VAULT: D
Movies that start with the letter D, that me & my sister, T, have seen, rated & commented on.
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- DirectorSean AndersStarsWill FerrellMark WahlbergLinda CardelliniBrad Whitaker is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.The pratfalls of Farrell's "Brad" is more cringe worthy than funny.
mine - *1/2 T's - **1/2 2017 - DirectorSean AndersStarsWill FerrellMark WahlbergMel GibsonHaving finally gotten used to each other's existence, Brad and Dusty must now deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.Really, the only saving grace from this movie is that Wahlberg & Farrell plays so well off each other. Gibson can just go away. His performance just leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.
mine - ** T's - ** 2019 - DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.As much as I am not a fan of "Big Pharma" , this movie treated them like they were the Nazis. McConaughey's character was not a hero. He was just a desperate man trying to live and to stay alive.
mine - **1/2 T's - *1/2 2022 - DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid MorseAn Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.A gut-wrencher. Sema (Bjork, in an impressive debut) escapes her bleak life by escaping into a colorful, song filled world until life catches up to her and demands all of her attention. The film maker juxposes the bleakness and magic wonderfully together and leaves the viewer wishing that fantasy could win just once.
mine - *** T's - ** 2017 - DirectorPeter CareStarsKieran CulkinJena MaloneEmile HirschA group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.Rather disappointing. Foster's character was rather weak to be taken seriously as "Nunzilla". And the situations were really bad. I mean would anyone really read William Blake's "The Tyger" at a funeral of someone mauled by a Puma? The animation part was the only redeeming part. "Stand By Me" did this story much better.
Mine - *1/2 T's - *1/2 2011 - DirectorSidney LumetStarsTimothy HuttonMandy PatinkinLindsay CrouseDaniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.Intriguing. Hutton did a good job. Sad to see what people will do to each other in the name of right.
mine - ** 1/2 T's - **1/2
2001 - DirectorTom HooperStarsEddie RedmayneAlicia VikanderAmber HeardA fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.With the engaging performances of Eddie Redmayne and especially Alicia Vikander, this humanly empathetic movie slowly reveals the butterfly hidden within the caterpillar.
mine - **1/2 T's - ** 2017 - DirectorLiam O'NeillStarsEloise BroderickDenis ConwayMargarita MurphyA young girl wants to please her dad by learning to play "Danny Boy" on the violin, but her lack of musical talent becomes a problem.Amaturishly made but, still a touching story.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2019 - DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.There were grand set designs but, the layout of the story did not work for me. It was pretty much a picture book. You read the story and then they showed you the scene.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.the premise was intriguing. but the end let me down. also I really didn't care for any
of the characters.
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5/02 - DirectorMarc SingerStarsMarc SingerA cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.Film maker did a good job of realistically showing these people and their stories without judgement or sickly sentimentality.
mine - **1/2 T's - ** 2014 - DirectorShi-Zheng ChenStarsYe LiuAidan QuinnMeryl StreepBased on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.It just kind of plodded along and did not do a very good job of telling the story.
mine - *1/2 T's - **1/2 2014 - DirectorSimon KinbergStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceJean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.A real disappointment. The X-Men pretty much stood around while everything focused on the Dark Phoenix. And, Sophie Turner does not have the acting chops to carry this whole movie. mine - ** T's -2022
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMichelle PfeifferEva GreenAn imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.The movie starts so alive and exciting, and then, like a vampire, all of the life is sucked out of it. Too bad, the talent that was involved - this movie should have been funner.
mine - ** T's -** 2013 - DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsIdris ElbaMatthew McConaugheyTom TaylorA boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.This movie started real well and I was excited to see where it would go. Unfortunately, the magic dies a third of the way in.
mine - ** T's - ** 2020 - DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsBette DavisGeorge BrentHumphrey BogartA young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.Kinda sad, it was not so much a victory as the two main characters were caught up in denial.
mine-**1/2
2003 T's-** - DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMark RuffaloAnne HathawayTim RobbinsA corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.Informative, shocking & oh so depressing because this is based on a true story. The betrayal by Dupont, scientists & government officials are so egregious it's sickening but, the sacrifice & heroic courage gives hope for humankind.
mine - *** T's - 2022 - DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsAnna PaquinLena OlinIain GlenA teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.Horrible movie - never explained anything and had people acting just plain dumb.
mine-*1/2
T's- bomb
2005 - DirectorFrank PerryStarsKeir DulleaJanet MargolinHoward Da SilvaTeenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.Middle of the road take on mental illness and how easy it is to overcome it. The two leads weren't bad, though.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2013 - DirectorJon ElseStarsHans BetheHolm BursomHaakon ChevalierScientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon completion of his wonderful and horrible invention became a powerful spokesperson against the nuclear arms race.An important look at history and the realizations & ramifications of the people who were involved. Unfortunately, like a high school history lesson, it was rather dry.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2018 - DirectorJean RenoirStarsSylvia BatailleJane MarkenGeorges D'ArnouxThe family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.I can find more depth of storytelling in a Pierre Renoir(the father) painting than in this Jean Renoir (the son) movie.
mine - ** T's - * 2021 - DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh MarloweAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.It depressed me. Mankind is still going down the same road. Well done though.
mine-***
T's-*1/2
2004 - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonAndy GarciaA woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.some places slow, but a lot of interesting twists & turns.
mine-***
T's-***
2005 - DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsNicole KidmanSam NeillBilly ZaneAfter a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.Started slow-then got good & then had a ridiculous ending.
mine-**1/2
T's- **
2005 - DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert ProskyA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.A well done movie. Sarandon was her stellar self but, I feel Penn didn't measure up to the hype.
mine-***
T's-***
2005 - DirectorGreg WilsonStarsTerry EdwardsDavid GabertCurtis GallagherThe year is 1907 and a mysterious Drifter stumbles across a dead man in the open fields of the old west. He suddenly finds himself on the run from a group of bounty hunters and must take refuge in a nearby town.Someone has got expensive equipment, because the cinematography is gorgeous. Too bad its put into the hands of amateurs. The writing and acting is neighborhood kids quality.
mine - *1/2 T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan LaddFilm noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.They didn't do a good job of matching up the new dialogue with the old and the joke ran old real fast.
mine-**
2009 T's- ** - DirectorArthur PennStarsMary SteenburgenRoddy McDowallJan RubesA fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.BORING! Mary Steenbergen, stay away from thrillers. There's no way she can carry those types of movies.
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2007 T's - *1/2 - DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsJames GarnerKim CoatesMarlee MatlinA veteran FBI agent negotiates the release of a bus-load of hearing-impaired school-children taken hostage by 3 desperate escaped convicts.Weak thriller. Actors weren't the best and the end was kind of dumb.
mine - **
T's - **1/2
2009 - DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Snappy, rapid fire jokes and cartoon violence, Deadpool is a wild, fun, escapist ride.
mine - *** T's - * 2018 - DirectorDavid LeitchStarsRyan ReynoldsJosh BrolinMorena BaccarinFoul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.As snarky, gory, silly and fun as its predecessor and a bit of heart.
mine - *** T's - n/a 2019 - DirectorJonathan LacocqueClara LehmannStarsElaine McMillion SheldonKerrin SheldonAn adolescent Death is enamored by Life's innocence and vivacity, but his attempts to befriend her backfire.Vibrant colors and a sense of innocence drew me in though, the ending didn't quite work for me.
mine - **1/2 T - n/a 2019 - DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsFredric MarchEvelyn VenableGuy StandingThe Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.Very well told story with Fredrick March doing a great job as The Grim Reaper. Too bad the ending was a little trite.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2012 - DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsRobin WilliamsEdward NortonCatherine KeenerA kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.It was sweet in a bizarre sort of way. I liked it. Though the end was wrong.
mine-**1/2
T's - 1/2
2007
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonHope LangeVincent GardeniaA New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.Bronson slept through the movie.
