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	Title	Year	Rating	Thumbnail Summary and Review
	Face/Off	1997	]]	This action movie is filled with great actors, but the acting is overshadowed by over-the-top action scenes and special effects - a disappointment
	Facing Fear	2000	]	Emergency landing on a small island and entanglements for the pilot - not very good
	Facing Windows [La Finestra di Fronte]	2004	]]]]	Italian - well developed love story combined with a bit of a mystery - adult view of the hard choices that must be made in life - beautifully acted
	Factory Girl	2006	]]]]	Biopic about Edie Sedgwick - society girl made more famous by Andy Warhol - good acting along with a sobering look at those times
	Factotum	2005	]]]]	Great character study surrounding a drunken failed writer - great acting in this dark comedy
	Fail Safe	1964	]]]]]	Superior dooms day flick - wonderful acting - still as exciting in today's times
	Failure to Launch	2006	]]]	Story of a thirty-five year old man who still lives at home - pleasing comedy with likeable characters
	Fair Game	2010	]]]]	Dramatic telling of the Joe and Valerie Plame Wilson scandal about the President lying about atomic weapons in Iraq
	Fake	2000	]	Really boring Anime
	Fakers	2004	]]]	A con man tries to pay his debts by conning an innocent young man into forging several copies of a rare pencil sketch - cliché characters but mildly entertaining
	Fall Time	1993	]]	Goofy guys get caught up with cold-blooded criminals - dark and just barely watchable
	Fallen	1998	]]]]	A police detective is beset by an evil spirit - good action and suspense - even though a completely far-fetched tale
	Falling	2005	]]]]]	Great acting by Michael Kitchen who plays an engaging opportunist who preys upon women - extremely entertaining
	Falling Angels	2005	]]]	Independent film about the ultimate dysfunctional family in the 60's - great acting
	Falling for a Dancer	1998	]]]]]	Irish mini-series about a girl who becomes pregnant in the late 1930's and agrees to marry an older widower with children rather than go into one of the notorious Catholic homes for unwed mothers - complex characters - great acting
	Falling for Grace	2006	]]]	Typical romantic comedy involving mistaken identity - cookie cutter script but good supporting characters
	Falling Up	2009	]]]	Basically insipid little romance between a doorman and a rich girl but likable characters gives it a third star
	Fame	1980	]]]]	"New Age" musical about kids at the high school for performing arts in NYC - still entertaining
	Familiar Strangers	2008	]]]	Estranged son goes home for Thanksgiving with lots of family drama - likeable
	Family Flaw [Un Difetto di Famiglia]	2002	]]]	Estranged brothers travel to bury their mother - fairly enjoyable but a fairly standard plot outline
	Family Law [Derecho de Familia]	2006	]]]	Argentinean - Charming story of relationships between a grandfather, father, and son - click to read a full review
	Family Man, The	2000	]]]	Nicolas Cage transferred to bucolic life - watchable
	Family Stone, The	2005	]]]]	Heartfelt tale of a family getting together at Christmastime - lots of good subplots and acting
	Family Tree, The	2010	]]]	The mother of a dysfunctional family suffers a blow to her head and loses all memory of the bad times - this gives new life to the family members - kooky characters and events but a pleasant viewing
	Family Undertaking, A: POV	2003	]]]]	Interesting documentary from the PBS series about families who choose to bury their own dead - informative and heartfelt
	Fan, The	1981	]]]	Lauren Bacall as an actress stalked by a psychotic fan - fun
	Fantasia	1940	]]]	Groud breaking Disney cartoon with beautiful music
	Far from Heaven	2002	]]]]	1950's - a wife finds her husband is gay - great acting and atmosphere
	Far Off Place, A	1993	]]]	Three teenagers travel across the African desert to get help after their parents are murdered by poachers - good solid story and acting
	Faraway, So Close!	1993	]	German - an angel in Cold War Berlin - dull and confusing
	Fargo	1996	]]]]]	This quirky crime drama draws its strength from subtle humor and weird, but believable characters
	Farinelli	1994	]]]]]	Italian - story of the greatest castrato singer of the 18th century - super interesting characters and mood
	Fashion Victims [Reine Geschmacksache]	2007	]]]	German - comedy in which a staid fashion seller is being challenged by the new guy - complication is that the man's son has fallen for the new guy - mildly entertaining
	Fast Food Nation	2006	]]]]	An engrossing series of character vignettes revolving around a huge slaughter house and meat packing plant that provides beef for a McDonald's-like chain - excellent acting and writing - click to read a full review
	Fast Food, Fast Women	2000	]]	Another one of those unique New York character flicks - this one a little better than most
	Fast Runner, The	2002	]	Inuktitut - Native American tries to save tribe - long and boring
	Fat Girls	2006	]]	Fairly standard tale about a boy coming to terms with his sexuality - low video quality - mostly lame but with some good lines
	Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead	2010	]]]	Documentary about the benefits of drinking juiced fruits and vegetables focusing on two zealots
	Father Hood	1993	]	Lame tale of small-time crook who goes on the lam with his kids - bad script and hokey acting
	Father of Invention	2010	]	A man goes to prison for selling a product that injured people - when he gets out, he tries to recover his past life - dull, silly vehicle for Kevin Spacey to show off
	Fathers and Sons	2004	]]]	Three tales of family relationships revolving around fathers and sons - all the families live on one street - entertaining but nothing super special
	FDNY Dream Bike	2004	]]]	Interesting documentary about a retired firefighter getting an old motorcycle that belonged to a friend killed at the World Trade Center restored
	Fear Dot Com	2002	]	Cyber murders - really bad movie
	Fear X	2003	]	This film begins very slowly but tends to hold a little interest - then it becomes mired in a difficult, unbelievable plot - totally unsatisfying
	Feast of July	1995	]]]	Nineteenth Century Ireland - young woman is made pregnant by a cad - loses baby - taken in by a caring family but tragedy follows - entertaining - not that deep
	Feast of Love	2007	]]]]	The lives and loves of several people - all patrons or employees of a local coffee shop - good stories - very well acted
	Feed the Fish	2009	]]]	Romance filled with characters both charming and quirky centering around a man who goes to Wisconsin during a life crisis
	Femme Fatale	2002	]]]	Slow but interesting tale - great visual images - the ending is somewhat of a cheat
	Ferdinando and Carolina	1999	]]	Italian - silly farce about the king and the moves to obtain him a wife - over-the-top acting spoils this film
	Fever Pitch	1997	]]	Story of an English football fan who has trouble growing up - fairly lame
	Fever Pitch	2005	]]]]	Story of a guy addicted to the Boston Red Sox and what happens when he falls in love - interesting in that parts were actually filmed at the historic Series game
	Few Good Men, A	1992	]]]]]	A military law drama with a solid story, fascinating characters, and superior acting
	Fiddler on the Roof	1971	]]]]]	One couldn't do a better job of bringing this great musical to film
	Fierce People	2005	]]]	Strange coming of age story where a boy goes with his mother to spend the summer on the estate of a wealthy man
	Fifteen Minutes	2001	]]]	Somewhat absurd storyline in this one about two Czech criminals causing havoc in NYC but good acting by the players - especially De Niro
	Fight Club	1999	]]]]	A brutal, dark movie but very watchable because of the great acting
	Fighter, The	2010	]]]]	Interesting character study of two brother boxers and the people who surround them - great extra feature on the DVD
	Fighting Temptations, The	2003	]	Really bad jaded man returns to hometown and sees the light comedy
	Fighting Tommy Riley	2005	]]]]	Story of a young boxer and an old trainer - both with past issues - who bond to achieve success for the fighter - good characters and great understated acting
	Film Geek	2005	]]]	Amusing character study about a true geek who knows everything about film and nothing about personal relationships - mildly entertaining - improbable, silly ending leaves somewhat of a bad taste in your mouth
	Filth and Wisdom	2008	]]	Madonna directed this one about three flatmates in London - some quirky characters but not my cup of tea
	Final Approach	2007	]]]	Cliché ridden mini-series about a plane overtaken by terrorists - not very good but watchable
	Final Countdown, The	1980	]]]	It's 1980 and an aircraft carrier is time warped back to December 6, 1941 - interesting tale but nothing super
	Final Cut, The	2004	]]	Science fiction thriller about a man who edits implanted video chips of people's lives - a little too talky but leads to a fairly good ending
	Final Destination	2000	]]]	Gory film about teens who can't cheat death - actually pretty good
	Final Destination 2	2003	]]]	Blood and gore for today's teenager - the Rube Goldberg way in which the accidents happen is entertaining
	Final Inquiry, The [L'Inchiesta]	2007	]]	Italian - a Roman soldier is sent to Jerusalem to investigate what happen to the body of Christ - a good looking film but with a less than notable script
	Final Season, The	2007	]]]	Based upon fact - story of the last winning baseball team of the Norway, Iowa high school that was too small to continue - fairly good film
	Finally the Sea […Al Fin, El Mar]	2005	]]]	Argentine / Cuban - a second generation Cuban/American finds a deserted raft on the beach and goes to Cuba to find the family of the owners who must have been lost at sea - below average acting and production but a revealing insight into today's Cuba - click to read a full review
	Find Me Guilty	2006	]]]]	Story of the longest criminal trial in US history and the gangster Jack DiNorscio beautifully played by Vin Diesel - great entertainment
	Finding Bliss	2009	]	Total waste of talent about a prudish woman who takes a job in the porn industry
	Finding Forrester	2000	]]]]]	Beautiful feel-good story about a reclusive author who helps a getto boy
	Finding Nemo	2003	]]]	Great animation movie about a fish looking for his lost son
	Finding Neverland	2004	]]]]]	Extraordinary movie based upon the events leading to the writing of Peter Pan - the ultimate in acting and production
	Finding North	1997	]]	Young angst in the big city - boring
	Finding Preet	2005	]]	Badly acted, directed, and written look at a young woman of Indian decent looking for true love
	Fiorile [Wild Flower]	1993	]]]	Italian - strange tale of a family that is supposedly cursed by the misdeeds of an ancestor - I kept waiting for something to happen, but it never really did
	Fire in the Soul [Fuego en el Alma]	2005	]]]	Puerto Rican - three stories loosely connected by the events of September 11th - interesting and fairly entertaining tales - good acting - weak on the connecting element - especially the first story about a jealous baseball player
	Fireball	2009	]	Cheesy made for television sci-fi flick about a football player filled with drugs who becomes a human fireball and takes out his revenge - hardly worth the time wasted
	Firefox	1982	]]]	Clink Eastwood stealing a secret Russian jet - good stuff
	Firehouse Dog	2007	]]]	Silly, predictable, but mildly entertaining film about a Hollywood dog who gets lost and becomes a firehouse dog
	Firewall	2006	]]]]	Standard Harrison Ford action flick in which he has to save his family from crooks forcing him to steal from his bank - nothing special but lots of good, solid action
	First $20 Million, The	2002	]]]	Money and love in e-commerce
	First Daughter	2004	]]]	Entertaining tale of the President's daughter maturing into a young adult - romantic with great dancing
	First Kid	1996	]]	Children's comedy about the teenaged son of the President - not very entertaining for adults
	First Knight	1995	]]]]	The King Arthur legend with a beautiful romantic story and great acting
	First Love and Other Pains	1999	]]]]	Chinese - A student falls in love with his professor - a fairly good gay May/December romance
	First Shot	2002	]]]	Made for TV movie about a man trying to kill the President and his top secret service agent - entertaining
	First to Die	2003	]]	Run of the mill crime flick about a serial killer - this time from the woman dectective's point of view
	Five Days	2007	]]]]	British mini-series that spotlights five days in the investigation of the disappearance of a mother and wife and how the occurrence affects family, friends, and the police investigating the crime - great characters - all flawed but intriguing
	Five Minutes of Heaven	2009	]]]]]	This is a two part film - one fact and one fiction - in the 1970's a seventeen year old Irish Protestant murders an Irish Catholic in front of his younger brother - the murderer goes to prison, reforms, and becomes a speaker against terrorism - this is fact - the fiction which consumes most of the film is the planned meeting of the two thirty-three years later - superior acting makes a fascinating character study
	Five Senses, The	1999	]]]	Canadian - entertaining story of a group of people who are experiencing evolutions in their lives - each perceives life though one of the senses
	Flags of Our Fathers	2006	]]]]]	Insightful look into the story of the men involved in the famous photograph taken on Iwo Jima during WWII - an excellent film with that special Eastwood touch
	Flame and Citron [Flammen & Citronen]	2008	]]]]	Danish - based upon fact, the story of two resistance fighters during WWII - great production and acting
	Flash of Genius	2008	]]]]	Story of the inventor of the intermittent wiper who was robbed of his patent by Ford Motor Company and fought many years for justice - great acting showing an interesting character
	Flashbacks of a Fool	2008	]]]	Good acting barely saves this story of a successful Hollywood star who has squandered his life - plot full of holes and unlikely events
	Flashdance	1983	]]]]	Still entertaining movie that basically started a genre
	Flawless	1999	]]]	Homophobe suffers a debilitating stroke and must take theraputic lessons from a neighbor drag queer - great characters
	Flawless	2007	]]]]	In 1960 the only female executive in a London diamond exchange becomes involved in a theft masterminded by an old janitor - great acting - beautiful sets and production - click to read a full review
	Fleeing by Night	2000	]]]]	Chinese - tragic love story that covers 1930's to present - excellent acting and mood
	Flesh + Blood	1985	]]]	Strange adventure story that takes place in 1501 eastern Europe - long but entertaining
	Flesh and Bone	1993	]]]]	Story of a boy (now a man) who unwittingly helps his evil father murder a whole family - dark and very entertaining
	Flesh for Frankenstein	1973	]	70's bloodfest - was originally in 3-D - just bad
	Flicka	2006	]]	An unbelievable script and over-acting causes this story of a girl and her horse to be tedious rather than entertaining
	Flickering Lights [Blinkende lygter]	2000	]]]]	Dutch - wacky tale about a group of career criminals who want to get out of the life of crime - strange combination of violence and comedy
	Flight of the Phoenix	2004	]]]	Watchable action flick - solid mindless entertainment but nothing special
	Flightplan	2005	]]]	Entertaining guilty pleasure flick about a woman who loses her daughter on a plane in flight - great acting by Jodie Foster really makes the difference - good extra features on the DVD - click to link to full review
	Flipped	2010	]]]	Charming tale of pre-adolescent love - the two kids are unnaturally bright but it is a nice little story - great acting all around
	Flirting	1991	]]]]	Australian - in 1965 an outcast boy in a boarding school falls in love with a girl from Uganda in the sister boarding school - beautifully told tale of young love and the horrors of boarding schools
	Flirting with Disaster	1996	]]	Ben Stiller looks for his birth parents - pretty lame
	Floating	1997	]]]	Trials of a young man whose life has been changed by his father suffering an accident and his mother leaving
	Flood	2007	]]	Fairly standard disaster flick about the flooding of London - three hours - too long - really drags at times
	Floored by Love	2005	]]]	Very short gay-themed film about the relationships of two Asian women and a step-father and his gay teenaged son - nothing special but entertaining
	Flower of Evil, The	2003	]]]	French - strange film about a super dysfunctional wealthy French family - cousins having sex - daughter killing her father - odd assortment of characters and plots
	Flower of My Secret, The [La Flor de Mi Secreto]	1996	]]]	Spanish - interesting story of a woman in crisis - losing her husband and at loose ends - good acting
	Fluffer, The	2001	]]	Lame story about a guy in love with a gay porn star
	Flyboys	2006	]]]]	A look at some members of the Lafayette Escadrille of WWI - looks to be highly romanticized in today's times but probably pretty close to the real thing - great special features on the DVD
	Flying Scotsman, The	2006	]]]]	Film based upon the life of Graeme Obree who is a famous Scottish bicycle racer - inspiring - good entertainment
	Focus	2001	]]]	During the final days of World War II, a Brooklyn couple is mistaken to be Jewish by their anti-Semitic neighbors
	Following	1998	]]]	Young man follows people - leads to dark encounters - interesting English film
	Fond Kiss, A [Ae Fond Kiss]	2004	]]]	Irish - well done story about a clash of cultures and traditions when a man of Pakistani heritage falls in love with a Catholic girl in modern-day Ireland
	Food of Love	2002	]]]]	Well done coming of age movie - good acting - the mother is a little over the top
	Fool's Gold	2008	]]	Considering the acting talent this comic adventure should have been much better, but the actors were done in by a script that was just too silly
	Footloose	1984	]]]]	Call me crazy for giving this "guilty pleasure" four stars, but I almost gave it five - good music, good acting, and likable characters make it a winner in my book
	For a Lost Soldier [Voor een verloren soldaat]	1992	]]]]	Dutch - this is a story about the love of a boy for a Canadian soldier in the Netherlands at the end of WWII - a "forbidden" subject handled with excellent taste
	For My Father [Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv]	2008	]]]]	Israeli - a young Palestinian goes to Tel Aviv with a bomb strapped to his body in order to defend the honor of his father - when the fuse fails, he gets to know members of the community - somber look at religious and ethnic close-mindedness and its effects upon young people
	For Roseanna	1997	]]]	Romantic comedy with rich, colorful characters - a little weak in the plot but still entertaining
	For the Bible Tells Me So	2007	]]]]	Well done documentary focusing upon how religious fundamentalists skew the words in the Bible to condemn homosexuality
	For the Moment	1996	]]]	Story of airmen training in Canada during WWII - pretty standard fare but enjoyable
	Foreign Field, A	1993	]]]]	Highly sentimental but enjoyable tale of soldiers visiting Normandy fifty years after the invasion - some great "senior" actors in this one
	Forever Mine	1999	]]]	New twist on the Count of Monte Cristo - good acting
	Forever Strong	2008	]]]]	Inspiring sports movie based upon events in the life of Larry Gelwix who is a winning high school rugby coach - good strory - good acting
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	2008	]]]	Typical comedy of man losing girlfriend and the trauma that follows - likeable lead character
	Forgive and Forget	2000	]]]	British - story of a macho guy who can't reconcile being gay - good acting and characters
	Forgiving the Franklins	2006	]]]	Dark comedy in which three of four members of a Christian fundamentalist family change their conservative attitudes - not great but an interesting premise
	Forgotten Silver	1995	]]]]]	I had completely overlooked the fact that this "documentary" is a fake and was completely taken in by its story - a great work of filmmaking
	Forgotten, The	2004	]]]	About the only thing that gets this movie three stars is the acting - the plot is just too far-fetched to stand up to any kind of examination
	Formosa Betrayed	2009	]]]	Supposedly based upon factual events in Taiwan in the 1980's - fairly good espionage and action flick
	Forrest Gump	1994	]]]]]	A lovable fantasy with lovable characters and great special effects make this a great movie - the DVD bonus features are also top notch
	Forsyte Saga, The (Series One)	2002	]]]]]	Extremely high class soap opera with superior acting and production values - a real treat
	Forsyte Saga, The (Series Two)	2003	]]]]]	Not quite as good as the first series but still a beautifully done story with superior acting
	Fortress	1986	]]]	This television movie based upon an actual event involves a teacher and a small group of students being kidnapped and then having to survive - not standard fare - disturbing ending
	Four Brothers	2005	]]]	Story of four foster brothers who seek revenge for the murder of their murder - standard but fairly entertaining fare
	Four Christmases	2008	]	A couple finds out more about themselves and their families at holiday time - totally absurd - a waste of time
	Four Feathers, The	2002	]]]]	Great remake of the classic film
	Four Horsemen, The	2007	]]]	This is a somewhat amateurish film but with a good heart - it explores the trials of young men who return for the war in Iraq including starring a soldier who lost an arm and a leg in the war
	Four Minutes	2005	]]]	Well done made for television movie about the man who broke the four minute mile
	Four Seasons, The	1981	]]]	Entertaining one-year look at the lives of three couples who have been friends for many years - written and directed by Alan Alda and very Alan-Aldaish
	Four Times That Night	1969	]	Italian - really horrible and boring sex farce
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994	]]]]	Witty British look at relationships and their ups and downs all linked by four weddings and a funeral - very entertaining
	Four Windows	2005	]	German - behaviors of the four members of a highly dysfunctional family make no sense - even the actors stated in the special features say they didn't understand the script
	Fourth Angel, The	2001	]]	Revenge story with very weak plot - just watchable
	Fourth Man, The	1983	]]]]	Dutch - psychological drama about an alcoholic writer who becomes involved with a femme fatal
	Fox and His Friends	1975	]]	German - weird story of a hustler who wins a lot of money and some "friends"
	Foyle's War: Set 1	2002	]]]]]	British television series about a police detective doing his job in southern England at the beginning of WWII - a superior combination of the domestic problems of the war mixed with intriguing mysteries
	Foyle's War: Set 2	2003	]]]]]	The British television series continues with four more superior episodes
	Foyle's War: Set 3	2004	]]]]]	The British television series continues with four more superior episodes - these are much darker than in the first two series showing the growing stress of the war upon the population
	Foyle's War: Set 4	2006	]]]]]	These episodes certainly pack as much punch as the very first - all-in-all, the sixteen episodes thus far were excellent treats
	Foyle's War: Set 5	2008	]]]]]	The last three episodes bring Foyle out of retirement, ends the war, and ties up all the loose ends - what a great series!
