| Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le |
9.00 |
2001 |
JEUNET, Jean-Pierre |
TAUTOU, Audrey |
Wonderful. Beautiful palate, very richly but economically developed characters. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0211915 |
1 |
No |
| Faithless |
8.00 |
1998 |
ULLMAN, Liv |
q |
Haunting account of a director imagining a screenplay |
|
1 |
No |
| Family Viewing |
8.00 |
1987 |
EGOYAN, Atom |
? |
Briliant video-obsessed view of disfunctional and pained relationships. |
|
2 |
No |
| Farenheit 9/11 |
9.00 |
2003 |
MOORE, Michael |
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Fargo |
8.75 |
1996 |
Joel Coen |
Frances McDormand, Steve Biscemi |
excelent direction, nice twists on cliches |
|
2 |
Yes |
| Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! |
5.00 |
1965 |
MEYER, Russ |
Tura Satana, Jaji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster |
Cult fave but didn't work for me at all (except some cool camera angles) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0059170 |
1 |
No |
| Father of the Bride, Part II |
7.00 |
0 |
? |
Steve Martin, Dianne Keaton, Martin Short, Egene Levy |
Funny. |
|
1 |
No |
| Feeling Minnesota |
5.50 |
1996 |
BAIGLEMAN, Steve |
Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Courtney Love, Cameron Diaz, Tuesday Weld |
A teaser. Brief parts suggest an intellegent spoof of pulpy flicks, but most just looks like a bad pulpy flick. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116289 |
1 |
No |
| Felicia's Journey |
8.25 |
1999 |
EGOYAN, Atom |
HOSKINS, Bob |
Beautifully made in a 'mild' way. Reserved and controlled. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0165773 |
2 |
No |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
7.25 |
1986 |
HUGHES, John |
Mathew Broderick, RUCK, Alan, SARA, Mia |
Good performance by Broderick, great glances to camera; a start-living message I can relate to |
|
3 |
No |
| Few Good Men, A |
8.25 |
1992 |
REINER, Rob |
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland |
Tom Cruise is getting really good. Excellent script too. |
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=a+few+good+men&type=substring |
1 |
No |
| Fierce Creatures |
7.25 |
1997 |
? |
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett... |
Although a huge dissapointment after Wanda (not nearly so clever) this one has a lot of good laughs. Still some good Kline-Curtis-Cleese chemistry. |
|
1 |
No |
| Finding Forrester |
8.75 |
2000 |
VAN SANT, Gus |
CONNERY, Sean; BROWN (XVII), Robert; ABRAHAM, F. Murray |
Although based on a ludicrously far-fetched coincidence, this is a wonderfully moving and well-made film. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181536 |
1 |
No |
| Finding Nemo |
8.00 |
2003 |
STANTON, Andrew; UNKRICH, Lee |
BROOKS, Albert; DeGENERES, Ellen; GOULD, Alexander; DAFOE, Willem |
Rather good. Well done, appealing to all ages. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/ |
1 |
No |
| Firm, The |
6.25 |
1993 |
POLLACK, Sydney |
Tom Cruise, Holly Hunter, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Hal Holbrook, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Strathairn (?) |
Too Hollywoodish, poor editing, Cruise not at his best. |
|
1 |
No |
| First Great Train Robbery, The |
7.75 |
1979 |
CHRICHTON, Michael |
CONNERY, Sean; SUTHERLAND, Donald; DOWN, Lesley-Anne |
Charming comedy |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0079240 |
1 |
No |
| Five Easy Pieces |
8.75 |
1970 |
RAFELSON, Bob |
NICHOLSON, Jack; BLACK, Karen; ANSPACH, Susan; SMITH, Lois … STRUTHERS, Sally Anne |
Moving, neutrally, realistic view of alternative characters. |
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Five+Easy+Pieces+(1970) |
1 |
No |
| Flightplan |
7.75 |
2005 |
SCHWENTKE, Robert |
FOSTER, Jodie |