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T's- 1/2
2008 - DirectorRod HardyStarsDaniel RadcliffeTeresa PalmerLee CormieOne summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.Rather a dull movie that did not end well.
mine - **
T's - **
2009 - DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsDonal McCannSaskia ReevesCiarán HindsAt the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.Ok culture/ society story. Nothing to brag about.
mine - **
T's - *
2010 - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJean SimmonsMona WashbournePat HeywoodNewly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore M's dignity and cheer brings renewed meaning to Etta's life but also reveals family secrets and forces confrontations with M's indifferent son and hostile daughter-in-law.Quiet tale of elderly abuse and the blossoming of same person when shown love, care and friendship. The movie should have been longer to help flesh out all of the characters and allow the close to not feel rushed.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2016 - DirectorLouise OsmondJerry RothwellStarsTilda SwintonDonald CrowhurstTed HyndsA documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.Very sad story about a man who dared to dream and how reality came crashing down.
Mine - ***1/2 T's - *** 2011 - DirectorPablo DuranaDrew PulleyJ.J. KelleyRenowned caver Bill Stone is on a lifelong quest to go deeper beneath the earth than any human has ever ventured. Deep in the unexplored depths of Cheve Cave in Mexico, his goal is to set a new world record by finding a passage beyond a depth of 7,208 feet, proving once and for all his theory that Cheve is the deepest cave in the world. The expedition has been compared to climbing Everest - but in reverse. The three-month underground journey is a dangerous and highly technical adventure through over 12 miles of tight, twisting passages. The pressure to conquer the cave will push Bill and the team to the absolute limits of survival and sanity.Engaging doc that sheds light on the minds of people willing to explore some of the scariest and confounding places on Earth.
mine - *** T's - n/a 2022 - DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergKurt RussellDouglas M. GriffinA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.Works as blockbuster action movie with heroic good guys & devious, money grubbing villains but doesn't as much as the true story of one of the worst environmental tragedy in the U.S.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2017 - DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.Torn on the ratings for this movie. One point - the acting and action is excellent and very worthy of the Oscars, but, point two - it skips in extremely large chunks that left this viewer confused and a bit lost on what was going on.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2013 - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDaniel CraigLiev SchreiberJamie BellJewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.Courageous and engaging movie with the lead actors filling the roles almost perfectly.
mine - *** T's - *** 2012 - DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara WilliamsTwo chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.Felt a little dated, but still intriguing.
mine - ***
T's - ***
2011 - DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyIntent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.Good movie, well told. Surprising that Burt Reynolds really wasn't the lead of this movie.
mine-**1/2
2007 T's- **1/2 - DirectorDelmer DavesStarsVictor MatureSusan HaywardMichael RennieIn first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.Passable continuation of "The Robe" story with Susan Hayward out acting everyone else. And, Jay Robinson should be in the top 10 smarmiest villains of all time.
mine - ** T's - ** 2022 - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.I was rather disappointed that Wahlburg's character fell into the same trap all the others were in.
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2007 T's-**1/2 - DirectorWalter LangStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnGig YoungTwo extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.Moved along at a nice clip. Both Tracey & Hepburn doing a fine job.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2012 - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekJoaquim de AlmeidaFormer musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.A movie filled with blood, guts & revenge, for what? who knows. Dumb macho movie.
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2007 T's- * - DirectorAndy TennantStarsJoanna KernsBruce DavisonJoseph MazzelloWhen a young girl is diagnosed with leukemia, her father and stepmother must decide if they should risk their son's life by exploring his potentiality as a bone marrow donor.Stellar acting by leads Davidson & Kerns highlight this made for TV movie. It raises moral questions and debates them quite nicely.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2016 - DirectorIrving PichelStarsJohn ArcherWarner AndersonTom Powers"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.Today's viewers may find this quaint but, it was the first sci- fi film that took the science part seriously. And, adding real & harrowing dangers about space travel, these guys were at the forefront of this genre. So, I gave it an extra star.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2019 - DirectorVincent LambeStarsEly SolanLeon HughesCaleb MasonTwo ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts and records from the James Bulger case, which shocked the world in 1993.Heavy & harrowing is the telling of this famous murder of kids killing a toddler.