	Fracture	2007	]]]]]	Super acting in this mystery in which the murderer confesses from the very beginning - click to read a full review
	Fragments	2008	]	A look at the lives of people who have suffered a traumatic experience - just absurd and boring
	Frailty	2002	]]]]	Well done cop chases killer story
	Frame of Mind	2008	]]	This thriller about a man who finds new information pointing to a conspiracy theory in the assassination of John Kennedy starts off fairly well but gets bogged down with too many improbable occurrences
	Francesco	1989	]]	Mickey Rourke as St. Francis of Assisi - enough said
	François Ozon: A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts [Un Lever De Rideau / Action Vérité / Une Rose Entre Nous / Scènes De Lit / La Petite Mort / Little Death / Victor]	1993	]	French - three pretty boring stories exploring sexuality
	Frank Caliendo: All Over the Place	2007	]]]]	Filming of the comic's stand up act - very entertaining
	Frank McKlusky, C.I.	2002	]	Supposed to be a comedy about an insurance investigator but is just bad and boring
	Frankie and Johnny Are Married	2004	]]	Fictionalized tale of real life director and his wife mounting a theater play - as one reviewer wrote, "How many people are interesting in watching the problems of a not very well known director and his wife?"
	Frankie Starlight	1996	]]]]	Irish - engrossing tale of the life of a charming midget centering around memories of his mother - great acting and good characters
	Freaky Friday	2003	]]]	Mom and daughter switch bodies - entertaining fluff
	Fred Claus	2007	]]	Silliness about Santa's older brother who is the black sheep of the family - just barely watchable
	Freedom Writers	2007	]]]]	Another tale of an inspiring teacher - this one is based upon fact and made very good by a bitter-sweet script and excellent acting by all
	Freedomland	2005	]]]	This could have been a good mystery/cop thriller but it is saddled with too many unexplained scenes - good acting though
	Freezer Burn	2007	]	Absurd tale in which a man freezes himself so that he can awake fifteen years later to romance a girl that is too young for him in the present
	French Gigolo, A [Cliente]	2008	]]]]	French - interesting tale of a man who becomes a gigolo in order to support his family and his favorite client - heartfelt and realistic with just the right touch of humor
	Frequency	2000	]]]	A man contacts his dead father on a radio and prevents a crime - good "trashy" movie
	Freshman Orientation	2007	]]	Cookie cutter teen comedy in which a guy pretends to be gay to get a girl - surely nothing special
	Frida	2002	]]]]	Beatifully done biography of famous Mexican artist - award quality all around
	Friday Night	2002	]	French - a woman's fling before she moves in with her boyfriend - improbable circumstances - dull
	Friday Night Lights	2004	]]]]	Realistic look at the mania of high school football in Texas - true story with great acting - the documentary on the DVD is excellent
	Friendly Persuasion	1956	]]]]]	Quakers trying to survive the Civil War in Pennsylvania - drama - humor - solid story - great actors - this movie has it all
	Friends and Family	2001	]]]	Gay-themed role reversal comedy that is actually fairly entertaining
	Friends with Benefits	2011	]]]]	Predictable romantic comedy but with charming characters - nothing over-the-top that spoils the show - and, at last, a romantic comedy in which the man doesn't have a fat, supposedly funny, friend
	Friends with Money	2006	]]]]	Great storytelling in this film about four women friends - three of whom are suffering mid-life crises - click to link to full review
	Fright Night	2011	]]	A teenager with a vampire next door starts out fairly well but drags on too long with the violence and teenage angst
	From Hell	2001	]]]]	Johnny Depp ads his own special flavor to the Jack the Ripper mystery - dark and entertaining
	From Here to Eternity	1953	]]]]]	The drama of soldiers and their lovers right before the attack on Pearl Harbor - a highly sanitized 50's movie version of the book, but it has award-winning acting and that famous kiss in the surf - click to read the combined review, "Pearl Harbor Times Three"
	From Paris with Love	2009	]	Supposedly an spy action thriller but just a horrible mess of overacting and bad script
	From Prada to Nada	2011	]]	Familiar plotline of spoiled rich girls losing their money and having to survive amongst the common folk - this one in a family of Mexican heritage - fairly lame
	From the Terrace	1960	]]]]]	A young Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward - old money - sex - who could ask for anything more
	Front Line, The	2006	]]]]	Irish - brutal, heartbreaking story of a Congolese refugee in Ireland who is forced by criminals who have kidnapped his family to help rob a bank - extraordinary acting by the lead character
	Frost / Nixon	2008	]]]]	Fascinating look at the events concerning the interview of Richard Nixon by David Frost - holds your attention from beginning to end
	Frozen River	2008	]]]]	Insightful look at two women and their families - one is a Native American; the other a working class woman striving to support her sons - both make money smuggling people over the Canadian border - excellent acting
	Füehrer Ex	2005	]]]	German - story of two disaffected young men in East Germany who come under the influence of a Nazi movement - brutal and frank
	Fugitive, The	1993	]]]]]	Great chase and action story with acting that makes it believable
	Full Frontal	2002	]	Angst amongst the rich and beautiful - boring
	Full Grown Men	2006	]	Retelling of the same old saw about a man who can't stop being a boy - unlikable characters - silly
	Full Moon [Vollmond]	1998	]]	Swiss - starts off to be a straight forward detective story about a kidnapping but declines to a confusing trip into some sort of psychic experience - not very good
	Full Picture, The	2010	]]	A girlfriend meets the mother from Hell while the boyfriend hides some secret from the past - lots of angst but the secret from the past is never fully revealed which leaves the whole thing lacking
	Fun With Dick and Jane	2005	]]]	Remake of film about a well-to-do couple who have to resort to theft after losing their jobs - silly but entertaining
	Funeral, The	1984	]]	Japanese - all about trying to bury a man - has some intriging parts but basically pretty bad
	Funny Girl	1968	]]]]	Streisand tour-de-force - super musical / drama
	Funny Lady	1975	]	Total bomb - miserable sequel to Funny Girl
	Furry Vengeance	2010	]]	Basically a kid flick about the animals taking revenge upon a developer - pretty much a waste but a few good moments got it an extra star
	Further Tales of the City	2001	]]]	Shaky but entertaining third in the series - totally improbable situations take away from the whole thing
	Fury, The	1978	]]	Blood and guts involving telekinetic teens - several famous actors couldn't save this one
	Galaxy Quest	1999	]	Tim Allen battles aliens - really bad
	Game of Their Lives, The [DVD title: The Miracle Match]	2005	]]]]	Story of the first US soccer team to play in the World Games in 1950 - a team that went on to score a upset win against England - interesting period piece - click to read a combined review of this film and Goal!
	Game Plan, The	2007	]]]	Standard fare about an egotistical athlete who finds he has a daughter and must care for her - likeable stars and mildly entertaining
	Gangs of New York - Disc 1	2002	]]]]	Bloody, brutal depection of a bloody, brutal time in New York lost in history - excellent special features
	Gangster No. 1	2000	]]]]	Stylistic look at the rise and fall of a London gangster in the 1970's - bloody but very entertaining
	Garçon Stupide	2004	]]	French/Swiss - might have been more interesting if the main character weren't really and truly stupid - contains all of those annoying French film traits - unexplained motives - jumping about in time - and the camera stuck in the face of the actors so all you see is a huge partial face on the screen
	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	1970	]]]	Jewish family in Italy in WWII - beautiful images, but didn't hold up as well as when I saw in in 1970
	Garden State	2004	]	One of the "new" movies that appeal to young, depressed people and the critics - totally boring
	Garden, The	2008	]]]]	Absorbing documentary about a group of citizens working to save an urban garden in South Central Los Angeles
	Gardens of Stone	1987	]]]]	Vietnam story - very good
	Garrow's Law	2009	]]]]	British series based upon the cases of the real William Garrow whose efforts led to the reform of the judicial system in the late 1700's - excellent acting and production values
	Gavin & Stacey: Season 1	2007	]]]]]	Totally silly but delightful series about two young people who fall in love and plan to get married - great characters in both the couple and their friends and family - lots of fun and laughs
	Gavin & Stacey: Season 2	2008	]]]	The second season of this fun series is not as good as the first due to the fact that the quirks of the characters are overdone - however it is still very entertaining
	Gavin & Stacey: Season 3 [Including the Christmas Special]	2009	]]]]	This final season is a great improvement over the second - still not quite as good as the first but very entertaining with everything brought together by the end
	Gay Deceivers	1969	]	Two guys pretend they are gay to avoid the draft - really bad movie
	General's Daughter, The	1999	]]]]]	Another "guilty pleasure" action flick centering around a mysterious murder on a military base
	Gensis	1998	]]]	Spanish - short film with no dialog about a sculptor creating a statue of his dead wife with horrifying results - fascinating
	Gentlemen Broncos	2009	]	Absurd comedy about a young writer who has his book stolen by a jaded older writer
	George Gently: Series 1	2007	]]]]	British crime series with the older, experienced detective and the younger sergeant - good crimes and very good acting - beautiful scenery in Northern Britain
	George Gently: Series 2	2009	]]]]	Series continues with interesting crimes - this one has more emphasis upon the young partner - good watching
	George of the Jungle 2	2003	]]	Silly but mildly entertaning
	Georgia Rule	2007	]]]]	California woman takes her out of control daughter to stay at the home of her own estranged mother - very good chick flick with a biting dark side - click to read a full review
	Gerry	2002	]	Two guys lost in the desert mumbling at each other - dull and boring
	Get Him to the Greek	2010	]	If a fat guy vomiting on himself is your idea of humor, you'll love this film - for those of us who have grown up, it is a waste of time
	Get Low	2009	]]]]]	Late 1930's Tennessee where a hermit decides to have his funeral party before he dies - based upon fact - great acting and Southern atmosphere
	Get Real	1999	]]]	Reasonably entertaining gay coming of age story
	Get Smart	2008	]]]	Enjoyable movie version of the television series - lots of silliness and fun
	Get Your Stuff	2000	]]]	Silly movie about two gay guys taking in two foster children - just watchable - not too deep
	Getting Away With Murder	1996	]]]	Entertaining black comedy about a man who finds that his neighbor is a Nazi war criminal and decides to murder him
	Getting' Square	2003	]]]	Australian - man who was sent to prison for crime he did not commit gets out and tries to go straight - good caper flick - accents make understanding every word difficult
	Gettysburg	1993	]]	Very long and dry production of the great battle
	Ghost	1990	]]]]]	Great acting in this exciting tear jerker
	Ghost Town	2008	]]]	Entertaining man sees ghosts story bolstered by good acting and a reasonable script - almost four stars
	Ghost World	2001	]]]	Weird story based upon a comic book - two girls and their doings - better than expected
	Ghost Writer, The	2010	]]]]	Low-keyed, stylish thriller about a man contracted to ghost write the book of a former British head of state - very entertaining
	Ghosts	2002	]	Chinese - pretty bad mad monk ghost story
	Ghosts Never Sleep	2005	]]	Disjointed mishmash of a film with characters way over the top - too bad considering the acting talent in the film
	Ghosts of Mars	2001	]	Future - Mars mining post - men possessed by evil - useless
	Giant	1956	]]]]]	Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Rock Huston, and a supporting cast of many who would become famous stars - add tons of money, Texas, racial tension, and an epic tale - makes for a great movie
	Gideon's Daughter	2005	]]]]	Kind of a modern-day fairy tale about a wealthy and powerful man partially estranged from his daughter who finds a new life by encountering a grieving mother - great acting
	Gift of Love	1999	]]]	Young man gives his grandmother a kidney - good tear jerker
	Gift, The	2000	]]]]	Psychic in a small town becomes involved in murder - great characters and plot
	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story	2009	]]]]	Well done made for cable film about the life of neurosurgeon Ben Carson - inspiring
	Gigli	2003	]	Really was as bad as everyone said - too bad because the premise was good
	Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes	2005	]]]	Gross, dirty juvenile jokes but still pretty funny
	Gilles' Wife [La Femme de Gilles]	2004	]]	French - story of a woman whose husband is cheating on her with her sister - slow moving and dull
	Gingerbread Man, The	1998	]]	A bright young lawyer forgets the rules and becomes invovled with a beautiful and mysterious client - dull
	Girl by the Lake [La Ragazza Del Lago]	2007	]]]]	Italian - well-plotted murder mystery with good characters and great acting with the added perk of beautiful scenery
	Girl from Paris, The [One Swallow Brought Spring / Hirondelle a fait le printemps]	2001	]]]	French - city girl gives up her computer job to become a farmer - interesting characters
	Girl in the Café, The	2005	]]]]]	Beautiful character study about a painfully shy man who encounters a somewhat mysterious girl in a café - he works for an English diplomat and asks the girl to accompany him to the G8 conference where she makes her political feelings known - unusual and fascinating - click to link to full review
	Girl Next Door, The	2004	]	Normally, I would only waste about twenty minutes on a movie this bad, but I watched the whole thing hoping for some redeeming quality - it never came
	Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The [Luftslottet Som Sprängdes]	2009	]]]]	Swedish - investigative and court action neatly ties a bow on the trials of "The Girl" - the third in the series is a great change from the first two
	Girl Who Played with Fire, The	2009	]]]]	This second in the series is not as good as the first but still a highly entertaining adventure mystery
	Girl with a Pearl Earring	2003	]]]]	A fictional supposition of the subject of the famous Vermeer painting - beautifully photographed - enigmatic dreamy mood
	Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The [Män Som Hatar Kvinnor]	2009	]]]]]	Swedish - excellently done thriller, mystery about a disappearance of a young woman some forty years ago - first of a trilogy - great entertainment
	Girls Will Be Girls	2003	]]	Silly farce about a washed up movie star - the catch is that the three female leads are all men in drag - gets too sappy at the end
	Give Me Your Hand [Donne-moi la Main]	2008	]]	French - twin brothers travel from France to Spain for the funeral of their mother whom they've never known - another one of those French films in which the actions and motives of the characters are a mystery
	Gladiator	2000	]]]	Won the Best Picture Oscar but I found it to be pretty boring - very good special features
	Gloomy Sunday [Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod]	1999	]]]]	German - almost five stars - this is a well done melodrama based upon two men loving one woman and she loving them both - throw in the Nazis in Budapest and a famous song and you have an entertaining guilty pleasure treat
	Glorious 39	2009	]]]]	Semi surrealistic thriller about a woman who discovers some shocking facts about her family in the period around England's entry into WWII - great atmosphere and acting
	Glory	1989	]]]]]	A true story of Black soldiers during the Civil War - solid acting - great DVD bonus features
	Glory Road	2006	]]]]	Another inspirational sports movie based upon real incidents - this time Black players in 1960's southern college basketball - good extra features on the DVD - click to read a full review
	Go	1999	]]]	Weird comedy involving quirky young people - watchable
	Go For Zucker! [Alles auf Zucker!]	2004	]]]	German - comedy of two estranged brothers who must spend time together in order to inherit their mother's estate - lots of colorful characters
	Goal! 2: Living the Dream	2007	]]]	Not as good as the original but still a very entertaining story of a young man who makes it from a poor background to become a famous soccer player
	Goal! The Dream Begins	2005	]]]]	Highly romanticized but still entertaining film of a young man from Mexico who is illegally in the US who becomes a great football (soccer) star in England - click to read a combined review of this film and The Game of Their Lives
	Goal, The	2005	]	Supposedly inspirational tale of a man overcoming physical trauma - cloying and very badly acted
	God is Brazilian [Deus é Brasileiro]	2004	]]]	Brazilian - mild tale about God coming to Earth to search for a saint - likable characters but not much substance
	Godfather of Green Bay, The	2005	]	Stupid, juvenile road trip movie with two comics traveling to Green Bay and their encounters with kooks, bumbling crooks, etc. - a waste of time
	Gods and Generals	2003	]]]]]	Drama basically showing the life of Stonewall Jackson in the Civil War - excellently produced
	Gods and Monsters	1998	]]]]]	Intriguing film based upon the final years of the director of Frankenstein - beautifully done
	God's Army	2000	]]]	Story of some Morman missionaries - interesting
	Godsend	2004	]]	Another demon child movie - good actors but just doesn't make the grade
	Going the Distance	2010	]]]	A young couple suffers through a bi-coastal romance - noting special but pleasant characters
	Golden Balls [Huevos de Oro]	1993	]]]	Spanish - story of a very sexy amoral man who does anything to further his ambitions - fairly entertaining drama with a touch of dark comedy
	Golden Door [Nuovomondo]	2007	]]]]	Italian - in the early 1900's, a Sicilian shepherd decides to bring his family to the US and, along the way, meets an enigmatic English woman - this is a beautifully done story of his decision, the voyage, and the trials of Ellis Island - excellent "making of" on the DVD
	Goldeneye	1995	]]]]	One of the better post-Connery Bond movies - good action and wit
	Goldfinger	1964	]]]]	In my humble opinion, this is the very best Bond movie - Sean Connery is James Bond
	Gone Baby Gone	2007	]]]]	Excellent acting, directing, and production values make this film about a man looking for a kidnapped child entertaining and engrossing - great extra features on the DVD - click to read a full review
	Gone But Not Forgotten	2003	]]	Pretty bad flick about a gay forest ranger who rescues a man with amnesia who just happens to be a gay guy running away from a failed marriage - amateurish
	Gone with the Wind	1939	]]]]]	This movie is four full hours of "guilty pleasure" but it's best scene is probably near the beginning when we see Clark Gable standing at the foot of the stairs - classic
	Good	2008	]]]]]	Fascinating character study of a mild mannered German who gets involved with the Nazis and loses his soul - great acting
	Good Advice	2001	]]]	Charlie Sheen writing an advice column - fun
	Good Baby, A	1998	]]]]	A man hiking the back roads of North Carolina finds a baby - great acting and characters
	Good Bye, Lenin!	2003	]]]]	German - really strange but strangely entertaining film about a young man who tries to protect his Communist mother from finding out that East Berlin had fallen while she was in a coma - supposed to be a comedy but really more of a tragedy
	Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg	1990	]]]	Swedish - true story of a businessman who helped to save 60,000 Jews
	Good Girl, The	2002	]]]	Surprisingly entertaining story of a girl who really isn't so good
	Good Guy, The	2009	]]]]	Machinations of young men on Wall Street - good plot and good acting
	Good Life, The	2007	]]]	Well acted story of an alienated young man living in a Nebraska town - slow moving but fairly interesting
	Good Luck Chuck	2007	]]	A ladies man looks for love - pretty bad even though the two leading actors are likeable
	Good Neighbors	2010	]]]	Thriller and psychological drama about three people living in a Montreal apartment house - entertaining, but the characters are a little over the top
	Good Night, And Good Luck	2005	]]]]]	Absorbing look at the production of the Edward R. Murrow television show that attacked McCarthy and the hearings - excellent acting and atmosphere
	Good Shepherd, The	2006	]]]]]	Excellent fictional recounting of the birth of the CIA woven with an intriguing mystery - click to read a full review
	Good Thief, The	2003	]	Dull and sluggish - only watched about fifteen minutes
	Good Woman, A	2004	]]]]	Version of Lady Windermere's Fan is a classy, somewhat updated, telling of the tale
	Good Year, A	2006	]]]	Well acted and produced film about a successful money-seeking businessman who experiences some life revelations when he goes to settle his uncle's estate in Provence, France - enjoyable but nothing special
	Goodbye Solo	2008	]]]	A cab driver picks up and man whom he comes to realize is going to commit suicide - a quiet film about the relationship between the two
	Goodnight, Mister Tom	1998	]]]]	Sentimental, but very well-done story of a lonely man whose life is changed when he is assigned a boy moved from London during WWII
	Gorky Park	1983	]]]	Grim tale of a policeman investigating murders linked to the KGB during the Cold Way in the USSR - entertaining
	Gosford Park	2001	]]]]	A very classy version of an English murder mystery - unusual and interesting characters - great fun
	Gospel Hill	2008	]]]	Good acting in this tale of race relations in a small South Carolina town and the effects of the unsolved murder of a civil rights leader some forty years ago
	Gothika	2003	]]]	Fairly entertaining "guilty pleasure" mystery thriller with somewhat of a weak resolution
	Governess, The	1998	]]]]	A Jewish girl goes to be a governess for a strange family in Scotland - intriging characters - click to link to full review
	Goya's Ghosts	2006	]]]	Interesting tale of religious and political turmoil during the time of Goya - many scenes in the film are taken directly from his paintings - lush and well-produced
	Grace is Gone	2007	]]]	Interesting character study about a man who loses his soldier wife in Iraq and must try to better connect with his daughters
	Gracie	2007	]]]	Interesting film based upon fact about a girl in the late 1970's who strives to be on a all boy soccer team - based upon the family of Elizabeth Shue who plays Gracie's mother
	Graduate, The	1967	]]]]]	This film will live and be superior forever - at least as long as there is "plastic"
	Grambling's White Tiger	1992	]]	First white football player at a black college - not well made even though it has good actors
	Gran Torino	2008	]]]]	Clint Eastwood goes a bit overboard in playing a curmudgeon who becomes friendly with his Asian neighbors but the acting and the story are very good
	Grand Canyon	1991	]]]]	The lives of several people from different backgrounds converge in Los Angeles - entertaining even though some situations are very contrived
	Grand École	2004	]]	French - muddled mess about a college student confused and testing his sexual desires - good acting but confusing to this old viewer
	Grand Hotel	1932	]]]	Melodrama to the ultimate with a host of great stars
	Grand Sons [Les Petits Fils]	2004	]	French - a boring look at the life of a spoiled twenty-five year old man and his circle of influence
	Grand Voyage, Le	2004	]]]]	French - a young man has to drive his father across Europe and the Middle East in order to take him to Mecca - excellent generational road trip
	Grand, The	1996	]]]]]	British two-season series about the upper and lower levels of a Manchester hotel in the period after WWI - very entertaining even though two of the major cast members were change between the first and second seasons with one taking a totally different direction
	Grass Harp, The	1995	]]]]	One of those great, easy-going Southern tales about a boy growing up influenced by elderly cousins and their friends - from Truman Capote novel - I wonder which character us based upon the Fruitcake Lady from the Tonight show who was Capote's aunt
	Gray's Anatomy	1997	]	A man's insight into himself - what's inside is boring
	Grbavica [USA Title - Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams]	2006	]]]]	International Production - extremely sober story of a woman who survived the Yugoslav wars and her struggle to make a life for herself and her rebellious teenaged daughter - great acting
	Grease	1978	]]]	Fun musical with attractive stars
	Great Buck Howard, The	2008	]]]]]	Delightful character study of a young man - drifting in ambitions - who becomes the road manager for a somewhat has-been mentalist - great acting - very entertaining
	Great Debaters, The	2007	]]]]	Story of the members of a debate team from a small black college in Texas that won the championship in the mid 1930's - inspiring story based upon fact
	Great Raid, The	2005	]]]]	The true story of the rescue of prisoners from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines - well acted compelling film
	Great Santini, The	1979	]]]]]	A domineering military man and his family - great character study - click to link to full review
	Great Train Robbery, The	1978	]]]]]	Sean Connery heads a great cast pulling off a famous 19th Century crime
	Greatest Game Ever Played, The	2005	]]]]	The story of golfer Francis Ouimet who won the U.S. Open at the age of twenty in 1913 - great feel-good sports story - good extra features on the DVD
	Greatest, The	2009	]]]]]	The elder son in a family is killed, and his girlfriend shows up on the doorstep pregnant - great acting in this story of grief and family dynamics
	Green Butchers, The [De Grønne slagtere]	2004	]]]]	Danish - very dark comedy about two butcher's assistants - one with emotional control issues and the other clinically depressed - who open their own shop - strange and fun
	Green Chair [Noksaek Uija]	2005	]]]	South Korean - story of an older woman who has an affair with an underage boy and their life together after she is released from jail - some strange sequences - almost comic - make it less enjoyable than it might be - it's probably a cultural thing
	Green Dragon	2001	]]]]	Story of Vietnamese refugees - good
	Green Lantern	2011	]]]]	Silly fun in this super hero movie - lots of good humor and very likable stars
	Green Mile, The	1999	]]]]]	Stephen King's life in a depression era Southern prison - excellent movie
	Green Plaid Shirt	2000	]	Gay angst - boring
	Green Street Hooligans	2005	]]]]	A somewhat innocent Harvard student goes to England and gets involved with a football gang - interesting look at a violent sub-culture - click to link to full review
	Green Zone	2009	]]]]	At the beginning of the war in Iraq, a soldier is looking for the infamous WMD's comes to find out about the dirty dealings and duplicity of the Bush administration - lots of action and good acting
	Green, The	2011	]]]	Well done story of a teacher who is falsely accused of molesting a student and the aftermath
	Greenberg	2009	]	Ben Stiller stars in another bomb - this time he is a man with mental problems who inflicts himself upon past friends and his brother's personal assistant - waste of time
	Greendale	2004	]	Neil Young songs with really poor photography - boring
	Greenfingers	2000	]]]]	Another super little English film about prisoners who become master gardeners - excellent characters
	Greening of Whitney Brown, The	2011	]	Insipid self-centered teenager finds her true self story
	Grey Gardens	2009	]]]]	Intriguing look at the lives of the cousin and aunt of Jackie Kennedy Onassis who were found to be living in squalor in their East Hampton mansion
	Grey Zone, The	2002	]]]	True story of Jews who were forced to kill other Jews by the Nazis - interesting dark characters
	Gridiron Gang	2006	]]]]	Inspiring true story of a man who formed a football team at a juvenile prison in California - good story that is not sugar coated
	Grind	1997	]	An ex-con changes the lives of his relatives - dark and boring
	Grocer's Son, The [Le Fils de L'épicier]	2007	]]]]	French - great character studies in this tale of a highly dysfunctional family - click to read a full review
	Groomsmen, The	2006	]]]	Early mid-life crises of several thirty-something men right before the wedding of one - entertaining but nothing special
	Growing Op	2008	]	Silly tale about a teenager whose parents grow pot - not my cup of tea
	Grown Ups	2010	]]]]	I was totally surprised by this movie about five men who come together after thirty years as I was expecting to stop it after ten minutes or so due to absurdity - it turned out to be a heartfelt somewhat slapstick comedy with charming characters and situations
	Guard, The	2011	]]]]	Irish - an FBI agent tracking drug smugglers goes to a small Irish village and hooks up with an unconventional Guard sergeant - great characters
	Guardian, The	2001	]]]	Three season television series about lawyers - main character is closed, unemotional, highly successful lawyer who is forced to work for a community law group because of a conviction for drugs - fairly interesting stories, but wild swings in judgment for all of the main characters make for annoyances
	Guardian, The	2006	]]]]	I must admit that I am a sap for this kind of film (remake of Officer and a Gentlemanand all those like it) - this time the story takes place amongst U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers - good acting and special effects that support rather than take ove the story
	Guarding Eddy	2004	]]]	Story of a basketball star who is doing community service who encounters a mentally disabled man - based upon a true story - mildly entertaining - just barely three stars
	Guess Who	2005	]]	This updating of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is just too silly to be very entertaining
	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	]]]	Ground-breaking film that, at second sight, isn't that great
	Guilty by Suspicion	1991	]]]]	Another tale of the blacklisting of Hollywood notables - great acting puts it a step above the average - the final Congress hearing scene is especially good
	Guilty, The	1992	]]]	British mini-series about a dishonest lawyer and the people in his life - good acting but improbable situations gives this one just barely three stars
	Guru, The	2003	]]]]	Bollywood take off about an Indian who becomes the "Guru of Sex" - fun
	Guy Thing, A	2003	]	Silly farce about a guy getting ready to be married to the wrong girl - cliché and basically worthless
	Guys and Balls [Maenner Wie Wir]	2004	]]]	German - a gay soccer player is throw off of his team and resolves to beat them with an all-gay team - contains all the clichés of the standard coming out comedy but still fairly entertaining
	Guys, The	2002	]]]]	Story of a writer who is helping a NYC Fire Department captain write eulogies for his men who died on 9/11
	Hachi: A Dog's Tale	2009	]]]	Americanized version of a true tale the happened in Japan in the 1920's in which a dog waited faithfully at the train station for ten years for his master to return - entertaning
	Haiku Tunnel	2001	]	Supposedly quirky and funny story of a temp worker - just boring
	Hal Sparks: Charmageddon	2010	]]]	The comedian comments a great deal upon his sex life - has high opinion of self
	Half A Person	2007	]]	One of those gay and straight friends movies that has life changes - this one is pretty dull except for the switch that the straight guy is the prig and the gay guy is the mindless jock
	Half Light	2006	]]]]	A very entertaining mystery thriller with strong supernatural aspects - beautifully photographed in Wales - Demi Miller is super as the mother who has lost her child to a drowning - this is a good old-fashioned mystery not overrun with blood and gore as is the trend in today's thrillers - click to read full review
	Half Moon Street	1986	]]]	Improbable story about a scholar who works as a callgirl by night and an affair with a diplomat - entertaining
	Half Nelson	2006	]]]]	Story of a teacher addicted to crack who forms a special relationship with a very wise student - extraordinary acting and realistic portrayals - the only fault I found was that the classroom scenes were overly romanticized
	Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces	1990	]]]	Tunisian - story centers upon a boy's angst as he reaches adolescence - interesting look into the customs of another culture
	Hall Pass	2011	]]	Sex comedy about two husbands given a week's pass from marriage by their wives - lame
	Hamish McBeth: Series 1	1995	]]]]	Great Scottish television series about an easy-going constable in a small village - good combination of mystery, quirky characters, and heart
	Hamish McBeth: Series 2	1996	]]]]	Scottish - excellent second season of the television films about a policeman in a small village - this one is darker than the first but still retains the humor and quirky characters of the first
	Hamish McBeth: Series 3	1997	]]]]	Scottish - the third, and last, season of the series was much wittier and tongue-in-cheek - very entertaining
	Hamlet 2	2008	]]	There are some good musical performances in the final act, but they don't make up for the overall stupidity of this story of a down and out drama teacher
	Hammer, The	2007	]]]]	Witty tale of a forty year old boxer who tries to become a member of the Olympic boxing team - good story and very good humorous lines
	Hammers Over the Anvil	1991	]]]]	Australian - teen who has polio is keen observer of life in turn of the century outback - good characters and acting
	Hancock	2008	]]]	A super hero with a twist - a little silly but the ending sort of brings the whole mess together - lots of holes in the plot
	Handful of Dust, A	1988	]]]	A very strange tale from a novel by Evelyn Waugh that starts out as a story of infidelity in 1930's English society and ends bizarrely in the jungles of South America - atmospheric and good acting
	Handsome Harry	2009	]]]]	A man must deal with a violent incident from his past - some weak points in the script but still engrossing entertainment - great acting
	Hanging Gale, The	1995	]]]]]	Four-part Irish television mini-series about the plight of an Irish family during the potato famine in the middle 1800's - insightful three-dimensional characters - especially that of the land manager who seems to be a basically good man who makes many fatal decisions - click to read full review
	Hanging Garden, The	1998	]]]	Quirky tale in which a young man returns to his dysfunctional family after ten years - weird but good
	Hanna	2011	]	Teenage girl raised to be an assassin - not my cup of tea
	Hannibal	2001	]]]	Good acting but the story becomes tedious
	Hannibal	2001	]]]	Entertaining but nothing special
	Hannibal Rising	2007	]]]	Story of Hannibal Lecter's youth - fairly entertaining but nothing special
	Hannibal: Bonus Disc	2001	]]]	Standard fare on the bonus disc
	Happening, The	2008	]]]	Well produced and directed sci-fi tale of plants turning against man - very entertaining - almost four stars
	Happenstance [Le Battement D'Aile du Papillon / The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings]	2000	]]]]	French- One of those great modern films about a group of interesting characters - strangers whose lives brush each others and all actions having effects
	Happy Accidents	2001	]]	Young woman falls in love with a nut - boring
	Happy Birthday	2002	]]]]	Insight into the lives of five people, their bouts with their sexuality and surroundings - pretty entertaining
	Happy Campers	2001	]]	A summer camp movie that has some moments but not really that great
	Happy Endings	2005	]]]]	Quirky comedy/drama about the lives of a varied group of people - entertaining
	Happy Ever Afters	2009	]]]	Irish comedy of strange characters together at two wedding receptions - mildly entertaining
	Happy Tears	2009	]]]	Two adult sisters with their father falling into dementia - this is truly a dysfunctional family - some good moments but just standard fare
	Happy, Happy [Sykt Lykkelig]	2010	]]]	Norwegian - a unfulfilled housewife has an affair with her neighbor - interesting characters in this drama
	Happy, Texas	1999	]]]]	Two "out of place" guys in a Texas town - very funny with super characters
	Happy-Go-Lucky	2008	]]]]	Interesting personality profile of an overly upbeat woman and those around her - this one grows on you until you are totally won over - great lines and acting
	Happythankyoumoreplease	2010	]]]	Problems of young adults in NYC - mildly entertaining but nothing special
	Hard	1999	]]	Just watchable film about a serial killer of gay hustlers all revolving around a gay detective
	Hard Boiled [Lashou Shentan]	1992	]]]	John Woo action flick
	Hard Candy	2005	]]]]	Extremely well-acted and produced story of a pedophile and a teenaged girl - horrible subject but excellent film - click to link to full review
	Hard Word, The	2002	]	Australian - not very good crime caper movie - didn't see the whole thing because the disk froze
	Hardball	2001	]]]	Keanu Reeves is forced to coach a ghetto baseball team - watchable
	Harmonists, The [Comedian Harmonists]	1997	]]]]	German - true story of a famous German singing group and their problems in pre-WWII Germany because three of the group were Jews - highly interesting story and characters
	Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle	2004	]	Not very entertaining teen buddy flick
	Harold and Maude	1971	]]]]]	Cult flick is still extremely entertaining - the ultimate dark comedy and May-December love story - super music
	Harper	1966	]]]	I watched this movie again after forty-four years - doesn't hold up nearly as well but I'm not twenty-one anymore - interesting look at the typical 60's detective flick - just barely three stars
	Harry and Max	2004	]	Distasteful subject (incest between two brothers) that is made worse by bad script and mediocre acting
	Harry Brown	2009	]]]]	A retired man living in one of those horrible British housing projects takes revenge against the criminals who murdered his friend - fairly improbably plot but great acting
	Hart's War	2002	]]]]	Good story of a man defending a soldier wrongly accused of murder
	Hate Crime	2006	]]]]	This turned out to be a fairly good independent flick about a gay man who seeks justice for the death of his lover - good acting and production values
	Hatred of a Minute	2003	]	A trip into the mind of a serial killer - pretty boring
	Haunted Airman, The	2006	]]	Run of the mill television flick about a wounded WWII airman who goes to a mysterious hospital - surely nothing special
	Haunted Mansion, The	2003	]]]	Consistently entertaining  movie based upon the famous Walt Disney attraction - great special features on the DVD
	Haunting, The	1963	]]]	An ok thriller but parts have not aged well
	Have His Carcase	1987	]]]	Good television mystery but acting is a bit stiff
	Haven	2004	]]]]	Slick, twisty-turny film about a man trying to escape to the Cayman Islands will illegal funds whose daughter gets involved with the lives of some of the locals - great plot and acting
	He Knew He Was Right	2004	]]]]	British television mini-series about Victorian manners and their effect upon lives - DVD has a great extra of a one-hour biography of Anthony Trollope
