June 2016
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Vjetrenjača (Happiness on Wings, Zdenko Gašparović, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (FF)
Turn, Turn, Turn (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 10/10 (R)
Us Down by the Riverside (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 9/10 (R)
The Godz (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Zrak (An Endless Deviltry, Zlatko Grgić, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Vjetrenjača (Happiness on Wings, Zdenko Gašparović, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (FF)
Turn, Turn, Turn (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 10/10 (R)
Us Down by the Riverside (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 9/10 (R)
The Godz (Jud Yalkut, 1966, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Zrak (An Endless Deviltry, Zlatko Grgić, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanAlexander KnoxEttore GianniniA wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.OL, 6/1/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorOtar IosselianiStarsRamaz GiorgobianiGogi KharabadzeMarina KartsivadzeA young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.OL, 6/1/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPierre CourrègeStarsPierre SantiniBruno SoloPatrick BraoudéJust a few weeks before elections, the outgoing President of Republic, Jean François Vanier (Patrick Braoudé), is at the lowest in the polls, leader of the most powerful right wing party he is trying to find a mainstay.TV, 6/1/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHugh JackmanJake GyllenhaalViola DavisKeller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is an RV that had been parked on their street.TV, 6/1/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsPatricia WaltersNora SwinburneEsmond KnightThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.OL, 6/2/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeHaradhan BannerjeeA chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.OL, 6/2/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn WellsStarsMeryl StreepDermot MulroneyJulia RobertsA look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.TV, 6/2/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovViktor SukhorukovDmitriy DyuzhevSomewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.OL, 6/3/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorVittorio CalcinaStarsLeo XIIILeone XIII in the Vatican gardens.OL, 6/3/16. 6/10 (FF).
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The film is from 1896, actually (and of course). - DirectorAsger LethStarsSam WorthingtonElizabeth BanksJamie BellAs a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.TV, 6/3/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeremy IronsJuliette BinocheMiranda RichardsonA Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's girlfriend despite the obvious dangers.TV, 6/3/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJames GarnerSidney PoitierBibi AnderssonIn Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.TV, 6/4/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark NealeStarsBrad PittJorge LorenzoJose Manuel Lorenzo'Hitting the Apex' is the story of six fighters - six of the fastest motorcycle racers the world has ever seen - and of the fates that awaited them at the peak of the sport.TV, 6/4/16. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle AgoguéA veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.TV, 6/4/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJannicke Systad JacobsenStarsHelene BergsholmMalin BjørhovdeHenriette SteenstrupIn Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.TV, 6/4/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorMichael D. SellersStarsCaitlin WachsSamantha JadeGeorge HarrisDolphin experts confront the US Navy when its sonar program is suspected of causing the animals' deaths.TV, 6/5/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnton TomasicStarsMarko MiklavicJurij SoucekVesna JevnikarA young boy is on vacation at the beach with his family. He becomes bored and wanders onto the set of a television production about pirates aboard a ship.Orig. title: Čisto pravi gusar.
TV, 6/5/16. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorJohn CarneyStarsKeira KnightleyMark RuffaloAdam LevineA chance encounter between a down-and-out music business executive, and a young singer songwriter new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.TV, 6/5/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDarko SuvakStarsAreta CurkovicDaria Lorenci FlatzAnita Matic DelicBased on a true story. Massage salon business, which Ann is running with her best friend Vicky, is not going anywhere. It was a last resort to help her financial troubles. Loans, debts and bills are direly overdue. Even her good friend, loan shark Zi, is losing patience. Not ready to step into 'happy endings' with her massage services robbing the bank seems like if not the only but for sure very pragmatic solution. Especially since Sam, third in a trio of best friends, is branch assistant manager. Shortly after the first robbery Ann, Vicky and Sam realize that even more money is needed to make life better. As if the the monetary is the only problem to be resolved.TV, 6/5/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBille WoodruffStarsSharon LealBoris KodjoeJohn NewbergA gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.TV, 6/5/16. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsHeather MatarazzoChristina BrucatoVictoria DavisAn awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.OL, 6/6/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorKôichi SakamotoStarsJohnny Yong BoschDan SouthworthPamela WalworthOn an isolated ranch in the desert, one man must protect his wife from a secret past that he is now forced to confront. With the sun towering in the sky overhead, the ranch sits beneath the vast blue, isolated amidst the arid terrain, Though life is certainly evident as a house warming party ensues.TV, 6/6/16. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsKeanu ReevesDiane LaneJohn HawkesA gambling addict and ticket scalper living an aimless life reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League team from the Chicago projects as part of a loan agreement.TV, 6/6/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJonathan MillerStarsAnne-Marie MallikFreda DowieJo Maxwell MullerA girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.OL, 6/7/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMatia KarrellStarsKyra SedgwickKiefer SutherlandStockard ChanningA dying man must reunite with his sister to face their family's violent past and find peace in their lives.TV, 6/7/16. 6.5/10 (FF).