Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Diego is a successful entrepreneur. Rich and not caring for the good of others, no scruples to belittle the next. His attitude turns against him when he forgets in his airport bathroom his ... See full summary »
Fred, Diego and Paolo are members of a diabolic and brilliant agency which provides alibis to their clients. Fred falls in love with Clio, defender of truth and honesty, and can't tell her ... See full summary »
Christian is an extremely talented as well as unpredictable football player. After his latest screw-up, the president of his team decides to assign him a personal tutor, to help him in ... See full summary »
Director:
Leonardo D'Agostini
Stars:
Stefano Accorsi,
Andrea Carpenzano,
Massimo Popolizio
Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.
The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
Andrea Serrano is a young aspiring writer who, to make ends meet, is forced to wash corpses in a mortuary, while struggling to finish his first novel, a story about the Camorra. Having ... See full summary »
Director:
Fabio Resinaro
Stars:
Lorenzo Richelmy,
Luca Barbareschi,
Valentina Bellè
year old who is a successful journalist on the web dealing with high technology and has a 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, the legacy of a shipwrecked marriage. Yolanda is tired of seeing her... See full summary »
Director:
Leonardo Pieraccioni
Stars:
Leonardo Pieraccioni,
Michela Andreozzi,
Elena Cucci
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund.
Director:
Mark Steven Johnson
Stars:
Travis Fimmel,
William Fichtner,
Rachael Taylor
Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Towards the end of the film, at the prisoner release board, Dr. Brayne says ""the matter here begs a different question..". This use of the phrase "begs the question" is a new corruption of the original meaning, which is "to assume as true without evidence". Quite a goof for a movie about the OED. See more »
I could write much on the accolades this film deserves but will stick to the basics of why this film is great.
Acting across the board is spectacular. Penn and Gibson are in top form and have great chemistry. Coogan and Marsan are also in top form as usual. Ehle and Dormer do a terrific job in bringing that soft feminine touch much needed to balance out the relationships between the main characters.
The film has its emotional ups and downs while staying on point to tell the amazing story of how the most important English dictionary came to be. It is a testament to the difficulty and perseverance needed to accomplish such a Herculean task in defining the vast English language and the trials and tribulations endured to realize its completion.
The beauty of this film is in the storytelling of the relationship between the two main characters. The Scottich wordsmith and an American surgeon who suffers from mental illness.
In order to not divulge more about the narrative I will just end by stating this is a powerful film that will leave you feeling many emotions. A triumphant accomplishment! Time well spent.
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I could write much on the accolades this film deserves but will stick to the basics of why this film is great.
Acting across the board is spectacular. Penn and Gibson are in top form and have great chemistry. Coogan and Marsan are also in top form as usual. Ehle and Dormer do a terrific job in bringing that soft feminine touch much needed to balance out the relationships between the main characters.
The film has its emotional ups and downs while staying on point to tell the amazing story of how the most important English dictionary came to be. It is a testament to the difficulty and perseverance needed to accomplish such a Herculean task in defining the vast English language and the trials and tribulations endured to realize its completion.
The beauty of this film is in the storytelling of the relationship between the two main characters. The Scottich wordsmith and an American surgeon who suffers from mental illness.
In order to not divulge more about the narrative I will just end by stating this is a powerful film that will leave you feeling many emotions. A triumphant accomplishment! Time well spent.