Friday, August 31, 2012

August Movies





1st Time Watches


Arthur
Year: 1981
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Gordon
Actors: Dudley Moore, John Gielgud, Liza Minnelli
My Rating: 3.5/5




Sherlock Holmes
Year: 2009
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Mark Strong, Rachel McAdams
My Rating: 3/5



Friends With Kids
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Director: Jennifer Westfeltd
Actors: Jennifer Westfeltd, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Kristen Wiig, John Hamm
My Rating: 3.5/5



Russian Ark
Year: 2002
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: History/Drama/Fantasy/Foreign
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
My Rating: 4/5



Last Tango In Paris
Year: 1972
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud
My Rating: 3/5



Margaret
Year: 2011
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Actors: Anna Paquin, J. Cameron Smith, Alison Janney, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Reno
My Rating: 3.5/5



The Deep Blue Sea
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Terrence Davies
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Hiddleston
My Rating: 3.5/5



Chaplin
Year: 1992
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Biography/Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Akroyd, Kevin Kline, Moia Kelly, Diane Lane
My Rating: 4/5



Three Colors: Blue
Year: 1993
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Beniot Regent, Emmanuelle Riva
My Rating: 3.5/5



The General
Year: 1926
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
Directors: Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
Actors: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Henry Smith
My Rating: 3/5



The Kid
Year: 1921
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Actors: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan
My Rating: 4/5



Bel Ami
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Directors: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Colm Meaney, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, Kristen Scott Thomas
My Rating: 3/5



Water For Elephants
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Reese Witherspoon
My Rating: 3/5



Secrets & Lies
Year: 1996
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook, Phyllis Logan
My Rating: 4.5/5



Three Colors: White
Year: 1994
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos
My Rating: 3/5



Au Hasard Balthazar
Year: 1966
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Anne Wiazemsky, Philippe Asselin, Walter Green, Francois Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert
My Rating: 4/5



A Separation
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Actors: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Sarina Farhadi
My Rating: 3.5/5



On The Waterfront
Year: 1954
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama/Crime
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger
My Rating: 3.5/5



Rewatches
 
 
Cabaret
Year: 1972
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Actors: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
 
Hesher
Year: 2011
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Susser
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, Natalie Portman
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Year: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Actors: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
Still shot from the movie: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day.
 
Shame
Year: 2011
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve McQueen
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan
My Rating: 5/5
 
 
Dear Frankie
Year: 2004
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Director: Shona Auerbach
Actors: Jack McEhone, Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler
My Rating: 4/5
 
 
The Muppets
Year: 2011
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy/Family
Director: James Bobin
Actors: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper Steve Whitmire (voice) Eric Jacobson (voice) Peter Linz (voice)
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
 
Charlie Wilson's War
Year: 2007
Rating: R
Genre: Biography/Comedy/Drama
Director: Mike Nicholls
Actors: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
 
Withnail & I
Year: 1987
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Bruce Robinson
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
My Rating: 4.5/5
 
 
Cinema Paradiso
Year: 1988
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Guiseppe Tornatore
Actors: Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Agnese Nano
My Rating: 4.5/5
 
 

Midnight In Paris
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard
My Rating: 4/5



Jersey Girl
Year: 2004
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Liv Tyler
My Rating: 4/5



The Artist
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Actors: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo
My Rating: 3.5/5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


















Thursday, August 9, 2012

July Movies




1st Time Watches:

Hoop Dreams
Year: 1994
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Documentary
Director: Steve James
My Rating: 4/5

Red Road
Year: 2007
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Andrea Arnold
Actors: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
My Rating: 3.5/5

21 Jump Street
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Action
Directors: Phil Lord and Chris Mitchell
Actors: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco
My Rating: 3.5/5

Lust, Caution
Year: 2007
Rating: R
Genre: Foreign/Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Tang Wei, Tony Leung, Joan Chen
My Rating: 2/5



The Kid With A Bike
Year: 2012
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Foreign/Drama
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Actors: Thomas Dorset, Cecile De France, Jeremie Renier
My Rating: 3/5



Ted
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Director: Seth McFarlane
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Seth McFarlane (voice), Mila Kunis
My Rating: 3.5/5



National Lampoon's Vacation
Year: 1983
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron
My Rating: 2.5/5



Julien Donkey-Boy
Year: 1999
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmony Korine
Actors: Ewen Bremner, Werner Herzog, Chloe Sevigny
My Rating: 3.5/5



Detachment
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Kaye
Actors: Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Lucy Lui, Sami Gayle
My Rating: 3/5



The Dark Knight Rises
Year: 2012
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine
My Rating: 3.5/5



Rewatches


Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman
My Rating: 4/5



Shakespeare In Love
Year: 1998
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Director: John Madden
Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Colin Firth
My Rating: 3.5/5



Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Year: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Actors: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Lee Pace
My Rating: 3.5/5



You've Got Mail
Year: 1998
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
My Rating: 3/5



J. Edgar
Year: 2011
Rating: R
Genre: Biography/Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer
My Rating: 3/5



The Dark Knight
Year: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
My Rating: 4/5



The Social Network
Year: 2010
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Biography/Drama
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake
My Rating: 4.5/5



The Commitments
Year: 1991
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Robert Arkins, Glen Hansard,
My Rating: 3.5/5


Little Miss Sunshine
Year: 2006
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Steve Carrell, Alan Arkin
My Rating: 4/5



Death At A Funeral
Year: 2007
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage
My Rating: 3.5/5



The Artist
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Actors: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo
My Rating: 3.5/5