November 2015
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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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- DirectorKelly AsburyStarsJames McAvoyEmily BluntMaggie SmithSeparated by a garden fence and a feud, are blue gnomes on one side and red gnomes on the other. This doesn't stop blue Gnomeo and red Juliet from falling in love with each other. Do they have a future together?TV, 11/1/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorBranko IstvancicStarsAleksandar BogdanovicNela KocisSlaven KnezovicWhen the Croatian War of Independence ended, Bosnian Croats whose villages had been destroyed in the fighting were forced to relocate. They were rehoused as refugees in the homes of Croatian Serbs who had left Croatia. Now, the Serbian owners are returning and the Croatian residents are facing an uncertain future. Somewhere in this powder keg atmosphere, an old man called Jozo, a Bosnian Croat, disappears without a trace. The police officer Filip, who also lives in a Serbian house, is entrusted with the case. Everyone believes that a returning Serb has murdered Jozo, but Filip launches an in-depth investigation, determined to be unbiased and fair, even though he has his own ghosts from the past to deal with. Through his relationship with his father, Filip tries to understand the real reasons for the old man's disappearance. As the film moves towards its climax, Filip's investigation becomes more and more personal.TV, 11/1/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaisy von Scherler MayerStarsJimi MistryHeather GrahamMarisa TomeiA young man leaves India to find fame and fortune in America where he unexpectedly becomes a sex guru.TV, 11/1/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSamuel FullerA film that documents the burial of those who lost their lives at the Holocaust camp in Falkenau, Czechoslovakia.OL, 11/2/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorDick MaasStarsHuub StapelMonique van de VenSerge-Henri ValckeA hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam.OL, 11/2/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorCraig CormanStarsRichard GriecoWill StewartAthena MasseyTy's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from the city's new Mainland government, he doesn't bother to look her up. But she finds him in Southern California to warn him that J.J. wants him dead. Whack J.J. first, she tells Ty, so he heads for Manila where J.J. runs a lucrative business under the cover of exporting tropical fish. But what is that business and who's pulling the strings? With the help of Inez, a young Filipina prostitute, Ty gets to the heart of the matter even after Inez no longer has the stomach to pursue the guilty ones.TV, 11/2/15. 3/10 (P).
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Shown under the title 'Harold Robbins' Body Parts' in my country (on TV3 Medias). - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksGeena DavisLori PettyTwo sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.TV, 11/2/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsMews SmallRon ThompsonJerry HollandThe story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.OL, 11/3/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPascal ChaumeilStarsRomain DurisVanessa ParadisJulie FerrierAlex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.TV, 11/3/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsRadha MitchellCole HauserVin DieselA transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.TV, 11/3/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMike van DiemStarsPavlik Jansen op de HaarJan DecleirFedja van HuêtJacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.OL, 11/4/15. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorGeorg MaasJudith KaufmannStarsJuliane KöhlerLiv UllmannSven NordinAs the Berlin Wall crumbles, Katrine, the daughter of a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier, finds her idyllic life disrupted as she refuses to testify a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of her fellow "war children."TV, 11/4/15. 8/10 (R).
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Shown under the title 'Two Lives' in my country (on SLO 1). Quite strange considering it was in the original language(s). - DirectorAttila SzászStarsJános KulkaTamás Szabó KimmelJózsef KádasA fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian embassy in Bern. Based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.TV, 11/4/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMilan JelicStarsDragomir Bojanic-GidraLjubisa SamardzicOlivera JezinaLast school days of one graduating generation. They should say goodbye to a part of life, part from their friends, and there is also uncertainty, hope, plans, wild love "for the rest of the life", and parents with their ambitions, and it would be all incomplete, if not for professors who are slowly losing their authority. Senior prom is the central place for serious and funny events in which parents, professors and pupils are involved.Orig. title: Pazi šta radiš (Maturanti).
TV, 11/5/15. 5/10 (FF). - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsFatoumata CoulibalyMaimouna Hélène DiarraSalimata TraoréWhen a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.OL, 11/6/15. 10/10 (R).
