Michael's Movies: Movies

2021-04-26 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) imdb.com

Director: Woody Allen
Synopsis: Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona stars Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson as best friends Vicky and Cristina. As the movie opens, the pair of twentysomethings travel to Barcelona so that Vicky can work on her post-graduate degree. The two meet the charming artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who offers to take them on a vacation and make love to them. Vicky, being a happily engaged young woman, refuses, but Cristina is eager for this life experience. A love triangle begins to coalesce, and things grow more complicated when Juan Antonio's passionate, unstable ex, Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz), arrives to stay after a suicide attempt. - By Perry Seibert
Cast: Scarlett Johansson as Cristina, Penélope Cruz as Maria Elena, Javier Bardem as Juan Antonio, Rebecca Hall as Vicky, Patricia Clarkson as Judy Nash, Kevin Dunn as Mark Nash, Chris Messina as Doug, Christopher Evan Welch as Narrator
Links
Wiki
R.Ebert
reelviews.net

Vicky, Cristina arrive in Barcelona	Juan Antonio's sculpture	Juan Antonio, Cristina	Vicky, Juan Antonio, his Dad	Spanish guitar

Cristina on the way back to Barcelona	Vicky talks to Doug	Doug talks to Vicky	Vicky, Juan Antonio	Vicky, Doug

Juan Antonio, Vicky	Juan Antonio, Cristina		Maria Elena	Juan Antonio, Maria Elena

Cristina, Maria Elena	Cristina, Vicky, Doug	Maria Elena posing for Cristina	In the darkroom	Vicky, Juan Antonio

		Maria Elena, Vicky, Juan Antonio	Vicky, Doug	Back to the US

2014-04-30 The Cottage (2008) imdb.com

Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Synopsis: In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks ...
Cast: Andy Serkis as David, Reece Shearsmith as Peter, Jennifer Ellison as Tracey, Steven O'Donnell as Andrew
Links
en.wikipedia.org
rottentomatoes.com
theguardian.com
variety.com

Tracey abducted	Peter, David, Andrew	David calls Arnie for ransom	Tracey attacks Peter	The Farmer	Peter fails to kill the Farmer

Severed heads in Farmer's basement	Peter crawls to help David	David, Peter wounded		David killed	Farmer attacks Arnie

2010-01-21 Everybody Dies But Me (2008) imdb.com

Director: Valeriya Gay Germanika
Synopsis: Three young women must deal with both loyalty and survival in this hard-hitting coming-of-age drama. Katya (Polina Filonenko), Vika (Olga Shuvalova) and Zhanna (Agina Kuznetsova) are three teenage girls living in a decaying working-class neighborhood not far from Moscow. Katya comes from an abusive household where she's often beaten by her father, and she responds by acting out in school. Vika is the frequent target of a gang of female bullies who rough her up in the girl's restroom at school. And Zhanna is given to severe mood swings and has tried to kill herself, though more as an effort to show off than anything else. After telling off one of her teachers in a moment of anger, Katya storms out of school and runs away, hoping to leave her dysfunctional family behind. Authorities at school present Vika and Zhanna with an ultimatum -- either they persuade Katya to come back to school and face her punishment, or a dance that the students have been waiting for will be cancelled. Vse Umrut, a ya Ostanus (aka Everybody Dies But Me) was the first feature film from director Valeria Gaia Germanika. - By Mark Deming
Cast: Polina Filonenko as Katya, Agniya Kuznetsova as Zhanna, Olga Shuvalova as Vika
Links
Wiki
hollywoodreporter.com
sbs.com.au
Youtube. Complete film
youtube.com

Cat funeral		Beating	Suicide attempt	Teacher

Sleepover	In the toilet	Katya near the dumpster	Friends

Voodoo	In the taxi	Drinking		Escape to disco

Katya's date				Drug trip

Beating			Family dinner

2009-11-22 Small Crime imdb.com

Christos Georgiou
Picture gallery cineimage.ch

2009-10-11 Francaise imdb.com

Souad El-Bouhati
Gerald Loftus
rawalsh.wordpress.com
Hafsia Herzi as Sophia img5.allocine.fr lafermedubuisson.com