	He Likes Guys	2008	]]]	Collection of eight gay-themed short films - all fairly entertaining - lots of gay angst as usual with this type of collection
	He Was a Quiet Man	2006	]]	An extremely weak story arc makes what could have been a spicy dark comedy about a nerd unsatisfied at work into a mire of psychological claptrap
	Head in the Clouds	2004	]]]]]	A grand romance of a spoiled rich girl in the time before and during WWII - fun to wallow in the lives of the rich and idealistic
	Head On	1999	]	Gay Greek angst - really bad
	Head On [Gegen die Wand]	2004	]]]	German - Generally depressing tale of a hard-luck pair who marry for convenience - good story and acting
	Head Over Heels	2001	]]	Girl falls for Freddie Prinz, Jr., but there's something mysterious about him - just barely watchable
	Heading South [Vers le Sud]	2005	]]]]	French - intriguing but disturbing story of lonely women who travel to Haiti in the late '70's to enjoy the weather and the young men
	Heart of Me, The	2003	]]]]]	Excellent film revolving around the sad, tragic, and eventually uplifting relationship amongst a husband, wife, and the sister-in-law with whom he falls in love
	Heartbreak Kid, The	2007	]]	This film about a loser in love is just too silly and over the top to get any more than two stars - too bad - could have been much better had the makers held back a bit
	Heartbreak Ridge	1986	]]]	Stereotypical tale of tough, old Marine who whips young recruits into shape - nothing special but entertaining
	Heartbreaker [L'arnacoeur]	2010	]]]]	French - romantic comedy about a man who breaks up romances as a profession who falls in love with one of his assignments - lots of fun - charming, likeable characters
	Heartbreakers	2001	]]]	Mother and daughter con team - fun
	Heartland	1980	]]]]	Sober look at a window who travels with her daughter to be the houskeeper at an isolated ranch in the northwest - good acting and production
	Hearts in Atlantis	2001	]]]]	Anthony Hopkins gets a brilliant young boy to help save his life - superb characters and acting
	Hearts of War (aka: The Poet)	2007	]]]	A German soldier falls in love with a Jewish girl in the Polish countryside - totally improbable events in this film make it almost laughable but there is some good acting and effective scenes - just barely three stars
	Heat and Dust	1983	]]]]	Woman researches her great aunt's affair in 20's India and finds love and fulfillment
	Heat of the Sun	1999	]]]]	Three episode British television series about a detective who is sent to Africa in the late 1920's because of a bad political move in London - good mysteries, great acting and atmosphere
	Heaven	2002	]]]]	Hypotonic, romantic tale of a young guard falling in love with a woman who planted a bomb - beautiful scenery
	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	1957	]]]]	Robert Mitchum really shines in this classic war story
	Heavens Fall	2005	]]]]]	Story of the 1933 retrial of one of the Scottsboro Boys and the famous men involved, notedly Samuel Leibowitz - great acting and production values
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	2001	]]]	Totally kinky musical of strange transexual - weird but entertaining
	Heights	2004	]]]]	A day in the life of some elite New Yorkers showing they, too, have problems - superior acting
	Heist	2001	]]	Gene Hackman controlling a heist - David Mamet directed so it's a confused mess
	Helen of Troy	2003	]	Weak and boring TV movie version of the story
	Helen West Casebook, The	2001	]]]]	Three episodes of a British series that never got off the ground - plots are a little simple, but the acting is great - three entertaining films
	Hell and Back Again	2011	]]]]	Brittle and chilling look at the life of a young marine both in Afghanistan and in the US after he returns home with major injuries - this surely is the most realistic and believable documentary I have seen about the war
	Hell to Eternity	1960	]]]	Based upon the life of a real hero of WWII (Guy Gabaldon) who engineered the surrender of a large number of Japanese soldiers on the island of Saipan - hokey (in a 1960's way) but still entertaining
	HellBent	2005	]]]	A gay slicker flick - reasonably entertaining but nothing special
	Help, The	2011	]]]]	Problems of domestic help in 1960's Alabama - great characters and acting
	Hemlock	2000	]]]	Iranian - a businessman enters into a temporary marriage (custom of the country) so he can carry on an affair but the woman gets pregnant and wants more - not well produced and inconsistent but an interesting look at another culture
	Henry Fool	1997	]	Maybe I'm just way too old or too stupid, but this movie that is supposed to be a classic was dull and boring
	Henry Poole is Here	2008	]]	Plodding tale of a man who thinks he is going to die and those people around - a struggle to watch
	Henry's Crime	2010	]]]	A down and out guy is wrongly convicted of a crime and decides, after release, to actually commit the crime - interesting dark comedy/drama - just barely three stars
	Her Minor Thing	2005	]]	Really lame comedy about a woman who is still a virgin at twenty-five - choppy with a nonsensical storyline
	Here and There	2009	]	Another one of those middle-aged, I'm so depressed movies - hated it
	Here on Earth	2000	]]	Rich kid has to repair property he damaged - romance with town girl - a little too light and silly to be good
	Hereafter	2010	]]]]]	Three separate stories involving death and near-death experiences that all converge by the end - could have been very bad, but very good acting and excellent direction makes it a winner
	Herman, USA	2001	]]]	Overdone tale of small town that invites single women to attend a festival - just barely three stars
	He's Just Not That Into You	2009	]	Lame look at the lives of thirty-somethings and their love lives - waste of talent and time
	Hesher	2010	]]]]	Problems of a pre-adolescent boy who has just lost his mother and is bullied at school - he meets a wild character who invades and changes his life - bizarre but very entertaining
	Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird	2010	]]]	Documentary about the author who stopped giving interviews in 1964 and has not written another novel - interesting
	Hey, Happy!	2001	]	A total waste of time - some trash about a gay guy trying to have sex with 2,000 guys - made no sense
	Hidalgo	2004	]]]]]	Great guilty pleasure adventure story based upon real events - scenery, good acting, action, and romanticized characters make for grand entertainment
	Hidden Agenda	1990	]]]	Story of British atrocities in Northern Ireland - great characters
	Hidden Secrets	2006	]	Cloying Christian film about a group of friends who reunite at a friend's funeral - horrible
	Hidden, The	1987	]]	An alien invades bodies - pretty bad
	Hide and Seek	2005	]]	A disappointment considering the cast of this very, very dry psychological "thriller"
	High and Low	1963	]]]]	Japanese - a businessman's son was supposed to be kidnapped, but his chauffer's son was instead - interesting character study
	High Crimes	2002	]]]]	Attorney teams up with a former military attorney to defend her husband in court - good solid entertainment
	High Hopes	1988	]]]]	Satire about the social classes and politics in 1980's Britain - some characters are way over the top but this is still an entertaining and insightful flick
	Higher Learning	1995	]]	Racial tension on a college campus - over-the-top cookie cutter characters - not very good
	Highwaymen	2004	]]]	Nothing special, but entertaining tale of a man out for revenge against the car-driving maniac who murdered his wife
	Hilary and Jackie	1998	]]]]	Biopic of famous cellist gives one view of a genius who is ill
	Hilde's Journey [Hildes Reise]	2004	]]]]	Swiss - sober tale of an ex-lover of a deceased rich man who comes to a crossroads because he has to choose between the last wishes of his ex and getting badly-needed money from the man's homophobic mother - great acting
	His Secret Life	2001	]]]]	Italian - woman finds that her dead husband was having a seven-year affair with another man - very good movie
	History Boys, The	2006	]]]]	Stage play about eight boys preparing to enter Oxford and Cambridge in the 1980's - great acting and characters in this examination of the real aspects of higher education
	History of Violence, A	2005	]]]]	Well done look at a reformed criminal whose past catches up with him - great special features on the DVD
	Hit and Runway	2001	]]]	Macho guy makes friends with gay guy story - watchable
	Hit List, The	2010	]]]	A discouraged man meets another in a bar and discloses a "hit list" of people he would like killed - the other man starts killing off the people on the hit list - this Strangers on a Train on steroids is very bloody but mildly entertaining
	Hitch	2005	]]]	This romantic comedy is a throwback to the old Doris Day / Rock Hudson movies of the 60's - it's fairly entertaining - Will Smith certainly has the charisma and sex appeal of Rock Hudson - probably more, but Eva Mendes is no Doris Day, and Kevin James is no Tony Randall
	Hitch Hiker, The	2004	]]]	The audio of this film is a 1940's radio broadcast by Orson Wells - to it is added modern animation - an entertaining trip into the past with additional treats of an outtake from the original broadcast
	Hitcher, The	2007	]	Really bad homicidal hitchhiker flick - not even good for mindless entertainment
	Hitman	2007	]]]	Bloody and violent from beginning to end - tale of one of a group of men raised to be assassins - based upon a video game - I can understand why many are concerned about the effect of such games upon youth (especially adolescent males) - still, it is a pretty good action flick
	Hoax, The	2006	]]]]	True story of Clifford Irving who pretended to be in contact with Howard Hughes and wrote a his biography - interesting tale of how big business and news can be manipulated - good acting
	Holes	2003	]]]	Good mix of realistic and fantasy family entertainment
	Holiday	1938	]]]]	Acting is a bit over the top in this poor little rich girl story, but the classic stars are still a treat to watch
	Hollow Man	2000	]]]	Invisible Man retelling with Kevin Bacon - just average
	Hollywood Ending	2002	]]]	Fairly good Woody Allen comedy
	Hollywood Homicide	2003	]]]	Silly but fun comic cops, serious case movie
	Hollywood, Je T'aime	2008	]]]	A Frenchman who just broke up with his lover travels to Hollywood and meets some interesting characters - fairly entertaining
	Hollywoodland	2006	]]]]]	Great film-noir revolving around a private investigator looking into the death of George Reeves who played Superman - super acting and atmosphere
	Holy Child, The	2001	]]]	French - this is a silly farce of a movie about an extremely pious priest who discovers that he has a fourteen year old son made fairly entertaining by excellent acting and interesting characters
	Holy Rollers	2010	]]]	Based upon fact - the story of a Hasidic Jew who becomes involved in the drug trade - entertaining but nothing special
	Home	2008	]	French - at first I thought this was going to be an interesting film about a family facing a change in their lives, but the plot became so absurd and unbelievable that I was totally turned off by the end
	Home	2008	]]	Dreary tale of a woman suffering a marriage crisis punctuated with insipid poems - dull and boring
	Home at the End of the World, A	2004	]]]]]	A highly romanticized view of an unconventional family - great acting and unusual situations make this one to be watched again and again
	Home for the Holidays	1995	]]]	Holly Hunter and her quirky family at Thanksgiving - great acting - entertaining
	Home from the Hill	1960	]]]]]	Great "guilty pleasure" tale of sex and secrets in the South
	Home of the Brave	2006	]]]	Good acting in this film about the problems experienced by four soldiers returning home from Iraq - contrived situations lessen the quality of the film
	Home of the Giants	2007	]]]	Sports and friendship run amuck in this tale of two high school seniors - one a basketball star and the other his friend and sports fanatic - who get mixed up in crime - story seems implausible but is brought together fairly well by the end
	Homecoming, The	1973	]	Filming of Harold Pinter play - not a Pinter fan - found it dull and uninspiring
	Homer and Eddie	1989	]	Total mess of over-acting and unrealistic situations in this gritty road movie - a waste of time
	Hometown Legend	2002	]	Really bad football story
	Homie Spumoni	2007	]]]	Farce about an African-American who is adopted by an Italian family as an infant and doesn't come to realize that he is Black until adulthood - fairly funny with good acting
	Hope Springs	2003	]	Englishman with a broken heart goes to a small Eastern American town and is revived by the quirky townfolk - deadly dull
	Horrible Bosses	2011	]]	Silly comedy about three guys wanting to murder their bosses - as with most comedies of this sort, the actions of the characters are way over the top
	Horseman on the Roof, The	1995	]]]]	French - beautiful story of a dashing young man saving the life of a woman in distress - wonderful scenes
	Horsemen	2009	]]]	Fairly predictable looking for the serial killer flick - good acting - just barely three stars
	Hospital, The	1971	]]]]	Great anti-establishment tale of hospital screw-ups - still entertaining over thirty years later
	Hostage	2005	]]]	Pretty standard Bruce Willis fare - entertaining but nothing special
	Hot Fuzz	2007	]]]	Entertaining action comedy - parody of American cop action films and British detective films
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993	]]]	Lots of silly fun with Charlie Sheen playing a Rambo-like character in this sequel to the action send-up
	Hotel Babylon: Season 1	2006	]]]]	Entertaining series about the staff at an upscale London hotel - almost done in by one annoying character - the female desk clerk - way to over the top
	Hotel Babylon: Season 2	2007	]]	What started out as a fairly entertaining series about machinations in a luxury hotel in London has developed into a lackluster soap opera - too bad
	Hotel Babylon: Season 3	2008	]]	What started out as a pretty good series gets worse and worse every season - this one is basically ridiculous
	Hotel Babylon: Season 4	2008	]]	I was hoping to see an adjustment to the silliness of this series but this season is still as disappointing to the previous two - too bad because the first season was actually pretty good
	Hotel for Dogs	2009	]]]	Urban fantasy about kids who create a place for stray dogs - nothing special but still entertaining
	Hotel New Hampshire, The	1984	]	Really bad movie of great book
	Hotel Rwanda	2004	]]]]]	True story of an "ordinary" man who performs extraordinary acts when faced with adversity - this African Schindler's List must be seen by anyone with any sort of moral conscience - great extra features on the DVD
	Hottest State, The	2006	]]	Good acting in this tale of a young man who must resolve conflicts with the girl he loves, his distant mother, and his absent father - just a little bit too talky to be that enjoyable
	Hound of the Baskervilles, The	1959	]]]	Perhaps the best telling of the Sherlock Holmes mystery
	Hours, The	2002	]]]]]	Superior film about three women in crisis - excellent special features on the DVD
	House of Adam, The	2006	]	Supposed to be a thriller about a man murdered but is just a mess of bad acting, horrible script, and improbable situations
	House of D	2004	]]]	This coming of age film starts off well but adds to many highly improbable situations to maintain four star quality
	House of Mirth, The	2000	]	Turn of the century rich woman and her loves - dull
	House of Sand and Fog	2003	]]]]]	A beautifully done modern version of classic tragedy - dark but enthralling
	House of the Spirits, The	1993	]]]	Story of several generations of a South American family containing dysfunction, brutality, and political upheaval - strange and mildly entertaining
	House on Carroll Street, The	1988	]]]	Story of a woman who discovers that a congressman is involved in sneaking Nazi war criminals into the United States - a little muddled but watchable
	Housekeeper, The [Une Femme de Ménage]	2002	]]]	French - another one of those slice of life movies that the French love so much - this one about a man who has an affair with a much younger woman who is hired to clean his house and then moves in - an interesting look at the characters but motives and resolutions are absent
	Housemaid, The [Hanyo]	2010	]]]	Korean - strange tale of a woman who goes to be a nanny/housemaid for a rich family and becomes pregnant by the husband - strange characters and story - probably because of the cultural difference between Koreans and myself
	Housesitter	1992	]]]	Goldie Hawn glitters in this tale of an imaginative woman who meets up with an uptight architect - entertaining but nothing special
	Housewife, 49	2006	]]]]	Engrossing story based upon an actual diary of a housewife in England and her experiences during WWII - superior acting and production - click to read a full review
	How About You	2007	]]]	A young woman connects with some unruly residents of an old folks' home - some entertaining moments but just barely three stars
	How Do You Know	2010	]]	Overlong story of two people suffering personal problems - difficult to sympathize with any of the main characters
	How I Ended This Summer	2010	]]]]	Russian - strange tale of two men at an Arctic weather outpost for whom one mistake leads to bizarre complications - stark, with actions and motives not easily understood, but entertaining
	How I Killed My Father [Comment J'ai Tué Mon Père]	2001	]]]	French - an emotionally distant son deals with the return of his father after many years of absence - interesting French characters
	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	1998	]]]	She found a sexy man to "ring her bell" - that's how she did it - fun
	How the West Was Won	1962	]]]]]	One of those all-star epics designed to bring people back to the movie theaters - great entertainment - click to read a review of the hi-def version
	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	1980	]]]	Reasonably funny comedy heist film about three women desperate for money and the scheme they dream up to get it - has aged fairly well
	How to Deal	2003	]]]	Another formula teen drama where disenchanted girl is "saved" by the school kook
	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	2003	]]]	Silly 60's style sex farce made watchable by the likable stars
	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	2008	]]]	Romantic comedy with childish, self-absorbed writer as the protagonist - good acting - fun
	How to Make an American Quilt	1995	]]]]]	Great chick flick with full interesting characters
	How to Steal a Million	1966	]]]]	Sophisticated comedy at its best with great stars and a fun plot about a woman who gets a supposed thief to steal a fake statue from a museum
	Howl	2010	]]]]	Based upon the poem of the same name by Allen Ginsberg and the obscenity trial as to the content - combination of documentary-like filming, courtroom drama, and animation - super acting and production
	Howling, The	1980	]]	OK werewolf movie that has aged fairly well
	Hulk, The	2003	]	Another movie "done in" by special effects - too bad - might have been good
	Human Nature	2002	]]	Woman covered with hair - a feral man - trashy and not very entertaining
	Human Resources [Ressources Humaines]	1999	]]]	French - a son in college goes to intern in administration at the factory where his father has worked all of his life - the son finds that the owners are going to unfairly dismiss his father, and the son leads a workers revolt against his father's wishes - interesting character study, but as in many French films, there is never any concrete conclusion
	Human Stain, The	2003	]]]]	A hard picture to watch but great acting makes this film about damaged people who come together in love an excellent experience
	Humboldt County	2008	]]	Conservative doctor goes with a girl to Humboldt County, California and gets involved with hippies and marijuana growing - nice idea but way over the top
	Hung: Season 1	2009	]]]	This story of a Detroit basketball coach who tries to make money using his major physical attribute is entertaining but a bit tedious
	Hunger	2008	]]	Somber view of the lives of IRA prisoners - depressing to say the least
	Hunt for Red October, The	1990	]]]]	Superior Cold War submarine chase story
	Hunting Party, The	2007	]]	Story of a down-and-out reporter and his former cameraman searching out a war criminal is just plain boring
	Hurry Sundown	1967	]]]	Otto Preminger potboiler about greed and discrimination in Georgia at the close of WWII - lots of cliché characters
	Hurt Locker, The	2008	]]]]	Excellent character study of three soldiers in a bomb disposal unit in Iraq - lots of suspense
	Hush	1998	]]]	Jessica Lang & Gwyneth Paltrow - young bride controlled by evil mother-in-law - entertaining
	Hush!	2001	]]]	Japanese - strange story of a women who wants to have a baby with a gay couple - entertaining
	Hysterical	1983	]	Really lame horror parody - too silly for words
	I Am David	2004	]]]]	Great acting and quality production values make this children's story brought to film very entertaining for all ages
	I Am Legend	2007	]]]]	Will Smith as the last man left in New York City trying to fend himself against mutants and somehow cure the disease gives class to what might have been a run-of-the-mill science fiction thriller - animated cartoons on the DVD also interesting
	I Am Love [Lo Sono L'Amore]	2009	]]]]]	Italian - story of the dynamics of a wealthy family leading to tragic results - beautifully presented with excellent acting
	I Am Number Four	2011	]]]]	Teenage alien running from evil aliens trying to kill him - not usually my cup of tea, but this one has good action, great characters, and just the right touch of humor
	I Am Sam	2001	]]]	Sean Penn plays a mentally challenged man caught in the system - good acting - worthwhile watching
	I Am the Cheese	1983	]]	Conspiracy flick with wooden acting about a teenager seeking the secret behind the death of his parents - of interest to me because it was filmed in and around Plainfield, Vermont and Goddard College
	I Can't Sleep [J'ai pas sommeil]	1995	]	French - another of those French films that has characters performing actions for which there seems to be no motive or reasoning - deadly to sit through
	I Capture the Castle	2003	]]]]	Beautiful story about a girls first love and what she learns from the experience
	I Confess	1953	]]]]]	This Hitchcock thriller stills holds up after all these years - great style and black & white photography about a priest who is accused of murder
	I Could Never Be Your Woman	2006	]]]	Comedy with older woman falling for younger man - very likeable characters and some really witty barbs at the Hollywood filmmaking community - fun
	I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single [Prête-moi ta main]	2006	]]]]	French - a forty-three year old post adolescent dominated by his mother and sisters bargains with a woman to pretend to be his engaged - the normally expected complications of a romantic comedy occur - lots of fun
	I Don't Know How She Does It	2011	]]]	Mildly pleasing flick about a couple trying to balance their stressful jobs with family life - good characters and acting
	I Dreamed of Africa	2000	]]]]]	Beautiful true story of a woman and her husband hoping to preserve Africia's wildlife
	I Love You Baby	2001	]	Spanish - gay guy gets beamed with disco ball and turns straight - supposed to be a comedy - just bad
	I Love You Phillip Morris	2009	]]]]	Based upon fact, this is a great comedy / drama about a con man with an obsession for another man he meets in prison - super acting all around
	I Love You Too	2001	]]]	Dutch - erotic drama
	I Love You, Man	2009	]]]	A nice guy is engaged but has no man friends so he goes on a search for some - simplistic but likeable characters
	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	2007	]]]	Two straight firefighters pretend to be a couple so that one can get benefits for his children - silly premise fill with stereotypes but some very funny parts got it three stars
	I Served the King of England [Obsluhoval Jsem Anglického Krále]	2006	]]]	Czechoslovakian - fascinating film about a waiter in pre and post WWII Czechoslovakia who ignores politics in his ambition to become a millionaire
	I Spy	2002	]	Really horrible movie based upon the television series
	I Think I Do	1997	]]]	Mildly entertaining "I think I'm gay" comedy
	I Was a Male War Bride	1949	]]]]	Post WWII comedy still funny and entertaining after all of these years
	I Will Survive	1999	]]]	Spanish - fairly entertaining tale of a woman who falls in love with a gay man
	I Witness	2003	]]]]	Story of a human rights worker in Mexico getting involved in murder and police and corporate corruption - better than expected
	I, Robot	2004	]]]	This sci-fi flick turned out to actually be better than I expected thanks to the performances of Will Smith and an intriguing robot
	Ice Age	2002	]]	Does not compare well with other big budget cartoon movies
	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	2008	]]	This series has gotten a little silly in its portrayal of Strachey's partner - sort of spoils the serious action
	Ice Castles	2009	]]]	Fluff about a figure skater who has an accident and loses her sight - mildly entertaining
	Ice Harvest, The	2005	]]]	Black comedy about a crooked lawyer who decides to steal from his gangster boss - good acting and solid script
	Ice Men	2004	]]]	Fairly standard making of childhood friends meet as adults story - nothing special but watchable
	Ice Runner, The	1993	]	Really bad movie about a man in a Soviet prison
	Ice Storm, The	1997	]]]]	Dysfunction in New York suburban upper middle class families in the 1970's - great acting and characters
	Ideal Husband, An	1999	]]]]	Great acting in the Oscar Wilde comedy of manners - click to read full review
	Identity	2003	]]]	And Then There Were None with a modern-day psychological twist - good story telling
	Identity	2010	]]]]	Short-lived British television series about a special unit in the London police - good action and stories
	Ides of March, The	2011	]]]]	Superior acting and production in this look at political double dealings
	Idocracy	2005	]]	Silly flick in which two average people are frozen and awaken in the 26th Century where all of the citizens are dumb as posts - some fun parts but not very satisfying
	If You Only Knew	2000	]]]	Young people in love - fun and watchable
	Igby Goes Down	2002	]]]	Fairly entertaining "coming of age" story
	I'll Be There	2003	]]]]	Great feel good movie with good music
	I'll Sleep When I'd Dead	2003	]]]]	Dark tale of a gangster who escapes his life of crime but returns to avenge the death of his brother - good characters and great acting - some of the plot is a bit disjointed
	Illusionist, The	2006	]]]]	This film has everything needed for enjoyable viewing - beautiful, atmospheric setting, likable stars, a passionate love story, and a good mystery - great guilty pleasure flick
	I'm Not Scared [Io Non ho Paura]	2003	]]	Italian - story of a young boy who finds another boy in a pit in a deserted house - he later finds that his father has kidnapped the boy - very slow moving
	Imaginary Heroes	2004	]]]]]	Absorbing look at a family in which a son commits suicide and the secrets revealed from the event
	Imagine Me & You	2006	]]]	Well-done romance about a bride who suddenly discovers she is a lesbian - improbable but charming characters
	Immediate Family	1989	]]]]]	A childless couple adopt a baby from an unwed mother - great story and acting
	Immigration Tango	2010	]]]	Silly, predictable romantic comedy about a man who marries his immigrant friend in order that she be able to stay in the country - some good moments but barely three stars
	Immortality	2000	]]]	Vampire dying for love - entertaining
	Importance of Being Earnest, The	2002	]]]]	Great acting in this adaptation of the play
	Impulse	1984	]]	Not so good made for TV movie about a toxic chemical causing people in a small town to go mad
	In & Out	1997	]]]]	Great farce about a gay guy who, on the eve of his wedding, suddenly realizes he is gay - improbable but great acting makes it very good
	In a Better World [Hævnen]	2010	]]]]	Danish - story of two early teens and their feelings of alienation from family and peers - great acting and insightful script
	In a Day	2006	]]]]]	Extremely fluffy but very entertaining film about a woman who is having a bad day who meets a stranger who wants to make things better - improbable but fun - good extras on the DVD
	In America	2002	]]]]	Story of an Irish family trying to make it in New York City - good realistic family drama
	In Bruges	2008	]]]]]	Delicious dark comedy about a young hit man who mistakenly murders a boy - great extras on the DVD - click to read a full review
	In Enemy Hands	2004	]]]]	American and German submariners work together to save themselves during WWII - improbably and highly romantic but still entertaining
	In Good Company	2004	]]]	Pretty standard buy entertaining fare about a young go-getter who becomes the boss of an older, seasoned man
	In Harm's Way	1965	]]]]]	I think this is the best Pearl Harbor movie because it has great characters and good coverage of the beginning of the war - it's hokey at times but pretty solid - click to read the combined review, "Pearl Harbor Times Three"
	In Her Shoes	2005	]]]]	Well done story of two sisters from a dysfunctional family - excellent acting and believable characters - great extra features on the DVD
	In Her Skin	2009	]]]]	Australian - based upon fact - the story of a disturbed young woman who murders a teenage girl of whom she is envious - good acting and frighteningly realistic
	In July	2001	]]]	German - fluffy "on the road" romantic comedy - not great but watchable
	In My Country	2004	]]]]	Insightful look at two journalists covering the trials after the end of apartheid in South Africa - based upon the real lives of the journalists
	In My Sleep	2010	]]	Cardboard characters make this thriller about a man who sleepwalks a real snooze
	In the Arms of My Enemy [Voleurs de chevaux]	2007	]]]]	French - story of two sets of brothers and how their fates cross with tragic results - set in Russia in the mid 1800's - brutal but interesting tale
	In the Bedroom	2001	]]]]	Great movie about the effects of a son's affair and murder - super acting
	In the Company of Men	1997	]	Amoral office politics - boring
	In the Cut	2003	]	Really screwed up people involved with a serial killer - no logical reason for the behavior of the characters
	In the Electric Mist(In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead)	2008	]]]	A gruff lawman attempts to solve a series of murders in the backwoods of Louisiana - entertaining but nothing special
	In the Flesh	1997	]]]	A young man is a student by day and a street hustler by night - watchable
	In the Land of Women	2006	]]]	A Hollywood writer goes to Michigan to care for his ailing grandmother after a break-up and finds his life entangled with those of three women - nothing special but fairly entertaining
	In the Line of Fire	1993	]]]]]	Great Clint Eastwood vehicle about a secret service agent trying to protect the President from a maniac - great DVD bonus features
	In the Loop	2009	]]]]	Great British sarcastic comedy about the machinations of government officers when the Prime Minister and the President decide to invade the Middle East - lots of fun but with a serious message
	In the Name of the Father	1993	]]]]	Injustice in Ireland - based upon a true story - great acting
	In the Realm of the Senses	1976	]]	Japanese - supposedly a groundbreaking film is - to me - pretty much a plot less sexploitation flick
	In the Valley of Elah	2007	]]]]]	Extraordinary performance by Tommy Lee Jones gives this story, based upon fact, about a man trying to find out about the murder of his son five solid stars - super extras on the DVD continue to point out the problems of soldiers returning for the war in Iraq
	In the Weeds	2000	]]]]	One night in the life of the staff at a restaurant all who have dreams of better careers - well produced and acted
	In This Our Life	1942	]]]]	Great classic melodrama in which the bad sister runs away with the husband of the good sister - Bette Davis is way over the top, but Olivia de Havilland is extraordinary beautiful and understand as the good sister - a fun guilty pleasure
	In Which We Serve	1942	]]]	British WWII propaganda film based upon fact about men who serve on a destroyer and their families - lots of stiff upper lip and super-sophisticated dialog
	Incendiary	2008	]]]	Good acting in this one but it tries to stuff a bit too much into an inconsistent plot - shaky marriage, grieving mother, extra marital affair, terrorist bombing, government conspiracy, investigative reporting - ends up being somewhat of a mess
	Incendies	2010	]]]]]	French-Canadian - grim film about the effects of religious wars - centers around what happens to a Christian woman in the Middle East and a quest she sets for her children after her death - a totally unpleasant topic but excellently done
	Incident in a Small Town	1994	]]]]	The last in a series of three in which Walter Matthau plays a lawyer who takes on difficult cases - this time his law partner's daughter is accused of murder
	Incident, The	1990	]]]]]	Television movie about a small town lawyer given the job of defending a German prisoner from a local prison camp in the Midwest during WWII - excellent story and performances
	Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, The	2009	]]]	Six episodes of a completely absurd series about a no-brained jerk who is sent to England to sell a toxic energy drink - mildly entertaining but with no real ending
	Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, The	2003	]]]	Cable movie that is a bit bland but watchable - about a restless teen saved by a wise, old woman
	Incredibles, The	2004	]]]	Cartoon blockbuster is wonderous to view with lots of good tongue-in-cheek humor
	Independence Day	1996	]]]]	Good, old "trashy" fun in this "alien invades and is fought off" movie - great special effects and bonus features on the DVD
	Indian Summer	1993	]]]	Adults return to their old summer camp after twenty years - predictable but entertaining
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	]]]	This time an old Indiana is helped by the son he never knew he had - fun
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	]]]]	I'm not a big Indiana Jones fan but Sean Connery as Indi's father makes this one a definite winner
	Indochine	1992	]]]	Grand melodrama about a female plantation owner during the end of the French rule in Indochina - she has an affair with a young naval officer who later has a child with her adopted daughter who becomes a leader in the Communist movement for the freedom of Vietnam
	Infamous	2006	]]]]]	This film has the same subject matter and basically covers the same period of time as Capote - we are treated to the over-the-top personality of Capote and actually given more of an insight into the relationship between Capote and killer Perry Smith - in my opinion this version is slightly better even though the acting and production values of Capote are probably better - click to read a full review
	Infidel, The	2010	]]]	A Muslim man discovers he is adopted and was actually born Jewish - lots of religious jokes - some very funny
	Informant!, The	2009	]]	Supposedly based upon fact - lame tale of a man who exposes price fixing in his company
	Inglourious Basterds	2009	]]]]	Quirky film about revenge against the Germans occupying France during WWII - well acted scenes
	In-Laws, The	2003	]]]]	Staid father of bride meets wild father of groom - great re-make - fun and entertaining
	Innocence	2000	]]]	Can't remember this "old love rekindled" movie but gave it three stars so it must have been fairly good
	Innocent	2005	]]]	Coming of age story of a gay teenager - lots of holes in the plot - only made three stars because of the short films on the DVD
	Innocent Lies	1995	]	Muddled mess of psychological claptrap involving incest and obsession - nothing makes sense - especially the actions of the policeman investigating the crime
	Inside Deep Throat	2005	]]]	Well produced documentary on the film and its social results
	Inside Man	2006	]]]]]	Combination of bank robbery with hostages and a mystery is an excellent bit of entertainment - great acting and production values
	Inside Out	2005	]]]	Run-of-the-mill thriller about a man who moves into a "perfect" neighborhood and causes problems - not great, but has its moments
	Insomnia	2002	]]	Murder in Alaska with a detective who can't sleep - great actors but basically weak
	Inspecteur Lavardin	1986	]]]	French - entertaining detective story with charming and somewhat quirky main character
	Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Season 1	1993	]]]]	Late 1940's time period - great little drawing room mysteries with just the right touch of humor
	Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Season 2	1994	]]]]	Second and final season of the series is just about as good as the first - a little slower moving and a little more serious
	Inspector Bellamy	2009	]]]	French - this is a film with a lack of identity - is it a detective story, a family drama, or a comedy? - it is a muddled mess with good acting - just barely three stars
	Inspector Lewis	2006	]]]]	Film that brings back Lewis from the Inspector Morse series with a new, young partner - good mystery about killings involving university students
	Inspector Lewis 1-1: Whom the Gods Would Destroy	2007	]]]]	The murder of a man who was in a secret society when a student at Oxford leads Lewis on a twisting path to the solution - very well done
	Inspector Lewis 1-2: Old School Ties	2007	]]]]	Murder of a controversial author and an Oxford student - insight into criminals and privileged students
	Inspector Lewis 1-3: Expiation	2007	]]]]	The suicide of a woman is actually murder - dark secrets are uncovered - very good
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 1-1: A Great Deliverance	2001	]]]]	The pilot episode introduces Lynley and Haver solving the murder of a beheaded man - lots of good background information about Lynley
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 1-2: Well Schooled in Murder	2002	]]]]	This tale of the murder of a boy at an English private school is very well done - good mystery and very good characters
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 1-3: Payment in Blood	2002	]]]]	Murder at a country mansion with interweaving characters, one of whom is an old friend of Lynley's
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 1-4: For the Sake of Elena	2002	]]]]	Murder of a deaf college student who was very popular with all the boys - interesting look at dysfunctional family relationships
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 1-5: Missing Joseph	2002	]]]]	A village clergyman is murdered and the local detective's son may have connections to the crime
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 2-1: Playing for the Ashes	2003	]]]]	Death of a cricket star - lots of good interaction between Lynley and Havers as they settle into a more comfortable relationship
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 2-2: In the Presence of the Enemy	2003	]]]]	The believability quotient is a little high in this one about two children kidnapped but still great acting
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 2-3: A Suitable Vengeance	2003	]]]]]	This one is really good when Lynley goes home for an engagement party and many family traumas are revealed
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 2-4: Deception on His Mind	2003	]]]]]	Great story when Havers goes to the seaside to help solve the murder - insight into her character and racial prejudice against immigrants from Pakistan