- DirectorBenny ChanStarsJackie ChanNicholas TseCharlie YeungA hero cop accidentally leads his team into a trap from which he is the only survivor. Drowning his guilt in booze, he is eventually assigned a new younger partner who turns out to have his own secrets.TV, 11/6/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsMadeline CarrollCallan McAuliffeRebecca De MornayTwo eighth-graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites.TV, 11/7/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel TaplitzStarsJamie FoxxGabrielle UnionMorris ChestnutInspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up hand-book for men, becoming a best-selling author in the process.TV, 11/7/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBenedikt ErlingssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonCharlotte BøvingJohann Pall OddsonA country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.TV, 11/7/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayBeulah BondiLove blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.TV, 11/8/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarole LombardRobert MontgomeryGene RaymondA couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.TV, 11/8/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNicolas CageAlison LohmanSam RockwellA phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.TV, 11/8/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBetty ThomasStarsSandra BullockViggo MortensenDominic WestA big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.TV, 11/8/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsBrigitte MiraIngrid CavenMargit CarstensenFrau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works--and followed that by committing suicide.OL, 11/9/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsArmand AssanteDouglas SmithLarry DayJack Cunningham is an ex-cop who attempts to uncover a drug ring involving some corrupt former co-workers. When Jack is framed for murder, a young teenager decides to help Jack prove his innocence. Now the two must run from the law and the dirty cops.TV, 11/9/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorCraig ZiskStarsJulianne MooreMichael AngaranoGreg KinnearAn English teacher's life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.TV, 11/9/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsBernhard MinettiLeni RiefenstahlAribert WäscherSet in the early part of 20th century Europe, where a dancer becomes the romantic bone of contention between 2 men; a humble shepherd and an imperious marquis.OL, 11/10/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorStephan ElliottStarsLaura BrentXavier SamuelKris MarshallA groom and his three best men travel to the Australian outback for a wedding.TV, 11/10/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJide Tom AkinleminuStarsAkin AkinleminuGrete AkinleminuJide Tom AkinleminuA young filmmaker presents his Danish mother and Nigerian father to the idea of the film he wants to make. We do not get to know what the idea is, but his suggestion to travel to Nigeria to visit his family's origins clearly unsettles them. His father has moved back, while Jide's mother lives in Denmark. But the drama takes place in the mutual understanding between the three, and never takes up more space than the impressions that meet Jide's camera when he arrives at his father's poultry. A calm and observant film, made with a young photographer's eye and feel for atmosphere. Ultimately a (self)portrait of Jide and his father - a likeable and taciturn man, who never really found a place in Denmark.TV, 11/10/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorOscar ApfelCecil B. DeMilleStarsDustin FarnumMonroe SalisburyWinifred KingstonA chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.OL, 11/11/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDick MaasStarsHuub StapelWilleke van AmmelrooyJosine van DalsumA lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.OL, 11/11/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJim Field SmithStarsJennifer GarnerYara ShahidiTy BurrellIn Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.TV, 11/11/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoland Suso RichterStarsSebastian RudolphFrancis Fulton-SmithDavid RottPlaying in Germany in the 1960ies the movie narretes the conflict between former German politician Franz-Josef Strauß and Rudolf Augstein, German journalist and founder of 'Der Spiegel' magazine. 1962 the Spiegel Affair was a major political scandal in German escalating when Der Spiegel published an article about the sorry state of Germany's armed forces. Maximus.TV, 11/11/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsFlorence VidorMonte BlueMarie PrevostProfessor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte.OL, 11/12/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsKelly McGillisJeff DanielsMandy PatinkinIn 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.TV, 11/12/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsHalle BerryOlivier MartinezRalph BrownA professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.TV, 11/12/15. 4.5/10 (P).
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria SalernoAn American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.OL, 11/13/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHelmut DietlStarsGötz GeorgeUwe OchsenknechtChristiane HörbigerThe slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.OL, 11/13/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMichael Ian BlackStarsJason BiggsIsla FisherMichael WestonA guy proposes to his girlfriend, who drops dead. His BFF tries to get him to date other women but he only talks about his dead big love. At a diner he proposes to a cute waitress just to get his BFF off his back. She says yes.TV, 11/13/15. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Wedding Daze' in my country (on TV1000). - DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.TV, 11/13/15. 8/10 (R).
