Film Diary: 2024
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
- StarsTomas AlfredsonRobert GustafssonJohan RheborgThe comedy group Killinggänget made a big splash in the 90s with, among other things, "Nilecity" and "I manegen med Glenn Killing". In "Berättelsen om Killinggänget" they themselves tell about their life in the 30-year-old comedy group.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsAaron EckhartNina DobrevClifton Collins Jr.An ex-CIA agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.Infinately boring. I was mainly waiting for it to see Tim Blake-Nelson in there, but he didn't get to do anything fun anyway. The rest was just slosh and no substance. Not sweet slosh either, like ice-cream. Just the kind you get on the side of the road when the snow starts melting and the cars drive through it.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsLee J. CobbPatricia MedinaEdward ArnoldMiami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in Florida.
- CreatorTom MoranStarsJessica RainePeter CapaldiNikesh PatelA woman who wakes up every night at exactly 3.33AM, in the middle of the so-called devil's hour between 3AM and 4AM.
- CreatorMichael HjorthHans RosenfeldtStarsRolf LassgårdTomas LaustiolaMoa SilénIn two new Nordic Noir thrillers, Rolf Laasgaard, one of Scandinavia's most popular actors (Wallander, False Trail), assumes a powerful new role as Police profiler Sebastian Bergman.
- DirectorRupert WyattStarsBrian CoxDamian LewisJoseph FiennesFrank is 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.
- StarsSimon BakerBryan BrownPhoebe TonkinIn 1980s Brisbane, a precocious boy and his selectively mute brother embark on a suburban odyssey of love, redemption, and retribution after their family is torn apart by a drug lord.
- DirectorAntony HoffmanStarsVal KilmerCarrie-Anne MossTom SizemoreAstronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
- DirectorSimon BakerStarsSamson CoulterBen SpenceSimon BakerAfter developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsNaomi WattsDavid DorfmanSissy Spacek6 months after the incidents involving the lethal videotape, new clues prove that there is a new evil lurking in the darkness.
- DirectorStephen JohnsonStarsGuruwuk MununggurrWakarra GondarraMark GarrawurraIn a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.
- DirectorBruce GowersStarsLindsey BuckinghamChristine McVieJohn McVieThe long-awaited reunion of the "Rumours" version of Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and Lindsey Buckingham) At this live MTV concert, they perform their greatest hits, and a few new songs. The classic songs performed on this special are: "Rhiannon", "Everywhere", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "Landslide"
- DirectorMatt BaumannKyle EinhornStarsStevie NicksLindsey BuckinghamMick FleetwoodFLEETWOOD MAC reunite for the first time (sans Christine McVie) to record their first studio album in over fifteen years. Follow them as they write and record their album Say You Will from the first day Stevie Nicks walks into the studio to the opening night of their tour. Cameras rolled practically every moment from start to finish. Fleetwood Mac: Destiny Rules captures the ups and downs of a legendary, storied band like no other documentary before.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsFleetwood MacLindsey BuckinghamMick FleetwoodFleetwood Mac performs at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1982. Hits from their classic Rumours album are performed, along with cuts from the 1975 Fleetwood Mac album, the 1979 Tusk album, and the 1982 Mirage album.
- CreatorPeter BlakeStarsJames PurefoyEréndira IbarraJosé María de TaviraWayne Addison, a veteran CIA officer returns to Mexico City to take down the country's most powerful drug dealer: Rafael Bautista.
- DirectorPhilippa LowthorpeStarsJames PurefoyHugh BonnevillePhil DavisGeorge 'Beau' Brummel, a penniless but witty London gentleman, maintains a refined lifestyle with his loyal servant, cook Robinson. Only the friendship of the unpopular Hanoverian heir and Prince Regent, George, Prince of Wales, who acclaims Brummel's fashionable invention, dandy-ism, keeps the creditors from his back, even allows him unconditional credit. Alas a triangle with lady Julia and the equally dubious poet Lord Byron ends up costing him the prince's favor, so his debts come bite him with a vengeance.Perfect casting. Whenever I see James Purefoy, the phrase "sly devil" always pops into my mind. It's something about his glazed eyes and his smile that makes him seem incredibly pleased with himself. But somehow in a charming manner. And yet, he is also strangely versatile and has had a very varying career so far. This is great use of that almost malicious charisma, though I wish they had plummeted a bit deeper. I know that he can also do excellent melodrama, and I think that was called for here. But you can't have everything. It's a neat tv-production about an interesting man.
