November 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):
Lavanderman - istina ili mit? (Zvonimir Rumboldt, 2010) - 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):
Lavanderman - istina ili mit? (Zvonimir Rumboldt, 2010) - 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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- DirectorChris MillerStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekZach GalifianakisAn outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.TV, 11/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsKatherine HeiglDale MidkiffCorbin BernsenA young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800's suddenly finds herself a widow. Now she must live with a recently widowed young man and his daughter. Can any of them find love again?TV, 11/1/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAngus MacLaneStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackWoody and the gang are held up at a roadside motel and members of the group start to disappear. Woody sets about getting to the bottom of the mystery.TV, 11/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepJim BroadbentRichard E. GrantAn elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.TV, 11/1/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDerek CianfranceStarsRyan GoslingMichelle WilliamsJohn DomanThe relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.TV, 11/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJennifer Yuh NelsonStarsJack BlackAngelina JolieJackie ChanPo and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.TV, 11/2/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorMarie MiyayamaStarsYuki InomataHans KremerOrlando KlausA young Japanese student discovers a box of old photographs that leads her on a journey to Germany where she learns about her childhood. "The Red Dot" she finds on a map holds a special significance.TV, 11/2/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsRalph FiennesAngela BassettJuliette LewisA former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.TV, 11/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsJohn CarradineJean ParkerNils AstherIn Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.OL, 11/3/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJennifer DevoldèreStarsMélanie LaurentJustin BarthaValérie BenguiguiJack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.TV, 11/3/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsBérénice BejoTahar RahimAli MosaffaAn Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.TV, 11/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter CushingJune LaverickDonald PleasenceIn 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.OL, 11/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorYuriy BykovStarsDenis ShvedovYuriy BykovIrina NizinaIn a car accident, a policeman accidentally killed a child. The other cops are trying to hush up the case.TV, 11/4/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAnthony FranciosaGiuliano GemmaJohn SaxonAn American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.OL, 11/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDjordje KadijevicStarsMirjana NikolicPetar BozovicSlobodan 'Cica' PerovicA young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man becomes a miller in a vampire-infested local mill.OL, 11/5/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsAnna GeislerováStanislav MajerJirí CernýIt should have been the best day of her life, but then a strange guest with a stranger claim entered the marriage merriment. About the shadows which catch up with each of us.TV, 11/5/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLukas SturmStarsAsli BayramSenad BasicAdnan HaskovicAustrian journalist asks her editor to send her to Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to investigate disappearance of girl.TV, 11/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsNatasha LyonneClea DuVallMichelle WilliamsA naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.OL, 11/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWim WendersStarsWim WendersMichelangelo AntonioniMaroun BagdadiDuring the '35th Cannes International Film Festival' (14th-26th May 1982), German director Wim Wenders asked a sample of 15 other international film directors to get, each one at a time, into the same hotel room to answer in solitude the same question about the future of cinema, while they were filmed with a 16mm camera and recorded with a Nagra sound recorder. In social sciences the goal of standardization is that each person is exposed to the same question experience, and that the recording setting of answers is the same, too, so that any differences in the answers can be correctly interpreted as reflecting differences between persons rather than differences in the process that produced the answer. The wide sampling frame in "Room 666" included European 'auteurs' and Hollywood directors, narrative and experimental filmmakers, male and female professional film directors that presented their films or were simply present at the 35th Cannes Festival in May 1982. The directors came from France, Italy, Brazil, Lebanon, Germany, Turkey, the Philippines and the USA. This unique documentary shows the complete footage (or selected parts) of the 15 answers that resulted from this 'standardized survey interviews'. The historical value of "Room 666" has increased over time: The 5 directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Yilmaz Güney, Maroun Bagdadi, Robert Kramer and Michelangelo Antonioni have died since then in this order. Fassbinder died only a few weeks later on June 10th 1982 and gave his last 'interview' in "Room 666".OL, 11/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKing AmpawChristian FriedelPeter KaiserBecause the driver is unable to fulfill correctly his order to kill somebody, he and his friends have to pay the price. "Alabama" is a road-movie. The camera is constantly in the back of the car shooting through the back window... But more important than this story is how the song "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan is changing when it is interpreted by Jimi Hendrix. And the recurring album of the Stones "His Satanic Majesty's Request".OL, 11/6/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRichard LaGraveneseStarsHolly HunterDanny DeVitoQueen LatifahJudith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury apartment in New York, looking for a new meaning for her life. Pat Francato, the janitor and lift-boy, has a troubled life himself: Gambling debts and the tragic death of his daughter took away all his spirit. One day, he and Judith meet in the right mood and a fragile friendship starts to grow. They can help each other to get on their feet again. But one false move could destroy everything they built so carefully.TV, 11/6/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna BonaiutoGiulio BosettiThe story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.TV, 11/6/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSlava TsukermanStarsAnne CarlislePaula E. SheppardSusan DoukasA small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.OL, 11/7/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorLucky ChaStarsSamantha NovakBonnie OwenKayla NavinMax loves Carlo but how can she move on when she remains haunted by the night when trying to be a hero went horrifically wrong.OL, 11/7/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrançoise Decaux-ThomeletStarsBérénice BejoMarina ToméGérard TouratierA teenager comes out to her parents by asking them to guess whether she is pregnant or a lesbian.OL, 11/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsPierce BrosnanSophie MarceauRobert CarlyleJames Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.TV, 11/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark GriffithsStarsJeremy LondonDorie BartonJames GammonA city lawyer gets a dose of country medicine when he meets his fiancee's parents at Christmastime.TV, 11/8/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsNazif MujicSenada AlimanovicSemsa MujicA Roma family lives far from the urban centres of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The father Nazif salvages metal from old cars and sells it to a scrap-dealer. The mother Senada keeps the house tidy, cooks, bakes and cares for their two small daughters. One day, she feels a sharp pain in her abdomen. At the hospital she is told there is something wrong with the baby she is carrying: "They say it's dead." She is at risk of septicaemia and they must operate immediately. But Senada has no medical insurance; since the operation will cost much more than the family can afford the hospital's head refuses to treat her. A race against time together with a mounting sense of hopelessness played by a cast of non-professional actors re-enacting an episode from their own lives. Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix and the Silver Bear for best actor at the Berlin Film Festival 2013.Orig. title: Epizoda u životu berača željeza.
TV, 11/8/14. 8/10 (R). - DirectorRandall MillerStarsChris PineAlan RickmanBill PullmanThe story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".TV, 11/8/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBruce RobinsonStarsJohnny DeppGiovanni RibisiAaron EckhartAmerican journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.TV, 11/8/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsLeslie BanksCarol GoodnerFrank VosperDavid Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard (when we still built ships). The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.TV, 11/9/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid S. Cass Sr.StarsMartin MullNicholas StargelCameron DaddoWhen a young boy discovers his new home is inhabited by a ghost, he unravels the mystery behind the ghost's existence.TV, 11/9/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorLuca LuciniStarsLuca ArgenteroDiane FleriFabio TroianoCarlo is a doctor that has recently lost his wife. Affected by the loss, he is supported by his family and friends, and, above all, for the love he feels towards his little daughter. And then, one day, he meets Camille.TV, 11/9/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSilvije PetranovicStarsMile BiljanovicEna LulicGoran NavojecApprentice Lapitch,the little shoemaker sets off on a journey after experiencing injustice from the cruel Master Scowler. Just 18 days were enough to make the movie 'The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker' (Segrt Hlapic), by production company 'Maydi film' to become the most watched Family movie since Croatia gained its independence.Orig. title: Šegrt Hlapić.
