“The Rainbow Nation starts here. Reconciliation starts here. Yes, reconciliation.... Forgiveness starts here, too.” Nelson Mandela changed his country--some say he changed the world--and Afrikaaner Francois Pienaar helped him do it by captaining the reinstated national rugby team, the Springboks.

Filmmakers have been drawn to Joan's story since the very beginnings of the movie industry. Here's an overview of six of the best known.

Linus Caldwell, the apprentice with moxie in Ocean’s Eleven, played by Oscar winner Matt Damon of The Bourne Identity fame, undergoes a metamorphosis before reappearing in Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen. Ah. But was the metamorphosis a good change or a bad change?

Scarlett Johansson entered prominent notice with the Horse Whisperer and stayed there through her early career in both serious and light movies, such as Girl with a Pearl Earring and In Good Company.

Combining reality with fairy tale elements, August Rush is a movie about believing in life, in yourself and in the people who love you.

A difficult film to review, Toe to Toe tells a story of two girl Lacrosse players who find and lose friendship then find their new places in life.

Tom Cruise is widely known for his action franchises like Mission Impossible, and for the media publicity he accrues for his Scientology beliefs. This week we are taking a look at his under-the-radar performances in dramas and comedies.

Kinky Boots, a quest for identity, provides a wealth of information below the surface because the aspirations of different characters are embodied in their accents and speech patterns. Rated PG-13 but better for 17 and up.

Cassandra Austen burned most of Jane Austen’s letters after Jane’s death. We cannot know the secrets of her heart or the tears of her sufferings, but we can soar with her on the wings of her novels to imagine what her life must have been.

British actress Kristin Scott Thomas takes a bite out of a juicy role in the French drama, Love Crime. Veteran director Alain Corneau‘s taut thriller centers on vicious office politics with Thomas' portrayal of Christine, a cunning executive out to use, ruin and maybe kill her assistant.