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Shown under the title 'Green Street Hooligans' in Croatia (on HRT 1). - DirectorAngel GraciaStarsCamilla BelleAlexa PenaVegaKuno BeckerA Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility": two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.TV, 11/14/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsGeorge ClooneyShailene WoodleyAmara MillerA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.TV, 11/14/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsJohannes KuhnkeLisa Loven KongsliClara WettergrenA family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.TV, 11/14/15. 8/10 (R).
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Shown under the title 'Force Majeure' in my country (on SLO 1). - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichCary GrantHerbert MarshallA cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely-ill husband's operation.TV, 11/15/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorArt CamachoStarsTed Jan RobertsKaren ValentineKeith CooganStan Dryer, a teen afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried to save from a group of attackers. The ring is a mate to a ring stolen by a double-dealing art thief who had been hired to steal it by a criminal mastermind who wanted it for its mystical powers.TV, 11/15/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDan BradleyStarsChris HemsworthIsabel LucasJosh HutchersonA group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.TV, 11/15/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLouis LeterrierStarsSam WorthingtonLiam NeesonRalph FiennesPerseus, a demigod and the son of Zeus, battles the minions of Hades and the Underworld in order to stop them from conquering Olympus and Earth.TV, 11/15/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLuis SotoStarsMace CoronelStephanie O'NeillSharieff WaltersThis is a nice video made by Mace!OL, 11/16/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNick CorporonStarsTrent CarltonLauren Dobbins WebbWilliam KiddBobby is a bright, imaginative seven-year-old who plays with dolls. One day his father tells him that dolls are for girls, sending Bobby on a personal mission to find what he should be playing with. He must choose accept his love for dolls or conform.OL, 11/16/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorGriffin DunneStarsUma ThurmanJeffrey Dean MorganJustina MachadoWhen talk-radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.TV, 11/16/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJesse WarrenStarsMark GanttVanessa MarcilGabriel TigermanA slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle forever.TV, 11/16/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRingo LamStarsJean-Claude Van DammeNatasha HenstridgeJean-Hugues AngladeWhile seeking answers to the death of the twin brother he never knew he had, a French cop and his sibling's fiancee find themselves pursued by corrupt FBI agents and the Russian mafia.TV, 11/16/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsSylvie TestudTatjana TriebHowie SeagoSince the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature she becomes interested in music and starts to play clarinet very successfully. However her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.OL, 11/17/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettClive OwenGeoffrey RushA mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.TV, 11/17/15. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorKarl GruneStarsAnton EdthoferAud Egede-NissenLeonhard HaskelPresents two distinct plot lines until the two eventually merge: the first is that of the bored middle-aged man seeking a departure from monotony in his life; the second is that of the blind man and the little boy, his grandson, who are interdependent. None of the characters have been given names and are therefore referred to only by description. The city is an expressionistic nightmare, a dangerous and chaotic place.OL, 11/18/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDhundiraj Govind PhalkeStarsD.D. DabkeAnna SalunkeGanpat G. ShindeThe film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an area controlled by the Sage Vishwamitra. Three furies appear before the king caught in flames. The king tries to rescue them. These fairies try to seduce the king into renouncing his kingdom for his love of truth. The king endures much hardship including being banished from his kingdom before a god appears to reassure everyone that the whole narrative was merely a test of the king's integrity.OL, 11/18/15. 6/10 (FF).
