Wednesday Movie Club in August

on August, 2 - The members of the “Wednesday Movie Club” at Window on America center Dnipro, Ukraine, had watched a 2011 a comedy-drama about American high school students and their preparation for the : Prom (Graduation Ball).
Director – Joe Nussbaum, written by Katie Wech, producers – Ted Griffin and Justin Springer. It was released on April 29, 2011, by Walt Disney Pictures. Some critics found it funny and touching, others think it may be entertaining only to the very young people.
The Movie Club members discussed the film and the majority of the viewers found some merits in it.
Participants number – 8 persons.

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on August, 9 - The members of the “Wednesday Movie Club” at Window on America center Dnipro, Ukraine, had watched a Stomp the Yard: Homecoming.
The film tells about one aspect of the African American culture – the popularity of step dancing.
The Club members learned about such cultural phenomena as:
- step battles (“stomp the yard”) between fraternities at colleges or urban high schools
- Homecoming weekends. Homecoming is an annual tradition in the United States. People, towns, high schools, and colleges come together, usually in late September or early October, to welcome back alumni and former residents. It is built around a central event, such as a banquet and, most often, a game of American football, or, like in the film, a dance battle.

- Work–life balance .It is a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation).
The discussion that followed revealed different tastes of the Club members in music and dance. It was clear that some definitions are not available in the dictionaries, they should be searched in an encyclopedia or  a thesaurus.

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on August, 16 - The members of the “Wednesday Movie Club” at Window on America center Dnipro, Ukraine, had watched a film Detention.
 

It is a 2011 satirical horror film about an American high school. It was  directed by Joseph Kahn, and co-written with Mark Palermo. Critic Devin Faraci called Detention "Insane, Hyperkinetic, Next Level Filmmaking". Drew McWeeny of “Hitfix” described it as a "manic throwback horror comedy for the Twitter generation”.
 No wonder only few club members stayed till the end of the film. They were happy to practice vocabulary from the previous Club films about high school life. They shared the ideas about the popularity of the horror genre in the American culture.
Participants – 10 persons.

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on August, 30 - 
The members of the “Wednesday Movie Club” at Window on America center Dnipro, Ukraine had watched a drama film Grand Canyon (1991). Director: Lawrence Kasdan.
 
Plot: Los Angeles is filled with people of all different backgrounds and experiences, and this is true for a group of loosely connected residents. Simon and Mack, the two leaders of the group, live their lives while maintaining an unlikely friendship after Mack encounters a dangerous situation in Simon’s neighborhood. It is through this encounter that so many other people begin to feel the effects of the newly formed friendship. Despite violence, fear, and confusion that is so much a part of the L.A. inner city, these people continue to live life as they always have.
 
WOA’s patrons enjoyed the film and the discussion that followed. The majority of the viewers found some merits in it.
Participants number – 9 person.
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