to the gender of the suspect (male/female). The third part is the suspect's age. The second part refers to, according to a Chicago Police Directive, racial identification being given a code number. 1-Black, 2-White, 3-Black/Hispanic, 4-white/Hispanic, 5-Native American/Alaskan Native, 6-Asian/Pacific Islander

-The Investigative Response Team or IRT is the department within the Chicago Police Department's Detective's Bureau who investigates officer-involved shootings

-While on TV shows such as In the Heat of the Night (1988), violence was exaggerated, murders being committed every week. This show is different; there is a lot more crime in Chicago than what is depicted

-There is a lot of police acronyms and terminology used on the show and the actors and actresses had to learn to correctly use the police terminology

May Birthdays

Since it's May, time to say Happy Birthday

Blaze Bayley

-Birth name: Bayley Alexander Cooke

-DOB: 5/29/1963

-Where: Birmingham, England

-He has the birth and death dates of his wife Debra tattooed on his arm

Yuki Tsunoda

-DOB: 5/11/2000

-Where: Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

-He is said to be the youngest driver in Formula 1, at just 21 years old

Tim McGraw

-Birth name: Samuel Timothy McGraw

-DOB: 5/1/1967

-Where: Delhi, Louisiana

-When he was younger, he had a picture of baseball player Tug McGraw on his wall, learning at age 11 that Tug McGraw was his biological father

Zhou Guanyu

-DOB: 5/30/1999

-Where: Shanghai, China

-He is said to be the first Chinese Formula 1 driver

Chow Yun-fat

-DOB: 5/18/1955

-Where: Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China

-Prior to pursuing acting, he worked several odd jobs, including hotel bellboy, postal worker, taxi driver and camera salesman

Mike Myers

-Birth name: Michael John Myers

-DOB: 5/25/1963

-Where: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

-While filming 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember, he was given a letter, the very last letter ever written by former Beatles member George Harrison. It was a letter complimenting him on the Austin Powers films and asking for a Mini Me doll

Cher

-Birth name: Cherilyn Sarkisian

-DOB: 5/20/1946

-Where: El Centro, California

-Outside of acting, she works with the Children's Craniofacial Association, which helps kids with facial disfigurements. It was inspired by her work in the 1985 film Mask

Eric Singer

-Birth name: Eric Doyle Mensinger

-DOB: 5/12/1958

-Where: Cleveland, Ohio

-He played drums briefly for Black Sabbath, Lita Ford and Alice Cooper

Phil Campbell

-Birth name: Philip Anthony Campbell

-DOB: 5/7/1961

-Where: Pontypridd, United Kingdom

-Suffered from alcoholism for a long time

Mike Dirnt

-Birth name: Michael Ryan Pritchard

-DOB: 5/4/1972

-Where: Berkeley, California

-He is one of the co-founding members of Green Day

Fun Facts About Cincinnati

Known as The Queen City, Cincinnati has a lot to offer. It was the first to do a lot of things. Here are some fun, quirky facts about Cincinnati.

Fun fact: During the years of WWII, when Jewish people were fleeing Nazi Europe, they came here, but were a little worried when they heard that the city was predominantly German. Thinking the German residents of the city were going to be on the side of Adolf Hitler and the rest of his Nazi Party, the Jewish immigrants coming to the city were thankfully relieved when the German residents of the city welcomed them with open arms, kindness and love. And now, there are synagogues all across the city of Cincinnati and beyond. And also another quirky fact is the area of Cincinnati known as "Over-The-Rhine" was inspired by the German heritage of the city because The Rhine River is in Germany.

