February 2017
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Bakina unuka (Tomislav Šestan, 2014, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Sreća (Happiness, Zlatko Pavlinić, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (R)
Pričaj sa mnom (Dario Juričan, 2012, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Show (Sonja Lazić, 2016, doc, sh) - 5/10 (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):
Bakina unuka (Tomislav Šestan, 2014, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Sreća (Happiness, Zlatko Pavlinić, 1976, sh) - 7.5/10 (R)
Pričaj sa mnom (Dario Juričan, 2012, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Show (Sonja Lazić, 2016, doc, sh) - 5/10 (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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- DirectorMike LeighStarsMarion BaileyTim RothPhil DanielsWhen one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous.OL, 2/1/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFerenc CakóOL, 2/1/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsReese WitherspoonArnold OcengGer DuanyA group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.TV, 2/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKareem MortimerStarsJohnny FerroStephen Tyrone WilliamsMargaret Laurena KempThe story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society.TV, 2/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorVesna LjubicStarsGorica PopovicAnte VicanIvan KlemencA poor village in Herzegovina suffers from constant flooding and different armies that periodically plunder the countryside. One woman is convinced that the solution to the problems lies in making a tunnel that should take the water to the sea.TV, 2/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMilutin KosovacStarsZoja OdakAleksandar BercekAdi KaralicA married woman unsuccessfully tries to find a job in order to provide a better life to her son.OL, 2/2/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJean-Claude La MarreStarsRobert Ri'chardTyson BeckfordDeRay DavisLife for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl.TV, 2/2/17. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorVeljko BulajicStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicAntun NalisFaruk BegolliWW2. Four partisans suffering from typhus in the snowy mountains of madness.TV, 2/2/17. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorVladimir PaskaljevicStarsLazar RistovskiDanica RistovskiMarija ZeljkovicA series of interconnected stories taking place in Belgrade during the course of one day. A teenage girl from a poor family wants to accompany her well-off friend in her tennis lessons, but she can't afford it. A man recently returned after many years abroad finds it difficult to conduct business in his native country. A rich young man doesn't accept that his girlfriend wants to leave him after meeting someone else. A chronically unemployed man pays more attention to a tennis match on TV than to his young baby.Orig. title: Đavolja varoš.
TV, 2/2/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorNacer KhemirStarsNacer KhemirSoufiane MakniNoureddine KasbaouiA teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious buried treasure and whose children are cursed to wander the desert.OL, 2/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsChris PrattWill FerrellElizabeth BanksAn ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.TV, 2/3/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsYul BrynnerRobert MitchumMaria Grazia BuccellaMexican rebel Pancho Villa leads a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisoned in Mexico.TV, 2/3/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJames GarnerSuzanne PleshetteJack ElamA con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.TV, 2/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGiorgio CapitaniStarsVan HeflinGilbert RolandKlaus KinskiFour men embark on a mission to unearth a fortune in gold from a mine.TV, 2/4/17. 5/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'The Goldseekers' in Croatia (on HRT 3). - DirectorMichael DowseStarsDaniel RadcliffeZoe KazanMegan ParkWallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.TV, 2/4/17. 6/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'What If' in my country. - DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsJude LawForest WhitakerAlice BragaSet in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.TV, 2/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJack PalanceIda LupinoWendell CoreyHollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.TV, 2/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill ShepherdIn 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.TV, 2/5/17. 10/10 (R).
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A rewatch after many (many!) decades. This time around I saw a 'Director's cut' though. My rate remains the same, of course. - DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.TV, 2/5/17. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsWotan Wilke MöhringNik XhelilajFahri YardimIn the second part of the german remake of the Winnetou films, Old Shatterhead and Winnetou get forced to search for the precious in the silver sea by their evil opponent El Mas Loco.TV, 2/5/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorIvan-Goran VitezStarsKristijan JaicStjepan PericTena Jeic GajskiThis comedy of the absurd is set in the Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. The hero, Ljiljan is a young peasant poet who joins the Partisan movement just before it falls apart, abandoned by its leader Tito. The last remaining hope for resisting Nazism is to assassinate Hitler. Ljiljan's task is to write a song that will allow his Partisan band to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the SS - by entering an SS talent show. If they win the competition, they will be invited to perform before Hitler and the NDH's high command. This is a satirical coming-of-age tale with a difference, capturing the craziness, comedy and horror of war in the Balkans.Orig. title: Narodni heroj Ljiljan Vidić.
TV, 2/5/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorMirza IdrizovicStarsBoris DvornikDragomir CumicPavle VuisicTwo friends dream of what they will do when they become adults. One friend dreams of travelling to far off places, but stays at home. The other one leaves and sends him postcards from exotic locations, with descriptions of impossible adventures. But, his friend at home engages in a passionate love affair with his beautiful young landlady. When his friend-the traveller returns he admits he may have exaggerated about some of his adventure stories.. The two friends continue on dreaming of new excitements.Orig. title: Život je masovna pojava.
TV, 2/5/17. 5.5/10 (FF). - DirectorSheree FolksonStarsJessica GunningNatalie DormerAneurin BarnardAn 18th-century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley.TV, 2/5/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJeb StuartStarsDanny GloverDennis QuaidClaudia StedelinAn FBI agent tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.TV, 2/6/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsAndy LauSammi ChengTao GuoA brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight. Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with a rookie lady inspector to solve a case from her personal past.TV, 2/6/17. 7.5/10 (R).