Michael's Movies: Movies

2023-07-01 Thirst (2009) imdb.com

Director: Park Chan-wook
Synopsis: A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Cast: Song Kang-ho as Priest Sang-hyeon, Park In-hwan as Priest Noh, Kim Ok-vin as Tae-ju, Kim Hae-sook as Lady Ra, Shin Ha-kyun as Kang-woo, Mercedes Cabral as Evelyn
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Priest Sang-hyeon		In the hospital

Priests Noh, Sang-hyeon	Tae-ju	Tae-ju, Kang-woo		Tae-ju

	Tae-ju, Sang-hyun		Sang-hyun, Evelyn	Tae-ju preys on friends of Kang-woo

Tae-ju as vampire	Mrs. Ra, Sang-hyeon, Tae-ju	Tae-ju, Sang-hyeon

2018-09-26 Zombieland (2009) imdb.com

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), two young girls who have resorted to some rather unorthodox methods to survive amidst the chaos. Reluctant partners in the battle against the undead, all four soon begin to wonder if it might be better to simply take their chances alone. - By Jason Buchanan
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus, Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee, Emma Stone as Wichita, Abigail Breslin as Little Rock, Amber Heard as 406
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Columbus, 406		Columbus, zombie	Tallahassee	Columbus, Tallahassee

Columbus, Tallahassee			Columbus. Witchita, Little Rock, Tallahassee	Witchita

Witchita		Tallahassee	Zombie clown	Little Rock, Witchita

2017-04-18 Broken embraces (2009) imdb.com

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Synopsis: A follow-up to Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 arthouse sensation Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos finds the filmmaker re-teaming with actress Penélope Cruz and working on a canvas much broader than those of his previous outings, in terms of genres covered, narrative scope, and duration. Lluís Homar stars as the former Mateo Blanco, a screenwriter and ex-director who changed his name to Harry Caine after losing his sight in an automobile accident. A past scandal suddenly resurfaces when the news arrives that the producer of one of Harry's old movies ("Girls and Suitcases"), a corrupt stockbroker named Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez), has died. For mysterious reasons, this makes Harry's ex-production manager Judit (Blanca Portillo) nervous; then Ernesto's son, Ray X (Rubén Ochandiano), turns up and asks Harry to help him write a vindictive script to get back at his vile father. The film subsequently flashes back to the early '90s, when Martel became involved with his secretary, Lena (Cruz), but Mateo also began to develop feelings for her, and auditioned her for "Girls and Suitcases." In response to Mateo's interest in Lena (and her burgeoning interest in him), the jealous Martel commissioned Ray to make a documentary about the making of "Girls and Suitcases" as an excuse to spy on the director and star. This enabled him to watch Mateo spiriting off with Lena right under his nose, and set the stage for the wily producer's elaborate revenge against Mateo. As this synopsis suggests, Almodóvar uses a tricky structure laden with flashbacks to both comment on and explain the events of the present; he also interweaves a noirish sensibility throughout the picture that marks something of a first for this director. - By Nathan Southern
Cast: Blanca Portillo as Judit, José Luis Gómez as Ernesto Martel, Tamar Novas as Diego, Lluis Homar as Mateo Blanco / Harry Caine
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Diego	Judit	Lena, Ernesto Martel			Mateo's movie

Mateo's movie		Lena, Mateo		Mateo's birthday: he with Judit and Diego	Mateo at the screen with his ruined movie

2011-10-18 The Hedgehog (2009) imdb.com

Mona Achache
Wiki
Wiki. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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Josiane Balasko as Renée Michel, Garance Le Guillermic as Paloma Josse, Togo Igawa as Kakuro Ozu

Paloma			Paloma, Renee

Renee	Kaburo	Renee, Kaburo

2010-11-18 The Double Hour (2009) imdb.com

Giuseppe Capotondi
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dodjer.com
Kseniya Rappoport as Sonia, Filippo Timi as Guido

Sonia, Guido	Sonia

2010-11-17 Inspector Bellamy (2009) imdb.com

Claude Chabrol
NYT
villagevoice.com
Gerard Depardieu as Paul Bellamy, Marie Bunel as Francoise Bellamy, Clovis Cornillac as Jacques Lebas, Vahina Giocante as Nadia Sancho, Jacques Gamblin as Noel Gentil

Paul Bellamy	Paul Bellamy, Francoise Bellamy	Jacques Lebas	Paul Bellamy, Nadia	Noel Gentil

2010-09-18 Hideaway (2009) imdb.com

Francois Ozon
NYT
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reverseshot.com
Isabelle Carre as Mousse