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 3-1: In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner	2004	]]]]	A countryside murder of two young people one of whom is the daughter of a former policeman - lots of conflict with Havers in this one
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 3-2: A Traitor to Memory	2004	]]]]	A hit and run accident linked to a twenty year old crime - good interaction between Lynley and Havers who has resigned from the force
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 3-3: A Cry for Justice	2004	]]]]	A woman is murdered and it is posed as suicide - involves money laundering and illegal adoptions - good interaction with young detective assisting
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 3-4: If Wishes Were Horses	2004	]]]]	An old colleague of Lynley's wife is murdered - lots of tension between Lynley and Havers and Lynley and his wife - very tense episode with comic relief from brash detective assisting
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4-1: In Divine Proportion	2005	]]]]]	This one is excellent with the clue to the murder in a photograph and events that happened in the past
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4-3: In the Guise of Death	2005	]]]	This one jumps the shark with the overused plot of the great government conspiracy but still has good character studies for Lynley and Havers
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4-3: The Seed of Cunning	2005	]]]]	Lynley visits his family estate and runs into murder - more good insight into the characters
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 4-4: The Word of God	2005	]]]]	Good one with murders revolving around a priceless religious book - ends the series with Lynley being arrested
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 5-1: Natural Causes	2006	]]]]]	This one about two young activists being murdered is really good with Havers working with a new DI while Lynley is on suspension
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 5-2: One Guilty Deed	2006	]]]]]	A mobster's child is killed in a drive by shooting and he agrees to testify against his boss - he is killed and his murder is tied to his old home town - more good insight into Haver
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 5-3: Chinese Walls	2006	]]]]]	A young lawyer is murdered and her high profile boss is suspected - good tight script
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 5-4: In the Blink of a Eye	2006	]]]	This one is very muddled with a totally improbable ending - certainly not up to par for the series
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 6-1: Limbo	2007	]]]]	A depressed Lynley is mourning the death of his wife but is drawn back by the discovery of the skeleton of a friend's son who disappeared twelve years earlier
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries 6-2: Know Thine Enemy	2007	]]]]	Very slick tale of a serial killer - supposedly the last of the series
	Intacto	2001	]]	Bizarre tale of stealing luck by touching a person - too far out for my pleasure
	Intelligence: Season 1	2006	]]]]	Canadian television series about the machinations of the security forces and Vancouver drug dealers - highly entertaining
	Intelligence: Season 2	2007	]]]]]	The second, and final, season of the series was really very good with great development of the characters and action - too bad it ended in a cliff hanger as it would have been nice if the producers would have brought things to a conclusion after the cancellation of the series
	Intended, The	2002	]	This is a murky, unpleasant film about a couple who go to Malaysia in the 1920's - filled with grim characters
	Intermission	2004	]	Irish - supposed to be a witty character study of a group of people in Dublin - just boring
	International, The	2009	]]]]	The dirty dealings of an international bank - convoluted plot but good action and superior settings all over the world
	Interpreter, The	2005	]]]	Good acting and production values in this thriller at the UN but way too many contrived situations to make the whole thing believable
	Interstate 60	2002	]]	Silly tale about a young man finding his life's direction on a mythical highway
	Interview with the Assassin	2002	]]]]	"Documentary" - a reporter's neighbor tells him that he was the 2nd gunman who shot Kennedy - intriguing
	Intimacy	2001	]]]	Strange story of a couple who just have sex and never talk - moody and interesting
	Into the Wild	2007	]]]]	Absorbing true story of the travels of a young college graduate ending in Alaska and tragedy - very uplifting even though sad
	Introducing the Dwights	2007	]]]]	Australian - Brenda Blethyn is great as a has-been comedian who is the mother from hell taking out her failures on her adult sons by totally controlling their lives - witty, dark look at a truly dysfunctional family
	Invaders from Mars	1953	]]]	Great old science fiction movie in which a little boy sees what is happening and is, at first, not believed
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	]]]]]	One of the very best 50's alien invasion movies - only bested by The Day the Earth Stood Still
	Invasion, The	2006	]]]]	This remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is very entertaining with a good, tight script and exciting action
	Inventing the Abbotts	1997	]]]]	Great coming of age story - excellent acting
	Invention of Lying, The	2009	]]]	As with most romantic comedies, starts of with a good premise but then gets wallowed down in the sappy romance - watchable
	Invictus	2009	]]]]	Great sports story based upon factual events in South Africa - great actors and Clint Eastwood as director - can't ask for much more
	Invincible	2002	]]	True story that became legend of young Jewish strongman in 1932 Germany - very slow moving
	Invincible	2006	]]]]	True story of football player Vince Papale who became a member of a professional team against all odds - well done
	Invisible Ray, The	1936	]]]]	One of the best Karloff / Lugosi "B" flicks about a scientist who discovers a healing substance from outer space but is driven mad by its effects
	Invisible Sign, An	2010	]	Lame story of a woman who cannot accept her father's strange illness - dull, unbelievable characters - except that of the mother
	Invisible, The	2007	]]	Basically a retelling of Ghost with so much teenage angst that it makes one's stomach quisy - pretty much a waste
	IRANgeles	2003	]	Lame and amateurish comedy of a boy from Kansas who moves to Los Angeles and becomes involved with a family of Iranian descent
	Irina Palm	2007	]]]]	Belgium - sober tale of a widow in a small English village who takes a job in the sex trade in order to raise money to save the life of her ill grandson - slow moving but very effective
	Iris	2001	]]]]]	A free spirit who succumbs to Alzheimer's - beautifully told
	Iron Jawed Angels	2004	]]	Lackluster telling of the suffragettes fight for the vote
	Iron Man	2008	]]]	Mildly entertaining film based upon the comic book hero - some good humorous moments
	Iron Man 2	2010	]	The second time around is a lackluster sequel to the first - basically boring
	Irreversible	2002	]	French - film runs backwards from end to beginning - too arty to be enjoyable
	Is Anybody There?	2008	]]]	Quirky British tale about a boy growing up in an old folks home who is obsessed with death and ghosts - makes friends with a personable old man - good characters
	Is It Just Me?	2010	]]	Lackluster story of a gay man searching for true love - nothing special
	Island at War	2004	]]]]	Superior British mini-series about the lives of citizens on one of the Channel Islands occupied by the Germans in WWII
	Island in the Sun	1957	]]]	Classic about racial and social strife on a Caribbean island - soft-pedals most of the issues - including never showing interracial kissing but a "message" movie for its times - lots of high-powered stars
	Island, The	2005	]]]	This film about clones being raised for spare body parts is a little weak in plot but has great special effects - especially scenes of the Los Angeles of the near future
	Islander	2006	]]]]	Fairly predictable plotline but very good acting and atmosphere makes this independent film about a man coming to terms with a mistake that took him to prison - great Maine island scenes
	Isn't She Great	2000	]]]]	Comedy / drama about the life of Jacqueline Susann - watching Bette Midler and Nathan Lane as the couple gives this not-so-great movie its extra star
	Issues 101	2003	]	A gay guy goes to college - terrrible acting - boring, boring - even the outtakes in the bonus features were boring
	It All Starts Today	1999	]]]]	French - story - almost in documentary style - of a kindergarten school master in a depressed town fighting for the welfare of his students and famlies
	It Happened One Night	1934	]]]	Chasing the wild rich girl fluff made fun by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert - this is the one that almost bankrupted the undershirt industry
	It Runs in the Family	2003	]]]]	Long awaited pairing of Kirk and Michael Douglas - good solid entertainment
	Italian for Beginners [Italiensk for begyndere]	2000	]]]	Danish - Interesting character study of a group of lonely people who have a language class in common - hard to comprehend some of the motives of the characters but a fascinating watch
	Italian Job, The	1969	]]]	The original is not as good as the remake but entertaining - great extra features
	Italian Job, The	2003	]]]]	Great caper film based upon another film of the sixties - fun with MiniCoopers
	Italian Movie	1993	]	Lame farce about a gambler who becomes a hustler in order to pay his debts - a disgrace of stereotypes
	It's a Boy Girl Thing	2006	]]]	Fairly well done body switch movie - this time the male high school jock and the female intelligent outsider - very likeable stars
	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	1963	]]]]]	Just about every known comedy star of the 60's was in this wild and wacky chase film
	It's Complicated	2009	]]]]	Well done tale of a divorced woman who has a fling with her former husband ten years after the divorce - funny but with substance - great characters
	It's in the Water	1998	]]	People become "gay" in a small town - pretty bad
	It's My Party	1996	]]]]	Man gives last party before dying of AIDS - star packed cast - good movie - better than expected
	I've Heard the Mermaids Singing	1987	]]	Strange movie in which a odd young woman makes friends - sort of interesting but slow
	I've Loved You So Long [Il y a longtemps que je t'aime]	2008	]]]]]	An extraordinary film of love and reckoning - click to read a full review
	Jack and Sarah	1995	]]]	A young husband loses his wife in childbirth and must deal with his grief and his new daughter - interesting - likable characters
	Jack Goes Boating	2010	]	A dull movie about dull people - not my cup of tea
	Jackal, The	1997	]]]	Not that great a remake of The Day of the Jackal
	Jacket, The	2005	]]]]	Psychological drama in which a soldier who lost his memory is convicted of a crime he did not commit and is put in a mental institution - strange but very effective
	Jagged Edge	1985	]]]	Lawyer defends and falls in love with a man accused of killing his wife - twists and turns - entertaining
	Jane Austen Book Club, The	2007	]]]]	Great little chick flick in which problems are solved while reading and discussing six of Austen's novels
	Jane Street	1996	]]	Woman picks up a handsome stranger but is soon sorry - some good sex scenes
	Janice Beard: 45 WPM	2003	]	An Office clone that is even worse and more absurd than the original - goofy characters such as these are surely not my cup of tea
	January Man, The	1989	]	Finding a serial killer - really bad movie even thought filled with great actors
	Japanese Story	2003	]]]]	Australian - a strange but highly entertaining film about the clash and connection of two cultures in modern-day Australia
	Jar City [Mýrin]	2006	]]]]	Icelandic - murder mystery tied to a death some thirty years earlier - grim but fascinating
	Jarhead	2005	]]]]]	Gritty look at the life of a Marine and the effects of his training upon his life - great acting and production values
	Jeffrey	1995	]	Gay man afraid to fall in love because of AIDS - lots of big stars but tedious
	Jerry and Tom	1998	]]]]	Intriguing study of a seasoned hit man teaching a rookie the ropes - great understated characters
	Jersey Girl	2004	]]]	Entertaining fluff about a hard-driving ad guy who has to change his life when his wife dies in childbirth
	Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise	2006	]]]]	The murder of a teenage girl and a wife beater are Stone's major problems in this edition - great characters continue
	Jesse Stone: Night Passage	2006	]]]]	Actually the second in the series, but this one covers Stone's arrival in the sleepy town filled with crime
	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	2010	]]]]	This one is the darkest and weakest of all the episodes but still engrossing entertainment - good crime in Boston that Jesse helps to solve
	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	2007	]]]]	Tom Selleck continues to be great in this dark series - in this one, he begins to move out of his shell - lots of confilct with the town council in this one
	Jesse Stone: Stone Cold	2005	]]]]	Stone takes on a wealthy couple who are also serial killers - really great start to the series
	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	2009	]]]]	Jesse's Boston detective friend is shot - a woman shows up in town searching for her missing child - Jesse is suspended by the city council
	Jesus Christ Superstar	1973	]]]]	Not a very good movie version of the musical but the music and interesting scenery makes it worth watching
	Jesus of Montreal	1989	]]]	French-Canadian - play within a play telling of the Passion of Christ in which the character of Jesus takes on the qualities of the real thing - interesting
	Jesus's Son	2000	]	Drug addict finds new life - tedious
	Jet Lag	2002	]]]]	French - chance meeting of an unlikely pair at the Paris airport leads to romance - interesting
	Jewel in the Crown, The	1984	]]]]	Story of the British in India during a shortly after WWII - 14 episode series of fascinating characters
	Jezebel	1938	]]]]]	The Bette Davis vehicle was made to compete with the upcoming Gone with the Wind and it actually outdoes the classic in many ways
	Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale	2005	]]]]	Gaffigan is very entertaining - especially the side talking effect - proves that you don't have to use gross language to be funny
	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	2010	]]]]	A documentary that follows the famous comedian for a year - better than expected
	Joe	1970	]]]]	Businessman enlists help of working class guy to get his daughter away from drug culture - excellent dark film
	Joe & Joe	1996	]]	Strange story about two guys who want a new lawn mower
	Joe and Max	2002	]]]]	Docudrama based on a true story about Joe Louis and Max Schmeling - very well done
	Joe Dirt	2001	]]	Silly comedy - a few funny moments
	Joe Somebody	2001	]]]	Tim Allen as a guy trying to gain the respect of wife, child, and fellow workers - watchable
	Joe the King	1999	]]]	An abused teen who needs saving - good characters
	John Adams	2008	]]]]	Detailed and beautifully done mini-series about the life and career of John Adams - excellent watching
	John Q	2001	]]]	Denzel Washington can't pay for son's medical treatments - takes over emergency room - watchable
	John Rabe	2009	]]]]	Based upon fact about a German industrialist who sheltered 200,000 citizens during the 1937 invasion of Nanking by the Japanese - intriguing look at a good man's deeds
	Johnny English	2003	]]	Spy spoof has some funny moments but basically dull
	Johns	1996	]]	A dreary look at male hustlers
	Jolene	2008	]]]	Tale of a young woman from the age of fifteen to twenty-five who has more lifetime experiences in that decade than most people have their entire lives - unfortunately she never seems to learn from her mistakes - just barely three stars
	Jonah Hex	2010	]]	Silly cartoonish movie of a silly cartoon character - not for old guys such as myself
	Joneses, The	2009	]]]]	Interesting tale of an ideal, rich family whom everyone wants to emulate - there is a secret - fairly entertaining - good acting
	Jornaleros, Los [The Day Laborers]	2003	]]]	Story of three illegal immigrants from Mexico and how they get along in California - not great but entertaining
	Joruney from the Fall	2006	]]]]	Heartbreaking story of a South Viet Nam family and their trials after the fall of the country
	Joshua	2002	]]]	Fable about the Second Coming - a carpenter named Joshua brings joy and light to every person he meets
	Journey of August King, The	1996	]]]]	North Carolina - 1815 - a man comes upon a runaway slave woman - great character study
	Journey of Jared Price, The	2000	]	Gay man starting new life in California - shallow - stupid
	Journey to the Center of the Earth	1959	]]]]	Still entertaining version of the story even after all these years
	Joy Ride	2001	]]	Two goofy guys - a prank - a vengeful trucker - weak
	Joyeux Noël [Merry Christmas]	2005	]]]]	French - true story of troops in WWI who met and socialized in the no-man's zone on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 1914 - romanticized but good entertainment - click to read a full review
	Ju Dou	1990	]]]	Chinese - the basic story is of an abused wife who has an affair with the nephew of her husband but this film is much more because of the extraordinary look at the characters and visuals
	Judge John Deed	2001	]]]]	Six season British series about a principled judge fighting the system who causes many problems for himself due to his bad personal decisions - great acting and scripts
	Juggernaut	1974	]]]	Supposedly a thriller about bombs aboard an ocean liner but cardboard characters detract from what could have been a very good movie
	Julie & Julia	2009	]]]]	True stories of two women - one being Julia Child - and their challenges in life - superior acting - especially by the four main characters
	Jumper	2008	]]	Disappointing action flick about a young man who can teleport from one place to another chased by an ancient group of fanatics
	Jumpin' Jack Flash	1986	]]]	Fun spy/comedy with Whoopi Goldberg - silly but entertaining
	Jumping the Broom	2011	]]]	Dysfunctional families at a wedding story - this time the families are Black - some good moments but doesn't really hold together
	Junebug	2005	]]]]]	This little movie is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you grew up in the South around people who did not know how to express their feelings as I did, it is a must-see - beautiful subtle performances from all with a rich cast of characters - click to read full review
	Juno	2007	]]]]]	Funny, witty, cutting-edge script and super acting make this story of a teenager dealing with a pregnancy a must-see film
	Ju-on: The Grudge	2003	]]	Japanese - horror tale of a house possessed with evil spirits - some scary moments but disjointed and hard to follow
	Jury, The	2002	]]]]]	Another excellent British mini-series about the members of a jury in the trial of a Sikh student accused of murdering his classmate - great acting with an intriguing ending
	Just A Kiss	2002	]]]	Young infidelity - entertaining
	Just a Question of Love [Juste une question d'amour]	2000	]]]]	French - realistic depiction of a gay young man who must come to terms with his parents - good story, acting, and characters
	Just Can't Get Enough	2001	]]	Story of the Chippendale dancers and the murder that follows - interesting characters and their ruin
	Just Cause	1995	]]]]	Great atmosphere and acting in this film about a professor striving to prove a man innocent of a crime
	Just Friends	1994	]	Belgium - very boring film about a 1950's musician wanting to travel to the United States