mine - *** T's - n/a 2021 - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.Story was told well.
mine - **1/2
T's - **
2009 - DirectorSam WoodStarsJean ArthurRobert CummingsCharles CoburnA tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.Yes, it is predictable and yes, it's capraesque in its telling but, still, it made me feel good and left me with a smile on my face. Wish now- a-day movies could give the viewer hope and the strength to fight the good fight.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2013 - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMarisa ParedesEduardo NoriegaFederico LuppiAfter Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.With Del Toro's signature all over it, this movie does a chilling job of showing man's nihilistic nature and depressing situation that comes because of it.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2014 - DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.Suspenseful and well played until the end. Some how it kind of fell flat for me.
mine - *** T's - **1/2 2014 - DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost.It is located in the lists of essential films and film treasures, and I agree. All this is is an experiment, but it is through these experiments that mankind have grown to where we are today.
mine - *** T's - n/a 2014 - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisJeremy IronsSamuel L. JacksonJohn McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.A bit mean spirited and not as fun as the first one. Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson does not play off each other very well.
mine - ** T's - *1/2 2013 - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles BronsonDuring World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.It left me feeling sad & disheartened.
Mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2011 - DirectorDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoWhen a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.The score and Robinson's Scorpio portrayal helped make this an intense thriller but, this right-wing fantasy where the ends justify the means and where all law abiding "liberal" leaders are caricturized milquetoasts brings this movie down a notch.
mine - ** T's - ** 2016 - DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJohn LithgowRalph MacchioKerrie KeaneJohn Lithgow stars and Ralph Macchio co-stars as his son. Their uneasy reunion accidentally sparks war-haunted violence, and they share a harrowing fight for survival that will either destroy them or unify them forever.Formulaic Vietnam vet movie that keeps your interest with a sincere John Lithgow performance.
mine - ** T's - ** 2017 - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.A depressing movie that has alot of unanswered question, but it stays with you.
mine - **1/2
T's - bomb
2011 - DirectorNeil BurgerStarsShailene WoodleyTheo JamesKate WinsletIn a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.Middle of the pack dystopian teen movie that will help waste time on a boring afternoon.
mine - ** T's -**1/2 2019 - DirectorAlex ChappleStarsShawn AshmoreDavid SuchetJoanne WhalleyOn September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.A bit of a disappointment. I was hoping to see people rise up in the face of tragedy, a feel good movie of people acting heroic, unfortunately, this movie focused on the victims.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2017 - DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.Real horrifying movie that shows how quickly a person can lose it all. Unique POV really helps tell the story. I think the lead did great in this.
mine - *** T's - **1/2 2013 - DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite wolf warnings; but Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist.Funny enough adult cartoon that tells this story in a bit a risque manner.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2014 - DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroJosé CanalejasJosé BódaloA coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.A real poor man's version of a spaghetti western, and, Franco Nero is no Clint Eastwood. Unbelievable and corny.
mine - *1/2 T's - * 2013 - DirectorHwang Dong-hyukStarsGong YooJung Yu-miKim Hyeon-sooBased on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing-impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time.Do-ga-ni is a very hard movie to watch as the camera brings the audience into the crime, which I feel was a bit too excessive. And, with it dealing with entitlement and power. The people with power feel that they are entitled. It's despairing, it's frustrating and just the type of movie to help make changes, which this one did.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2017 - DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.Movie does a surprising job of showing how racism can fester in everyone until it explodes into a violent, riotous manner. Very thought provoking.
mine - *** T's - bomb 2014 - DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsJohn BarrymoreMartha MansfieldBrandon HurstDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.Barrymore's tour de force performance really helps carry this movie into the higher echelon of cinema.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2014 - DirectorScott DerricksonStarsBenedict CumberbatchChiwetel EjioforRachel McAdamsWhile on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.A visually stunning movie with special effects that the audience must pay attention to to keep up with the story line. The acting is acceptable with Tilda Swinton being the stand out. And, the way the villain is defeated was inspiring. Dr. Strange is a movie that I wouldn't mind watching the sequel.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2017 - 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Clever black comedy helped to highlight the fears as we entered into the nuclear age and the anality of jingoistic thinking that is so prevalent today.
