October 2016
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Hillary Clinton: A Woman on the Edge (William Karel, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Donald Trump: The Apprentice President? (David Muntaner, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Q'eswachaka - The Last Inca Bridge (Chus Barrera/Pablo Barrio, 2014, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Bazaruto, Dugong's Land: A Tale of Survival (Franck Sanson, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Sistemske napake (Siniša Gačić, 2015, TV, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Hillary Clinton: A Woman on the Edge (William Karel, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Donald Trump: The Apprentice President? (David Muntaner, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Q'eswachaka - The Last Inca Bridge (Chus Barrera/Pablo Barrio, 2014, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Bazaruto, Dugong's Land: A Tale of Survival (Franck Sanson, 2016, doc) - 7/10 (FF)
Sistemske napake (Siniša Gačić, 2015, TV, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorBill CondonStarsBenedict CumberbatchDaniel BrühlCarice van HoutenA dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.TV, 10/1/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLance EdmandsStarsAmy MortonJohn SlatteryLouisa KrauseIn the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman's tragic mistake shatters the balance of the community, resulting in profound and unexpected consequences. Weaving together several connected story lines, BLUEBIRD explores the profound and transcendent effects of a tragedy on an isolated American town.TV, 10/1/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsRaven-SymonéMartin LawrenceKym WhitleyWhen an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father decides to accompany her to keep her on the straight and narrow.TV, 10/2/16. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSanna LenkenStarsRebecka JosephsonAmy DeasismontAnnika HallinJust as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal.TV, 10/2/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsRooney MaraChanning TatumJude LawA young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.TV, 10/2/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsTien-Lu LiGiong LimKuei-Chung ChengPuppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.OL, 10/3/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorZdenek MilerTV, 10/3/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaco CabezasStarsNicolas CageRachel NicholsMax RyanWhen the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.TV, 10/3/16. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsVanessa HudgensSelena GomezAshley BensonFour college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.TV, 10/3/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorVladimir BlazevskiStarsBojana MaljevicBranislav LecicMiralem ZupcevicA love story between a teenager girl and a small time mob set in Belgrade during the times of great political turmoil.OL, 10/4/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsWill FerrellRobert DuvallJosh HutchersonFamily man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon realizes that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.TV, 10/4/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorIara LeeThe film is about the lives of porters that assist mountain expeditions and carry their luggage along the route.TV, 10/4/16. 8/10 (R).
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14,000th title rated at IMDb. Yay? - DirectorNeil HagarStarsBarry BostwickNoelle BeckStephen CaffreyA biographer's latest project is a prominent family, so he heads to their home to do research. While he is there, one of their neighbors is killed and the son of the doorman is arrested, but he thinks that he is innocent, so he investigates and learns that someone in the family might be the killer.TV, 10/4/16. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorZdenek MilerOL, 10/5/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorKaige ChenStarsLeslie CheungFengyi ZhangGong LiTwo boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.OL, 10/5/16. 10/10 (R).
- DirectorCharles-Olivier MichaudStarsKelly BlatzRichard JenkinsKim BasingerA former track coach decides to train a student with natural athletic talent. Tragedy strikes, forcing the student to confront everything that has been holding him back.TV, 10/5/16. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title '4 Minute Mile' in my country (on SLO 1). - DirectorKai ChristiansenStarsBarnaby MetschuratFrancis Fulton-SmithAnna SchudtThe good Goering.TV, 10/5/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdenek MilerOL, 10/6/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsKeanu ReevesBridget FondaRuocheng YingAfter the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.OL, 10/6/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKristen BellOdette AnnableSigourney WeaverWhen a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.TV, 10/6/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDjibril Diop MambétyStarsMansour DioufAmi DiakhateMamadou Mahourédia GueyeDramaan is the most popular man in Colobane, but when a woman from his past, now exorbitantly wealthy, returns to the town, things begin to change.OL, 10/7/16. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorBill MorrisonOn March 17, 1930, a crowd assembled outside Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary to witness Al Capone's transfer to Chicago, where he would stand trial. Filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer Vijay Iyer worked with a single panning shot, and accompanying soundtrack, to create this 12-minute film on the nature of spectacle.OL, 10/7/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsCameron DiazLeslie MannKate UptonAfter discovering that her boyfriend is married, Carly meets the wife he's been betraying; when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot revenge on the three-timing S.O.B.TV, 10/7/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsMichael CaineRoger MooreSally KirklandTwo scientists working for UK and USA invent cold fusion. They decide to auction it off to foreign nations. Two look-alike crooks decide to steal their deposits but end working for CIA and MI5.TV, 10/7/16. 3/10 (P).
- DirectorMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.StarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadJoel EdgertonUlrich ThomsenAt an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.TV, 10/7/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsNicolas CageAngelina JolieGiovanni RibisiA retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal fifty cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.TV, 10/8/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman MadyanovIn a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.TV, 10/8/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMia FarrowRon CrawfordRobert StantonWith Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M once and for all, with the help of Selenia and Betameche.TV, 10/9/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJonathan GroffFearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.TV, 10/9/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorBranko IstvancicOrig. title: Plašitelj kormorana.
TV, 10/9/16. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsRachel WeiszJude LawAnthony HopkinsA modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.TV, 10/9/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDon AskarianStarsAlik AsatryanMikhail StepanyanKaren DzhanibekyanSet around the central figure of an Armenian trying to forge a life in the West the film offers a series of impressions of Armenian history.OL, 10/10/16. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorZdenek MilerThe Mole is injured in a traffic accident caused by his friend the Frog, but eventually recovers thanks to the quick arrival of an ambulance car, after which he teaches the Frog an important lesson.Orig. title: Krtek a žabka.
TV, 10/10/16. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorNicholas StollerStarsJonah HillRussell BrandElisabeth MossA record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.TV, 10/10/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorChris KochStarsChevy ChaseMark WebberSchuyler FiskWhen a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.TV, 10/10/16. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatTony Leung Chiu-waiTeresa MoA tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.OL, 10/11/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdenek MilerOrig. title: Krtek a šťoura.
TV, 10/11/16. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorShawn LevyStarsVince VaughnOwen WilsonRose ByrneTwo salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.TV, 10/11/16. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Laurence FishburneHudhail Al-AmirFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.OL, 10/12/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorAbderrahmane SissakoStarsIbrahim AhmedAbel JafriToulou KikiA cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.TV, 10/12/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRiver PhoenixSamantha MathisDermot MulroneyNewcomers to the country-music business seek love and stardom.TV, 10/12/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorSharunas BartasStarsYekaterina GolubevaRimma LatypovaArunas SakalauskasIn Kaliningrad two Lithuanian boys meet two Russian girls. They have difficulties in finding places where they can sleep together. But this is the only problem they do solve. All four justly feel miserable because their lives are meaningless (the recurrent dull and poorly kept house façads could well be taken as a comparative symbol). In addition, everyone is so absorbed by his or her own distress and hardly capable of bothering about the anguish of the others. The three days end with a pervasive lack of contact.OL, 10/13/16. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioImage and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1997) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle.OL, 10/13/16. 10/10 (R).
- DirectorAlonso MayoStarsLou Taylor PucciJayne EastwoodPam HyattSheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.TV, 10/13/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdenek MilerMole discovers a chicken egg. He tries to locate the mother, but has no luck. Mole spies a tray of eggs entering a building, so he jumps onto a tray of eggs, which rides on a conveyor belt. As they ride, the egg partially hatches. The conveyor belt carries them into a cookie and cake factory, where mole shelters the chick during a trip through the machinery. Finally mole and chick emerge unharmed; they exit the factory in a box of wafers. Mole returns the chick to her mother, and then crumbles a wafer to feed it.OL, 10/14/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsMaggie CheungHan ChinTony Ka Fai LeungBiopic of 1930s Chinese actress Lingyu Ruan.OL, 10/14/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorZarko DragojevicStarsIgor PervicZumreta IbrahimovicLjubisa SamardzicA love story of a couple coming from different social backgrounds set in the context of Yugoslavian reality, its social and state decline. Their quest for the meaning of life proves to be nothing but failure.Orig. title: Noć u kući moje majke.
OL, 10/14/16. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanSecret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.TV, 10/14/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRowan WoodsStarsCate BlanchettSam NeillHugo WeavingA woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.TV, 10/14/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreWendi McLendon-CoveyAfter a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.TV, 10/15/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJung-chi ChangStarsSandrine PinnaYu-Siang HuangLieh LeeA drama centered on the experiences of a blind piano prodigy.TV, 10/15/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.TV, 10/15/16. 9/10 (R).
