April 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):
Starice (Old Women, Ante Babaja, 1976, doc, sh) - 8/10 (R)
The Great Turn On (Bill Plympton/B. Sommers, 1968, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Nebo nad blokom (Žiga Virc, 2008, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Obisk (Alma Lapajne, 2010, 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):
Starice (Old Women, Ante Babaja, 1976, doc, sh) - 8/10 (R)
The Great Turn On (Bill Plympton/B. Sommers, 1968, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Nebo nad blokom (Žiga Virc, 2008, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Obisk (Alma Lapajne, 2010, 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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- DirectorJoyce ChopraRichard LeacockIn 1963, the first US quintuplets to survive were born in Aberdeen, South Dakota. We meet the Fischers - the babies' parents - two weeks after the babies' birth; we see the physician and each infant. Then, we meet their several older siblings, see some of the donated items, watch dad take his older children around the farm in his Model T Ford, and follow mom on a shopping trip. The family discusses keeping the quints' lives away from the spotlight, and the city fathers talk about commercial possibilities. The film ends with a town dinner, speeches, and a parade to mark the quints' first month of life. The school band, the parents in a convertible, and then a sudden rain.OL, 4/1/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHarry WattStarsBill BlewittA dramatic reconstruction of the fishing trawler 'John Gillman' in trouble in a storm.OL, 4/1/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark LewisStarsTip ByrneH.W. KerrGlen IngramA documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.OL, 4/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAng LeeStarsEmma ThompsonKate WinsletJames FleetRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.TV, 4/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorCharles Herman-WurmfeldStarsReese WitherspoonSally FieldBob NewhartElle Woods heads to Washington, D.C. to join the staff of a Representative in order to pass a bill to ban animal testing.TV, 4/1/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsNatalie PortmanMelchior DerouetWhile he is receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a strange way. A segment of Paris, I Love You (2006).OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorBill PlymptonA man plucks a hair from his nostril. The hair wants back in.OL, 4/2/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsDaniel KaufmanAn animated look at the 11 essential steps to make the pilgrim's progess from finding a woman to making love to her. Along the way, our prototypical man gets advice about her eyes, her hair, her neck, her nostrils (and how they will flare as she becomes excited), the kiss, disrobing her (be subtle yet have authority), the hug, her nipples, and kinky accessories. At every turn, even as the exultant strains of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus signal that success is upon him, there are dangers and pitfalls. The journey requires steely resolve.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsBill PlymptonThe perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoel StillermanBill PlymptonStarsPeter HimmelmanBizarre animations accompany Himmelman's song about love and loss, "245 Days"OL, 4/2/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsLinda EklundChris HoffmanEve SchwastA distracted executive buys an anniversary gift for his wife and gets MUCH more than he bargained for.OL, 4/2/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsRuth MaleczechValeria VasilevskiThe Android Sisters sing about the alarming increase in U. S. defense spending during the cold war and its effect on various aspects of the domestic economy.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAmir MotlaghStarsAmir MotlaghBob TurtonMax WaldmanGreg turned 35 two days ago. Yesterday, he bought a toaster and cleaned the fridge.OL, 4/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGéza M. TóthStarsÁkos AmbrusImre MadácsiAtti PacsayFive minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsWalter HustonBenjamin SimonA group of mentally traumatized veteran patients is followed as they go through psychiatric treatment.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChristopher KezelosA strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.OL, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChris LavisMaciek SzczerbowskiStarsLaurie MaherExhausted and profoundly melancholic, anachronistic Madame Tutli-Putli wants to board a train. And, surrounded by a lifetime's worth of personal belongings, she waits patiently. Is she running away from her past?OL, 4/2/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorAida BegicStarsMarija PikicIsmir GagulaBojan NavojecSiblings Rahima and Nedim are the Bosnian war orphans. She works as a restaurant chef and earns just enough money to survive.TV, 4/2/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice BénichouA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.TV, 4/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn Henry DavisStarsBrendan HinesElizabeth BanksKris ParkThree friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town.TV, 4/3/14. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsRebecca De MornayVincent D'OnofrioRichard EdsonWhen it is discovered that a man is having luck in the casinos in Las Vegas, people start attempting to take his money.TV, 4/4/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsRobert De NiroKenneth BranaghHelena Bonham CarterWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.TV, 4/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsLasse RimmerLene NystrømFanny Leander BornedalA father returns to his old hometown with his young family. Events force him to face the small town's xenophobia.TV, 4/4/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsTony CurtisColleen MillerArthur KennedyDishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.TV, 4/5/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid Michael LattStarsBrittany MurphyEriq La SalleBruce DavisonWhen miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismology expert Dr Amy Lane, Boomer must now race against time to stop the chasm that is threatening to tear America - and the entire world - in half.TV, 4/5/14. 4/10 (P).