October 2013
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Angora angora (Darko Sinko, 2005, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Tantadruj (Tugo Štiglic, 1994, TV) - 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):
Angora angora (Darko Sinko, 2005, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Tantadruj (Tugo Štiglic, 1994, TV) - 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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- DirectorRandall ColeStarsRandy QuaidJay BaruchelJayne EastwoodAndy, a hyperactive compulsive gambler, has just been given one hour to live before a hit eliminates him for overdue gambling debts. With the deadline looming, Andy chooses to spend his last hour in more than one unusual way.TV, 10/1/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.TV, 10/1/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsLuca MarinelliThonyMicol AzzurroGuido and Antonia are a young couple with opposing characters and working schedules: he works a night job as a doorman in a hotel, and she works as an employee for a rental car service. This is the story of what happens to Guido and Antonia when they decide to have a child.TV, 10/2/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorChris ThomsonStarsDeidre HallLeslie CharlesonColleen ZenkOne of a trio of female friends is about to commit suicide.TV, 10/3/13. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorClive GordonStarsPeter MullanDaniel BrühlLuis TosarA young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.TV, 10/3/13. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsNaomi WattsSean PennSonya DavisonCIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.TV, 10/4/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsJennifer AnistonPaul RuddKali RochaA pregnant New York City social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.TV, 10/5/13. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsJack BlackMichael CeraOlivia WildeAfter being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.TV, 10/5/13. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsJennifer BealsPeter OuterbridgeNolan Gerard FunkWhen Sarah, a lonely and deeply troubled woman, inadvertently enters an AA meeting, she is embraced by its members who believe that she too is an alcoholic. What the meeting is all about, she doesn't know... but her motive for going to the community center is to meet face-to-face with Charlie, one of the members whom she has seen regularly standing in front of the center adjacent to her window just before what she supposes is some sort of Bible study. She likes the way Charlie moves and the way he smiles. As fate would have it, Sarah and Charlie begin to fall in love. The big question is: Will her continuing attendance at the meeting and her pretense of being an alcoholic weave itself into an entangling web? Will she muster up the courage to tell him, "My name is Sarah, and I'm not an alcoholic," knowing that she may lose him as a result?TV, 10/5/13. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAllen CoulterStarsRobert PattinsonEmilie de RavinCaitlyn RundA romantic drama centred on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.TV, 10/5/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean-Pierre CasselClaude BrasseurO.E. HasseAn upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the French border.TV, 10/6/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsAntonio BanderasRob BrownYaya DaCostaA dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.TV, 10/6/13. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDiego KaplanStarsAdrián SuarFlorencia BertottiClaudia FontánRefusing to face his adulthood, a Casanova must deal with the fact that he has a young pregnant daughter from an earlier relationship.TV, 10/6/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRichard MyersA surreal short in which a group of friends travel down a path and explore an abandoned barn.OL, 10/7/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorScott SidneyStarsElmo LincolnEnid MarkeyTrue BoardmanReared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?OL, 10/7/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHelma Sanders-BrahmsStarsMartina GedeckPascal GreggoryMalik ZidiA look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.TV, 10/7/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteve CarrStarsIce CubeNia LongJohn C. McGinleyNewlyweds Nick and Suzanne Persons decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids, Lindsey and Kevin. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.TV, 10/11/13. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittMatt DamonDanny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.TV, 10/11/13. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsShia LaBeoufMichael DouglasCarey MulliganNow out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.TV, 10/12/13. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJosh ShelovStarsNeil Patrick HarrisAmelia TalbotBonnie SomervilleSet in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.TV, 10/12/13. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlan PoulStarsJennifer LopezAlex O'LoughlinMichaela WatkinsA woman conceives twins through artificial insemination, then meets the man of her dreams on the very same day.TV, 10/12/13. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJérôme SalleStarsTomer SisleyKristin Scott ThomasPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicAfter a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers, and stop them from taking over his financial empire.TV, 10/12/13. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorKari SkoglandStarsEllen BurstynChristine HorneElliot PageA 90-year-old woman, rapidly losing her memory and knowing that sooner or later her life will be over, returns to the Manitoba farmhouse she grew up in to try and make peace with her dysfunctional family.TV, 10/13/13. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorIgnacio FerrerasStarsTacho GonzálezÁlvaro GuevaraMabel RiveraAn astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.TV, 10/13/13. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsHugh GrantJulianne MooreTom ArnoldWhen he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.TV, 10/13/13. 5.5/10 (FF).