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Shown under the title 'The Tribe' in my country (on SLO 1). - DirectorShane BlackStarsRobert Downey Jr.Guy PearceGwyneth PaltrowWhen Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.TV, 10/16/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsMarlies HeuerGene BervoetsAnnet MalherbeA woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.TV, 10/16/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGary FlederStarsAndy GarciaChristopher WalkenChristopher LloydFive different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.TV, 10/16/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsMadonnaDonna DeLoryNiki HarisDocumentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.OL, 10/17/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsMilla JovovichSteve ZahnTimothy OlyphantTwo pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.TV, 10/17/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanCarol 'Do Do' ChengEva CoboJackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.OL, 10/18/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short by Stan Brakhage which captures the desert landscape from the view of his hotel room.OL, 10/18/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMetod PevecWorker's quarters on Vida Pregarc Street, Ljubljana: a house originally built to accommodate construction workers has storeys, three entrances, and as a result of the privatization process, nineteen owners. The fates of its residents vary.TV, 10/18/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorGeorge JeskeStarsStan LaurelKatherine GrantJames FinlaysonA feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.TV, 10/18/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRob MinkoffStarsPatrick DempseyAshley JuddTim Blake NelsonA man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.TV, 10/18/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdenek MilerOL, 10/19/16. 7.5/10 (R).
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Runtime: 28 min (missing info at IMDb). - DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsSam ShepardJulie DelpyBarbara SukowaApril 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?OL, 10/19/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges MélièsWith the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.OL, 10/19/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDjordje KadijevicStarsJovan Janicijevic-BurdusPavle VuisicDragomir Bojanic-GidraIn Vojvodina during the war, a partisan commander Zarki fell into the hands of the local Germans. They bound him in chains and take him from one village to another, torturing him in public so he could tell the names from his movement. Bewildered by his resisting power, the Germans tend to break him down and destroy the pride which is his answer to their torture. Frenzied of powerlessness, they ultimately choose the most horrifying death - they buried him alive in the sand that will cover the last trait of him, but he died victorious: He died for his thing.Orig. title: Žarki.
OL, 10/19/16. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorMark GriffithsStarsBrooke D'OrsayWes BrownMarilu HennerA newly engaged bride's dream wedding is threatened by her scheming future mother-in-law, when a sudden change in plans pushes her perfect outdoor June wedding up to a wintry January date.TV, 10/19/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBahram BeyzaieStarsSusan TaslimiParviz PoorhosseiniAdnan AfravianAn Iranian boy is lost after fleeing home for his life; his family has been killed during the Iran-Iraq war. He's saved and trained by a middle-aged woman.OL, 10/20/16. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorElem KlimovStarsElem KlimovValentin RasputinStefaniya StanyutaA loving film tribute to Russian filmmaker Larisa Shepitko, who died tragically in a car accident in 1979 at the age of 40. This documentary by her husband, Elem Klimov, includes excerpts from all of Shepitko's films, and her own voice is heard talking about her life and art.OL, 10/20/16. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorMilan ZivkovicStarsNikola SimicMilan 'Lane' GutovicVojislav 'Voja' BrajovicAfter car crash with some Turk, Pantic gets the idea to build a motel for all Turks who traveling through Yugoslavia. Sojic wants to thwart the plan, and tells the Turk in confidence that Pantic is gay. However, the Turk is also gay.Orig. title: Tesna koža 2.
TV, 10/20/16. 4/10 (P). - DirectorKeith BeardenStarsKim CattrallDustin IngramBrian DennehyWhen an awkward teen meets his favorite porn star, whose career peaked in the '80s, an unexpected friendship follows as the young man gets a glimpse inside Monica Velour's current life as a single mom struggling to make ends meet.TV, 10/20/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDragan KresojaStarsLazar RistovskiDragan NikolicVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicThe plot lasts from 1945 until today's day. Pavle, Stojan and Dragisa, the three war friends are taking different positions within the society immediately after the war. Pavle, a former war commissar, is now a school teacher. Thanks to him, Stojan, who was a bakery assistant before the war, does the job of a district committee's secretary, while Dragisa works in the state's secret police. The reason of conflict between Pavle and Stojan in 1947 was Stojan's fiancée Lena, who loves Pavle, marries him and gets pregnant, right when Pavle is taken to the state prison. Stojan accepts his wife and kid again, but the avalanche of political events will make all them unable to stop the inevitable catastrophe.OL, 10/21/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsAngelica PreziosiA haunting look at children watching television.OL, 10/21/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJeremy IronsTheresa RussellJoel GreyKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.OL, 10/21/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdenek MilerThe little mole's hill is full of coal. He wonders why his friends are so happy about the black stones. But when it is getting cold and snowing the little mole finds out how useful the stones are.TV, 10/21/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorKlemen DvornikStarsUros FürstBranko JordanDare ValicOrig. title: Luči mesta.
