Michael's Movies: Movies

2026-02-14 Something's Gotta Give (2003) imdb.com

Director: Nancy Meyers
Synopsis: When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Cast: Jack Nicholson as Harry Sanborn, Diane Keaton as Erica Barry, Keanu Reeves as Julian Mercer, Frances McDormand as Zoe, Amanda Peet as Marin
Links
Film
rogerebert.com
variety.com
adilettante.com

Marin, Harry	Zoe, Erica, Marin		Erica, Harry, Marin	Marin

Julian, Harry	Erica in the kitchen	Erica writing	Zoe	Zoe, Erica

Harry, Erica			Erica	Harry, Erica

Erica	Zoe	Julian	Erica, Dave	Erica, Julian in Paris

2023-08-18 Oldboy (2003) imdb.com

Director: Park Chan-wook
Synopsis: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Cast: Choi Min-sik as Oh Dae-su, Kang Hye-jung as Mi-do, Yoo Ji-tae as Lee Woo-jin, Yoon Jin-seo as Lee Soo-ah, Oh Dal-su as Park Cheol-woong, Kim Byeong-ok as Mr. Han
Links
Film
rogerebert.com
reelviews.net
latimes.com
filmfreedonia.com

Dae-su drunk	Locked up			Released

With suicidal man	Eating live octopus	Dae-soo, Park the warden

Fighting with prison stuff		Mi-do

	Dae su, Mi do, Lee Woo-jin	Tortured by Park		Lee Woo-jin

Dae su begs Woo-jin for silence	Soo-ah commits suicide		Woo-jin commits suicide	With Mi-do

2023-05-10 Memories of Murder (2003) imdb.com

Director: Bong Joon-ho
Synopsis: During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.
Cast: Song Kang-ho as Detective Park Doo-man, Kim Sang-kyung as Detective Seo Tae-yoon, Kim Roi-ha as Detective Cho Yong-koo, Song Jae-ho as Sergeant Shin Dong-chul, Byun Hee-bong as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong, Go Seo-hee as Officer Kwon Kwi-ok, Ryu Tae-ho as Jo Byung-soon, 2nd suspect, Park No-shik as Baek Kwang-ho, Park Hae-il as Park Hyeon-gyu, Jeon Mi-seon as Kwok Seol-yung
Links
Film
Bong Joon-ho
themoviedb.org
hollywoodreporter.com
criterion.com

Det Park Doo-man	Sgt Koo Hee-bong, Det Seo, Det Park	Det Park Doo-man, Det Cho	Det Park, Sgt Shin, Det Seo	Det Seo Tae-yoon

	Sgt Shin Dong-chul	Officer Kwon Kwi-ok	Search for the body: Det. Seo Tae-yoon, Sgt Koo Hee-bong, Det. Park Doo-man	Victims

	Det Park Doo-man interrogates suspect Baek Kwang-ho	Suspect Baek, Det. Cho, Det Park, Det Seo	Suspect Baek	2nd suspect

Suspect Park Hyeon-gyu	Park Doo-man, Kwok Seol-yung		Kwok Seol-yung	Near the tunnel: Suspect Park Hyeon-gyu, Det Seo Tae-yoon

2022-04-23 Dancing in the Dust (2003) imdb.com

Director: Asghar Farhadi
Synopsis: When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh (Kosari). When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man (Gharibian) who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered. Written by Maple-2
Cast: Faramarz Gharibian as The Old Man, Yousef Khodaparast as Nazar, Baran Kosari as Rayhaneh
Links
themoviedb.org
variety.com

Nazar, Rayhaneh

With the Old man			The cut finger and the snake	Nazar brings money to Rayhaneh

2011-12-25 To Kill a King (2003) imdb.com

Mike Barker
en.wikipedia.org
English Civil War
Lord Fairfax
bbc.co.uk
Youtube. Execution of Charles I
Tim Roth as Oliver Cromwell, Dougray Scott as Sir Thomas Fairfax, Olivia Williams as Lady Anne Fairfax