mine - **1/2 T's - *1/2 2015 - DirectorJames NeilsonStarsPatrick McGoohanGeorge ColeTony BrittonIn eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King fear his name. Scarily cool theme song, gravely voice & fiendish laugh was embedded into my brain many, many years ago. Now, I found the story a bit muddled, as well as the film quality. Still has a killer opening song. :D
mine - ** T's - n/a 2020 - DirectorDavid LeanStarsOmar SharifJulie ChristieGeraldine ChaplinThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.Beautiful set pieces and cinematography are about the only thing that I found interesting in this movie. The characters were rather two dimensional and seemed a bit put out by all of the historical aspects that were going on around them.
mine - ** T's - **1/2 2013 - DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJosh GadDennis QuaidPeggy LiptonA dog discovers the meaning of its own existence through the lives of the humans it teaches to laugh and love. Reincarnated as multiple canines over the course of five decades, the lovable pooch develops an unbreakable bond with Ethan.Nothing is more loving or honest than a dog. So why then does a movie about dogs feel manipulative and seems to be missing a true heart? It seems all the incarnations between the 2nd & the last were like ' hurry up and get it over with so I can be with who I really belong to.
mine - ** T's - **1/2 2018 - DirectorKevin SmithStarsBen AffleckMatt DamonLinda FiorentinoAn abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loop-hole and reenter Heaven.Cringe worthy movie that really yanks on the religion chain. But, where I first was seeing anti- at the end- not so much.
mine - *1/2 T's - * 2014 - DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsHal Roach's RascalsSherwood BaileyMatthew 'Stymie' BeardWheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.easy enough little short that plays out well to yesterday's audiences; today's audiences? eh.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.Thought provoking, but overall a very depressing movie.
mine - **1/2 T's -** 2013 - DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsMorgan FreemanAshley JuddHarry Connick Jr.A boy finds a dolphin that was injured in a trap. They become friends, but the dolphin needs to have its tail amputated to survive. With the help of a biologist and a prosthetics specialist, the boy tries to save the animal.Was cute & cheesy and left me with the warm fuzzies. :)
Also, the last montage left me bawling.
mine - *** T's - *** 2012 - DirectorLodovico GaspariniStarsFlavio InsinnaLina SastriCharles DanceThe life of Saint Don Bosco.Mediocre "Church" Movie where I didn't get any real feelings of why this man became a saint.
mine - ** T's - ** 2019 - DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJane WintonJohn RocheWarner OlandIn 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.Interesting storyline even though the lead is a cad and I never truly forgive him for his shallowness. Not one of Barrymore's stronger role, in looks or style.
mine - ** T's - * 2015 - DirectorLes ClarkJoshua MeadorWolfgang ReithermanStarsJane FowlerPaul FreesClarence NashDonald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things.A revisit to a childhood memory. This short cartoon tries to engage children in the wonders of math. Guess it didn't work, because I didn't find math to be a joy until I became an adult. But now understanding the importance of math, I understood what the Disney group was trying to pass on to children.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2022 - DirectorJack KingStarsGloria BlondellHarry LangClarence NashDonald has a date with Daisy, but no money. He raids his nephews' piggy bank, but his guilty conscience catches up with him.Cute enough.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorMike NewellStarsAl PacinoJohnny DeppMichael MadsenAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.Interesting to see how Al Pacino portrayed the low man in the mob hierarchy instead of the lead. (guy really is a great actor.) Other than that, just a typical mob movie.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2012 - DirectorJacob EstesStarsDavid OyelowoStorm ReidMykelti WilliamsonDetective Jack Radcliff and his recently murdered niece race against time to solve the crime before it happens.Stellar performances by the leads but the storyline is sometimes thrilling, sometimes muddled and sometimes dull.
mine -**1/2 T's - **1/2 2021 - DirectorOliver ParkerStarsBen BarnesColin FirthRebecca HallA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.Did not do the novel justice. And the only interesting actor was killed off way too early.
