Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls was the film that proved Jennifer Hudson had what it take to escape the bounds of American Idol success. A musical trio is discovered by an ambitious manager who offers them the chance of a lifetime, but the women come to learn that fame and glamor can cost you everything.

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The More You Know

  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • Indonesia has the shortest population.
  • George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but could not obtain the rights so instead, he created Star Wars.
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