Movies

Hurry Sundown (1967)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:11:30 -0400

Movie where the car explosion scene from Austin Powers Goldmember movie with young Michael Cane is from http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

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Guerre du feu, La (1981)

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:14:12 -0400

Pedro recommended: http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

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The Life of David Gale (2003)

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:42:30 -0500

Recommended by Christine http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

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Identity (2003)

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:07:07 -0500

another reco from Christine http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

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Argentinian Movies (by Ciro)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:55:15 -0400

Historias Minimas
El Hijo de la Novia
El Bonaerence
Un Oso Rojo
XXI
La Señal

Comments

Are all of these good? I only watched "El Hijo de la Novia" and really liked it. Any special reco?

over 2 years ago by Marcelo

They were all highly recommended by Ciro, my old manager, whose taste I really respect though I haven't seen them all yet. So I'd say yes, they should ll be good. X
Viva Montreal!!!

over 2 years ago by Fernanda

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The Woody Allen Collection, Set 3 (Hannah and Her Sisters / The Purple Rose of Cairo / Broadway Danny Rose / Zelig / A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy / Radio Days)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:45:29 -0400

A collection of six Woody Allen comedies.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD

http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Hannah-Sisters-Broadway-...

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Movie Trailers - Whatever Works

Sat, 09 May 2009 14:26:43 -0400

Woody Allen directs Larry David. How can you NOT see this movie seventeen times?!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/whateverworks/

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Down by Law - Criterion Collection

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:13:11 -0400

After creating one of the breakthrough movies of the American independent cinema, Stranger than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch stayed right in the same minimalist, oddball, black-and-white groove. Down by Law takes place in Louisiana, where two losers (musicians Tom Waits and John Lurie) find themselves stuck in a jail cell together. One day they are joined by a boisterous Italian (Roberto Benigni), and the chemistry changes--suddenly an escape attempt is on the horizon. Conventional drama is not Jarmusch's intention; one of the emotional high points of this movie is the three guys marching around their prison cell shouting, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" Yet the deadpan style creates its own humorous mood, underscored by melancholy (also underscored by the music of Lurie and the gravel-voiced songs of Waits). This was the first American film for Roberto Benigni, the Italian comedian (Life Is Beautiful), and he lights it up with his effervescent clowning. Jarmusch has said that Down by Law forms a loose trilogy with Stranger than Paradise and the subsequent Mystery Train, a triptych of disaffected, drifting life in the United States. Few filmmakers have ever surveyed ennui so entertainingly. --Robert Horton

http://www.amazon.com/Down-Law-Collection-Vernel-Bagneris...

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Neco z Alenky (1988)

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:40:42 -0400

This is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. Live action with puppets and a girl, this version of Alice in Wonderland isn't really for children because it's a bit freaky.. But the movie is a work of art.

http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

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A joy to behold

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:31:11 -0400

New Mike Leigh movie... http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film...

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Alice

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:09:47 -0400

This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland mixes animation and live action to create a dreamlike world, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's simply a kid's film. Young Alice (Kristyna Kohoutová, spoken by Camilla Power) watches a stuffed and mounted rabbit come to life in her playroom and follows it through a magical drawer into a strange world that resembles a 19th-century toy store come to life, with a few specimens from a natural history museum thrown in. Czech animator Jan Svankmajer retains the familiar story elements but tweaks them with bizarre imagery brought to herky-jerky life with his spasmodic style of stop-motion animation. The caterpillar becomes a sock puppet with dentures, while other crazy creatures materialize as creepy skull-headed beings that bleed sawdust. Throughout the tale Svankmajer returns to punctuating close-ups of Alice's lips telling the story, just to remind us that this is a tale told. In the best surrealist tradition Svankmajer uses familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, giving a fantasy quality to the banal (and the not so banal) while tipping the dream logic to the edge of nightmare. While the imagery remains more unsettling than genuinely disturbing, younger children will certainly be happier with Disney's brightly colored animated classic Alice in Wonderland. Older children and adults will better appreciate Svankmajer's sly visual wit and unusual animation style. --Sean Axmaker

http://www.amazon.com/Alice-Krist%C3%83%C2%BDna-Kohoutov%...

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Whatever Works

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:22:45 -0500

WHATEVER WORKS - DVD Movie

http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Works-Larry-David/dp/B002L...