- StarsPeter HowittJames PurefoySandy HendrickseThe dodgy business deals of an older brother finally catch up with him, forcing him and his blameless younger brother to seek refuge in the family theme park business in Blackpool. The tension of this drama series, which ran for seven episodes in 1990, is whether or not Howitt's character can stay on the straight and narrow or if he will end up getting himself or his brother killed.
- CreatorCharlie CorwinTom FontanaJim JuvonenStarsJames PurefoyNeve CampbellMichael Kenneth Williams"The Philanthropist" chronicles the heroic adventures of a billionaire playboy-turned-vigilante/philanthropist. James Purefoy ("Rome") stars as Teddy Rist, a successful tycoon whose life is forever changed after rescuing a young boy during a hurricane in the Nigerian town he was visiting. Spontaneous and impulsive, Rist and quickly decides to channel his passion, power, and money into helping those in need. A man who has everything but feels nothing, Rist keeps his adrenaline pumping by putting his business acumen and money-making skills to good use by bargaining with the self-righteous as he makes deals with drug barons and trading with the nefarious. Jesse L. Martin (NBC's "Law and Order") plays Philip Maidstone, Teddy's business partner and friend, and Neve Campbell ("Party of Five," "Burn Up") plays Philip's wife Olivia, who also runs the charitable foundation set up by the two billionaires. Lindy Booth ("The 4400"), Michael Kenneth Williams ("The Wire"), Krista Allen ("The Starter Wife"), and newcomer James Albrecht also star.Some good bits and some bad bits. I find it a little hard to completely sympathize with the richest guy in the room, who sometimes argues for drilling for oil or starting other questionable enterprises in poor countries because they will have more work. There were interesting ethical dilemmas, but they didn't get discussed too often.
- CreatorDerek SimondsStarsBill PullmanJessica HechtDohn NorwoodDetective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.All seasons. The first one I didn't like. That's the one that everyone else loved. I gave it another chance, because I wanted to see where they took it. Then it clicked. My favourite episode was probably the last of season 3, i.e. the one that everyone else hated. Yes, it got pulpy. Yes, I enjoy that. And yes, that darn repressed detective finally welled up like I was waiting for, for three increasingly emotionally and physically tumultuous seasons. So there. I enjoyed the last one too.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsLinda FiorentinoPeter BergBill PullmanA devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.Linda Fiorentino is a revelation! An incredible performance that I just cannot look away from. The rest is good, but inconsequential really. She does whatever she wants and doesn't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks. There's a lot of Bacall there, but there is also a lot of Bogey. I would love to see her as a P.I. She'd be the brains, Lili Taylor would be the muscle. They are both undeniable, impossible to ignore. This is pure entertainment. Fantastic!
- DirectorWes CravenStarsBill PullmanCathy TysonZakes MokaeAn anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Surprising! I like Wes Craven, and I like him a little more every movie of his that I see. "Shocker" was a hidden gem for me, and this climbs right up there too. I like the way he chose to film dreams and hallucinations, not with forced perspective, smoke and greased lenses, but plainly and straight forward. There is no escape, and there is no real way of telling what is happening and what isn't. For a lot of it, it does make an effort to respect the religion and culture of Haiti, while it also departs into wild horror territory to catch the audience. The making-of stories are about as crazy as the film itself. I also did not expect to see a government official nail someones dick to a chair. So that's new. Lot's of scenes and set-pieces that should be just as iconic as anything from Elm Street, but probably never will be. I enjoyed it a lot. It also adds a movie to one of my new favourite genres: let's-scare-the-hell-out-of-bill-pullman (alongside sam-neill-goes-insane and travelling-in-bad-weather).
- DirectorJared MosheStarsBill PullmanPeter FondaStephen Alan SederA thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice.Yes! Now this is what you do with your Bill. And with your modern western, for that matter. After the "hero" was introduced, I got the idea where it might be going and crossed my fingers because I wanted it badly. I was right. It worked beautifully. Like a "Hired Hand" forty years later. Casting Peter Fonda was of course a stroke of genius. Finally I get a movie that is truly just about the character actor, the Strother Martins of the world. I also can't help but feel a kinship with that kind of figure. That's the way to be. Not the main one, but the supporting, comic-relief, eccentric sideliner. That's a sweet and beautiful thing.
- DirectorJennifer LynchStarsJulia OrmondBill PullmanPell JamesTwo FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.Atmosphere and ambience runs in the Lynch famiily. A neat little film with an obvious twist.