Isabelle Carre as Mousse, Louis-Ronan Choisy as Paul

2010-08-23 Vincere (2009) imdb.com

Marco Bellocchio
Wiki
R.Ebert
Andrew Schenker
Wiki. Ida Dalser

Filippo Timi as Mussolini, Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Ida

2010-08-01 The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) imdb.com

Daniel Alfredson
Wiki
R.Ebert
salon.com
movies.nytimes.com
Noomi Rapace portrays Lisbeth Salander soberingconclusion.com

2010-06-26 I Am Love (2009) imdb.com

Luca Guadagnino
Wiki
R.Ebert
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Tilda Swinton as Emma blogs.mirror.co.uk
Tilda Swinton as Emma, Edoardo Gabbriellini as Antonio
Family scene

2010-04-16 Secret In Their Eys (2009) imdb.com

Juan Jose Campanella
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villagevoice.com
reuters.com
Pic gallery
Ricardo Darin as Benjamin Esposito, Soledad Villamil as Irene Menendez Hastings

2010-03-28 Chloe (2009) imdb.com

Atom Egoyan
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R.Ebert
Mick LaSalle
Amanda Seyfried as Chloe, Julianne Moore as Catherine Stewart fusedfilm.com
Liam Neeson as David Stewart

2010-03-27 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) imdb.com

Niels Arden Oplev
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Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander

2010-03-21 A prophet (2009) imdb.com

Jacques Audiard
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R.Ebert
K.Turan
Gallery

Tahar Rahim as Malik El Djebena, Niels Arestrup as Cesar Luciani

2010-02-21 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans imdb.com

Werner Herzog
Film
R.Ebert
Stephanie Zacharek
Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh, Eva Mendes as Frankie Donnenfeld

With doctor	Award ceremony. Lieutenant	Boss	With Frankie	Arrest

Questioning the Old Lady	Arrest	Gambling	With cop colleagues		Dating a cop

With Dad's gf	With Frankie and family dog	With Frankie and Witness Kid	With Frankie. Witness Kid gone	With the OLd Lady	Under control

With Frankie under blackmail	With family, being disciplined		With cop colleagues	With mafiosi	With cop colleagues

With mafiosi	Arresting the sports star		With mafiosi	Mafiosi shooting

Offended Boss's Son makes a deal	Gambler makes a deal	With Frankie. Golden spoon	Mafiosi arrested	Promoted to captain	Happy family	Routine arrest

2010-02-19 Agora (2009) imdb.com

Alejandro Amenabar
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Greg Klymkiw
Wiki. Hypatia
Youtube
Rachel Weisz as Hypatia
Oscar Isaac as Orestes
Sami Samir as Cyril

Lecture			Riots		The Roman edict to outlaw paganizm

Destruction of the Library		Slave's visit		Cyrill	With Orestes

Cyrill	Denouncing Christianity	Orestes	Modeling the Solar System	Execution

2010-02-13 The White Ribbon (2009) imdb.com

Michael Haneke
R.Ebert
Wiki
rogerebert.suntimes.com

2009-12-25 Avatar imdb.com

James Cameron
Ebert
rogerebert.suntimes.com
washingtonpost.com
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Zoe Saldana as Neytiri

2009-12-24 Up in the Air imdb.com

Jason Reitman
R.Ebert
Stephanie Zacharek
WSJ
NYT
Youtube
George Clooney as Ryan Bingham
Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran
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imdb.com imdb.com
Anna Kendrick as Natalie Keener

2009-11-20 The Bony Death imdb.com

Wolfgang Murnberger
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Birgit Minichmayr as Birgit, Josef Bierbichler as Löschenkohl, Josef Hader as Brenner
Christoph Luser as Porsche Pauli
Josef Hader as Brenner

2009-11-14 House of a Branching Love imdb.com

Mika Kaurismäki
Peter Brunette
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youtube.com
Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman as Juhani Helin, Elina Knihtila as Tuula Helin

2009-11-13 An Education imdb.com

Lone Scherfig
R.Ebert
Lynn Barber. My harsh lesson in love and life
Carey Mulligan as Jenny, Peter Sarsgaard as David images.rottentomatoes.com i.usatoday.net
Carey Mulligan as Jenny
Dominic Cooper as Danny, Rosamund Pike as Helen

2009-10-24 Moon (2009) imdb.com

Director: Duncan Jones
Synopsis: Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Cast: Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart
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Dan Zak
Roger Moore
Stephen Cole
Colin Covert
Peter Howell
James Berardinelli
Mick LaSalle

Sam 1 gets into the accident	Sam 1 & Sam 2 in the hospital after the accident	Robot's hug	Sam 2 tries to discuss situation with Sam 1, but he dances	Moon rover approaches the jamming tower