December 2014
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Watching You (Stephanie Abramovich, 2000, sh) - 7/10 (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):
Watching You (Stephanie Abramovich, 2000, sh) - 7/10 (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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- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeremy IronsJohn LoneBarbara SukowaIn 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.OL, 12/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChris NoonanStarsRenée ZellwegerEwan McGregorEmily WatsonThe story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.TV, 12/1/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsFaramarz GharibianYousef KhodaparastBaran KosariWhen forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh (Kosari). When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man (Gharibian) who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered.TV, 12/1/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniJosephine HutchinsonAnita LouiseThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.OL, 12/2/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorAlix DelaporteStarsClotilde HesmeGrégory GadeboisEvelyne DidiAngèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires her as a fishmonger, lodges her and teaches her the tricks of the trade. The relationships between Myriam, Tony's mother, and Angèle are far from easy but the young woman gradually adapts to her new environment and little by little Tony and Angèle manage to tame each other...TV, 12/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsIce CubeChris TuckerNia LongIt's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.TV, 12/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsVyacheslav TikhonovIrina PechernikovaNina MenshikovaA school teacher faces a moral crisis.OL, 12/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRashid NugmanovStarsViktor TsoyMarina SmirnovaPyotr MamonovMoro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.OL, 12/3/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarko SanticStarsJanko MandicNina RakovecNatasa Barbara GracnerA pair of emotionally scarred 19-year-olds seek refuge from a harsh adult world in each other's arms. He has a juvenile detention behind him, she has a rapacious sexual appetite. As an escape, the pair are having hungry sex everywhere.TV, 12/3/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMartin SrebotnjakStarsMartin SrebotnjakDemeter BitencBarbara CerarMiha, a poet whom no one takes seriously, earns his living by writing cheap advertising slogans. This outsider poet of the new age gets commissioned to write an ode to the famous Slovene poet Preseren for the national celebration of the 200th anniversary of Preseren's birth. Who was Preseren? What did he drink? What sort of woman did he like? A comedy can begin.Orig. title: Oda Prešernu.
TV, 12/3/14. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorGustav GavrinKosta HlavatyA documentary about the horrors of the largest concentration camp in Croatia.OL, 12/4/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAlex SteyermarkStarsGina GershonLori PettyMarc BlucasPrey For Rock & Roll is the story of Jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band, Clam Dandy, who are trying to make it in the LA club scene of the late 1980s. After ten years of being ignored by record producers, Jacki and the band find hope in one producer who promises to see them play and consider them for a contract. Jacki resolves to play this one last gig and then throw in the towel if she does not find success. Personal tragedies, however, threaten to rip the band apart, rocking the foundation of friendship and trust the women have built together. Ultimately, the band must find its strength in the music that is their passion and the thread that holds them together, inspiring them to prevail.OL, 12/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarc NadalStarsNúria MolinaMontserrat OcañaTwo sisters in love. Mar is in love with her older sister Celia and Celia with Mar. How will this affect them? The short film raises questions that are somewhat taboo, which he wrapped in controversy: The love affair between two sisters and lesbianism.OL, 12/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorChristopher MongerStarsHugh GrantTara FitzgeraldColm MeaneyWhen an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.TV, 12/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia RobertsDavid Hyde PierceDavid DuchovnyA day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.TV, 12/4/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDolph LundgrenStarsDolph LundgrenBen CrossIvan PetrushinovA Russian ex-Spetsnaz working as a mechanic in LA accepts a job freeing a kidnapped woman in Saint Petersburg, as the mob boss also killed his wife and son 7 years ago. The body count begins.TV, 12/4/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMario PeixotoStarsOlga BrenoTatiana ReyRaul SchnoorThree people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.OL, 12/5/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRhys ThomasStarsBrian MayRoger TaylorPaul GambacciniDocumentary looking at the relationships and solo career of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.TV, 12/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title "Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender" in Croatia (on HRT 2). - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsKurt RussellZoë BellRosario DawsonTwo separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.TV, 12/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsGeorge MontgomeryKarin BoothJerome CourtlandLawmen infiltrate bandit gang to catch mining crooks.TV, 12/6/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorAaron NorrisStarsChuck NorrisBeau BridgesJonathan BrandisA bullied teen who fantasizes about being Chuck Norris' sidekick trains in martial arts to fulfill his dreams.TV, 12/6/14. 4.5/10 (P).
- DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsJulianne HoughDiego BonetaTom CruiseA small-town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.TV, 12/6/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsEvan Rachel WoodHolly HunterNikki ReedA thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.TV, 12/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsLeslie HowardLaurence OlivierRichard GeorgeA World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.TV, 12/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJane RussellMarilyn MonroeCharles CoburnShowgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.TV, 12/7/14. 7/10 (FF).