November Movies

1st Time Watches

L'age D'or

Year: 1930

Rating: Not Rated

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Luis Bunuel

Actors: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys

My Rating: 3.5/5

 

 

Adam And Paul

Year: 2004

Rating: R

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

Actors: Mark O'Halloran, Tom Murphy

My Rating: 4.5/5

 

 

Dogville

Year: 2003

Rating: R

Genre: Drama

Director: Lars von Trier

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgard

My Rating: 4.5/5

 

 

The White Ribbon

Year: 2009

Rating: R

Genre: Drama/Foreign

Director: Michael Haneke

Actors: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leonard Proxaulf

My Rating: 4/5

 

 

P.S. I Love You

Year: 2007

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Romance/Drama

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Actors: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Harry Connick Jr., Kathy Bates

My Rating: 3.5/5



Ruby Sparks
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Actors: Paul Dano, Chris Messina, Zoe Kazan
My Rating: 4.5/5



Werckmeister Harmonies
Year: 2000
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama/Foreign
Director: Bela Tarr
Actors: Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla
My Rating: 4.5/5



Your Sister's Sister
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Lynn Shelton
Actors: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt
My Rating: 2/5



Crazy Heart
Year: 2009
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Music
Director: Scott Cooper
Actors: Jeff Brides, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
My Rating: 3.5/5



Brave
Year: 2012
Rating: PG
Genre: Animated/Family
Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell
Voice Actors: Kelly Maconald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connelly, Julie Walters
My Rating: 3.5/5



2 Days In New York
Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julie Delpy
Actors: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landau, Alexandre Nahon
My Rating: 3/5



Saving Private Ryan
Year: 1998
Rating: R
Genre: Action/Drama/War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Edward Burns, Adam Goldberg, Matt Damon
My Rating: 4/5



Boys On The Side
Year: 1995
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
My Rating: 3.5/5

Rewatches

 

Wanderlust



Year: 2012
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Wain
Actors: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Malin Ackerman, Alan Alda
My Rating: 3.5/5



The American President
Year: 1995
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Richard Dreyfuss, Martin Sheen
My Rating: 4/5



Young At Heart
Year: 2008
Rating: PG
Genre: Documentary/Music
Director: Steven Walker
My Rating: 5/5



X-Men: First Class
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon
My Rating: 3.5/5



America's Sweethearts
Year: 2001
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Actors: Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Hank Azaria
My Rating: 3/5



Six Shooter
Year: 2004
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Dark Comedy/Short
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Ruadhri Conroy
My Rating: 4/5



Jane Eyre
Year: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Actors: Mia Wasikowski, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie Bell
My Rating: 4/5



Dangerous Liaisons
Year: 1988
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman
My Rating: 4/5



Billy Elliot
Year: 2000
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Julie Walters
My Rating: 4/5



Sleepless In Seattle
Year: 1993
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell
My Rating: 3/5



Home Alone
Year: 1990
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy/Holiday/Family
Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
My Rating: 4/5



It's A Wonderful Life
Year: 1946
Rating: G
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers
My Rating: 4/5

 

 

 

 

 



20 Moments Of Cinematic Awesomeness (Updated)

A few months ago, I posted a list of "20 moments of cinematic awesomeness", which was a list of movie scenes I loved. It was inspired by Ruth's list on her blog, http://splendidandlovely.blogspot.ca/2012/04/twenty-moments-of-cinematic-awesomeness.html#!/2012/04/twenty-moments-of-cinematic-awesomeness.html. I wanted to update this list by replacing a few of the entries with different scenes, and adding clips of the scenes I could find. Some of these scenes may include spoilers. Here is my updated list:

The ending of "City Lights".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHBHdYgg9fI



The ending of "It's A Wonderful Life".



























The ending of "The 400 Blows".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4jGNoag_1g



Mickey's story to Holly in "Hannah And Her Sisters".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyIWJjyX_4



The ending of "Cinema Paradiso".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TflvNm22cpk



The adrenaline shot scene in "Pulp Fiction".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_oxnXozkCc



The ending of "The Usual Suspects".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyIWJjyX_4



The opening scene of "Trainspotting".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf_WiEb9Qs



Sean's talk with Will in the park in "Good Will Hunting".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc&feature=related

The singalong scene in "Magnolia".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC96_vph-oI



The first musical number in "Dancer In The Dark".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k72L2ZzfKT0



The opening scene of "Werckmeister Harmonies".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7kRXcZISk0



Celine performs the song she wrote for Jesse in "Before Sunset".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey-uYckLEWY



Olive performs her routine in "Little Miss Sunshine".



Batman interrogates The Joker in "The Dark Knight".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohU16OiduUs



The conversation between Bobby Sands and the priest in "Hunger".
Watch the scene here in three parts: (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0SETWIO8U (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VbigvWhnVc (Part 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MY6bf0q4k&feature=relmfu



The bar scene in "Inglourious Basterds".



Carl and Ellie's marriage in "Up".
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PD7qi8VK_o



The opening scene of "The Social Network".



Brandon sees Sissy perform the song New York, New York in "Shame"
Watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMXvFBOlmE