August 2017
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
We Will (Laura Nagy, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
We Will (Laura Nagy, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
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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- DirectorBrian GilbertStarsJudge ReinholdFred SavageCorinne BohrerDivorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.TV, 8/1/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBartabasStarsSpartak FedotovIgor GotesmanA Yakut shaman and a Muscovite violinist escape a Soviet gulag on horseback. The shaman, Anatolia, promises to guide Dimitri, but Tolia is shot during the escape and dies. His spirit seems to guide Dimitri as the musician begins the arduous journey home across the snowbound taiga. In towns and settlements, Tolia's name seems magic, securing help for Dimitri. The horse, too, becomes savior and companion. When Dimitri finally reaches Irkutsk, he sells the horse to a Gypsy for train fare. While waiting overnight for the train, he meets a woman and they go dancing. After sex, in the dark of a freezing night, Dimitri makes a decision. The music of Tolia's trump is in his soul.TV, 8/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsMarthe KellerMax RiemeltBruno GanzJo has come to Ibiza to be a DJ in the club Amnesia. He befriends a solitary woman who's trying to forget her past. As Jo draws her into techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question.TV, 8/1/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsIrdens ExantusCaroline TrudelPatrick HuardAn idealistic young Haitian travels to rural Quebec to intern for an independent Member of Parliament when a national debate erupts that finds the MP holding the tie-breaking vote.TV, 8/1/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorArturo Ruiz SerranoStarsJoan Carles SuauEric FrancésMonika KowalskaTwo Spanish soldiers are guarding an outpost during wartime and discover a Polish woman, hurt and unconscious. They nurse her back to health and must decide if they should turn her in to their commanders or keep her hidden.TV, 8/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorTom HollandStarsCatherine HicksChris SarandonAlex VincentA struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.TV, 8/1/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis MoshosA band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.OL, 8/2/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorEmilio Martínez LázaroStarsClara LagoDani RoviraCarmen MachiRafael, a Sevillian who has never left Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women whom he has ever known.TV, 8/2/17. 7.5/10 (R).
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Hilarious! Sadly, it loses the pace near the very end. Still, a gem! - DirectorDave MeyersStarsSean BeanSophia BushZachary KnightonA couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.TV, 8/2/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsMakis PapadimitriouElli TringouHara KotsaliOn a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.TV, 8/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBranko GapoStarsJanez VrhovecDimitar GesovskiPetar PrlickoIn 1918, after the end of the Balkan Wars and the First World War, hundreds of Macedonians immigrated to Bulgaria. Among them there were pro-Bulgarian Macedonians who wanted to exploit the emigrants for their own political purposes. A number of decent freedom fighters were eliminated. The victim of one of the assassins in Sofia was Gjorche Petrov. His assassin is a young boy who doesn't even know that he is shooting dead the man who is one of the last real fighters for the freedom of Macedonia. By discovering that he has been unknowingly involved in the pro-Bulgarian organization and has been used for an execution of this vile act, it means the death sentence for the young boy.Orig. title: Denovi na iskušenie.
TV, 8/4/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorPaul GoldmanStarsJoel EdgertonRose ByrneDennis HopperBased on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.TV, 8/4/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTony AloupisStarsEvan PetersJuno TempleChristine LahtiA teenage boy and girl discover a renewed sense of possibility as they go on a road trip to photograph lighthouses along the California coast.TV, 8/4/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsHan Yeo-reumSeo Ji-seokJeon Gook-hwanOn a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard...TV, 8/4/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorLawrence GutermanStarsAlec BaldwinTobey MaguireJeff GoldblumA look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, of which their human owners are blissfully unaware.TV, 8/5/17. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsBryce Dallas HowardRobert RedfordOakes FegleyThe adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon.TV, 8/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsSpencer TracyVan JohnsonRobert WalkerIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.TV, 8/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsJoe MantegnaBen KingsleyMax PomerancA prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.TV, 8/5/17. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Innocent Moves' in my country (on Cinemax). - DirectorRob ReinerStarsMichael DouglasDiane KeatonSterling JerinsA self-absorbed realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he's suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.TV, 8/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDick MaasStarsHuub StapelNelly FrijdaRené van 't HofThe mayor of Zonnedael sees a chance to get rid of the Flodder family and sends them for an international exchange to New York.TV, 8/5/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsWilliam HoldenGrace KellyFredric MarchSet during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.TV, 8/6/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsBrando PacittoMatilda Anna Ingrid LutzTaylor FreyA gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.TV, 8/6/17. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Summertime' in my country (on Cinemax 2). - DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsSebastian HülkJulia JentschHanns ZischlerKarsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.TV, 8/6/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSergio MachadoStarsLázaro RamosKaique de JesusElzio VieiraAfter failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils.TV, 8/6/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsHailee SteinfeldHaley Lu RichardsonBlake JennerHigh-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.TV, 8/6/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeslye HeadlandStarsKirsten DunstIsla FisherLizzy CaplanThree friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.TV, 8/6/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsLily TomlinJulia GarnerMarcia Gay HardenA teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.TV, 8/7/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicBranko DjuricNatasa Janjic MedancicMLADEN (44) Belgrade born, is a timeshare salesman at Croatian Holiday resort. He is having an affair with his colleague, SONJA (40), who is married to METOD (50) the chief sales manager who learns about his wife's infidelity. He assigns Mladen the toughest client - Omer, a Bosnian war veteran, who doesn't try to hide his aversion to Mladen. Everything becomes hopeless when Omer's three year old son Svendy falls over the edge of the hotel terrace and ends up in a hospital. Grim mood that prevails among the potential buyers is about to ruin the sales. Sonja and Metod blackmail Mladen to continue the sales at the hospital while Omer and his wife are waiting for their son's operation.TV, 8/7/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsLyudmila GurchenkoStanislav LyubshinValentina TelichkinaTamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.OL, 8/8/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoElio GermanoClaudio AmendolaA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.TV, 8/8/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorCarles TorrensStarsDominic MonaghanKsenia SoloJennette McCurdyA man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.TV, 8/8/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorYan-Yan MakStarsJosie HoEric KotYuan TianA married teacher/closeted lesbian meets a young, free spirited singer who will allow her to rediscover herself.OL, 8/9/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorZivko 'Zika' RisticStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicTamara MileticIlija DzuvalekovskiShortly after World War II, the government sent a crew of drivers with large tractors to clear-cut and plow a vast, barren piece of land called "Krst Rakoc" in the hills of Kosovo and Metohia, for future orchards. They encounter deprecation and revolt from indigenous Albanian population who do not believe in good intentions of the government and the crew.OL, 8/9/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPriscilla AnanyStarsRukiyat MasudAdjetey AnangBexA woman has a disabled child and goes through several challenges to get healing for child having being abandoned by the father.TV, 8/9/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsNick NolteMartin ShortSarah Rowland DoroffA reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.TV, 8/9/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorKris BoustedtLindy BoustedtStarsWonder RussellLisa CoronadoAfter being released from prison, Alice hunts down the person who put her there. Her sister.OL, 8/10/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMax BuzzellCharlotte GrumanStarsSage Deagro-RuoppAllie KesselOL, 8/10/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHeyishi ZhangStarsAmika CooperChelsea LeamanStephanie NealeLucy Kim, prom committee president seeks to establish Gay Prom Royalty to pursue a crush on her out lesbian best friend.OL, 8/10/17. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJack DeersonBarbara PeetersStarsElizabeth PlumbAlisa CourtneyJohn ApreaWhile their husbands are away on a hunting trip, two bored housewives get together to commiserate. One thing leads to another, and they wind up in bed. For one of the women the incident was just a pleasant diversion, but for the other it's turned into a fixation, and when she sees her "lover" going after one of the male neighborhood hunks, things take a turn for the worse.OL, 8/10/17. 4/10 (P).
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Seen under the title 'Just the Two of Us' (74 min reissue 'cut'). - DirectorLukasz GrzegorzekStarsPiotr ZurawskiMarta NieradkiewiczSheily JimenezAn acerbic relationship comedy about a young married couple that draws together the sad truths about the difficulties of intimate relationships.TV, 8/10/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlberto CavigliaStarsDavide GiordanoAnna FerruzzoBianca NappiTrastevere, the historic district of the Italian capital is put into turmoil by a sensational news story: Leonardo Zulliani has disappeared. The case becomes a true national emergency, but who's Leonardo? And what really happened?TV, 8/10/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMariam KhatchvaniStarsGeorge BabluaniGirshel ChelidzeMose KhachvaniOne Woman. Three Men. Dina can challenge the harsh traditions of the deep Caucasus Mountains. But will her spirit survive?TV, 8/10/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSimon JaquemetStarsBenjamin LutzkeElla RumpfSteThe world is against Fifteen-year-old Matteo. He has no friends and his parents seem to live in a different universe. One night two men carry him off: sent to a remote alp, where he is forced to spend the summer working hard.TV, 8/10/17. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeena YadavStarsTannishtha ChatterjeeRadhika ApteSurveen ChawlaIn the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.TV, 8/11/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGiulio PetroniStarsTomas MilianOrson WellesJohn SteinerA Mexican revolutionary contends with a tenacious police chief, a corrupt President he helped put in power, and an English doctor who wants him dead for personal reasons.TV, 8/11/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnnie J. HowellLisa RobinsonStarsBetsy BrandtChris BeetemZev HaworthClaire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.TV, 8/11/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSzabolcs HajduStarsImre GelányiLujza HajduSzabolcs HajduA year ago Ernella, Albert and their 10 year old daughter, Laura, left the country for a better life. They haven't managed to succeed in Scotland, so they came back. In the middle of the night they turn up at Eszter's place, the sister of Ernella. Eszter, her husband Farkas and their 5-year-old son, Bruno, live in better circumstances than Ernella's family, who struggle with serious financial problems. The two families have never been in real harmony with each other and only Eszter's family can feel that. Ernella's family loves to be at Eszter's, although they can't agree on anything. The question is, how the two families are able to get along with each other at Eszter's sublet and for how long?TV, 8/11/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsRobin WilliamsConnie NielsenMichael VartanA mentally unstable photo developer targets an upper middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.TV, 8/11/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsHa Jung-wooPark Ji-yeonBaek Gwang-DooTo save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.TV, 8/11/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSergio CastellittoStarsRiccardo ScamarcioJasmine TrincaAnna GalienaGaetano and Delia, a separated couple, try to pick up the pieces of their broken love, recalling all the faults and the mistakes which led them to where they are now.TV, 8/12/17. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsEva GreenAsa ButterfieldSamuel L. JacksonWhen Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.TV, 8/12/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMike BinderStarsKevin CostnerOctavia SpencerGillian JacobsA grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.TV, 8/12/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsDaniel BrühlJesper ChristensenAmira CasarYoung journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.TV, 8/12/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorDick MaasMartin LagesteeStarsNelly FrijdaCoen van Vrijberghe de ConinghStefan de WalleBack from their trip abroad, the family must meet the people of the neighborhood while preparing for the 25th anniversary of Zonnedael.TV, 8/12/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorEmmanuel FinkielStarsNicolas DuvauchelleMélanie ThierryDriss RamdiHaving just been injured in a mugging, Eddy earned the sympathy and attention of his estranged family and gotten back on his feet. The same cannot be said for Ahmed whose life starts falling apart after he's wrongly accused of the crime. When the case against Ahmed starts to unravel, Eddy has to go back on the defensive.TV, 8/13/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorThom EberhardtStarsMichael CaineBen KingsleyJeffrey JonesA drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective, Dr. Watson.TV, 8/13/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wenA senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.TV, 8/13/17. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorJosé Briz MéndezStarsJoseph CottenWilliam ShatnerRosanna YanniTwin brothers, half white and half Comanche, take different paths that overlap with Johnny Moon getting blamed for Notah's violent acts until the final confrontation in Rio Hondo.TV, 8/13/17. 4/10 (P).
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Shown under the title 'White Comanche' in Croatia (on HRT 3). - DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsJake GyllenhaalNaomi WattsChris CooperA successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. With the help of a customer service rep and her young son, he starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.TV, 8/13/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsGregory PeckBernard LeeWin Min ThanIn World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.TV, 8/14/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorKuba CzekajStarsKacper OlszewskiAgnieszka PodsiadlikCaryl Swift11-year-old Mickey House is no longer a child. But who is he? He doesn't know. He's friendless. He doesn't understand his mother. He hates what's happening to his body. Reality and imagination come together in a toxic mix. Events escalate to extremes... at home and at school. Mickey has to find the strength within him to put a stop to what's begun. Where will his encounter with his own maturing body take him? Growing up... not for kids.TV, 8/14/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichal VinikStarsSivan Noam ShimonHadas Jade SakoriDvir BenedekTrying to escape her tumultuous home life, Naama, 17, indulges in alcohol and drugs, but everything changes when she meets a sexy, free-spirited new girl at school and the two become more than fast friends.TV, 8/15/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsLarry DavidBill HaderPhilip Baker HallA disgraced former marketing executive plots revenge against his former boss, who made billions from the electric car company they had started together.TV, 8/15/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlvaro RonStarsAllie GrantMiles HeizerKaren StrassmanSarah, a nerdy teenager, needs her mom's new car to go on a date with the boy she likes, but her mom won't let her drive the vehicle. She decides to steal it and go on her date, but something unexpected happens with the car that will change Sarah's life forever...TV, 8/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorUdi AloniStarsTamer NafarSamar QuptySalwa NakkaraSet against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.TV, 8/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid SeltzerStarsSally FieldTom HanksJohn GoodmanA medical school dropout and a housewife/mom try to make it as stand-up comedians. They become friends and help each other out at an NYC comedy club.TV, 8/15/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsLindsay DuncanJim BroadbentJeff GoldblumA British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.TV, 8/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsAnna KarinaMargit CarstensenBrigitte MiraBoth parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."OL, 8/16/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsDustin HoffmanKathy BatesEddie IzzardAfter his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.TV, 8/16/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarco SchnabelStarsMike MyersJessica AlbaRomany MalcoPitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.TV, 8/16/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
