A Movie a Day (3/15/12-3/14/13)
I am watching a new movie (to me at least) every day for the year.
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- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsColin FarrellQ'orianka KilcherChristopher PlummerThe story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.3/15/12-All of the elements are there. It was beautifully shot, and the acting was good. Somehow, when it was over, I didn't really feel anything.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsEd HelmsJohn C. ReillyAnne HecheTim Lippe has no idea what he's in for when he's sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at an annual insurance convention, where he soon finds himself under the "guidance" of three convention veterans.3/16-R2-D2 in the pool and the commercial at the end were funny, but I didn't laugh at anything else.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsJonathan FridGrayson HallKathryn Leigh ScottVampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.3/16
- DirectorMark JonesStarsWarwick DavisJennifer AnistonKen OlandtAn evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.3/17-After almost 20 years I just couldn't resist anymore, but I wish I would have.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.3/17
- DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsBrendan FraserAshley JuddViggo MortensenA young man who has spent his life as a member of an ultraconservative Christian cult loses his parents and becomes disoriented, wandering into a forest and meeting a coffin transporter, a caring woman, her mute boyfriend, and his mother.3/18-I tried to like this. It was a weird indie, which I usually like, but it derailed.
- DirectorMichael SucsyStarsRachel McAdamsChanning TatumSam NeillA car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.3/18-Not much of a romance when you don't want the couple together.
- DirectorNancy SavocaStarsRiver PhoenixLili TaylorRichard PanebiancoBefore leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.3/19
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.3/20-I loved this film. It combines two of my loves-movies and books. Truly lovely.
- DirectorVincent PerezStarsDavid DuchovnyLili TaylorOlivia ThirlbyA wife and mother passes away, and her spirit returns in her daughter's body.3/21
- DirectorGary RossStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.3/22-Exactly how I wanted it to be. Loved it.
- DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsJay BaruchelGerard ButlerChristopher Mintz-PlasseA hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.3/23-I had seen bit and pieces of this one because my niece loves it so much. I had never seen the beginning or the end and had only seen the middle all out of order. Now I see why she likes it.
- DirectorBarry W. BlausteinStarsMichael C. HallSarah SilvermanRainn WilsonFour siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.3/24
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsJonah HillChanning TatumIce CubeA pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.3/24-I laughed hysterically.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsTom CruiseMia SaraTim CurryA young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.3/25
- DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsJulianne NicholsonBen ShenkmanTimothy HuttonA graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.3/26-Great cast. Not a good movie.
- DirectorStuart HazeldineStarsAdar BeckGemma ChanNathalie CoxEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.3/27-Odd. I liked it a lot.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsDenzel WashingtonRyan ReynoldsRobert PatrickA young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.3/28
- DirectorMichael DowseStarsSeann William ScottJay BaruchelAlison PillLabeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.3/29-good flick
- DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergDanny McBrideNick SwardsonTwo fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...3/30
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.3/31
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsEwan McGregorEmily BluntAmr WakedA fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.3/31-Lovely. Ewan was fantastic as always. Plus bonus Varys from Game of Thrones (with lots of hair)!
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsSean BeanCorey SevierSam ClaflinAfter a global cataclysm, mankind has degraded to a tribal society. In one of the tribes there is a disagreement about what is the best way to survive.4/1-I usually enjoy a so-bad-it's-good sci-fi movie, but I was only here for Sean Bean (Game of Thrones season 2 starts tonight!). And he was apparently only here for the money.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsJohnny DeppPenélope CruzIan McShaneJack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.4/2
- DirectorGéla BabluaniStarsSam RileyAlice BarrettGaby HoffmannA naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.4/3