May 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):
Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism (Benoy K. Behl, 2014, doc, sh) - 7/10
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):
Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism (Benoy K. Behl, 2014, doc, sh) - 7/10
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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- DirectorMichael Patrick KingStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallCynthia NixonCarrie is finally getting married to her Mr. Big, but heartbreak ensues when an observation by Miranda inadvertently causes him to jilt her.TV, 5/1/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRich CowanStarsRay LiottaGisele FragaMichael RodrickWhile investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.TV, 5/1/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDito MontielStarsChanning TatumTerrence HowardLuis GuzmánIn New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.TV, 5/2/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFernando SpinerStarsPablo CedrónNazareno CaseroClaudio RissiAballay was a bad tempered gaucho. After killing a man, the terrified look of the victim's son raised his consciousness about his savagery. Years go by, that kid's look doesn't leave him. Aballay knows that the kid will look for him.TV, 5/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSandor SternStarsTiffani ThiessenEric CloseLorrie MorganThere's a rapist plaguing a neighborhood. Now a young newlywed suspects that her new husband may be the one doing this.TV, 5/3/14. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.TV, 5/3/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerBarbara O'NeilA concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.TV, 5/4/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLogan LermanMatthew MacfadyenRay StevensonThe young and confident D'Artagnan, along with three former legendary but now down-on-their-luck Musketeers; unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne, and engulfing Europe in war.TV, 5/4/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsLaetitia CastaGuillaume CanetJean TexierOccupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.TV, 5/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAleksandar DjordjevicStarsNikola SimicMilan 'Lane' GutovicRuzica SokicDimitrije Pantic loses his suitcase with business projects in an overcrowded bus, only to find a similar one - yet full of foreign currencies. This money turns his life upside down, but it also influences other people's ambitions.Orig. title: Tesna koža 3.
TV, 5/4/14. 4/10 (P). - DirectorWalt DisneyStarsMargie GayJulius the cat is skating on a pond when he espies a young lady break through the ice. He saves her, only to realize she's not particularly attractive, and so throws her back. Meanwhile, a kitten orphan is left in a basket by the side of the pond; Julius discovers it and takes it skating with him, afterward taking it home to Alice. They name him Oscar, and Julius tries to give the brat a bath. He then feeds Oscar and teaches him some table manners.OL, 5/5/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoberto RobertiStarsRodolfo De AngelisAdolfo Della MonicaTecla ScaranoA silent film made by Roberto Roberti (Bob Robertson), father of the more famous Sergio Leone, about Naples and his tradition, his music and his immortal beauty that continue to have a big impact on many foreigners today, even on tourists.OL, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorVojislav NanovicStarsMeri BoskovaAco JovanovskiLjuba ArsovaFrosina is one of the many Macedonian wives whose husbands are economic emigrants abroad. Marriage does not bring them a family, only the burden of life itself. After her husband's short visits, she gives birth to children who do not live long because of the poverty into which they have been born. She gives birth to them alone, and she buries them alone. Only her last child, Klime, survives all his various illnesses and grows up to be her one joy in life. The war breaks out...OL, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsAlberto AmmannLeonor WatlingPilar López de AyalaA chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.TV, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMiroslav MikuljanStarsBekim FehmiuMilan StrljicOlivera JezinaThis film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic 1921. When Italy 1921 annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population disappointed by the method of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which is they sold foreigners. Accumulated social problems and the growing terror of Italians lead to great miners' strike, led by favorite union leader Ivan Pipan. The strikers will be join young miner Ive Blazina, who as commander of the Red Guard workers struggling for mining republic, and the for love of beautiful Mary Brezac. The sudden intervention of the Italian army destroys their dreams, and resigned Pippan surrenders. But not everyone agrees with his behavior.TV, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFred GuiolRichard WallaceStarsOliver HardyGlenn TryonVivien OaklandA divorced woman is set to receive $100,000 and quarts of diamonds from her divorce-disapproving aunt. Having taken in her first husband as a lodger, due to financial difficulties, and now living with her second husband, she must act to convince her aunt, that she is still married to her first husband, which is not taken gracefully by her second husband.OL, 5/6/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsTheda BaraStan LaurelOliver HardyA young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.OL, 5/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseOliver HardyWilliam V. MongTwo rich families arrange a marriage between their children. The kids rebel, each running away, and run into each other at the train station. Not knowing the other's identity, they fall for each other and work to sabotage the plan.OL, 5/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantLucien LittlefieldA wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.OL, 5/6/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseStuart HolmesMildred JuneCharley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees to help the girl, and is mistakenly hired as a butler at the same house. That evening, there's a big party at the house, and he has to find out which of the 20 girls there is the right one. The moment, he finds her, he gets the order to bathe the Duke, her dog, but he thinks she's talking about the future son-in-law... Meanwhile, the father, fed up with the aggressive dog, gives another domestic the order to get rid of the dog at midnight, when he hears him howling like a dog, the dog will be thrown by him out of the window. The aristocratic fiancée is in reality a crook, and is going to throw the safe out of the window, his partner in crime shall be prepared, when he hears him howling like a dog at midnight. Charley tells the girl that he will be ready for her eloping at midnight and the signal is him howling like a dog...OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsThelma BiracreeConstance FinkelBetty MacDonaldEarly Colour Film made by Eastman Kodak itself. Martha Graham's dance "The Flute of Krishna" is performed in front of the camera by students from the Eastman School of Music.OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsDick PowellLizabeth ScottJane WyattMarried insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsVincent GalloEmmanuelle SeignerZach CohenAn Afghan POW attempts his escape.TV, 5/7/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorWilliam A. O'ConnorStarsMickey McBanBynunsky HymanThe Man in the Moon invites little Mickey and his dog over for a visit. They go on a magical trip and meet strange characters along the way.OL, 5/8/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHans CürlisStarsWassily KandinskyKandinsky is one of several great artists of the 1920s shown at work before a canvas, in this entry from a series of documentary shorts by Curlis.OL, 5/8/14. 6/10 (FF).