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Incomplete film. Only 1 reel of this (originally 4 reels) first Indian feature film survives. - DirectorDhundiraj Govind PhalkeStarsD.D. DabkePurshottam VaidyaMandakini PhalkeA little child plays on the coils of a cobra and the audience is absorbed and meditative in prayer in alternate editing. Mystic music blows up the ascending head and then returns to its place. Shree Krishna is seen by villainous Kansa who sees a column, falls asleep and when he awakens there is no more. Then he sees Krishna as a child, then as a teen, then he sees the column again. It happens for a moment and Krishna appears in two different parts at the same time and then multiply, threaten him with a spear. The divine being is condemned by the king to being crushed by an elephant, but he tames it repeatedly. He is brought back to the king, who is told that he has supernatural powers and the sentence to be thrown into a boiling cauldron, but she goes out unscathed. The king condemns him to drink a mortal potion, which changes color to the prayer of God.OL, 11/18/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKristijan MilicStarsGoran BogdanAlan KaticMarko CindricIn the autumn of 1991, a small group of Croatian soldiers go on patrol in an improvised armored vehicle. Soon after that they would get ambushed and their vehicle would get destroyed, in that situation they were forced to hide in a nearby house. Whilst stationed in that house they would get attacked by rebel Serbs, Serbian Special Forces and the JNA (Yugoslav People's Army, also reffered to as Yugoslavian National Army). Their resistance to the attackers would last 24 hours whilst their fellow combatants would attempt to try and get them out of there. The movie and story is based on true events which happened during the Croatian War of Independence.TV, 11/18/15. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorChristian ForteStarsChris PrattBrendan HinesScott CaanA mysterious video booth transports two friends to an alternate reality straight out of a pornographic film.TV, 11/18/15. 2.5/10 (P).
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaHarry BaerIrm HermannBerta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.OL, 11/19/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorZoran CalicStarsDara CalenicDragomir Bojanic-GidraRialda KadricMary's problem was solved another state without health consequences. Now Mary is strictly controlled by the parents but still finishing high school. Bob and Mary continue their love, but there is a conflict in their families, Zika and Dara, Coils parents for the wedding ending romantic relationships of their children, and Milan and Helen, Mary's mother and father to break the connection.Orig. title: Došlo doba da se ljubav proba.
TV, 11/19/15. 5/10 (FF). - DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergTaylor KitschEmile HirschMarcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.TV, 11/19/15. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMel GibsonRay WinstoneDanny HustonAs homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.TV, 11/19/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRutger HauerJeroen KrabbéSusan PenhaligonDuring World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.OL, 11/20/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorKnut ElstermannStarsJens MeurerTilman BüttnerRon HollowayMaking of Russian Ark (2002), with on camera personal views by members of the cast and crew of the major film.OL, 11/20/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsAdolf HitlerWeaves together a bank of images from German and Soviet archive footage, drawing out a psychological dimension from the historical landscape at the end of World War II.OL, 11/20/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsBruce WillisMatthew PerryNatasha HenstridgeJimmy the Tulip's quiet new life is shaken up by his old pal Oz, whose wife has been kidnapped by a Hungarian mob. The Tulip and his wife Jill spring into action.TV, 11/20/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGeorge ArmitageStarsOwen WilsonMorgan FreemanGary SiniseA small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.TV, 11/20/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsChristian CampbellBrooke WhiteMichael BarbutoIn their late teens and early 20's, the Banner siblings - Mitchell, Desiree and Danny - made it big as a rock group, but at the height of their fame, Desiree decided to leave the group, and everything fell apart. Now, fifteen years later, their mother has a plan to bring the group back together and heal her family. But will the siblings be able to put aside their differences and reunite, or will they remain estranged forever?TV, 11/21/15. 5/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'A Family Reunion' in Croatia (on HRT 2). - DirectorAlain DesrochersStarsMatt FrewerTod FennellAmber GoldfarbChina, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society - who will fight to restore justice to its people.TV, 11/21/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorLarry SemonNorman TaurogStarsOliver HardyLarry SemonFrank AlexanderA bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.TV, 11/21/15. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMathieu AmalricStarsMiranda ColclasureSuzanne RamseyDirty MartiniWith a group of American strip-tease performers, the veteran impresario Joachim attempts to make his comeback touring a Burlesque show around France. But once on tour, Joachim has to keep his wits if he wants to be paid.TV, 11/21/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph ScottMissing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.TV, 11/22/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsElle FanningPatricia ClarksonFelicity HuffmanConfounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.TV, 11/22/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnnette Haywood-CarterStarsJim CaviezelChiwetel EjioforJaimie AlexanderDrama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.TV, 11/22/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsJohnny DeppHeather GrahamIan HolmAfter five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.TV, 11/22/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsHannelore SchrothCarl RaddatzGustav KnuthTwo barge skippers fall in love with the same woman.OL, 11/23/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckJoan CollinsStephen BoydA man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.OL, 11/24/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBernie GoldmannMelisa WallackStarsAaron EckhartJessica AlbaLogan LermanA guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen.TV, 11/24/15. 6/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Meet Bill' in my country (on TV1000). - DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.TV, 11/24/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJames KentStarsLáng LangChopin's Ballade Number One is an extraordinary piece of piano music. This moving film tells the story of how the Ballade has transformed the lives of two young pianists.TV, 11/25/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid GrovicStarsJohn CusackRebecca Da CostaRobert De NiroA criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.TV, 11/25/15. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsEileen WalshDorothy DuffyNora-Jane NooneThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.OL, 11/26/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSteve HumphriesStarsDervla KirwanMartha CooneyChristina MulcahyInterlocking interviews of 4 women interred in various Magdalene asylums and/or orphanages because of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, being sexually assaulted, or just being "too pretty".OL, 11/27/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsJean VardaTom LuddyAgnès VardaWhile in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life.OL, 11/27/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMarie-France PisierPatrick AuffayAntoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.TV, 11/27/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAlexandre MoixStarsIrène JacobÉric CaravacaFrançois TruffautThis portrait of the world-famous French director based on his personal correspondance reveals the little known insurgent side of his personnality. Featuring interviews with close collaborators, friends and family, this definitive documentary tells his intimate story, from the streets of Paris to the filmmaking accolades and high profile marriages at the height of his career.TV, 11/27/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRock HudsonDonna ReedPhilip CareyIn Arizona, Frank Slayton's gang robs a stagecoach and kidnaps Ben Warren's fiancée, prompting Warren to pursue Slayton.TV, 11/28/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSebastian DehnhardtStarsLamon BrewsterChris ByrdBernd BönteA documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles, this film explores their humble beginnings in the Ukraine to their rise to stardom and domination of heavyweight prize fighting.TV, 11/28/15. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsPoppy MontgomeryEmily HolmesAntonio CupoAn inspiring look at JK Rowling's rise to become one of the most influential writers-from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter phenomenon.TV, 11/28/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorHal RoachStarsStan LaurelClarine SeymourNoah YoungA nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.TV, 11/28/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark MylodStarsAnna FarisChris EvansAri GraynorA woman looks back at the past nineteen men she's had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.TV, 11/28/15. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsDiedrich BaderErika EleniakJim VarneyNice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil. He and his kin move to posh Beverly Hills.TV, 11/29/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorMelanie MayronStarsMeaghan MartinDonn LamkinLinden AshbyThe Plastics are back in the long-awaited follow-up to the smash hit Mean Girls - and now the clique is more fashionable, funny, and ferocious than ever.TV, 11/29/15. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsChris PineKevin CostnerKeira KnightleyJack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.TV, 11/29/15. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsJustin TimberlakeAmanda SeyfriedCillian MurphyIn a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Will Salas is accused of murder and on the run with a hostage.TV, 11/29/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandAnn SheridanA Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.OL, 11/30/15. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKristopher HardyStarsLance Lee DavisDawn BalkinLawrence TurnerToby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, stops on a quiet stretch of Ozark highway to help an alluring young girl named Laurie whose car trouble--and attraction to the handsome stranger--pales in the face of her real problems: She's on the run from police and involved in a dangerous criminal debt with Jeff, her violent, on-again, off-again boyfriend, who also cons a ride from Toby. With Laurie as a grudging accomplice, Jeff kidnaps Toby to an abandoned farm, hoping to force him to cook synthetic heroin in order to pay off 'Familia Sin Amore', the group of vicious Bolivian drug traffickers to whom he's desperately in debt. When Toby proves unwilling, Jeff with the help of a local thug named Judge Bass, kidnaps Annette, Toby's ex-wife. The criminals hold her as security, threatening to frame Toby for her murder should he escape. The situation grows ever more tense as Toby asks for a share of the profits, Laurie disappears, Annette refuses to play the victim, and Familia Sin Amore comes to collect....TV, 11/30/15. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsEdward AttertonAmanda RyanJacqueline BissetA fictional account of the sinking of the H.M.H.S. Britannic off the Greek island of Kea in November 1916. This explores the theory of a German Agent sabotaging the liner, a hospital ship.TV, 11/30/15. 5/10 (FF).