Here are some more fun facts. I won't list all of them; there are simply too many. That's why I've included the link above. So you can read all of the facts

1793. Cincinnati was the first city to publish a newspaper

1835. The first bag air mail to be lifted by a hot air balloon occurred right here in Cincinnati

1850. Cincinnati established its first Jewish hospital, called, literally, Jewish Hospital

1850. The Gibson Greeting Card Company is established, making Cincinnati the first in the nation to publish greeting cards

1856. Cincinnati's first fully paid, fully professional fire department is established. Included in that is the first steam-powered fire engine and first fireman's pole

1869. The first major league baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings or Cincinnati Reds, is created

1870. The University of Cincinnati is created, making Cincinnati the first city to create a municipal university

1870. Cincinnati was the first city to hold industrial expositions

1875. The Hebrew Union College is created and opened. Cincinnati was the first to establish a theological college solely focused on Judaism

1880. The first female owned and operated large manufacturer, Rookwood Pottery, is established. It was owned and operated by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer

1880. Cincinnati becomes the first city to build an own a railroad

1902. The first major concrete skyscraper is built right here in Cincinnati-The Ingalls Building

1906. The University of Cincinnati is the first university to offer cooperative education, better known as "co-op" or "work study programs", where you get your education and also work in the field you're interested in or going to school for

1935. Cincinnati plays the first night baseball game under the lights 

1952. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center sees its first heart-lung machine, making open heart surgery a possibility

1954. The first city to have a fully licensed public TV station, WCET TV

Famous Cincinnati Residents

Artists

Frank Duveneck. He was born in Covington in 1848, but his interesting style influenced a future generation of painters

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her book took her experiences of living in Cincinnati across from Kentucky, which was a Civil War border state

James Levine. A concert pianist and conductor. Made his debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at the tender age of 10 years old

John Henry Twachtman. An artist who studied under Frank Duveneck, John was born in 1853 right here in Cincinnati. He's considered a leader in the Impressionist art world

Thomas Worthington Whittredge. An artist who lived in Cincinnati, Whittredge was known for his paintings from the Hudson River School technique

Educators & Innovators

Albert Sabin. He was the one behind the discovery of the oral polio vaccine. His research was conducted at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation

Daniel Carter Beard. A resident of Covington, KY, he formed the Sons of Daniel Boone, which morphed into the Boy Scouts of America

Entertainment

Bootsy Collins. A legendary funk bassist in his own right, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Antonio "L.A." Reid. One of the co-founders of LaFace Records, he is from the neighborhood of Mt. Auburn and attended the college prep high school Hughes High School

Drew Lachey. Member of 90s boy band 98 Degrees. He attended the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Over-The-Rhine

Doris Day. Born in Cincinnati in 1924 under her birth name of Doris Van Kappelhoff

Roy Rogers. The famed "singing cowboy", was born in Cincinnati in 1911 under his birth name Leonard Franklin Slye

The Isley Brothers. An R&B group from Cincinnati, whose major hit was "Twist & Shout", which was later covered by The Beatles

Tyrone Power. Born in 1914 in Cincinnati under his birth name of Tyrone Edmund Power III, this actor was known for playing swashbuckling pirates or swordfighters or in romantic lead roles from the 1930s-1950s.

Presidents

Benjamin Harrison. The 23rd president to the US, was born in the city of North Bend in 1833

Ulysses S. Grant. A Civil War General and the 18th president of the US, was born in the city of Point Pleasant in 1822

William Howard Taft. The 27th president of the US, was born in the city of Cincinnati in 1857

Sports

Anthony Munoz. A former Cincinnati Bengals player who is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Eddie Arcaro. A horse jockey who ran the Kentucky Derby 5 times and the Triple Crown winner one time

Roger Staubach. Member of the Dallas Cowboys football team, he attended Catholic all boys high school Purcell High School in Cincinnati

Pete Rose. A member of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, his career averaged 4,256 hits

Food

Cincinnati-style chili. Consisting of spaghetti, chili, cheese, there are additions that can be made on to this. Combining black beans and onions and oyster crackers, you can have what is called a 3 way, 4 way or 5 way. In the city of Cincinnati, there are more than 140 chili restaurants, including Gold Star Chili and Skyline. It's known as Greek-style chili because the founder of Skyline is Greek

