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Best movies/shows to watch with your young men (sons) and girlfriends!
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items Best picks of movies and shows to watch with young men (sons) and girlfriends! Remember the popcorn 🍿! The shows are also a source for great inspiration for my writing and the workshops I hold (www.anajohnsonauthor.com).
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What a great to show to watch with my young men (sons) and girlfriends! A bit scary at times, but quite exciting and deep, with great character development. I had an idea to infuse mindfulness into one of my weekly writing classes (www.anajohnsonauth...
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV Series 2019–2024)
We watched all of the seasons for School of the Elite anime. Great plot and good character development, keeping you guessing about the protagonist!
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We love Moana! Beautiful music, lovely story, funny in parts!
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We also loved Moana 2. Beautiful! Not as much as Moana (the original). This one was still cute and funny in parts.
Moana 2 (2024)
We really liked Kung Fu Panda, all of them, this 4th one inclusively. A lot of mindfulness infusion in there. I particularly liked it when the turtle said, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift! That’s why we call it a pre...
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
We liked all of the Mission Impossible movies, this one also. The theme for this one here is quite pertinent for today’s world and is an inspiration for a fiction book I am currently writing, about averting a third world war.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
Oh yes! This is one of my favourite movies. I particularly love the ending! A dream within a dream within a dream. Some say our lives are dream-like in the way that sensations, thoughts and emotions come and go. If only we could live from that place ...
Inception (2010)
Great action movie! I particularly liked the quote at the end about life and living to the fullest, attributed to Jack London: “The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
No Time to Die (2021)
What a great movie! 🎥 🍿 Helps us realize the value of our day to day living. I was in tears at the end!
A Dog's Journey (2019)
This is one of my all time favourites, the original cartoon version. Watched it 6 times when it came out at the movies when I was 6 years old (does this disclose my age 😉!?). I liked it so much, I have a Dalmatian 🐶 now! Just love the extremes in p...
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Since I liked the original carton version of 101 Dalmatians so much, I actually really liked this prequel, explaining the Cruella de Vil’s villainous nature! That is the case in all of us, when someone is so cruel, there is typically an origin that p...
Cruella (2021)
This was a fun one, especially the switching of role playing: male/female roles and a little suspense regarding the subtle twists in the movie.
The Fall Guy (2024)
Such a great movie! Watched the cartoon version with my sons growing up, and we liked this version as well, although it was slightly different some scenes). Really illustrated how if we get to know ourselves and act on our strengths and beliefs, this...
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
Great movie! Tells us about the acorn. Connecting to the idea of planting oak trees to keep our earth healthy.
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
What a classic fantastic movie! My sons really like it; all our family likes it. What is life, death, right or wrong? The movie addresses all.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)