All About My Mother: Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

I'm getting tired of foreign films with either transvestites or Penélope Cruz, or both. This one had both. A film that takes its name from "All About Eve" a movie that in the opening scene Manuela and her son sit down to watch over dinner. The son aspires to be a film writer...

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The Blue Bird (1918)

Not exactly the film readers were dying to see after my vacation. This is based on the fairytale "The Blue Bird of Happiness" and was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry archive in 2004. Its significance is because of the director Maurice Tourneur. A historically...

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Bronson (2009)

This is a very strange film about a criminal in Britain who is sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbery and becomes the country's most violent inmate. He takes on an alter-ego and calls himself Charles Bronson.This was a waste of time, I'm not sure why I got it in the first...

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World's Greatest Dad (2009)

Robin Williams plays a high school poetry teacher that aspires to become an author. He is a single father with a very strange son. Daryl Sabara plays Kyle, his son, an actor best known for his role in Spy Kids. Lets just say this isn't a Disney performance. He plays a perverted...

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The Cove (2009)

Having watched Food, Inc. I knew this was the other documentary of the year that I had to see. Bottom line, from the start, I liked Food, Inc. better. Could this have been my favorite against last years Oscar nominations? Absolutely.There is a reason this is favored, and there...

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Mary and Max (2009)

I completely understand that I was hypocritical saying that I don't like sites pushing a movie they haven't seen (e.g. The Last Truck). In my most on The Secret of Kells I said that this indie film should have been nominated if the committee wanted to take the unique path they...

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Broken Embraces: Los abrazos rotos (2009)

This Drama/Romance is about a blind writer who tells his young friend [who helps him] about his past. A story that goes back 14 years to when he was a director and fell in love.The film is famous only for its star Penélope Cruz. It moves very slow and just isn't that interesting....

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Thelma & Louise (1991)

Everyone knows about this Ridley Scott film and the famed ending. When watching this film you are just waiting for the events to unfold that will lead you to the conclusion you expect.Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon star in a film about a couple of women who get away for the...

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The Secret of Kells (2009)

To understand the premise of this movie you need to understand what the Book of Kells is about. This was a book transcribed in the 800's by Celtic monks that contains the four Gospels of the New Testament.This Irish animated film follows the life of the man behind the famed...

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A Serious Man (2009)

A film like this really divides people. The leading character is a Jewish man with a lot going on in his life [pretty much all bad]. If you are like me you want him to stick up for himself and it will pain you to see that he just doesn't.For some this is considered a thought...

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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009)

Most "short" films are not worthy of their own post. For this film I made an exception for two reason, 1. there is plenty to talk about, and 2. it is the favorite to win the documentary short film category at the Oscars next month.First off, I think websites that project who...

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Library of Congress: National Film Registry (2)

Part Two of a collection of sort films that I watched over the last week. Here are 20 more films from the registry, this time I sorted them by "Worth Watching", "Just Average", and "Avoid Watching" just like the feature length review throughout this site.Worth Watching:Precious...

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