Ice cream. The major local ice creamery is Graeter's. Opened and founded in 1870 by Louis C. Graeter, he was innovative at the time for opening an ice cream shop using the French Pot method of making ice cream, which makes for a very thick, almost concrete-like consistency for ice cream. In addition to ice cream, the company known now as Graeter's serves handmade chocolate desserts, baked goods at all of its Ohio and Northern Kentucky locations. Three grandchildren and three great grandsons of Louis Graeter still use the over one century old plant on Reading Road in Cincinnati, using the time-tested methods and recipes

Barbecue. There are tons of barbecue places in Cincinnati, both local and major. The major one is Montgomery Inn. Known as "The Boathouse" to tons of locals, Montgomery Inn is the major place to get ribs, wings, chicken and more, covered in their iconic barbecue sauce. This place does online orders and catering at www.montgomeryinn.com.

Goetta. A German food, consisting of oats, pork, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, salt, pepper, this breakfast meat became popular when waves of German residents chose to make Cincinnati their home, and also bring a little of their home with them. The local company Glier's Goetta makes this product and around 99% of Cincinnati consumes this product on a regular basis. There's even a festival called Goettafest that people use to try out recipes including this famous meat

Cincinnati Movies

-Unfortunately, not all of these movies broke the box office. A lot of them ended up being duds at the box office. They didn't score too high on sales. They tend to fall into the "independent" film category. There are some films that filmed in Cincinnati that, thankfully, did do good and were successful. Here are some of the movies that have included parts of Cincinnati and/or Northern Kentucky in their films since 1987

Eight Men Out (1987)

-Summary: This film tells the story of the Chicago White Sox agreeing to intentionally lose in the 1919 World Series, leading to the famed Black Sox scandal

Fresh Horses (1987)

-Summary: When a college student from Cincinnati, Ohio breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancee, he falls in love with a girl from Kentucky, who claims she is 20. He later finds out she is already married and only 16

Rain Man (1988)

-Summary: A selfish L.A. businessman learns that his estranged father left money to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio he never knew about. He takes his brother on a trip with the hopes of getting the money

Tango & Cash (1989)

-Filming was not done in Cincinnati. It was done in Ohio, yes. But not Cincinnati. The only location in Ohio that was used is the Ohio State Reformatory aka Mansfield Reformatory. It was used as the prison both Detectives Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabriel Cash (Kurt Russell) go to.

-Summary: Two rival L.A. detectives, Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabriel Cash (Kurt Russell) are framed for a crime they didn't commit. Normally, they are like oil and water. They don't get along. When they are framed for a crime they didn't commit, they become fire and gasoline. They must work together to clear their names

An Innocent Man (1989)

-Summary: An airport mechanic is mistaken for a drug dealer by two corrupt cops. When he's released from prison, he goes after the two police officers

City of Hope (1990)

-Summary: A tale with multiple viewpoints centering around an old apartment block about to have a date with a wrecking ball

A Rage in Harlem (1990)

-Summary: Unaware she's being pursued by the remaining member's of her boyfriend's gang, a woman runs to Harlem after stealing a trunkful of gold after a shootout

Little Man Tate (1990)

-Summary: A single mother with an exceptionally smart child struggles to raise him on her own and also allow every opportunity to showcase his talents

The Public Eye (1991)

-Summary: A paparazzo gets the scoop of a lifetime in the early 1940s. He is given an assignment from a club owner to track down a mysterious gangster, which leads him to the dark underworld

Lost in Yonkers (1992)

-Summary: Two boys are sent to live with their child-mined aunt in Yonkers, New York in the summer of 1942

Airborne (1993)

-Summary: Mitchell Goosen is a California born and bred surfer who has to spend six months in Ohio with family. He takes up with the local skateboarding and roller blading kids

Milk Money (1993)

-Summary: A group of boys become friends with a prostitute whose name is V and she ends up falling in love with the father of one of the boys

The Mighty (1997)

-Summary: Two young boys, because of their disabilities and bad home lives, become paired together, despite being social outcasts. They become fast friends

In Too Deep (1998)

-Summary: A police cadet right out of the academy gets his first case. Working undercover as a cop in Cincinnati. He works his way up from small cases to a huge case-getting close to a vicious crime boss

