Films Seen In 2012
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- DirectorElfar AdalsteinsStarsJohn HurtAnna María PittAn elderly gentleman absconds from a nursing home by setting in motion events that veil his disappearance. He heads to the local pier, where an old companion awaits him, ready for their last great journey.On the Oscar shortlist. Interviewed the director & publicist for LAist: http://laist.com/2012/01/17/whats_life_like_on_the_oscar_shortl.php
(UPDATE: Sadly, Sailcloth wasn't nominated for Best Live Action Short.) - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJean ClottesJulien MonneyWerner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.http://edyerkerobins.com/post/15298423297/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-review
- DirectorDamian NenowA short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.On the Oscar shortlist. Frenzied animated dogfight. War is hell!
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsSean AstinJosh BrolinJeff CohenA group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.Movie night at Eric's. I drank through most of this one. This might be fun to watch with kids, but as I didn't see it until college it does very little for me.
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsElle FanningAJ MichalkaKyle ChandlerDuring the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.Movie night at Eric's. Drinking every time you see a lens flare is a bad idea. I'd seen this before, I should've known better.
- DirectorFábio BarretoMarcelo SantiagoStarsRui Ricardo DiazGlória PiresJuliana BaroniThe true story of a working-class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one of the most influential politicians in Brazil's history.First new release of 2012! (Although it came out in its native Brazil years ago.)
- DirectorJake KasdanStarsDavid DuchovnySigourney WeaverIoan GruffuddThe story of a TV pilot as it goes through the network TV process of casting, production and finally airing.Saw in San Diego on "babymoon" / anniversary vacation.
Picked up DVD used at a Sam Goody (didn't even know they were still around) for a couple bucks. About the same as a rental, with less vacation hassle. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.UA Horton Plaza 14, San Diego, CA
Saw in San Diego on "babymoon" / anniversary vacation. First trip to the theater in 2012! - DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsJ.J. AbramsPeter BergPaul BrennanA documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsPaul GiamattiGeorge ClooneyPhilip Seymour HoffmanAn idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
- DirectorGeorge MihalkaStarsPaul KelmanLori HallierNeil AffleckA decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMichael FuithDavid RauchenbergerChristine KainFive months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.35mm, Cinefamily, Los Angeles, CA.
After five years in LA, glad I finally made it out here. Film is gripping, one of my favorites of the year. It's just hard to say that after explaining it to people. - DirectorChris LandrethStarsRyan LarkinChris LandrethFelicity FanjoyThe movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashMickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.
- DirectorNat ChristianStarsVictor BrowneMolly KidderJessica SpottsRadio commentator, Thomas Bach, runs for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota. Through a circumstance, he ends up in the middle of L.A.'s brutal homeless community. What he does with his new awareness is pitted against the forces. of security.
- DirectorNash EdgertonStarsNash EdgertonMirrah FoulkesChum EhelepolaA young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsSiu-Wong FanMei Sheng FanKa-Kui HoRiki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
- DirectorKeegan WilcoxStarsTrevor TeichmannFiona PerryRita ZoharIn times of war, a German boy finds a Jewish girl hiding in an abandoned house.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorTom DaleyStarsDeborah WintersJames HustonAndra St. IvanyiA group of high schoolers decide to stay in a natural museum after closing hours, but a newly acquired and mysterious lamp hiding a deadly force will turn the fun into horror.
- DirectorMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.StarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadJoel EdgertonUlrich ThomsenAt an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageJane WodeningImages of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. A man enters a room, a woman smiles. He sits, another man sits and smokes. The cat stretches. There are close-ups of each. The light is dim; a filter accentuates red. A bare foot stands on a satin sheet. A woman disrobes. She pets the cat.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageMyrrena SchwegmannJane WodeningStan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
- DirectorStan BrakhageA "found foliage" film composed of insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between two strips of perforated tape.