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In the Loop

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:15:57 -0500

It s the razor-sharp smash that critics are calling brilliant (San Francisco Chronicle), blisteringly funny (USA Today) and "One of the best films of the year... a little piece of heaven (Chicago Tribune). Peter Capaldi stars as a foul-mouthed British government spokesman who must act quickly when a mid-level minister (Tom Hollander of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) tells an interviewer that U.S. war in the Middle East is unforeseeable . But when they are both summoned to Washington D.C., the hapless politico quickly becomes a pawn of bureaucrats, spin doctors and military advisors, including a hardnosed General (James Gandolfini, in a performance Rolling Stone hails as slyly hilarious ). Gina McKee (WONDERLAND), Anna Chlumsky (MY GIRL) and Steve Coogan (TROPIC THUNDER) co-star in this hilarious satire from director/co-writer Armando Iannucci, the award-winning creator of the classic BBC sitcoms I M ALAN PARTRIDGE and THE THICK OF IT.

http://www.amazon.com/Loop-James-Gandolfini/dp/B002T4GXUG...

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Mike Leigh Collection, Vol. 1 (Abigail's Party / Grown-Ups / Hard Labour)

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:30:55 -0500

A three disk collection of Mike Leigh's works (Abigail's Party, Grown Ups, and Hard Labour) in one box set.

http://www.amazon.com/Leigh-Collection-Abigails-Grown-Ups...

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Astro Boy - Ultra Collector's Edition

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:12:24 -0400

The original 1960s TV series.

http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Boy-Ultra-Collectors-DVD/dp/B...

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Revision3 > Web Zeroes

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:33:07 -0400

http://revision3.com/webzeroes -- Last episode has reference to Primer http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

http://revision3.com/webzeroes

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The Invention of Lying

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:04:48 -0400

From the web site In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... ...this guy can lie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/

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Warrendale (1967)

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:58:03 -0400

Pretty intense movie/doc from 40+ years ago that feels like reality tv

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062474/

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Fishing With John - Criterion Collection

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:50:28 -0400

John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John. Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine's northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand.

http://www.amazon.com/Fishing-John-Collection-Willem-Dafo...

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The Limits of Control

Mon, 04 May 2009 08:33:17 -0400

The new movie from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (“Broken Flowers,” “Down by Law”) is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise). The location shoot there united the writer/director with acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (“In the Mood for Love,” “Paranoid Park”). Isaach De Bankole stars in the lead role for Mr. Jarmusch; this marks the duo’s fourth collaboration over nearly two decades, following “Night on Earth,” “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” and “Coffee and Cigarettes.” The film also features several other actors with whom Mr. Jarmusch has previously worked, including Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton; and actors new to his films, including Hiam Abbass, Gael García Bernal, Paz De La Huerta, Jean-François Stevenín, and Luis Tosar. “The Limits of Control” is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankole), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/thelimitsofc...

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Mystery Man on Film: The “Raiders” Story Conference

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:40:05 -0400

There is a link now available to download the 125-page transcript (in the form of a .pdf document) of the original 1978 story conference between Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Lawrence Kasdan for a little film called Raiders of the Lost Ark.

This blog provides an interesting analysis and points out some key parts of interest, as well as providing the link to the transcript itself.

http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2009/03/raiders-stor...

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3D Movies

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:14:37 -0400

The company behind the technology

http://www.reald.com/

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Click (Special Edition)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:55 -0500

A harried workaholic, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) doesn't have time for his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty (Christopher Walken), a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results. But as Michael gleefully mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, in this fast, funny and out-of-control comedy adventure.

http://www.amazon.com/Click-Special-Sean-Astin/dp/B000HT3...

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Dummy

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:31:58 -0500

An aspiring singer in a dysfunctional household finds her niche in yiddish music while her friend tries to make it as a ventriloquist saddled with a dummy who embodies his inner doubts. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Adrien Brody Ileana Douglas Run time: 91 minutes Rating: R

http://www.amazon.com/Dummy-Adrien-Brody/dp/B00015HWX2%3F...

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Waltz with Bashir

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:19:13 -0500

Really good Israeli animation movie about the Sabra and Shatila 1982 massacre.

http://waltzwithbashir.com/

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Solaris - Criterion Collection

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:35:45 -0500

Strange transmissions have been received from the 3 remaining residents on the solaris space station. When cosmonaut & psychologist kris kelvin is sent to investigate he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the solaris crew sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 11/26/2002 Run time: 169 minutes Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

http://www.amazon.com/Solaris-Criterion-Collection-Nataly...

Comments

This version is slower but so much better than the American version.

about 1 year ago by Marcelo

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Crazy Heart

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:24:18 -0500

Movie to watch. From Apple's site: JEFF BRIDGES stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film CRAZY HEART from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/crazyheart/

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District 9

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:34:07 -0400

Haven't seen it yet? See it.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/district9/

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Pioneer One

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:39:21 -0500

Looks like a really great Sci-Fi/Drama series.

Recommended by Mariano Simone (@marianosimone).

http://www.pioneerone.tv/

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