Traffic (2000)

-Summary: A judge is given the task to try and stop the increasing war on drugs, only to find out his own daughter is an addict. While two DEA agents protect an informant, the wife of an incarcerated drug dealer tries to carry on with business as usual

Summer Catch (2000)

-Summary: A rich girl with a family summer home on Cape Cod has a fling with a local boy whose only dream is to enter the world of major league baseball

Seabiscuit (2003)

-Summary: Based on a true story, it tells of a Depression-era racehorse whose wins at various derbies not only uplifted its team but the nation

Mr. 3000 (2004)

-Summary: An aging baseball star whose nickname was "Mr. 3000" finds out years after he retired that he didn't actually reach 3,000 hits. At age 47, he's come back to reach that goal

Elizabethtown (2005)

-Summary: A businessman with a failed product comes home to Kentucky for his father's funeral and meets a flight attendant who seems too good to be true

Jimmy and Judy (2006)

-Summary: Two youths, misunderstood and on the run from the law, start documenting everything with a digital camera

The Ides of March (2011)

-Summary: During his time on the presidential campaign trail, a young staffer learns all about dirty politics while helping a new presidential candidate

7 Below (2012)

-Summary: A group of strangers enters an old house that acts like a time warp to take them to a catastrophic event that occurred exactly 100 years ago

The Christmas Spirit (2013)

-Summary: While in a coma, a woman realizes her spirit is still active. She actively tries to convince people in her town to change their minds about this new real estate development

Carol (2014)

-Summary: In 1950s New York, an aspiring photographer engages in an illicit but intimate relationship with an older woman

Miles Ahead (2014)

-Summary: Based on a true story, this film explores the life and times of legendary musician Miles Davis

Marauders (2016)

-Summary: After a large scale bank heist, all the evidence points to the bank manager and the high-level clients. When the FBI is called in, the investigation proves there is more at play as the heists rage on

Gotti (2016)

-Summary: Based on a true story, this film explores the life and times of former Gambino family boss John Gotti and his son, John Gotti Jr.

Goat (2016)

-Summary: After recovering from a near deadly assault, a 19 year old enrolls in university and pledges the same exact fraternity with his brother. The hazing rituals will test him and his brother in ways they could never have imagined

The Killing of the Sacred Deer (2017)

-Summary: Steven, a good hearted surgeon, to forced to make a sacrifice after his life begins falling apart when the boy he agreed to look after begins exhibiting sinister behavior

My Days of Mercy (2017)

-Summary: The daughter of a death row convict falls for a man whose family is on the opposite side of her family's political cause

The Old Man & The Gun (2018)

-Summary: Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Forrest Tucker, a San Quentin inmate who escapes at age 70 and commits a string of heists that evaded authorities and amazed the public

The Public (2018)

-Summary: A simple civil disobedience flares up into a police standoff when homeless citizens of Cincinnati take over the public library to simply seek shelter from the cold

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2018)

-Summary: The life and times of serial killer Ted Bundy, as seen from the perspective of his long time girlfriend Liz, who ignored the truth about him for years

Dark Waters (2019)

-Summary: A defense attorney takes on a massive case involving a chemical company and exposes the history behind pollution

Bones and All (2021)

-Summary: A young woman goes on a journey throughout America when she encounters a young drifter. Their paths eventually lead back to their dark pasts and to a point where they must determine if their love can survive

I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil

I recently finished this book. Even though it was for teens, books for teens and kids can sometimes be fun reads. As long as it's a book, I usually don't care about the age; it's the storyline that usually attracts me

Summary

-Justice "JJ" Green is an aspiring songwriter. In a family full of attorneys. That's basically like saying you want to run away and join the circus. She applies for and gets a three month temp job at the Brill Building, a famous music factory that churns out legends like Carole King. When there, she meets a handsome boy named Luke Silver and a custodian who was a former legendary singer named Dulcie Brown. One day, dark events occur involving Dulcie Brown and both JJ and Luke work together to solve these dark events. As the investigation continues, things come out into the open involving Dulcie and the people surrounding her. JJ just has to get out before she gets in too deep

50 Things You May or May Not Know About Kentucky Pt. II

Kentucky is known as The Bluegrass State because of its bluish-green tinged grass. There are tons of weird, wonderful, cool and quirky facts about the Bluegrass State you may have never known.

