August 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):
Umberto Eco, derrière les portes (Teri Wehn Damisch, 2012, doc) - 8/10 (R)
Kam (Katarina Morano, 2013, 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):
Umberto Eco, derrière les portes (Teri Wehn Damisch, 2012, doc) - 8/10 (R)
Kam (Katarina Morano, 2013, 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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- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsVan HeflinTab HunterKathryn GrantA powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.TV, 8/1/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsJohn TravoltaNick LorenMatt O'LearyWhen Danny witnesses his stepfather Rick murder a man, Danny's father Frank has to protect his son from the greatest danger.TV, 8/1/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBen LewinStarsJohn HawkesHelen HuntWilliam H. MacyA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.TV, 8/1/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsJean-Paul BelmondoUrsula AndressMaria PacômeThe farcical adventures of an unhappy, sometimes suicidal, billionaire Arthur Lempereur in Hong Kong and the Himalayas.TV, 8/2/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael McCullersStarsTina FeyAmy PoehlerSigourney WeaverA successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.TV, 8/2/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorZoran CalicStarsRialda KadricVladimir PetrovicDragomir Bojanic-GidraTwo teenagers - boy from the rural and girl from the urban family - fall in love. Problems arise when the girl gets pregnant. This movie was the first in one of the most popular series in the former Yugoslavia.TV, 8/2/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLaurent TirardStarsGérard DepardieuDany BoonEdouard BaerAsterix and Obelix travel to Britain to help Anticlimax, Asterix's Breton cousin, defeat Julius Caesar and the invading Romans.TV, 8/2/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorWes CravenStarsDavid ArquetteNeve CampbellCourteney CoxWhile Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.TV, 8/2/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorVladimir PopovStarsOleg TabakovValentina TalyzinaMariya VinogradovaLittle Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.OL, 8/3/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorArne SucksdorffStarsAnders NohrborgKjell SucksdorffArne SucksdorffA year in the lives of the animals living near a small Swedish farm.OL, 8/3/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGuy Norman BeeStarsDennis HopperWill PattonFred WardAfter thirty years in prison, ex-con Ronnie (Dennis Hopper) recruits his grandson to exact revenge on Darryl (Fred Ward), the cop who put him behind bars. Standing in their way is Ronnie's son, whom Darryl raised.TV, 8/3/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe TorretonSamuel Le BihanBernard Le CoqThe war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.TV, 8/3/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorArne SucksdorffA ten-minute study of wild animal life in a Swedish forest; stoat, fox, hare, and owl, who stalk and savage one another, are photographed with extraordinary vividness and intimacy. It is perhaps the most striking of Sucksdorff's animal studies, in spite of an abrupt introduction and ending.OL, 8/4/15. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsA devil conjures up a dancing woman from a mystical flame.OL, 8/4/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsWalter LantzOswald protects an island dancer from his captain who wants her for himself.OL, 8/4/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsAxel GraatkjærViggo LarsenKnud LumbyeTwo white hunters accompanied by their servant go hunting in the African jungle. They see various animals and shoot a lion.OL, 8/4/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsTom Everett ScottJean-Claude Van DammeOrlando JonesDeep within a forest on the U.S.-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there.TV, 8/4/15. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMike LeighStarsRoger SlomanAlison SteadmanAnthony O'DonnellA middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.OL, 8/5/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsCarlos LarrañagaTota AlbaLina CanalejasPaquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears her sister tell somebody about her intention to sell all the family wealth. Once the money is gathered, she wishes to travel to Paris with the mysterious person and get rid of her brother and sister. Paquita and Venancio are terrified...OL, 8/5/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMarc FitoussiStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Pierre DarroussinMichael NyqvistBrigitte and Xavier let routine and weariness set in after their children leave their cattle farm. When Brigitte is wooed by a young man, she takes a trip to Paris to see him, but things do not go according to plan.TV, 8/5/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDean WrightStarsAndy GarciaOscar IsaacCatalina Sandino MorenoA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.TV, 8/5/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsBrooke BurnsGregory HarrisonNicole PaggiA bodyguard must go undercover to protect a tycoon's daughter from death threats before her big wedding day.TV, 8/6/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIngrid BergmanJoseph CottenMichael WildingA young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.TV, 8/6/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.TV, 8/6/15. 7/10 (FF).