TV, 10/21/16. 7.5/10 (R). - DirectorGordon ChanStarsJet LiShinobu NakayamaSiu-Ho ChinIn 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.TV, 10/21/16. 6.5/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Fist of Legend' in Croatia (on HRT 1). - DirectorRichard J. LewisStarsJim BelushiGary BasarabaKim HuffmanDetective Dooley is finally retiring from the police force. However, on his way home him and his partner Jerry Lee discover a robbery in the laboratory for assembling chips.TV, 10/22/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsForest WhitakerOprah WinfreyJohn CusackAs Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.TV, 10/22/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRolf de HeerStarsDavid GulpililPeter DjigirrLuke FordDispleased with the intervention of whitefella laws, Charlie takes off to live the old way and sets off a chain reaction of enlightening difficulties.TV, 10/22/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLarry LekerPaul SabellaStarsCharlie SheenSheena EastonDom DeLuiseCharlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.TV, 10/23/16. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorCarlos SaldanhaStarsJesse EisenbergAnne HathawayJemaine ClementIt's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel, and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel and meets his father-in-law.TV, 10/23/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorT.C. ChristensenTimothy J. NelsonStarsScott ChristopherBobby EdnerJennifer CapoA man wants to marry his sweetheart, but he promised her father that he would save $10,000 to prove he can take care of her and he never breaks a promise.TV, 10/23/16. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsJohn MalkovichVeronica FerresStephen DillaneA portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.TV, 10/23/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorScott HicksStarsZac EfronTaylor SchillingBlythe DannerA Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.TV, 10/23/16. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsDwayne JohnsonJohn HurtIan McShaneHaving endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.TV, 10/23/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.OL, 10/24/16. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorZdenek MilerThe little mole is baking cookies. His unsuspecting friends see smoke coming from the molehill and try to put out the fire.TV, 10/24/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsJason BiggsSteve ZahnJack BlackA pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.TV, 10/24/16. 5/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Evil Woman' in my country (on Kanal A). - DirectorBill DukeStarsMorris ChestnutTaraji P. HensonMaeve QuinlanA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.TV, 10/24/16. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHannah Leonie PrinzlerDid you know that you can patent colors, numbers, plants and animals and that 20 percent of your genes are patented and owned by private corporations? This documentary is a creative investigation that uncovers who profits from intellectual property and who bears the economic and social consequences.TV, 10/25/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKevin Alyn EldersStarsDennis RodmanDane CookJohn PinetteBasketball superstar Dennis Rodman stars as a hip Interpol agent attempting to defeat the deadly plans of a crazed arms dealer.TV, 10/25/16. 2/10 (P).
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsCate BlanchettGiovanni RibisiRemo GironeA woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.TV, 10/25/16. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorFernando LopesStarsBelarmino FragosoJean Pierre GeblerMaria Teresa de NoronhaInterview with a has-been boxing champion «who could have been great», probing, and soul revealing.OL, 10/26/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorRose BoschStarsJean RenoAnna GalienaChloé JouannetLea, Adrian, and their little brother Theo, born deaf, go on holiday in Provence with their grandfather, Paul "Oliveron" they never met because of a family quarrel. Unfortunately, it is not the holidays they dreamed, especially after their father announced that he was leaving the house. In less than 24 hours, it is the clash of generations between the teens and their grandfather.TV, 10/26/16. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid S. Cass Sr.StarsLeah ReneeKristopher TurnerCherilyn WilsonA bookstore owner and hopeless romantic meets the man of her dreams and tries to save her business with the help of a business consultant. She discovers what she needs to make the fairytales she bases her love life on true in this romance story. Throughout the movie, she also tries to help her younger sister work through her recent engagement and prepare for the wedding.TV, 10/26/16. 4/10 (P).
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Shown under the title 'Mr. Fiction' in Croatia (on HRT 2). - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsDebra WingerJohn MalkovichCampbell ScottAn American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.OL, 10/27/16. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorZoran CalicStarsDragomir Bojanic-GidraDusan JakovljevicMarko TodorovicMisa is already a teenager but with little interest in girls and much for his violin. Two granddads, Zika and Milan, are worried for their grandson who may 'deviate' like Steven from "Dynasty", the show they like to watch. That's why they decide to introduce him better to their attractive housekeeper.Orig. title: Žikina dinastija.
TV, 10/27/16. 4/10 (P). - DirectorJohn TurturroStarsJohn TurturroWoody AllenSharon StoneFioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.TV, 10/27/16. 7/10 (FF).