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In Bronx, New York, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) is a sixteen-year-old teenager that enjoys playing basketball with his friends and although being a brilliant student, does not care much about school. A man known as "Window" watches their games and there are urban legends about him. One day, Jamal's friends dare that he visits the man, and he breaks into his apartment using the fire escape ladder of his building. However, he is surprised by the man and flees, leaving his backpack behind in the apartment. A couple of days later, the man throws off his backpack through the window when Jamal is crossing the street, correcting Jamal's writings in his notebooks. Jamal asks the man to read his writings, but the man demands that he writes 5,000 words saying why he should not enter his home again in the beginning of their friendship. Meanwhile, the prestigious private school Mailor-Callow offers a scholarship to Jamal since he is an excellent basketball player and has high grades. Soon Jamal also learns that the reclusive man that is tutoring him is the famous writer William Forrester (Sean Connery) from Scotland, who wrote one novel and vanished, and promises him never to say that knows him. Jamal befriends the wealthy Claire (Anna Paquin) and has a friction with his English teacher Robert Crawford (F. Murray Abraham), who immediately harasses him and accuses Jamal of plagiarism. Now he is threatened with being expelled from the school.

"Finding Forrester" (2000) is a beautiful film about friendship between an old man and a teenage boy through the books and writings. The plot is engaging from the very beginning, with excellent work of the cast. Director Gus Van Sant is also sharp in his direction. This film also introduces Rob Brown, who wanted to moonlight to pay his telephone bill and ended up as the protagonist of the film with an excellent performance in the role of Jamal Wallace. It is also great to see that this movie has not aged after twenty-five years. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Encontrando Forrester" ("Finding Forrester")

Walt concludes his business and delivers his meth, receiving 1.2 million dollars, but loses the delivery of his daughter Holly. When he goes to the hospital, he meets Mary, Skyler and the baby. Meanwhile Jesse and Jane are using heroin and when he wakes up and does not find the meth in the kitchen, he believes he was robbed. He calls Walt but he does not give any explanation to him. Walt has a serious problem since he has money but cannot spend it since everybody from his family believes he is broken. Walt Jr. Builds a website to collect donations for Walt's treatment and Saul Goodman sees the solution to laundry his money. Walt holds Jesse's money ordering him to go to rehab first; otherwise, he will spend his money in drugs. When Donald discovers that his daughter is using drugs again with Jesse, he calls the police, but she promises to go to rehab on the next morning. Jesse tells her that Walt has to give him his share of US$ 480,000, and she calls Walt and blackmails him.

"Phoenix" is one of the best episodes of "Breaking Bad", with many happenings. Walts succeeds in delivering his meth, but now he has money but cannot use it since his family believes he is broken. Jesse is using heavy drugs with Jene, heroine, and she becomes a danger to the safety of Walt. However, destiny seems to have given a chance to Walt. The crook Saul Goodman seems to have found a solution to Walt for using his money now that Gretchen and Elliot Schwarz cannot be used again. Looking forward to seeing how Donal will react to what happened to his daughter. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Phoenix"

The girl Anna spends her life since she was a baby locked in the attic of her house in the woods. Her only human contact is with Daddy (Brad Dourif), her only contact with the exterior world is through a small window and she is raised fearing the monster Wildling. When she becomes a teenager and has her first period, Daddy gives shots of hormones on her belly to prevent her coming of age. One day, Daddy commits suicide, shooting his own head. Sheriff Ellen Cooper (Liv Tyler) finds Anna (Bel Powley), and temporarily brings her home, where she lives with her younger brother Ray Cooper (Collin Kelly-Sordelet), while waiting for DNA results to know whether Daddy, a.k.a. Gabriel "Gabe" Hanson, is her father. Anna has a normal teenage life, going to school with Ray and befriending other girls. When Anna goes to a party with Ray, she notes that her teeth and her body are changing, and she sneaks out the house to the woods. The bully Lawrence Fowler (Mike Faist) follows Anna and tries to rape her, but she kills him with her nails. Meanwhile, Ellen receives the DNA results and sees that Gabe is not her father. Who is Anna?

"Wildling" is a different horror movie, with a dramatic story of a girl that lives isolated from the world until her adolescence. The director and the cast Make a great work, despite a huge flaw in the plot. Why Daddy did not kill Anna, but tried to commit suicide instead? Maybe because of his affection for her. But why does he hunt her down later with other men, setting fire on the forest? Why did Deputy Roger Fowler not kill her in the jail? Then he threatens Ellen in the woods with a rifle. It seems incoherent to me. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Selvagem" ("Wild")