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- DirectorLeon MarrStarsMartha HenryNeil MunroAnne ButlerThe present unfolds along with scenes from the past in this intense psychological drama about Edna, a woman in the hospital who each day writes down her memories.For a movie that explores the meaning of devotion, self denial and sacrifice and the journey into self realisation this hits home hard!
The scene when she picks up the phone and is told the news about her husbands adultery is STUNNING! This is exactly how it felt for me when I went through this... The movie gets a 10/10 from me just for this one scene alone!
A Totally Awesome movie that picks over the broken eggshell remains to figure out what the hell happened... - DirectorLars von TrierStarsNicole KidmanPaul BettanyLauren BacallA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
- StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad DavisA young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.Considering the era that this movie was made (I first saw it on TV back in the 80's) - it is truly a heart wrenching account of one woman's pain. An exploration of what its like living in such a shattered world after the abuse she suffered as a child from her mother.
The role that Sally Fields plays in this movie is AWESOMELY GOOD! She is almostly frighteningly totally belivable as Sybil!!! I had a crush on her for many years after seeing her in this role as she was such a great actress. Sadly her later career didn't show the same promise that she had here and she fell from grace it seems with only relatively minor roles to her name.
Joanne Woodward plays the excellent Dr Wilbur and provides all the nurturing care that Sybil needs through her 10+ year search to rebuild her life/self.
Well worth watching if only to understand the fragile nature of our lives and human needs. - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.An all-time Great and Timeless movie about what makes for inner beauty and meaning. What are our lives about and the nature of existence. I loved the bag blowing in the wind scene most! Awe Inspiring!
Deep, challenging and gritty. A first rate Movie and all-time Great! - DirectorVincent WardStarsRobin WilliamsCuba Gooding Jr.Annabella SciorraChris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.
- DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter SarsgaardA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.A Trans movie that shows Transphobia for what it is... and what it does to people. Gritty, bitting and with true meaning and depth. A great Movie!
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsTroy GarityLee PaceAndre BraugherThe true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.
- DirectorDuncan TuckerStarsFelicity HuffmanKevin ZegersFionnula FlanaganA transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.(Released March 1998) Matt Demon made his first Big intro into the movie business with his key role in this movie playing up against Robin Williams as his foil. The two actors pull off a brilliant movie that really is worth the watch in my book! And must have had a key role in launching his placement as Loki in Dogma (1999) and in The Bourne Identity (2002) for which he is well known for.
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Williams is Excellent as always and plays the various parts of Friend/Councellor/Tutor/Analyst well with a balance that awed me. The two explore what it means to be exposed and vunerable as a human being and each in turn find the strength to find and be open to love once more.
A touching and powerful movie! - 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.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJack NicholsonMorgan FreemanSean HayesTwo terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsAngelina JolieJames McAvoyMorgan FreemanA frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.Perhaps not a life changing movie - but certainly as good as the Matrix series that came out a while back. There hasn't been anything quite as good since then - until Now! This movie just left me Gob-Smacked! And few movies do that for me. The Train scene was certainly a Big Wow! Well worth watching!
DATE: 2008-06-28 - DirectorChris KrausStarsHannah HerzsprungMonica BleibtreuVadim GlownaAn elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.I can't readily find fault with this movie despite being fairly
critical usually... It had me hooked within the first minute and didn't
let me go throughout the movie!
The characters are gritty but believable and the characterization by
the two lead actresses is flawless for most of the movie. The
cinematography I found to be gorgeous with a rustic and brittle edge to
many of the screen shots!
The slow revelation of the histories involved in the two lead women's
lives shows a deeper, more tangible side to who and why they are the
people they are. Some of the flashback sequences are slightly
dislocating but this doesn't seriously detract from the plot. The
timing of these revelations is well thought out though and we start to
realize that the first question we need to ask of anyone is what their
past is that has made them who they are...
It challenges a good few precepts about femininity as well along the
way but this is secondary to the relationship dynamics of the
psychological mother-daughter relationship that is setup here.
It asks some deep questions about the meaning of our relationships and
our purpose in life that doesn't let go right to the end. This movie
doesn't hold back from any of the capricious nature of life and the
consequences that it often throws in our life paths. It also shows the
failure of people to deal with this on a humanistic level... often
resulting in shattered and wasted lives. The violence (both emotional
and physical) depicts well the struggle people have with dealing with
each others 'violations', towards each other.
I'd wholeheartedly recommend you see this movie! It will have you
captivated from the opening sequence of the the suicide of her cell
mate that Jenny sleeps through and then awakes only to then carelessly
steal the last cigarette from the dead woman's body as if this is
somehow a daily occurrence to the final Four Minutes that are the
summation of all that Jenny is as a human being...
DATE: 2008-11-23 - DirectorLarysa KondrackiStarsRachel WeiszMonica BellucciVanessa RedgraveA drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.This is a Must Watch Movie! Awesomely shocking!