	Just Go with It	2011	]]]	Typical romantic comedy - this one has a lady's man pretending he is just divorced to woo a woman - silly but mildly entertaining
	Just Like Heaven	2005	]]]	Entertaining tale of a woman in a coma who "haunts" the man who has sublet her apartment - nothing super special but fun
	Just Married	2003	]]	A honeymoon goes all wrong - probably because the groom is an asshole - tedious - rare funny moments
	Just My Luck	2006	]]]	Silly story of good luck passing back and forth between a boy and a girl - nothing special but likable characters and good music
	Just One Time	2000	]]]	Let's have a MMF threesome farce - silly and entertaining
	Justicia Por Amor [Justice for Love]	2005	]]]	Simple minded but mildly entertaining Spanish language film about the twists of revenge
	Juwanna Mann	2001	]]]	Man posing as a woman basketball player - entertaining
	K-19: The Widowmaker	2002	]]]]]	True story of accident on Russian sub in 1961 - great story and acting
	Kaaterskill Falls	2001	]	Really horrible acting in this home video-like story about an amoral couple on vacation
	Kabluey	2007	]]]	Quirky little film about a ne'er-do-well brother who goes to stay with his sister-in-law while his brother is in Iraq - interesting
	Kangaroo Jack	2003	]	Lame "comedy" about guys running from the mob - special features on the DVD worth watching
	Karate Kid, The	2010	]]]]	Well done remake of the film with likeable characters and great action
	Kaspar Hauser	1993	]]]]	German - story of a famous German enigma - a boy who was assumed to be the heir to the house of Baden who is put away in prison at a very young age and then reappears twelve years later - chilling look at the evilness of power and politics
	Kate & Leopold	2001	]]]	Disappointing time travel story - just watchable - good extra features on the DVD
	Katyn	2007	]]]]]	Polish - true story of how almost 20,000 Polish soldiers were murdered by occupying Soviet forces in 1940, the effects upon the families, and the cover-up to blame the Germans - wrenching - very good special features on the DVD
	Kavanagh Q.C.	1995-7	]]]]	British series about a successful barrister - very good acting and most plots are interesting - good entertaining fare
	Keep the River on Your Right	1999	]]]]	Documentary about a man who lived with cannibals in 1955 - really interesting
	Keeping Mum	2005	]]]]]	Great British black comedy about a gentle housekeeper who just happens to murder anyone or anything that threatens the family - click to read a full review
	Keeping the Faith	2000	]]]]	Two "friends of the cloth" who fall in love with the same woman - entertaining
	Keeping Up with the Steins	2006	]]]]	Delightful family comedy about a boy getting ready for his bar mitzvah whose father is determined to outdo his neighbor - good acting and lovable characters
	Keith	2008	]]]	Another in the genre where the popular girl falls for the strange student in high school - entertaining but nothing special
	Kenny	2006	]]]]]	Australian - hilarious mockumentary about a big, lovable man who services portable toilets - click to read a full review
	Kentucky Fried Movie	1977	]	I liked this movie in my youth, but now it's just boring, boring, boring
	Key West: City of Colors	2004	]]]	Documentary about the liberal life style in Key West - I'm not sure any place in the world is as good as Key West appears in this sugar-coated film
	Keys to the House, The [Le Chiavi di Casa]	2004	]]]]	Italian - story of a young man who deserted his disabled son at birth who is now back in the boy's life after fifteen years - realistic, non-saccharine look at the relationship
	Kid & I, The	2005	]]]	Watchable little film - more of a documentary really - penned by Tom Arnold and inspired by Tom's neighbor, a charming young man suffering from cerebral palsy - nothing special but heartwarming
	Kids Are All Right, The	2010	]]]]	Interesting story of two teenage kids - children of a lesbian couple - who contact their sperm donor father - good acting but the ending is a bit sappy
	Kiellers Park	2006	]]]]	Swedish - based upon actual events, this is the story of a man who finally gives in to his homosexuality, is deserted by his family and friends, and is then accused of murdering his lover - great acting and good production values make this sober tale rewarding
	Kill Point, The	2007	]]]]	An eight episode mini-series about a bank hold-up and hostage situation - fairly entertaining but about two episodes too long
	Killer Condom	1996	]]	German - the title says it all - a very weird film - too bad it wasn't more entertaining
	Killer Diller	2004	]]	Pleasing young stars and good music in this cliché ridden tale of a bad boy changing his life through a Christian rock band, but the bad plot pretty much sinks the whole thing
	Killer Inside Me, The	2010	]]]]	Dark tale about a psychotic deputy sheriff in 1950's Texas - great acting
	Killer Me	2001	]	Really, really, bad movie about a man with a mysterious past.
	Killer Upstairs, A	2005	]]	Pretty lame story about a woman whose son is wrongly accused of murder and her quest to prove him innocent - filled with improbable situations
	Killers	2010	]]]	Romantic comedy about a hit man who falls in love and tries to live a normal life - nothing special but pleasing characters make it entertaining
	Killing Emmett Young	2003	]]]	Young detective thinks he's dying and puts out a contract on himself - finds he's well - tries to stop it - entertaining
	Killing Me Softly	2002	]]]	Woman falls in love with a mysterious stranger - sexy and entertaining
	Killing of Sister George, The	1968	]]	Groundbreaking film for its time because of the lesbian main characters but way too talky to be that entertaining
	Killshot	2009	]]]]	A couple is on the run from two vicious hit men - exciting with a super performance by Mickey Rourke as one of the hitmen
	King Kong	2005	]]	Overblown retelling of the film - shows how too much money and special effects can spoil a classic
	King of California	2007	]]]	An intelligent young woman dealing with a bi-polar father - some good moments but a little strained
	King of the Hill	1993	]]]]	Semi-biographical filming of Depression remembrances of A.E. Hotchner about a boy who has to survive using his own wits after his mother is hospitalized and his father leaves town to find work - a little idealistic but still solid entertainment
	King, The	2005	]]]]	Beautifully acted disturbing drama and a young man who seeks out his natural father and finds that he has become a minister in a conservative Texas church - complications arise when he is rejected by his father - click to read the full review
	Kingdom	2007	]]]	British series that lasted for three seasons - an amiable lawyer and his young assistant deal with wacky family and clients - entertaining even though it is sometimes over the top
	Kingdom of Heaven	2005	]]	Honor and true love win over all  in an 1100's battle for Jerusalem - overblown
	Kingdom, The	2007	]]]]	The plot and many of the characters of this film are woefully cliché, but it got four stars from me because of the connection between the two primary characters - one a stubborn F.B.I. agent and the other a Saudi Arabian police officer - add very good features on the DVD and you get that extra star
	Kings in Grass Castles	1997	]]]	Poor Irish family moves to Australia - good epic story
	King's Ransom	2005	]]]	Another version of The Ransom of Red Chief combined with many elements of Ruthless People - mildly entertaining
	King's Speech, The	2010	]]]]	Excellent acting in this depiction of the speech problems of King George VI helped by his speech coach
	Kinky Boots	2005	]]]	Based upon a true story of a young man who inherits his family's shoe factory and starts making shoes for female impersonators in order to save the business - entertaining with some very good musical performances
	Kinsey	2004	]]]]	Fascinating look at the life of the famous scientist - well acted and produced
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	]]]]	Black comedy about murder and mayhem amongst Hollywood types - fun
	Kiss Me Guido	1997	]]	Macho straight guy moves in with gay roommate - standard fare
	Kiss of the Vampire	1962	]]	Nothing much special in this vampire flick
	Kiss the Girls	1997	]]]	Fairly entertaining crime drama but far too many improbable situations to make it more than just average
	Kissing Cousins	2008	]]]	This is another one of those "long-time lady killer guy finds a heart" movies with not much depth, but it is solidly entertaining with likable characters
	Kissing Jessica Stein	2002	]]]	Mildly entertaining "I think I'm a Lesbian" comedy
	Kitchen Stories	2004	]]]]	Norwegian - somewhat weird tale of a social experiment in early 50's Norway - really an examination with a touch of humor about loneliness
	Kite Runner, The	2007	]]]]	Excellent film based upon the popular novel about a man who left Afghanistan as a youth who returns to right a wrong - great acting and special features on the DVD - click to read a full review
	Klute	1971	]]]	Jane Fonda as a high-class call girl caught up in the middle of a murder - watchable
	Km.0	2001	]]]]	Spanish - mistaken identities lead to interesting situations amongst fourteen people in Madrid on a hot August day - very original
	Knee Deep	2007	]]]]	Documentary about the attempted murder of a woman whose son and his girlfriend were arrested for the crime - intriguing look at a farming community in Maine
	Knight and Day	2010	]	Supposedly an action comedy - there's action but the script is really lame - a waste of talent
	Knight Chills	2001	]	People playing a silly game get killed off - boring
	Knight's Tale, A	2001	]]]	A "knight" on a quest with rock and roll music - fun
	Knockaround Guys	2002	]]]]	Four sons of Brooklyn mobsters team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small town ruled by a corrupt sheriff - good
	Knocked Up	2007	]]	A real disappointment considering the positive reviews - adolescent humor to the extreme along with so much "soul searching" that it makes morning sickness seem a lark - a few funny moments and some subtle humor don't help this over-long bore
	Knowing	2009	]]]	Standard fare for a sci-fi thriller about predicting the future - the only thing that makes it a bit different is the ending
	K-PAX	2001	]]]	Is Kevin Spacey a man from space or just a nut - mildly entertaining
	Kramer vs Kramer	1997	]]]]]	Divorce and the child - excellent acting - hard to watch but a great movie
	Kristin Lavransdatter	1995	]	Tediously slow movie about a medieval girl in Norway who is egaged to one man but falls in love with another - you spend three hours waiting for something interesting to happen, but it never does
	L.A. Confidential	1997	]]]]]	I consider this the best cop / crime drama ever made - plus great DVD features
	L.I.E.	2001	]]]	Story of old queer and two of his young men lovers - strong characters in a very dark tale
	La Buche [The Yule Log / Season's Beatings]	1999	]]]]	French - great group of character studies involving three daughters and their dysfunctional families
	La Cage aux Folles	1979	]]]	Not as funny in second viewing - The Birdcage is a far more entertaining telling of the story
	La Chevre [Knock On Wood]	1981	]]	French - dull farce about two men going to Mexico to hunt for the missing daughter of a tycoon - it gets two stars only because of the presence of Gerard Depardieu
	La Mission	2009	]]]	Macho Latino father finds out his son is gay - fairly realistic - good acting
	La Moustache	2005	]]]]	French - a strange tale of a man who shaves off his moustache that he has had for many years and no one notices - puzzling script but excellent acting with a touch of intrigue
	La Petite Jerusalem [Little Jerusalem]	2005	]]]	French - a young woman living in France is totally stifled by the beliefs of her orthodox Jewish family - depressing tale but with a glimmer of hope at the end
	La Vida Que Te Espera [Your Next Life]	2004	]]]	Spanish - strange tale of a dairy farmer who kills a neighbor and then the dead man's son arrives and falls in love with a member of the family - all motives and actions not fully understood
	Lackawanna Blues	2005	]]]	Made for cable film based upon a real person - a strong-willed Black woman who provided shelter and solace for many during the second half of the Twentieth Century - filled with good music and interesting characters
	Ladder 49	2004	]]]]	Highly romanticized but extremely entertaining view of firefighters and their families - great extra features on the DVD
	Ladies in Lavender	2004	]]]]]	Two elderly sisters in pre-WWII England save a young stranger washed in from a shipwreck and become unexpectedly romantically attracted to the man - quiet, beautiful but a little sad story
	Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón	2007	]]]]	Made in USA Spanish language film about the heist of the safe of a man who takes money in schemes from the immigrant population - lots of good action and humor
	Lady & the Highwayman, The	1989	]]	Not very entertaining costume drama
	Lady and the Duke, The	2001	]]	French - British woman tries to protect a fugitive during the French Revolution - very slow
	Lady in Cement	1968	]]	Follow up to Tony Rome is not nearly as entertaining as the original - a little tired
	Lady Vanishes, The	1938	]]]	A woman seemingly disappears from a moving train - silly mystery undone by attempts at humor
	Ladykillers, The	1955	]]]]	Five crooks try to take advantage of an old lady - one of those great low-keyed 50's British comedies - great characters and acting
	Ladykillers, The	2004	]]	A not so very good remake of the 1955 film - Tom Hanks literally "chews the scenery"
	Lagaan	2001	]]]]	Long Indian musical drama about villagers playing cricket to lower the British land tax - great entertainment
	Lair, The: Season 1	2007	]]	Gay vampires - really bad - extremely bad acting - got two stars due to its camp factor
	Lake House, The	2006	]]]	Love story with a time shift - just average - many holes in the time shift aspect
	Lakeview Terrace	2008	]]]]	Good acting makes this thriller about a menacing neighbor very enjoyable
	L'Amour Dangereux	2003	]]]	French - a simple, but enjoyable, love story about two young kids on the run from the law - two beautiful young stars make it especially watchable
	Lan Yu	2001	]]]	Chinese - Successful businessman takes on young male lover for sex but then falls in love
	Land Girls, The	1998	]]]	Slow moving but fairly entertaining story of three English women who go to work on a farm during WWII
	Land Girls: Season 1	2009	]]]]	Well done British series about the young women who went from the cities to work on farms during WWII - a bit melodramatic but entertaining
	Lantana	2001	]]]]	Australian - adult drama of affairs all tied loosely together by a death - good storytelling and acting
	Laramie Project, The	2002	]]]]]	Excellent film version of the play about the murder of Matthew Sheppard and its influence upon the community
	Larry Crowne	2011	]]]	A middle aged man is fired and finds a new life through going to college - some pleasant characters but just barely three stars
	Lars and the Real Girl	2007	]]]]	Delightful and quirky story of a reclusive man who introduces a sex doll to his friends as his new love interest - click to read a full review
	Last Castle, The	2001	]]]]]	Robert Redford vs evil prison warden - solid entertainment - superior acting
	Last Chance Harvey	2009	]]]]	Character study about two lonely older people who take a chance on love - simple story but great acting
	Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams, The	2007	]]]	True story of a Confederate soldier - interesting that the film is produced by the family and the star plays his own great-grandfather
	Last Day, The [La Dernier Jour]	2004	]]]	French - depressing film about a boy from a dysfunctional family who is sexually confused - lots of out of focus scenes and camera poked in the faces of the actors - many mystery motives as is usual with this type of French film - too bad as it might have been much better
	Last Days of Disco, The	1998	]	Young friends dance, have drugs and sex, but don't find happiness - boring
	Last Detective, The: Series 1	2003	]]]]	Low-keyed series about a likeable British police detective who doesn't get much respect from his more aggressive compatriots - comfortable entertainment
	Last Detective, The: Series 2	2004	]]]]	Good, solid low-keyed entertainment continues in the second season with more interesting crimes
	Last Detective, The: Series 3	2005	]]]]	Davies is becoming more and more assertive - still good solid crimes and entertainment
	Last Detective, The: Series 4	2006	]]]	The basic stories in this series were as good as previous but the tired, old bumbling detective line got way too old for good entertainment
	Last Holiday	2006	]]]	Mildly entertaining story of woman who thinks she's going to die and decides to "live it up" - likeable characters but little bite to the film
	Last King of Scotland, The	2006	]]	This film was a disappointment - I expected good production, a tight script, and excellent acting - all of the above were just fair
	Last King, The [Charles II: The Power and the Passion]	2003	]]]]	Made for television mini series - excellent film making depicting court struggle and intrigue
	Last Kiss, The	2001	]]]]	Young men don't want to give up their youth for responsibility - age old story with an Italian point of view
	Last Life in the Universe [Ruang rak noi nid mahasan]	2003	]]]	Japanese - surreal film about a lonely, suicidal, compulsive man whose life is changed by deaths in his home and a meeting with it woman - hard to follow at times but still intriguing characters
	Last Night	1998	]]]]	The last night of humans on Earth - great atmosphere and characters
	Last of Sheila, The	1973	]]]]	Christie-type mystery about the murder of a sadistic movie producer - actually pretty good with a great flavor of the 70's
	Last of the Blond Bombshells, The	2000	]]]]	Feel-good British comedy about a woman who decides to reunite her all girl band - plus one guy in drag - that was a hit in WWII London - lots of older actresses giving beautiful performances - click to read a full review
	Last of the Mohicans, The	1992	]]]]]	A beautiful romanticized version of the classic tale
	Last Orders	2002	]]]]	English - old friends deliver ashes of friend to the sea and recall the past - great characters
	Last Request	2006	]	Really horrible comedy about a man in training to be a priest who tryst to fulfill his father's dying wish to marry and have a child - stupid over-the-top gags throughout make this movie a waste of time and talent
	Last Run, The	2004	]]	Lame tale of a man dumped by his girlfriend who tries to cure his pain by having sex with as many women as possible
	Last Samurai, The	2003	]]]]	Nothing too deep in the film about dying with honor in Japan one hundred fifty years ago but it is a great guilty pleasure flick
	Last Station, The	2009	]]]]	Great acting in this look at the last days of Toystoy's life - lots of good character insights
	Last Supper, The	1996	]]]	A group of young people invite a stranger to dinner - this leads to murder and its aftermath - good entertainment
	Last Temptation of Christ, The	1988	]]]	Lots of hoopla over this movie that is entertaining but nothing special
	Last Time, The	2006	]]]	Love and lying in the world of high end salesmen - would have been much better without the overacting of Brendan Fraser
	Last Wave, The	1977	]]]]	Surreal Australian film dealing with the plight of the aborigine in modern times - hypnotic
	Last Year, The	2002	]]	Homos amongst the Christians - not very entertaining
	Late Marriage [Hatuna Meuheret]	2001	]]]]	Israeli - a thirty-one year old man is still being dominated by his parents in his choice of a wife - this brutally frank film is far from light entertainment - if it truly represents the mindset in Israel, I can understand why there will never be peace in the Middle East!
