August usually signals the end of the summer popcorn movies and the shift into more serious, Oscar-caliber films. While “World Trade Center” isn’t going to win any major awards or garner any nominations for Academy Awards, it is a strong movie that is nothing short of inspirational. If anything, it reminded me how 9/11 shook everyone from a deep sleep and forced us to see that despite different skin color, religion and economics, we all want the same thing: Happiness and safety. People step up when that’s infringed and that is what is inspiring to me.

Check out the trailer for “World Trade Center.”