TV, 11/9/14. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanJackson LouAnnie WuThis fourth installment of Chan's Police Story film franchise has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.TV, 11/9/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsGeorge LamCora MiaoSeason MaA Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".OL, 11/10/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsDakota FanningJennifer HudsonQueen LatifahIn 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.TV, 11/10/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiGolshifteh FarahaniShahab HosseiniThe mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.TV, 11/10/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorLee RoseStarsLeslie HopeWendy CrewsonD.W. MoffettAn unhappily married housewife and mother of two children (Leslie Hope) seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she developes a mutual attraction to her female boss (Wendy Crewson).OL, 11/11/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWayne WangStarsWood MoyMarc HayashiLaureen ChewTwo cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000.OL, 11/11/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGreg ZglinskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczLukasz SimlatGabriela MuskalaAlfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.TV, 11/11/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSusan StromanStarsNathan LaneMatthew BroderickUma ThurmanAfter putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.TV, 11/11/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKen LoachStarsCrissy RockVladimir VegaSandie LavelleMaggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.OL, 11/12/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorGilles LegrandStarsNiels ArestrupLorànt DeutschPatrick ChesnaisPaul has no faith in his son, Martin, to inherit his prestigious family wine estate. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son - a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philippe, the son of his dying estate manager.TV, 11/12/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsFrancesco SciannaMargareth MadèLina SastriBaaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.TV, 11/12/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam MarshallAdele MaraRicardo CortezA private detective is approached by a wealthy entertainment executive to stop a blackmail scheme against him. Although he hasn't decided to take the job, the blackmailers believe that he already has, and he is marked for murder.OL, 11/13/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyGülsen AlniaçikTuncel KurtizWhen one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair. On the advice of a local holy man, and fuelled by an indefatigable optimism, he sets out into the desert in quest of a mythical lost treasure, slipping further and further into that final, ineluctable moment.OL, 11/13/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJeff BridgesCaroline GoodallJohn SavageTeenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.TV, 11/13/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsThierno LeyeMyriam NiangSeune SambA corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.OL, 11/14/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRadivoje 'Lola' DjukicStarsMiodrag Petrovic-CkaljaStanislava PesicZdravka KrstulovicA trademark comedy by well known Yugoslav writer Radivoje 'Lola' Djukic. Nenad and Predrag are twin brothers. Nenad is the poor carpenter who works in the factory with deep financial problems, and he is one of the union leaders. On the other hand, his twin brother Predrag is the successful executive of a large socialist company, and he enjoys all the benefits of his position. As Predrag's company refuses to give a loan to Nenad's factory, Nenad decides to kidnap his twin brother with his union mates and to take his place in order to get the credit. But in the process, their plan has been unexpectedly changed.OL, 11/14/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDyana GayeStarsAbbase BaOmar SeckNianga DiopDakar, Senegal. Ousmane, a 7 year old child, begs in the streets. He decides to write a letter to Santa Claus.Orig. title (on a copy I saw): Deweneti.
OL, 11/14/14. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorHunter RichardsStarsJessica BielChris EvansJason StathamAt a drug laden party in a New York loft, a young man tries to win back his ex-girlfriend.TV, 11/14/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsJonathan D. MellorManuela VelascoÓscar ZafraIn order to ascertain the current situation inside, a supposed medical officer and a GEO team step into the quarantined and ill-fated apartment building.TV, 11/14/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorScott CaanStarsGiovanni RibisiLynn CollinsScott CaanWhen Solo, the writer of one book, runs out of money for therapy, his therapist suggests getting a dog. Problems arise.TV, 11/15/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsJessica BielJodelle FerlandWilliam B. DavisWhen her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.TV, 11/15/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsBinnie HaleGordon HarkerDonald CalthropA lighthouse keeper has been murdered in mysterious circumstances and, during the ensuing investigation a Phantom Light keeps appearing at the scene of his death.TV, 11/16/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorGoran RukavinaStarsLeon LucevJudita FrankovicAnamarija MandicMan finds himself stuck in the moment between his wife's disappearance and new life created by his daughter and a new woman.TV, 11/16/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorOl ParkerStarsDakota FanningJosef AltinJeremy IrvineA teenage girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she would like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.TV, 11/16/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTadeusz KonwickiStarsIrena LaskowskaJan MachulskiA young man meets a middle-aged woman at a deserted beach. Will they overcome their personal and wartime traumas and find a way to stay together?OL, 11/17/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsMichael DudikoffSteve JamesJudie AronsonAmerican soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.OL, 11/17/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsMarshall R. TeagueTim AbellDanny Lee ClarkThree American women are being held hostage by a psychotic madman, and only one team is capable of rescuing them, the Special Forces. Time is precious, and these trained fighters will have to use everything they got to prevent the worst.TV, 11/17/14. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsMalgorzata BraunekLeszek TeleszynskiJan NowickiSet during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some German soldiers slaughter a woman, her son, and mother-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The husband decides to join the resistance but at the first meeting the Gestapo kills his go-between and chases him. During his escape he gets into the apartment of a pregnant woman in labor and helps her with the childbirth. He works in the typhus center where he is a guinea pig for lice after being immunized to make more vaccine. He goes to the hospital to end the misery of a man mistaken as him and tortured. He seems to see his own body and is finally reconciled with himself.OL, 11/18/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorRyszard BrylskiStarsLoretta CichowiczKatarzyna FiguraAldona JankowskaKitka was just a little girl when she lost her mother. Now, in her late teens, she makes her first life choices. Her grandfather, her father and even her late mother are determined to help the adolescent girl. However, suffering from the family trauma and in constant conflict with each other, they themselves seem to need help. They do not make it any easier for Kitka so the girl decides to take matters into her own hands. She embarks on a series of funny adventures, meets a number of strange characters and experiences first romantic entanglements. Eventually, everything ends wonderfully well, and the literal sense of the word wonder is not to be forgotten in this context.TV, 11/18/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDagmar HirtzStarsCharlotte SchwabAnn-Kathrin KramerPeter LerchbaumerSuccessful management consultant Catherine must face Maren as her new assistant. The young woman is very ambitious but has been employed by junior Boss Grosser to spoil Catherine's career. Despite all circumstances they work perfectly well as a team--and fall in love. Catherine, a married mother of teenage twins, is shaken up by the new situation. Is she willing to live her life with Maren, an open lesbian?OL, 11/19/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHenning CarlsenStarsIvan JacksonEvelyn FrankMarijke MannAround 1960, Englishman Toby Hood comes to Johannesburg to run a publishing company. He is open-minded and befriends people with different social ranks, but the harsh realities of society force him to make a choice about friendships.OL, 11/19/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorSimo HalinenStarsLeea KlemolaPeter FranzénRia KatajaMaarit has successfully managed to live her life as a transgender, attractive and intelligent woman. However, this new life has come at a considerable price, as many transgender individuals have come to discover. Estranged from her wife and daughter, Maarit feels like a stranger in a cold but familiar world, that is, until the day she meets Sami. In the midst of a marital crisis, Sami has come to seek the help of Maarit's employer, a therapist. In the therapist's absence, Maarit feels compelled to help the man, even if it means impersonating the therapist to get through to Sami.TV, 11/19/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsJeff BridgesJoan AllenMartin LandauThe story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.TV, 11/19/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBohdan SlámaStarsPavel LiskaZuzana BydzovskáLadislav SedivýPetr, youthful, quiet, and sensitive, comes from Prague to teach natural science in a country town. The gruff principal asks what he's running from and predicts he'll be gone in six months. Marie, a widow with a teen son, Lada, befriends Petr. She's lonely. Petr does some chores at her farm and watches Lada with his weekend girlfriend, Bara. We meet Petr's parents and understand some of why he left Prague, then Petr's friend Mihi pays a visit and we understand more. Mihi throws a wrench in things, and Lada comes to Petr for help. Has Petr found his place in the world, but what about his nature?Orig. title: Venkovský učitel.
TV, 11/19/14. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsTabata NdiayeAlioune FallMoustapha YadeIn protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.OL, 11/20/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorThomas JaneStarsThomas JaneLauren GermanRon PerlmanA couple en route from Las Vegas are forced to deal with a body in the desert, making their honeymoon one hellish ride.TV, 11/20/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorVictor NunezStarsAshley JuddTodd FieldBentley MitchumA young woman struggles for independence and identity in a small Florida tourist town.OL, 11/21/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDanielle van HerkStarsKate AustinBianca BradeyOlivia StiefelWhen the routine of everyday life becomes too much the relationship between the two female lovers is put to the test.OL, 11/21/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDanielle van HerkStarsTracy AlexanderFelicity KeepAfter having cheated on her girlfriend, Jamie, Alex is trying to mend things. Together they decided to go away for the weekend to try and reconnect.OL, 11/21/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrea OlabarríaStarsSasha RamosMeryl PageDaniel ReyesThis short is about a teen, Molly, who runs away from home. Then she falls for another woman, who helps her get her life on track.OL, 11/21/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsAudie MurphyMichael DanteBen CooperWhen Quantrill's (Quantrell) gang is almost destroyed two of the captured members agree to join the Arizona Rangers to help finish the job.TV, 11/22/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim McCanliesStarsHaley Joel OsmentMichael CaineRobert DuvallFourteen-year-old Walter Caldwell's irresponsible mother Mae sends him to live with his bachelor uncles, Hub and Garth, so that she can go on yet another husband-hunting trip.TV, 11/22/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsDana DelanyDoris RobertsMegan GallagherAn artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.TV, 11/22/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisJeremy IronsSamuel L. JacksonJohn McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.TV, 11/22/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsGabourey SidibeMo'NiquePaula PattonIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.TV, 11/22/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAdrian BrunelBrian Desmond HurstMichael PowellStarsMerle OberonRalph RichardsonJune DuprezA look at the current might of the Royal Air Force. Place - Great Britain, time - two months after the start of World War ll.TV, 11/23/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsKeanu ReevesAitana Sánchez-GijónAnthony QuinnPaul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.TV, 11/23/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorZrinko OgrestaStarsJasna BilusicPolona JuhVladimir JurcA group of trainee therapists come together for their regular group psychotherapy session, but when their normal routine is disrupted, events take an unexpected direction: as their professional masks start to slip, long repressed personal tensions soon bubble to the surface.Orig. title: Projekcije.
