July 2011
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Adaption. (2002)
A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere. This is truly a magnificent film. Directed by Spike Jonze with Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton and Chris Cooper, who won an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role.
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Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Based on William Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is one of the most beautiful movies of all time. The story, the writing and the rhymes are brilliant. Of course it’s an old film, so you should expect great special effects, but I think thats why this movie has so much charm, like old horror movies.
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Lysander: Helena, I love you, by my life...
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Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
Also known as “For A Few Dollars More”. A film by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté.
A classic western; two bounty hunters with completely different intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. I like how Leone tied all of the characters into each other in this one, having all of their stories somehow play a role in the other ones.
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Fish Out of Water (2009)
Fantastic documentary by Ky Dickens. You can watch the trailer, to get a first impression.
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“Fish Out of Water” is a smart, fresh, personal discussion of the seven Bible verses traditionally exploited to condemn homosexuality. The feature documentary begins with an animated recollection of the fallout at Vanderbilt University when the film’s director, Ky Dickens, came out to her...
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Elegy (2008)
Unfortunately this movie is very unknown. It’s a shame, it’s one of the best movies of 2008. An adaptation of Philip Roth’s “The Dying Animal”. The acting couldn’t be better, with Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard. I have to say, Cruz transformed herself into one of the best actresses of her generation because of...
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J. Edgar (2012)
Leonardo DiCaprio will soon be seen as J. Edgar Hoover. Clint Eastwood is the director of the biopic on the legendary FBI director, focusing on his scandalous career and controversial private life as a homosexual and rumored cross dresser.
Other actors; Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Ed Westwick and Judi Dench.
The real Hoover
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The Way We Were (1973)
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart. Directed by Sydney Pollack with Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in the lead roles.
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The movie begins with the Katie (Barbra Streisand) running into Hubbell Gardner, an All-American popular jock she went to college with, some time after World War II. Though some...
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The Company Men (2010)
The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities. This movie is realistic and moving, and the actors are one of the best of our time; Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones.
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When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the...
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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Great classic action film with so many twists and turns, I gave up to find out whats going on myself, but everything makes sense at the end. With Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure.
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During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the...
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife’s murder, big business, and corporate corruption. The cinematography is fantastic. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, who also directed “City of God”, with actors like Ralph Fiennes, Danny Huston and Rachel Weisz, who won an Oscar.
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In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist...
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In Time (2011)
Soon this new Sci-Fi film will come out - In Time: In the future people stop aging at 25 and must work to buy themselves more time, but when a young man finds himself with more time than he can imagine he must run from the corrupt police force to save his life. With many young actors like Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer and Johnny Galecki.
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In the...
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I Married a Witch (1942)
A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor. Directed by the great René Clair, with Fredric March, Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley.
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In 1672, two witches (Jennifer and her father Daniel) were burned by puritan Jonathan Wooley. In revenge, Jennifer cursed all future generations of the Wooley family, that the sons will...
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City Slickers (1991)
A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation. This is one of the funniest comedy’s of all time. Many great moments. Crystal and the other characters are funny - and I would also like to mention cute little Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays his son. Jack Palance won an Oscar for best Actor in a...
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
Also known as “The Passion of Joan of Arc” directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer with Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain and André Berley.
One of the last great silent films. The Passion of Joan of Arc is a haunting, riveting portrait of the historical martyr based on documentation from the original trial.
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The sufferings of a martyr, Jeanne D’Arc (1412-1431). Jeanne appears in ...
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The Sandpiper (1965)
Beautiful film with the couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. This is a movie that dares put forth the idea of atheism, and so therefore it is much deeper that most other movies.
Burton plays a priest, who is also a teacher with strict morals, but then caught himself falling in love with free-spirited, young, unwed mother Liz Taylor. Lots of pretty beach/ocean scenery. Won Oscar for best...
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Dream House (2011)
Finally a Horror film I’m looking forward too. The story sounds good and the actors are great: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts.
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Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. A family unknowingly moves into a home where several grisly murders were committed…only to find themselves the killer’s next...
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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
I believe everyone has seen this film at least once in their life, but if you haven’t give it a try. Williams is a comic genius (and an ugly woman), I liked the performance of all the actors. The movie won an Oscar for best make up, absolutely legitimate.
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Out of work father Daniel Hilliard find himself suddenly divorced without custody of his kids. To solve this problem, he...
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Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Sinatra was the original Danny Ocean. Actually, we have an amazing cast with one the best and most famous stars of the 60s. But, this is a Rat Pack movie, and as such it happens, by a strange twist of fate, to be about the Rat Pack, and not too much about robbing a casino.
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Eleven friends who know each other from World War II service plan to rob five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas in...
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Keeping the Faith (2000)
A story about two friends, a priest and a rabbi, who fall in love with the same girl. Starring Ben Stiller, Edward Norton and Jenna Elfman - the supporting actors are big names and just as good. The story is funny, fresh and very well written, plus Norton made his debut as a director.
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Best friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same girl, which they know from childhood days. ...
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
With Allison Hayes as the 50 Foot Woman, William Hudson as her cheating husband and Yvette Vickers. I really enjoyed this classic sci-fi flick. To see the old special affects and the dialogs, which are so terrible, that it’s just fun to watch.
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Nancy Archer is a rich socialite who is unhappily married to husband Harry who left her once but came back to her when he needed money. It ...
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