Mine - **
T's - *1/2
2011 - DirectorTodd HaynesStarsJ. Evan BonifantBarbara GarrickJulie HalstonAn artistic six-year-old boy in 1960s America is obsessed with The Dottie Show. His father is concerned about the show's sexual influence, especially the boy's fascination with a spanking scene.Painted with broad strokes and a child's view this movie has a poignant air about it.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpRobert MiddletonA self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.I felt Colombo acted a wee bit much naive & slow that it pulled me away from the cleverness of this episode.
mine - ** T's - n/a 2021 - DirectorRobert ButlerStarsPeter FalkMartin LandauJeanette NolanA smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.Passable Colombo episode, though, Colombo lays on the "Golly, shucks, I haven't a clue" on rather thick in this one.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2021 - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatt DamonChristoph WaltzHong ChauA social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.It was advertised and started as a comedic satire then does a quick flip into a social commentary. I felt the ends message was ' There's no hope for man.'
mine - ** T's - bomb 2024 - DirectorSam RaimiStarsAlison LohmanJustin LongRuth LivierA loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.Goofy horror film that doesn't take itself seriously. Though I had a real hard time taking the gypsy woman as any kind of a major threat.
mine - ** T's - *1/2 2011 - DirectorRaymond LeeSiu-Tung ChingHark TsuiStarsTony Ka Fai LeungBrigitte LinMaggie CheungDuring the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.Hong Kong's version of slapstick comedy I guess. Very confusing and their style of humor really did not tickle my American sense of funny.
mine - *1/2 T's - n/a 2014 - DirectorJohn GatinsStarsKurt RussellDakota FanningOded FehrCale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.Implausible situations mar a tween story that would have been better if they wouldn't have been lazy in the storytelling.
mine - **1/2 T's - **1/2 2014 - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancJohn T. SmithDaffy Duck plays a western hero, but things don't go as he hoped in a one horse town.The first few minutes of this cartoon was fun and very engaging. But, for some reason they just couldn't keep the momentum going.
mine -**1/2 T's - n/a 2015 - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan CranstonA mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.Ryan Gosling's character was very interesting and had me wanting to know more.
mine - **1/2 T's - ** 2014 - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Too scattered and confusing, and I did not see the growth of companionship between the two leads. Greatly overrated.
mine - ** T's - ** 2013 - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDuck Dodgers and Marvin Martian wage war over Planet X.They say if you want truths then pay attention to the jesters, and that holds true in this Warner Brothers cartoon. Dodgers claims ownership which he has no right to, resorts to violence when others threaten the claim and destroys the planet so he can claim victory. History is full of stories as this.
mine - **1/2 T's - n/a 2022 - DirectorTim BurtonStarsColin FarrellMichael KeatonDanny DeVitoA young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.So many worked so hard and gave it their all only to be let down by a really bad story.
Adding ridiculous antagonists loses the innocence and sweetness from the original version.
mine - **1/2 T's **1/2 2020 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.Not so much a war movie than a waiting game. But, the tension wasn't taut and i didn't connect with any of the characters so, the movie was a bit boring.
mine - ** T's - ** 2019 - DirectorKyra ThompsonStarsAmy EldonChristiane AmanpourCorrine DufkaThis documentary studies the motivations of journalists dedicated enough to risk their lives for a story. We follow narrator Amy Eldon on a personal journey to find meaning in the death of her older brother, 22-year-old Reuters photographer Dan Eldon. Dan was among a group of five journalists attacked by a mob during the Somali famine in 1993; he and three others were stoned to death. As she interviews other journalists and the sole surviving witness to Dan's death, we see her attain the peace she sought.Engrossing story of one woman's journey to try to find out why wartime journalists do what they do; like her brother who was killed while on assignment. Very sad, enlightened and just a bit of hope were some of the feelings I experienced while watching this documentary.
mine - *** T's - n/a 2013 +