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Some little known movies that I like. In random order.
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- DirectorChristopher MongerStarsHugh GrantTara FitzgeraldColm MeaneyWhen an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.I love this little known comedy. Hysterically funny. Lots of great little characters. Very good performances all around.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby FroudSixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.A very simple but surprisingly enjoyable children's movie. A young and beautiful Jennifer Connelly is one reason why. Some rather nice music and David Bowie singing is another.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerDanny DeVitoKelly PrestonA physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.I really can't comprehend the low rating for this movie. It's one of my favorite comedies. The performances by both Arnie and DeVito (as is the chemistry between them) are great. An extra bonus is a young and super hot Kelly Preston. Also watch out for a small cameo by equally young and equally hot Heather Graham.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRalph MacchioJoe SenecaJami GertzA wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.Another one of my favorites with a surprisingly low imdb score. Maybe I like it so much because I'm a sucker for a good soundtrack and this movie has one of the best soundtracks EVER. Ry Cooder really did a great job on it. The climax guitar duel between Macchio and devil's "champion" Steve Vai where Macchio jams Paganini on an electric guitar is reason enough to see this movie all by itself. But it has lots more to offer. The story is interesting and the performances by the lead actors are pretty good. Make that great in Case of Joe Seneca who was a true revelation for me especially since I've never seen him (or even heard of him) before seeing this movie.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsPaul NewmanSally FieldBob BalabanWhen a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.A very interesting movie exploring the responsibilities of the press. Excellent performances by Paul Newman and Sally Field. By the guy who really steals the show is Wilford Brimley. He is only in one scene in the movie but what a scene that is! I often skip ahead and watch just that segment.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGeorge ClooneyJohn TurturroTim Blake NelsonIn the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.Almost anything by Cohen brothers is great. This depression era take on Homer's Odyssey is no exception.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.It's really hard to choose but I think this is my absolute favorite Cohen brothers film. Nonstop laughs.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.A poignant and tragic story of a young girl retreating into an imaginary world to escape the horrors of war in fascist Spain in 1944.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.If you know some German I highly recommend watching it in German. Of course, I suspect that no German needs my recommendation for this movie and has watched it already :).
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.I normally don't recommend Russian movies to my non-Russian speaking friends as a lot of them are very heavily steeped in Russian culture and thus are very hard to get for non Russians but several Tarkovky movies are an exception and this is one of them. A fair warning: This is no action and special effects packed sci-fi extravaganza. It's slow but not at all boring. It will make you think. A LOT.
- DirectorSngmoo LeeStarsJang Dong-gunKate BosworthGeoffrey RushA warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.I came across this movie quite by accident (by looking through Geoffrey Rush's movies) and I'm sure glad I did. The movie is unusual which probably explains a lot of negative reviews but I highly recommend giving it a look especially if you enjoyed films like Sin City and Kill Bill (I find certain stylistic similarities that appeal to me personally in all three movies). The genre is somewhat hard to describe. I'd say it's a fantasy western Asian style. It's very stylish and visually stunning. The performances are uniformly excellent: Kate Bosworth, Dong-gun Jang, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston and Tony Cox (I loved him in Bad Santa) are terrific. As I said, the movie is a kind of western but there is more to it than a lot of action. It's often funny and touching. My favorite joke:
A tiny town in midwest is celebrating Christmas. Yang (who is the deadliest in the world swordsman from somewhere in Asia) is asking about the reason for the celebration.
Yang: "Whose birthday?"
Eight-ball: "Well, it's sort of a long story."
Lastly, I really liked the soundtrack. - DirectorTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh GrantAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.A highly original an imaginative gem of a movie. Judging by the reviews people either love it or hate it with nothing in between. I'm firmly in the former group.