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- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsKeir GilchristZach GalifianakisEmma RobertsA clinically-depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.Sort of a modern day Cuckoo's Nest, with a little Zack humor thrown in. Liked the theme music that was also heard at the end of fight club.
- DirectorJames WatkinsStarsDaniel RadcliffeJanet McTeerCiarán HindsA young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.Movie relied WAy TOO MUCH on cheap scare thrills such as ominous music, and people, animals, and birds coming out of nowhere.
Daniel Radcliffe proved to be a convincing actor outside of the Potter realm. - DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.I like the coolness of the male character, how he drinks to excess and never gets rattled.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer AnistonJennifer ConnellyThis Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior."This *beep* is black",,,a random line from a bartender that I found so humorous.
The honest guy, who told lies about smoking, came up the ultimate loser in this flick. - DirectorMichael CristoferStarsAntonio BanderasAngelina JolieThomas JaneA woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.I felt a little too much empathy with this film, as it clearly shows how stupid men can be pursuing a woman obviously beautiful, yet flawed.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreRob SchneiderHenry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.Adam Sandler has that rare way of keeping his content fairly clean, and can pull of the "funny sentimental."
The penguin, the walrus, and certainly the little kids of Ula would have been miserably sappy in other hands. - DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRobin WrightJames McAvoyTom WilkinsonMary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.They made Stanton out to be quite the villian in both his rather Alexander Haig'esque rise to power after the assassination; and the way he insisted on revengeful guilt for Mary Serrat.
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsChogyam TrungpaJordan MaxwellGeorge CarlinMythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.Most definitely one of the most eye-opening movies put together on film. The eyes even open at the end! Love over fear....
- DirectorRod LurieStarsJames MarsdenKate BosworthAlexander SkarsgårdLos Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.If a movie has the effect of changing your personal life in so many ways; and allows you to discover things you suspected but never verified--then this movie DEFINITELY had an impact.
10/10 - DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsChad Michael MurrayParis HiltonElisha CuthbertA group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.I must be one of the few, but in addition to finding Paris Hilton incredibly attractive for a blonde....I actually think she has some acting ability. Too bad she wasn't the girl that lasted till the end.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsMichelle WilliamsEddie RedmayneKenneth BranaghColin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).Things I learned from watching Marilyn:
She had a mother who was committed to an insane asylum.
Her father was unknown.
Her insecurities came largely from a fear of abandonment.
She had a personal "yes woman" director that nobody really cared for. - DirectorRichard ShepardStarsRichard GereTerrence HowardJesse EisenbergA young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. However, their extremely dangerous target decides to come after them.Things I learned from watching The Hunting Party:
The whole war in Bosnia started over a MUSLIM ethnic cleansing.
Sarejevo was the site of the 1984 Winter Olympics. - DirectorSalim AkilStarsPaula PattonLaz AlonsoAngela BassettTwo very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsChiwetel EjioforAudrey TautouSophie OkonedoIrregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.I remembered the fact that Lagos is the capital of Nigeria.
INS agents are quite a bit more serious in London.
There is nothing more dangerous than a virtuous man who refuses to sleep. - DirectorTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh GrantAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.Halle Berry looks best in 2012 getup. Just the fact that somebody mentioned a lot of latex in one of the reviews had me seeing latex everywhere.
Shasha pointed out that it was "New Seoul" because Americans are much too afraid of the Chinese to portray anything like "New Beijing". - DirectorDon SiegelStarsWalter MatthauJoe Don BakerFelicia FarrA man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.Getting more from a bank heist can be a bad thing if the mob had put "cleaned money" there first.
It was funny to watch folks talk about altering passports and the like; seems a near impossibility in this post 9-11 world.
Walter Matthau was quite the dashing figure back in the day. - DirectorSteven ShainbergStarsJames SpaderMaggie GyllenhaalJeremy DaviesA young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.Could anybody else besides James Spader played this role?
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsHelen MirrenJulie WaltersPenelope WiltonBest friends Chris and Annie are members of a charitable institute. When Annie's husband succumbs to leukemia, the friends decide to pose nude for a calendar to raise funds for a local hospital.There is something about taking pictures of naked, old women that surely must have inspired a Hallmark card here or there.
- DirectorÉmile GaudreaultStarsLuke KirbyPeter MillerGinette RenoThe son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.I got more of an appreciation why Paul seems to abhor gays so much after watching this film. I don't necessarily believe it's all homophobia. I do believe he would get a chuckle from watching this, however.
- DirectorAlison MacleanStarsBilly CrudupRobert Michael KellyTorben BrooksA young man, often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.Jack Black was a nice addition, and the film went downhill with his absence from the screen.
It was an interesting scene when the two drugged out pals went to a "cemetery" only to find out that it was an abandoned drive in movie theatre. Interestingly, the drive in was still projecting a film. Does this really happen? - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsNeve CampbellJames FrancoMalcolm McDowellA young ballet dancer is poised to become the principal performer in a group of ballet dancers.This movie seemed like nothing more than an excuse to foist ballet onto the unsuspecting public. It is interesting how an actor (Malcolm McDowell) can get typecast. He played the exact same role in a Monk episode.
- DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsNelofer PaziraHassan TantaiIke OgutAfter an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.I kept waiting for a scene of a mine exploding, since much was made during the film about how there were literally thousands of mines in the Afghani desert.
If there were ever a case to be made about how religion is simply a means of gaining control of a people....this movie and the Taliban version of Islam is certainly the poster child. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid StrathairnAs the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.So good, that I saw it twice. Once, with Stephanie on Thanksgiving Day Eve, and once with Shasha about one week earlier.
Interesting in that Andrew Johnson never appears, or never gets mentioned.
Schuyler Colfax ---> Speaker of the House
Alexander Stephens ---> Vice President of the Confederacy - DirectorWim WendersStarsRüdiger VoglerPatrick BauchauVasco SequeiraThe director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.Lisbon looks a lot like San Francisco. Right down to what looked like the Golden Gate bridge to me.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsEthan HawkeMax von SydowYûki KudôA Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.I felt really badly for the main character, but loved his show of honor by coming forward and managing to take the Japanese dude off from what could very well have led to his death.
American guy loses Asian girl....hmm, not emotional at all.