February 2015
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Pticite doagaat (The Birds Are Coming, Branko Gapo, 1956, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Take Five (Zbigniew Rybczyński, 1972, sh) - 10/10 (R)
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):
Pticite doagaat (The Birds Are Coming, Branko Gapo, 1956, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Take Five (Zbigniew Rybczyński, 1972, sh) - 10/10 (R)
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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- DirectorRoger AllersJill CultonAnthony StacchiStarsAshton KutcherMartin LawrenceDebra MessingBoog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear, finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.TV, 2/1/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorGeorge GalloStarsNicolas CageJon LovitzDana CarveyResidents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.TV, 2/1/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsChris FarleyDavid SpadeTim MathesonA gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.TV, 2/1/15. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsWesley SnipesGary BuseyYancy ButlerA tough cop teams up with a professional skydiver to capture a renegade computer hacker on the run from the law.TV, 2/1/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsLiv TylerJennifer ConnellyJoaquin PhoenixTwo working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.TV, 2/1/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGunvor NelsonStarsOona NelsonA 9-year-old girl approaches self-awareness in a hauntingly dreamlike frolic in the great outdoors.OL, 2/2/15. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorNeven HitrecStarsLjubomir KerekesLucija SerbedzijaIvo GregurevicIn a small Croatian village in 1991, a carpenter Kuzma falls for much younger Ana. In spite of their surroundings' opposition towards their relationship, the couple marries and Ana gives birth to their son. Being also familiar with the statuary, he makes a sculpture of Madonna for the local church. A quiet life of the village is disturbed when the first clashes between Croats and Serbs arise.OL, 2/2/15. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorAlain BrunardStarsDenis PodalydèsDominique ReymondLaurent BateauA chronicle of Nobel Prize winning physicist Marie Curie's little known yet invaluable contribution to wounded soldiers' treatment during World War I, and her professional partnership with radiotherapy pioneer Claudius Regaud.TV, 2/2/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsErik PalladinoMichael MadsenDavid MoscowIt's a dirty and profitable life of crime for the car thieves known as "choppers." It takes speed, nerve, and know-how, but add murder and an undercover cop into the mix and it can get pretty explosive.TV, 2/2/15. 4.5/10 (P).
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsAaron EckhartNick AlachiotisLiana LiberatoAn ex-CIA agent and his estranged daughter are forced on the run when his employers erase all records of his existence, and mark them both for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy.TV, 2/3/15. 6/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'The Expatriate' in my country (on Kanal A). - DirectorAlberto FasuloStarsBranko ZavrsanLucka PockajMarijan SestakBranko has been a truck driver for only a few months, a choice that is quite understandable, given that he now earns three times as much as he did as a schoolteacher. But everything has a price, which is not always quantifiable in terms of money. As children we were told: "work ennobles man". But here the opposite seems true: it is Branko, with his efficiency, his obstinacy, his good will, who ennobles a job that grows more and more alienating, absurd and enslaving.TV, 2/3/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrance StiglicStarsLojze PotokarAngelca HlebceMarija LojkTemnikar's family prepares for the Christmas, but to him, it's the time of dark premonitions and anxiety. In the mountain cave, hidden by snow, the wounded partisans are hiding, and Temnikar suspects the treason. Once the White Guard patrol shows up at Temnikar's doorstep, he finds out about their plan to go and finish off the wounded partisans.OL, 2/4/15. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsLouis MalleWith minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and mundane, secular and religious, children and adults, animate and inanimate. Given only the images, the viewer can read any meaning she or he wants into the film.OL, 2/4/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDyana GayeStarsRalph AmoussouMarème Demba LySouleymane Seye NdiayeBetween New York, Dakar and Turin, the fates of Sophie, Abdoulaye and Thierno intersect and intermingle. From disillusionment to decisive encounters, their journey will lead them to make the choice of freedom.TV, 2/4/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorThomas ArslanStarsNina HossMarko MandicPeter KurthIn the summer of 1898, a small group of German compatriots head into the hostile northern interior of British Columbia in search for gold at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.TV, 2/4/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKallol BoseSubir BoseNorman EllisThis documentary shows the life of the greatest Bengali talent of all time, Rabindranath Tagore. His work in Bengali culture and literature.OL, 2/5/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorBranko GapoStarsSlobodan DimitrijevicNeda ArnericDarko DamevskiFidan is a young man who lives and works in the town. His father Dicho is a peasant who was a fighter both in the war and in the revolution as well. After the war he supports the idea for collectivization and industrialization of the villages in general. Being sincerely persuaded in those ideas he works on it, but he is often confronted with most of village fellows, and most eagerly by Lazar, his closest friend, and adopted brother. After the failure of the cooperative movement, Dicho leaves the village. Soon he dies and his son Fidan fulfills his father's last wish burying him in his native village. Being there Fidan tries to find himself in the new circumstances, in the new pursuit of cattle-breeding which is a great challenge for him, as well in making new contacts with the people of the village. He falls in love with a girl, named Blaguna, who is Lazar's daughter and soon she becomes his wife. Although he is exposed to the mistiness of his village fellows, Fidan is occupied by sheep raising with all his enthusiasm. However, trade laws are severe and unfavorable, and in such circumstances it is not possible for him to realize purposes and projects. Fidan's return to his father's home brings him neither spiritual peace that he was looking for nor new contents in his lifestyle.OL, 2/5/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSacha GervasiStarsAnthony HopkinsHelen MirrenScarlett JohanssonThe relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.TV, 2/5/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsDanny GloverWillem DafoeBrad JohnsonDuring the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.TV, 2/5/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsDrew BarrymoreDavid ArquetteMichael VartanA newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story.TV, 2/6/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsAnne HathawayRosemarie DeWittDebra WingerA young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.TV, 2/6/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsRandolph ScottBarbara HaleJay C. FlippenAn officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.TV, 2/7/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael LohmannStarsAmanda RighettiWill EstesHarry HamlinWhen a new boy is employed to work in a coffee shop, he turns out to be a schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication, and makes the life of the popular young waitress who works there a misery.TV, 2/7/15. 6/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Dangerous Attraction' in Croatia (on HRT 1). - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsPierce BrosnanJulianna MarguliesAidan QuinnDesmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. As he's unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages; when he finds a job, he tries to get his kids back.TV, 2/7/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsChanning TatumAlex PettyferOlivia MunnA male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.TV, 2/7/15. 7/10 (FF).