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Hilarious! Sadly, it loses the pace in the second half (and especially near the end) but still one of the funniest things I've seen in ages. Jokes galore! - DirectorJesse PeretzStarsPaul RuddElizabeth BanksZooey DeschanelA comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters.TV, 8/16/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorVirginie DespentesStarsEmmanuelle BéartBéatrice DalleSokoA Love Story Of Two Women Who meet up in their late forties and attempt to retrieve the romance they had in their youth.OL, 8/17/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorManolo CruzCarlos del CastilloStarsJorge CaoManolo CruzVicky HernándezA man yearns to go in to the ocean across the street from his house, but suffers from an illness that prevents hims from doing so.TV, 8/17/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAndré TurpinStarsSophie NélisseMylène MackayLise RoyComplex time shifting drama revolving about a violent senseless murder and young witness.TV, 8/17/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLou AdlerStarsPeter DonatDiane LaneMarin KanterThe media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.TV, 8/18/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrantisek CápStarsRade VergovicTeodora ArsenovicMilena DravicA juvenile delinquent escapes the hall and responses to ad of the parents who lost their son in WWII. After being accepted with much love and care, he reconsiders his initial plan to rob the family.TV, 8/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsGeena DavisJeff GoldblumJim CarreyA Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.TV, 8/18/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel di GradoStarsHelena Af SandebergJohan EhnUlrika EllemarkWhen Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.TV, 8/18/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorCarl TibbettsStarsThandiwe NewtonCillian MurphyJamie BellKate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.TV, 8/18/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsChang ChenKang In-hyungPark Ji-ahA love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell".TV, 8/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJoshua CaldwellStarsMatthew EspinosaSarah JefferyAllison PaigePop superstar Jordan Jaye has a big dream - he just wants to live like a regular teenager. When he's chased down by some excited female fans, he finds a perfect hideout and a reluctant new friend from a small town, high-school art student, Emily Lowe. Despite being from different worlds, they soon discover they have way more in common than they ever imagined. Over the course of several days, the two embark on an unexpected journey of friendship, first love and self-discovery -- proving that maybe opposites really do attract.TV, 8/19/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsCornel WildePatricia KnightJohn BaragreyA parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.TV, 8/19/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSimon WardRobert ShawPeter CellierComplex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.TV, 8/19/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsRomain DurisAudrey TautouCécile de FranceA 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.TV, 8/19/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKate HudsonPeter SarsgaardJoy BryantA hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.TV, 8/19/17. N/R (rate pending, missed the last 10 min due to higher powers).
- DirectorAna KokkinosStarsFrances O'ConnorMiranda OttoDeborra-Lee FurnessSeven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.TV, 8/19/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohn FordStarsCharles WinningerArleen WhelanJohn RussellWilliam Pittman Priest has to use all his wiles to retain his position as judge in his Kentucky hometown, while continuing to be a voice for the town's underclass and for democratic values.TV, 8/20/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDejan ZecevicStarsAleksandar StojkovicVuk KosticTihomir StanicSerbian soldiers discover a man locked in a basement at the end of the war. After he is freed, people start disappearing.TV, 8/20/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPeter ZinnerStarsFranco NeroAnthony QuinnMartin BalsamAn Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.TV, 8/20/17. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMakhouredia GueyeYnousse N'DiayeIsseu NiangA money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.TV, 8/20/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel HouseIn ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.TV, 8/20/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAdam ScottToni ColletteDavid KoechnerA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.TV, 8/20/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorEmanuele CarusoStarsAlbino MarinoLorenzo PedrottiFrancesca RisoliIn the main square of the town of Avila, everybody is celebrating the feast of Saint Eurosia, protector of earth's harvest. But something is happening in the village bar...TV, 8/21/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorÁrpád SopsitsStarsKároly HajdukGábor JászberényiZsolt AngerTrue story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.Orig. title: A martfűi rém.
TV, 8/21/17. 8/10 (R). - DirectorSteven GomezStarsThure LindhardtVanessa KirbyDavid AjalaSet in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines.TV, 8/21/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsMargit CarstensenKarlheinz BöhmBarbara ValentinAfter the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.OL, 8/22/17. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorJuan SolanasStarsJim SturgessKirsten DunstTimothy SpallAdam and Eden fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions. Ten years after a forced separation, Adam sets out on a dangerous quest to reconnect with his love.TV, 8/22/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsDennis O'KeefeWallace FordAlfred RyderTwo US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring.OL, 8/23/17. 6/10 (FF).
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Annoying (to put it mildly) narration nearly completely 'ruins' the film. - DirectorBart FreundlichStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesJustin BarthaAndrew CherryIn New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.TV, 8/23/17. 6.5/10 (FF).