February 2018
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films *listed* at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
#6 - OL, 2/2/18. My So Called Family (Charmain Johnson, 2010, sh) - 4/10 (P)
#7 - OL, 2/2/18. Speechless (Sara del Pino, 2012, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
#90 - TV, 2/24/18. Big Boy (Bryan Campbell, 2014, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
#94 - TV, 2/24/18. La tête de l'emploi (Right Person for the Job, Wilfried Méance, 2015, sh) - 8/10 (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)
The End!
Due to higher powers my 'viewing log' (Jul 2013 - Feb 2018) ends here. If just one (1) IMDb user found it useful I'm quite happy (the more the merrier though).
My contact addy (for questions, suggestions, recommendations (etc.) about ALL my lists) remains the same:
miran_kor@yahoo.com
Happy film watching! Enjoy great Cinema!
Also, films *listed* at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
#6 - OL, 2/2/18. My So Called Family (Charmain Johnson, 2010, sh) - 4/10 (P)
#7 - OL, 2/2/18. Speechless (Sara del Pino, 2012, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
#90 - TV, 2/24/18. Big Boy (Bryan Campbell, 2014, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
#94 - TV, 2/24/18. La tête de l'emploi (Right Person for the Job, Wilfried Méance, 2015, sh) - 8/10 (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)
The End!
Due to higher powers my 'viewing log' (Jul 2013 - Feb 2018) ends here. If just one (1) IMDb user found it useful I'm quite happy (the more the merrier though).
My contact addy (for questions, suggestions, recommendations (etc.) about ALL my lists) remains the same:
miran_kor@yahoo.com
Happy film watching! Enjoy great Cinema!
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- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneEvelyn KeyesBrad DexterA former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.OL, 2/1/18. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarc ErlbaumStarsDaniel Eric GoldJennifer Love HewittHubbel PalmerWhen tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.TV, 2/1/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsBenicio Del ToroMathieu AmalricGina McKeeA troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.TV, 2/1/18. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorSamir BajricStarsDajnomir GorjanecSasa Pavlin StosicSamir BajricDue to psychological issues with performing his secret mission the undercover detective visits a private psychiatrist and tells her about the reason for his visit. When she thinks the detective is just another ordinary patient with a need for a "cathartic" conversation and discussing his heady action detective experience, she realizes he's a much more complicated case, a case she might not be able to take in her stride.Orig. title: Šuplje priče: Zdej te je, a zdej te ni.
TV, 2/1/18. 3/10 (P). - DirectorCassandra NicolaouStarsMichelle NoldenBirkett TurtonGabriel HoganWhen two squeegee kids descend upon Sarah and her luxury sedan, the fuse is lit on a tense cat and mouse tale of captors and captives. Sarah is forced to continue her trip to an isolated cottage where the twisted trio bait and entice one another in a reckless search for truth. Show Me plunges us into a maze of mystery, desire, memory and self sacrifice.OL, 2/2/18. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTini TüllmannStarsFelix SchäferJessica SchwarzGreta BohacekWhile Freddys world collapses, Eddy, his childhood imaginary friend reappears. And he looks exactly like him but turns out to be a horrific version of himself. How to prove someone who used to be a product of your own mind is alive?TV, 2/2/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovStarsMikhail SkryabinYuriy MatveevAleksandr MosinThe film, set in the mid 1990s outside of St. Petersburg, tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker.Orig. title: Кочегар (=Kočegar).
TV, 2/2/18. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsMarcos HernándezAnapola MushkadizBertha RuizMarcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.TV, 2/2/18. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBeda Docampo FeijóoStarsDarío GrandinettiSilvia AbascalAnabella AgostiniA look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.TV, 2/3/18. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWilliam PhillipsStarsPaul GrossSienna GuilloryDustin MilliganA hardened American gunslinger is repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to mount a showdown in a friendly town in Canada where no one seems to understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild West.TV, 2/3/18. 7/10 (FF).
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The first half is completely hilarious (I haven't laughed this much in a long long time!). Sadly, it somewhat loses its pace in the second half (and especially near the end). Still, quite a gem. - DirectorGregory JacobsStarsChanning TatumJoe ManganielloMatt BomerThree years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.TV, 2/3/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsMathieu KassovitzCéline SalletteDavid GastouPaco and Nora once were an ideally matched couple. Both loved nature, nomadic or semi-nomadic life and agreed to raise their children far from the corruption of the consumer society. But Nora, unlike Paco, grew tired of such a lifestyle and left Paco taking their children with her. Paco would not accept what he considered a betrayal, all the more since Nora had obtained custody of the children. Taking advantage of his access to his children, Paco took flight with his two sons, Tsali and Okyesa. Their escape was to last an amazing eleven years...TV, 2/3/18. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsElvis PresleyUrsula AndressElsa CárdenasA yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.TV, 2/4/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorIn Hak JangStarsMi-hyang PakJin-mi KimCheol KimA student experiences different conflicts as she works toward being a scientist.TV, 2/4/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorCyril GelblatStarsManu PayetAudrey LamyAure AtikaFollowing the breakdown of his marriage, a self-involved man begins to embrace fatherhood.TV, 2/4/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonBarbara RushJeff MorrowA pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.TV, 2/4/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsRandolph ScottForrest TuckerMala PowersA special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers.TV, 2/4/18. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRZAStarsRussell CroweCung LeLucy LiuOn the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.TV, 2/4/18. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul JohanssonStarsTaylor SchillingGrant BowlerMatthew MarsdenRailroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.TV, 2/5/18. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAleksey FedorchenkoStarsBoris VlasovViktoriya IlyinskayaAnatoliy OtradnovBy means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.Orig. title: Первые на Луне.
TV, 2/5/18. 8/10 (R). - DirectorBence MiklauzicStarsFerenc LengyelTibor SzervétKálmán SomodyAnyone can park wherever they like in the car park, except for one place; the spot where Legionaire, the owner of the lot, buries dead mourning doves. But then a man (Imre) appears who wants to obtain that exact place for his 1968 Ford Mustang - at any cost, and will do almost anything to win. But, who wins in the end?TV, 2/5/18. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorThomas BeattyRebecca FishmanStarsGillian JacobsZachary KnightonDavid KrumholtzThree couples head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.TV, 2/6/18. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMatthew HolmesStarsJack MartinJamie CoffaWilliam LeeBen Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.TV, 2/6/18. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsJason RitterEmmanuelle ChriquiJames BrolinAn uptight New Yorker and his party girl sister visit their Dad's lake house to meet his new wife, and rough-around-the-edges kids. When the parents announce they're adopting a child to bring the family together, it has the opposite effect.TV, 2/7/18. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorNabil Ben YadirStarsPeter Van den BeginSoufiane ChilahJan DecleirDode Hoek (Blind Spot) is the story of Jan Verbeeck, the uncompromising commissioner of the Antwerp drug squad. Known as Mr. Zero Tolerance, he is hugely popular with the people and the media. The country is thrown into commotion when he announces that he is leaving the police force just before the elections to join the extreme right party, VPV. On his last day as a policeman, he leads an investigation that takes him to Charleroi where a raid on a drug lab sets in motion a series of unforeseeable and fatal events.TV, 2/7/18. 8/10 (R).