Good psychological thriller. Minimal suspension of disbelief requried. Great plane set. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0408790/ |
1 |
No |
| Flirting with Disaster |
8.25 |
0 |
RUSSELL, David |
Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore |
Hilarious, excellent comedy |
|
1 |
No |
| Fog of War, The |
8.00 |
2003 |
MORRIS, Errol |
McNAMARA, Robert |
Very well made documentary, but it doesn't make me forgive RM |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ |
1 |
No |
| Forbiden Love |
7.50 |
1992 |
WEISSMAN, Aerlyn & FERNIE, Lynne |
NFB documentary film about Lesbians in the '50s. |
Excellent (and frequently funny) interviews, vignettes. Well adjusted perspective, of course. |
|
1 |
No |
| Forever Young |
6.50 |
0 |
? |
Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis |
starts weak, pretty good acting, 'nice' film |
|
1 |
No |
| Formula, The |
7.75 |
1980 |
AVILDSEN, John G. |
SCOTT, George C.; BRANDO, Marlon; KELLER, Marthe; GEILGUD, John |
Brando almost uninteliable. Great performances. Some poignant cinematic messages. |
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Formula%2C+The+(1980) |
1 |
No |
| Forrest Gump |
8.25 |
1994 |
ZEMECKIS, Robert |
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, WRIGHT, Robin |
Pretty good all around. Especially the effects. Must admit Tom's good. |
|
2 |
No |
| Four Brothers |
7.25 |
2005 |
SINGLETON, John |
WAHLBERG, Mark; GIBSON, Tyrese; BENJAMIN, Andre, HEDLUND, Garret; HOWARD, Terrence |
Fairly good - very violent but still thoughtful. Mark Wahlberg impresses. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0430105/ |
1 |
No |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral |
8.50 |
1993 |
NEWELL, Mike |
Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowel, SCOTT THOMAS, Kristin |
Well made and performed, absolutely hilarious screenplay, timing... |
|
2 |
No |
| Frances |
8.50 |
1982 |
CLIFFORD, Graeme |
LANG, Jessica; SHEPARD, Sam; STANLEY, Kim |
Very good, non-judgemental performances. Gripping. A downer because of reality, not quality. |
|
1 |
No |
| Free Willy |
5.25 |
1993 |
WINCER, Simon |
Jason James Richtter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson |
Boring, slow, inplausable Killer whale film. (A few good shots of Orca at sea.) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106965 |
1 |
No |
| French Kiss |
7.25 |
0 |
q |
RYAN, Meg; KLINE, Kevin; HUTTON, Timothy |
Very nice romantic comedy; practically believable |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113117 |
1 |
No |
| French Luitenant's Woman, The |
8.50 |
0 |
q |
STREEP, Meryl; IRONS, Jereme |
Clever adaptation. Intrigue, romance |
|
3 |
No |
| Frenzy |
5.00 |
1972 |
HITCHCOCK, Alfred |
Joh Finch, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Alec McCowen, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Anna Massey, Vivien Merchant, Jean Marsh |
One wonders whether some character's mysogyny shared by screenwriter. (Ghastly 70's styles) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068611 |
1 |
No |
| Friendly Persuasion |
7.25 |
1956 |
WILDER, Billy |
COOPER, Gary; McGuire, Dorothy; PERKINS, Anthony |
Delightful comedy but it only provides passing respect for Quakers |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Friendly+Persuasion+(1956) |
1 |
No |
| From Dusk till Dawn |
6.00 |
1995 |
RODRIGUEZ, Robert |
Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quenten Tarentino, Juliette Lewis |
somewhat stylish homage to vampire and gangster genre. Interesting twists; (ultra violent) |
|
1 |
No |
| Fugative, The |
7.75 |
1993 |
DAVIS, Andrew |
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, WARD, Sela |
Exciting conceptual thriller marred by unbelievable details. |
|
2 |
No |
| Full Monty, The |
7.50 |
1997 |
q |
q |
A really funny and moving comedy about semi-pro male Sheffield strippers. Brings out some male perspectives on gener issues. |
|
1 |
No |