TV, 11/23/14. 9/10 (R). - DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter SellersDany RobinMargaret LeightonThis is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he dislikes and an attractive French mistress, Ghislaine, with whom he has had a platonic affair for seventeen years. When Ghislaine resurfaces, determined to complete her love with him and to get rid of Emily, Leo is at a loss what to do...TV, 11/23/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRichard BerryStarsJean RenoKad MeradJean-Pierre DarroussinA retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.TV, 11/23/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGary WalkowStarsTom VillardSusan DeyElaine GiftosSci-Fi author is plagued by his publisher's demands to add more sex to his new novel, sexual advances of his girl's sexy best friend and her daughter and hallucinations in which the novel's hero faces desert parasites and alien vixens.OL, 11/24/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsFaramarz GharibianTaraneh AlidoostiBabak AnsariIn Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."TV, 11/24/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRobert R. SnodyStarsMarjorie LordJimmy LydonRuth LeeThe Middleton family visits the 1939 New York World's Fair and witnesses the advent of the future, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time.OL, 11/25/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorYuri IlyenkoStarsBoris KhmelnitskiyLarisa KadochnikovaYefim FridmanPiotr is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. Luckily, the mischievous demon Bassaruv is loose in the land, and offers him a deal.Orig. title: Vechir na Ivana Kupala (Вечiр на Iвана Купала).
OL, 11/25/14. 8/10 (R). - DirectorGustavo LozaStarsJorge SalinasLuis Roberto GuzmánAna SerradillaThe story of Hendrix, a 7-year-old child that's been abandoned by his crack-addict mother Nina. Ivana, her best friend rescues him, however, she can't take care of him because of an ongoing trip to Houston. Jean Paul and Chema, an adult, stable, gay couple, and friends of Ivana, were given the task of taking care of Hendrix while his mother spends some time in rehab. Patrick, Nina's lover and dealer is being chased by a drug-lord, because of a huge debt. In an attempt to get the money he tries to sell Hendrix to a young couple, who just lost a baby. While Nina tries to escape rehab in search of her son, Hendrix slowly adapts to his new life with Jean Paul and Chema. Patrick's running out of time and urges Nina to find her misplaced son.TV, 11/25/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsRachel McAdamsNoomi RapaceKaroline HerfurthThe rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.TV, 11/25/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHenning CarlsenStarsPer OscarssonGunnel LindblomBirgitte FederspielIn 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.OL, 11/26/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsEiji FunakoshiMako MidoriNoriko SengokuA blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model.OL, 11/26/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn HyamsStarsCung LeJean-Claude Van DammeJohnny HolmesIn St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.TV, 11/26/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsAlba RohrwacherPierfrancesco FavinoTeresa SaponangeloOne day at a colleague's going away party, Anna meets Domenico, a virile, slightly older chap who's married with two small kids. Passion's flames are rapidly kindled and result in steamy encounters.Orig. title: Cosavogliodipiù.
TV, 11/26/14. 6.5/10 (FF). - DirectorChristoph SchlingensiefStarsMartina WolfsElke LeischenHans MichelsFür Elise - Short.OL, 11/27/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael YamaAndy LeeAlison HongThis is Tim Burton's Disney Channel Halloween film short that only aired twice. It combines live action and stop-motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods.OL, 11/27/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.OL, 11/27/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsCathryn HarrisonTherese GiehseAlexandra StewartTo escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.OL, 11/27/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJay RoachStarsSteve CarellPaul RuddStephanie SzostakAfter he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their special guests, a rising executive questions the merits of his invitation just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.TV, 11/27/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsKurt McKinneyJean-Claude Van DammeJ.W. FailsJason, a Bruce Lee fan, sees his karate instructor/dad beaten by martial art thugs. They move to Seattle where, after humiliations, he trains with Bruce Lee's ghost so he can defend himself and others against thugs.TV, 11/27/14. 3/10 (P).