The authors of Weird Kentucky, Mark Scuerman, Mark Moran and Jeffrey Scott Holland would have a great time with these weird and quirky facts

25. The nationally known holiday Mother's Day originated in Henderson, when schoolteacher Mary Towles Sasseen created it to honor her mother

26. The Hatfields and McCoys were two actual families who fought for a quarter century after the Civil War ended. While Devil Anse and his family came from West Virginia, the McCoys came from Pikeville

27. Washington County, KY is named after president George Washington. It was named this in 1780 when Washington was still president

28. 1817 seen the first performance of the Beethoven Symphony #1 in Lexington's Postlethwait's Tavern

29. Carrie Nation, a strong supporter of the temperance movement, was born in Garrard County

30. Zerelda James, the mother of famed outlaws Frank and Jesse, was born in a saloon, the Offutt-Cole Tavern. It still stands today at the intersection of Old Frankfort Pike and US 62 near the city of Midway

Zerelda James

The Offutt-Cole Tavern

31. The so-called "Father of Hollywood", D.W. Griffith, whose film Birth of a Nation, which shows strong support for the KKK, comes from the city of LaGrange, which is now known for having a medium security correctional facility

32. During the War of 1812, more than half of the troops that fought came from Kentucky

33. One of the earliest casualties of WWI was a Kentucky resident named Corporal James Bethel Gresham, who hails from McLean County

34. Mark Spitz, the famed Olympic swimmer, sported a stars and stripes-designed Speedo at the 1972 Olympics. They were considered the height of Paris couture-Paris, KY

35. The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has the world's largest hand-blown stained glass window. Measuring at 67' x 24', it shows the Council of Ephesus

36. Fort Knox holds the largest store of gold. It's worth about $6 billion and some change

37. Middlesboro is the only city in the US to be built inside a meteor crater

38. Middlesboro is home to the Coal House, a house made entirely out of bituminous coal. It currently houses the Bell County Chamber of Commerce

39. High Bridge is the nation's tallest railroad bridge spanning navigable waters. It stands 275 feet about the Kentucky River in Jessamine County

40. The brand of lettuce known as Bibb lettuce was created and named after John Bibb from Frankfort

41. The world's first enamel bathtub was created in Louisville in 1856

42. Garrett Morgan, a former slave from Paris, KY, invented what we know now as traffic lights

43. The invention we know of as a radio was actually invented by Nathan Stubblefield, a resident of Murray, KY, in 1892 before Marconi came in and claimed the patent

44. At the 1893 Southern Exposition in Louisville, Thomas Edison debuted his invention to the public, the electric light bulb

45. The city of Louisville was founded by George Rogers Clark, older brother of the "Clark" of explorer fame Lewis and Clark

46. America's oldest Victorian preservation district is Old Louisville

47. At Lexington-based Transylvania University, students can enter a lottery for the chance to spend the night on campus in the tomb of a 19th century professor of botany

48. Out of all of the lower 48 states, Kentucky has the most miles of running water

49. While Kentucky is not the largest state, it is bordered by several larger states: West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri

50. In rural Breathitt County, is the Lost Mountain Coal Mine. This mine has been abandoned for 40+ years, but it's easy to find. Look for the pillars of smoke. It's also dangerous to one's health because the underground fires have destabilized the ground, making the ground easy to collapse and deadly fumes in the air could kill in no time

-Simply put, it's Kentucky's cousin to the Centralia, Pennsylvania underground coal fires. If you're familiar with the story of the town of Centralia being under threat from underground coal fires, this is the Kentucky cousin to that. The only difference is that this area of Kentucky was not completely evacuated like Centralia, Pennsylvania was. That town was completely evacuated for the safety of the residents