2009-08-02 Hurt Locker, The imdb.com

Kathryn Bigelow
R.Ebert
Wiki
Jeremy Renner as Staff Sgt. William James
cinematropolis.files.wordpress.com
hl.megashares.com

2009-07-19 Seraphine imdb.com

Martin Provost
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
Yolande Moreau as Seraphine

2009-06-19 Summer Hours imdb.com

R.Ebert
Stephanie Zacharek
KENNETH TURAN
Jeremie Renier as Jeremie, Juliette Binoche as Adrienne, Charles Berling as Frederic
Juliette Binoche as Adrienne
Dominique Reymond as Lisa, Charles Berling as Frederic

2009-06-14 Adoration imdb.com

Atom Egoyan
R.Ebert
Scott Speedman as Tom, Arsinee Khanjian as Sabine, Devon Bostick as Simon
Devon Bostick as Simon
Arsinee Khanjian as Sabine

2009-04-25 Paris 36 imdb.com

Christophe Barratier
R.Ebert
A. O. SCOTT
Kad Merad, Gerard Jugnot as Pigoil, Nora Arnezeder as Douce
Nora Arnezeder as Douce l.yimg.com
Gerard Jugnot as Pigoil
Pierre Richard as Monsieur TSF
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Galapiat
Clovis Cornillac as Milou, Nora Arnezeder as Douce
l.yimg.com

2009-04-24 Changeling imdb.com

Clint Eastwood
Writer J. Michael Straczynski
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins rogerebert.suntimes.com lestyoubejudged.files.wordpress.com

2009-03-17 Gomorra imdb.com

Matteo Garrone
Wiki
R.Ebert
Star of hit Naples mob film Gomorra is arrested
Marco Macor as Marco, Ciro Petrone as Ciro

2009-03-15 The Class imdb.com

Laurent Cantet
R.Ebert
Francois Begaudeau as Francois Marin

2009-02-28 Slumdog Millionaire imdb.com

Danny Boyle
R.Ebert
Rhys Blakely. Rubina Ali's family brawl after father denies offering Slumdog actress for sale
Ayush Mahesh as Jamal
Dev Patel as Jamal, Freida Pinto as Latika

2009-02-19 The Reader imdb.com

Stephen Daldry
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
youtube.com
David Kross as Michael Berg, Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz

2009-01-04 Revolutionary Road imdb.com

Sam Mendes
R.Ebert
Kenneth Turan
Stephanie Zacharek
Newsweek.ru, with picture gallery
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler, Kate Winslet as April ebimg.sv.publicus.com

2008-11-30 Australia imdb.com

Baz Luhrmann
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
Kevin Maher
Hugh Jackman interview
Hugh Jackman as Drover, Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah

2008-11-16 Eden (2008) imdb.com

Declan Recks
Katey Rich. Interview: Eden Star Eileen Walsh
NYT: JEANNETTE CATSOULIS. The Common Wounds of a Neglected Marriage
Eileen Walsh as Breda, Aidan Kelly as Billy
Eileen Walsh as Breda

2008-10-11 The Duchess (2008) imdb.com

Director: Saul Dibb
Synopsis: Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, documenting the romantic entanglements of Georgiana Cavendish (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and clever woman who becomes a celebrity of British high society when she marries the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) and becomes consort to one of the most powerful men in England. Beloved for her trend-setting fashion designs as well as her political activism, Georgiana's fire and wit make her a beloved figure everywhere but her own home, where her cold and distant husband's control over her is stifling, soon sending her into the arms of a another man -- an act that soon forces her to learn about the brutal difference in the rights afforded to 18th century men and women. - By Jason Buchanan
Cast: Keira Knightley as Georgiana Spencer, Ralph Fiennes as Duke of Devonshire, Dominic Cooper as Earl Grey, Hayley Atwell as Lady Bess Foster
Links
Film
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
rogerebert.com
J.Berardinelli