	Lathe of Heaven	2002	]]]	A boy whose dreams come true controlled by an evil doctor
	Latter Days	2003	]]]]	Actually a pretty good film about a Mormon boy who has to come to terms with being gay - good acting, music, and special features on the DVD
	L'Auberge Espagnole [The Spanish Apartment]	2002	]]]]	French - student goes to Spain to study and meets a variety of students from other countries - great fun
	Laughing Matters…The Men	2007	]]]	Interviews and acts of a number of gay comics - fairly funny, but the interviews are the most interesting - extras on the DVD add to the enjoyment
	Laura Lansing Slept Here	1988	]]	Made for television movie is standard fish out of water plot - only thing going for it is Katharine Hepburn
	Laurel Canyon	2003	]]]]	Great comedy-drama dealing with angst in California
	Law & Order | UK: Season 1	2009	]]]]	Plots from the US series revised and set in London - good but not as good as traditional British police dramas
	Law Abiding Citizen	2009	]]]]	Not exactly the most solid plot about a man seeking retribution from the legal system but good acting and good action
	Lawless Heart	2001	]]]]	British - how three men are affected by the death of a friend - interesting story - good acting
	Lawn Dogs	1997	]]	Sexy outsider observes rich neighborhood - makes friends with lonely girl - could have been much better
	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	]]]]	This is without a doubt a great film, but for some reason I didn't seem to like it as much as when I was a young man of seventeen
	Laws of Attraction	2004	]]	Even the very good acting of the lead roles couldn't make this piece of fluff about two opposing lawyers who fall in love very watchable
	Lawyer, The	1970	]]]	Movie that lead to the television series, Petrocelli - burdened with 70's too load and overbearing music and absurd repeated bits of "humor" but still some good acting and an interesting crime and courtroom drama
	Le Divorce	2003	]]]]	Love and divorce in France - great characters and acting
	Leading Man, The	1996	]]]	A crafty actor infiltrates the life of a playwright who is having an extra-marital affair - part mystery, part romance - nothing super special but entertaining
	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	2003	]]	Silly stuff had some good special effects and Sean Connery
	Leap Year	2009	]	Lame tale of busy "with it" woman who meets her opposite - not very good
	Least of These, The	2008	]]]	A young priest goes to a school from which another priest has gone missing - average mystery and morality play
	Leatherheads	2007	]]]]	Old fashioned comedy about the beginnings of professional football - great throwback to the witty, fast-paced comedies of the 30's and 40's
	Leaving [Partir]	2009	]]]]	French - a wife and mother begins an affair with a man who did some work at her house - great look at the results of obsession
	Leaving Barstow	2008	]]]]	Good acting in this tale about a high school senior with a useless, slutty mother who must come to terms with his situation
	Leaving Metropolis	2002	]]]	Fairly well told tale of a gay artist and the people in his sphere of influence
	Lebanon [Levanon]	2009	]]]]	Israeli - soldiers in a tank in the Lebanese War of the early '80's - a gritty, brutal look at young, not so well trained soldiers
	Lebanon, Pa.	2010	]]]]	Disillusioned ad man goes to small town to deal with his father's death and has some life changing experiences - well acted and realistic
	Ledge, The	2011	]]]]	Fairly improbable, but interesting, plot about a man on a ledge and why he is there - part love story, part thriller, and part look at what extreme religious beliefs do to people - very good acting
	Left Luggage [2 Koffers Vol]	1998	]]]]	Dutch - In the 1970's, a young Jewish woman deals with the effects of the Holocaust upon her family while acting as governess for a very conservative family - plot is a little weak and disjointed but acting and characters are excellent
	Legacy	2010	]	Blood, guts, and political intrigue - tedious
	Legally Blond	2001	]]]	Reese Witherspoon as the "dumb" blond - fun
	Legally Blond 2: Red,White&Blonde	2003	]]]	Legally Blond tribute to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - entertaining and fun
	Legend of 1900	1998	]]	Strange story of a boy who spends his whole life on an ocean liner as its pianist
	Legend of Bagger Vance, The	2000	]]]]]	Fantasy on the golf course - great acting and atmosphere
	Legend of Suriyothai, The	2001	]]]]	Thai - historical tale of a queen who sacrifices her life for the sake of her husband and people - epic and beautiful
	Legendary	2010	]]]	Tale of a high school wrestler who wishes to follow in the path of his father and older brother - formulistic but mildly entertaining
	Legendary Sin Cities: Paris, Berlin and Shanghai	2005	]]]]	Interesting documentary about activities in three cities during the 1920's and early 30's
	Legends of the Fall	1994	]]]]	Epic family drama with beautiful scenery and superior acting
	Lemon Tree [Etz Limon]	2008	]]]]]	Israeli - engrossing film about a Palestinian widow who owns a lemon grove on the edge of Israeli territory - the Israeli security forces decide to cut down the grove as it is near the home of the defense minister and might constitute a danger - beautifully acted and photographed
	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	2004	]]	Fairly entertaining but a little over the top - good flick for kids
	Lena Baker Story, The	2008	]]]	Based upon fact about the only woman ever sent to the electric chair in Georgia - grim tale of injustice and abuse
	L'Enfant	2005	]]	French - dull account of a young father who decides to sell his child and then changes his mind
	Leopard, The	1963	]]	Italian - supposed to be a classic about revolution in 1860 Sicily - very slow
	Leslie Jordan: My Life Down the Pink Carpet: Live in Atlanta	2010	]]]	A filming of the gay actor's one man show - both humorous and sad - mildly entertaining
	Lesson Before Dying, A	1999	]]]	Trying to seek justice for a Black man in the South - good movie
	Let It Rain [Parlez-moi de la Pluie]	2008	]]]	French - middle class angst - sort of a Gaelic Hallmark Channel flick - only saved by good acting
	Let the Right One In [Låt Den Rätte Komma In]	2008	]	Swedish - beautifully photographed but languid tale of a bullied boy who falls for a teenage vampire - a mess
	Lethal Weapon 4	1998	]]]	Fourth in the series but still pretty entertaining
	Letter, The	1940	]]]]]	Great Bette Davis melodrama with extraordinary use of black and white photography and shadows - a little overdone on the music
	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	]]]]	Sobering tale of the Japanese on Iwo Jima during WWII - very little war action - more of a personality study
	Letters to Father Jacob [Postia Pappi Jaakobille]	2009	]]]]	Finnish - low-keyed story of a priest in his declining years who gets a released murderer to help him with his correspondence - beautiful little movie
	Letters to Juliet	2010	]]]]	Two women - one old and one young - find love in Italy - great scenery, production, and acting
	Levity	2003	]]	Moody story of a man released from prison but still suffering from the guilt of his crime
	Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black	2009	]]]	Filmed stand-up performance - some funny moments but nothing special
	License to Wed	2007	]]	This comedy about a nosy minister testing a couple before their marriage could have been much better if some elements of the plot had not been so absurd
	Lie Down with Dogs	1995	]]	Silly story about a gay boy looking for the meaning of life
	Life & Death of Peter Sellers, The	2004	]]]]	Television movie offers a realistic view of the famous actor - a man from a dysfunctional family who suffered all of his life from ego flaws
	Life After All [La vie quand même]	2003	]]]	French - the trials of a nineteen year old boy who assumes responsibility of his younger brother after their parents are killed in an accident - interesting characters
	Life as a House	2001	]]]	Dying man tries to reconnect with son - not as good as expected
	Life as We Know It	2010	]]]]	Two opposites are left the care of their best friends' child - could have been a mess of a romantic comedy but solid characters and situations made it very enjoyable
	Life Express	2003	]]	Chinese - format film in which a little boy needs a bone marrow transplant and all of the complications that arise - this one pulls out every tired cliché available
	Life is to Whistle	2000	]]	Cuban - surreal look at the lives of several people in Cuba who actually represent Cuban society - well produced but not my cup of tea
	Life of David Gale, The	2003	]]]]	Good suspense story revolving around the death penalty in Texas
	Life of Reilly, The	2007	]]]]]	Filming of a one-man performance by Charles Nelson Reilly telling about his life - fascinating man
	Life on Liberty Street	2004	]]]	Hallmark Channel movie about a nurse who goes to work in a residence for patients with brain damage and her relationship with one patient and his father - has good intentions but just a bit too sweet - just barely three stars
	Lifeboat	1944	]]]]	Great Hitchcock movie filmed entirely in a boat - tense action and great acting
	Lightning Bug	2004	]]]	Mildly entertaining coming of age story of a creative teen surrounded by rednecks
	Lights in the Dusk [Laitakaupungin Valot]	2005	]]	Finnish - a down and out security guard is tricked by a woman and sent to prison for a robbery he didn't commit - interesting but a bit too stylized for my liking
	Like a Brother [Comme un Frère]	2005	]]]]	French - a young gay man moves to Paris in order to express his sexuality - only fifty-five minutes long but pretty good
	Like Dandelion Dust	2009	]]]]	A man gets out of prison and attempts to get back the son he never knew who was adopted by a wealthy couple - could have been really bad but excellent acting made this one a winner
	Like Father Like Son	2005	]]]]	An outcast teenager finds out that he is the son of serial killer - when similar murders take place, he is the suspect - ok plot - excellent acting
	Like Father, Like Son	1987	]	This is a total waste of film and talent - a father switches bodies with his son - nothing but bad slapstick and annoying rock music
	Like It Is	1998	]]	Gay men in London - pretty boring
	Lilies	1996	]]]]	Gay-themed story about love and betrayal - very well done
	Lili's Apron [El Delantal de Lili]	2004	]]	Argentinean - bizarre tale of a man who disguised himself as his wife in order to take a job as a live-in maid to save his family from financial ruin - strange character development
	Limitless	2011	]]]	Entertaining science fiction about a man who takes a drug that gives him extraordinary mental powers - good plot and acting
	Lincoln Lawyer, The	2011	]]]]	Guilty pleasure movie about a defense attorney who is threatened by his client - cookie cutter plot but well done
	Line of Beauty, The	2006	]]]]]	British television mini-series - in the latter 1980's, a gay man goes to stay with the wealthy parents of his straight best friend - the friend's father is a member of parliament - the young man becomes involved with this family to very sad results - the story is depressing but beautifully acted
	Lion in Winter, The	1968	]]]]	Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole match vile and wits in tale of Henry II and wife - what acting!!!
	Lions for Lambs	2007	]]]	Actually two dialogs and one battle experience in Afghanistan examining the nature of the war in the Middle East - a little talky but well made with superior acting
	Lisa Lampanelli: Dirty Girl	2006	]]]	Lampanelli is pretty gross but still very entertaining in this stand-up routine
	Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen	2009	]]]	HBO special - humor is still off color and lots of fun
	Lisa Lampanelli: Take It Like a Man	2005	]]]]	Filming of the comic's act at the Improv - very funny with some laugh out loud moments
	Little Ashes	2008	]]]	English language Spanish film - supposition of the relationship between poet Federico García Lorca and surrealist Salvador Dalí in their early years in Spain - moody and fascinating
	Little Big League	1994	]]]	Story in which a twelve year old inherits a major league baseball team and decides to become its manager - entertaining
	Little Boy Blue	1998	]]]]	Story of high school senior living in a highly dysfunctional family - contains murder, mystery, terror, and incest - uncomfortable to watch but fascinating
	Little Britain USA: Season 1	2008	]]]]	Great transfer of this British farce to location in the US - gross but lots of fun
	Little Britain: Series 1	2003	]]]	Absurd British comedy with a wellspring of kooky characters - entertaining
	Little Britain: Series 2	2004	]]]	Absurd British comedy with several witty characters added for the second season - entertaining
	Little Chenier	2006	]]]	A crooked sheriff on the bayou - fairly standard but good acting
	Little Children	2006	]]]]	Great acting and super-interesting characters make this tale of a suburban affair paralleled with the life of a sex offender a real treat - click to read a full review
	Little Foxes, The	1941	]]]]]	Superior version of the Lillian Hellman play with Bette Davis at her evil best
	Little Help, A	2010	]]]	Trials of a recently widowed, aimless woman - not very good - just barely three stars
	Little Man	2006	]]]	Fairly entertaining comedy about a small man who poses as a baby - really interesting features on the DVD about the making of the film
	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	]]]	Well-done comedy about a family with offbeat members - excellent acting puts it a step above many
	Little Nicky	2000	]]	Adam Sandler as Satan's son - pretty lame
	Live Flesh	1997	]	Spanish - trouble teen betrayed - boring
	Live Free or Die Hard	2007	]]]	This fourth outing for John McCain is so far-fetched that it really isn't as enjoyable as previous versions - a computer geek as a sidekick was fairly entertaining
	Lives of Others, The	2006	]]]]]	German - gripping film about the machinations of the secret police in 1980's East Germany - extraordinary - click to read a full review
	Living & Dying	2006	]	Badly done hostage flick - bad script, bad acting, and cheap production values
	Living Out Loud	1998	]	Holly Hunter as a divorced woman seeking life - boring
	Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story	1983	]]	Made for television film with cardboard characters - no search below the surface for any - not much of a credit to its talented subject
	Loan Shark	1952	]]]	Film noir about an ex-con working undercover to find the murderer of his brother-in-law and the leader of a gang of loan sharks - great period fun
	Local Color	2006	]]]]	Based upon the writer/director's real life experiences, this is a charming feel-good telling of the relationship of a young artist and the older, established artist with whom he becomes friends - enjoyable
	Locked Up [Gefangen]	2004	]]]	German - soft porn flick about men in prison - not such a good movie but the DVD interviews are very interesting
	Locusts, The	1997	]]]	Sex, incest, and suicide during a steamy summer in Kansas - fine trashy treat
	Loggerheads	2005	]]]]	Well-told story of a young man estranged from his adoptive mother and father because he is gay and his natural mother who is looking for him - sad, sobering, yet uplifting
	Lokas	2008	]]]	Mexican - story of a man who takes his son to live with his father who is gay - insulting gay stereotypes and simplistic plot - barely three stars
	Lola & Billy the Kid	1999	]]]	German - Turkish gay boy explores life - better than one woul expect
	Lone Star	1996	]]]]]	Texas culture clash and murder mystery - excellent film by John Sayles
	Lone Star State of Mind	2002	]]]	Quirky Texas characters - fun
	Lonely Hearts	2006	]]]]	Real life drama of crimes that took place in the latter 1940's - focus on both the criminals and the cops - great acting and production - click to read a full review
	Lonesome Dove	1989	]]]]]	Superior Western television mini-series with super acting and characters
	Lonesome Jim	2006	]]]]	Dark comedy about a man in his late 20's returning home because he is a total failure at life - interesting characters
	Long Days of Summer, The	1980	]]	Made for television movie about a German in the US just before WWII trying to convince people to protest the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany - too pat to be that entertaining
	Long, Long Trailer, The	1954	]]]]	Lucille Ball / Desi Arnaz classic - newlyweds travel across country pulling a huge mobile home - lots of 50's comedy fun
	Longest Yard, The	2005	]]]	Entertaining remake of this cons vs guards flick - not as dark as the first
	Longford	2006	]]]]	Fascinating, well-acted account of British Lord Longford who strived all of his life to improve the lives of prisoners - one particular one a woman serial killer of children - click to read a full review
	Long-Term Relationship	2006	]]	Gay guy tries to change his life and form a long-term relationship and blah, blah, blah - pretty boring
	Look at Me [Comme une image]	2004	]]]]	French - stories of the lives of people who are in the sphere of influence of a famous man who is a selfish egotist - interesting
	Looking for an Echo	1999	]]	Embittered singer who lost his career thirty years ago looks at his life - slow, sad, and dull
	Looking for Eric	2009	]]	Story of a man who has messed up his life who imagines talking with a famous football (soccer) star in order to try to straighten out his life - some good moments but really doesn't project a cohesive story telling
	Looking for Kitty	2005	]]]]	Engaging little story about a down-and-out private detective who is hired by a guy from a small town to find his missing wife in NYC - likable characters with The Big Apple as a costar
	Lookout, The	2007	]]]]	Great acting makes this an extremely effective thriller about a young man with brain damage who is convinced to help with a bank robbery - click to read a full review
	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	2003	]]]	Entertaining and fun cartoon and live action comedy
	Lord of War	2005	]]]]]	This film wins on two levels - it's a personal story of a man and his family and how his ambition leads to loss and it is an absorbing anti-war film - acting and production are superior - click to read the full review
	Lords of Discipline, The	1983	]]]]	Story of prejudice and a secret organization in a southern military institute - a little dated but still good entertainment
	Lorna's Silence [Le Silence de Lorna]	2008	]]]	Belgian - strange tale of a woman who gets caught up in murder when she marries a junkie in order to obtain citizenship status - slow moving but interesting
	Losers, The	2010	]	If you are a post-adolescent male who is not very bright, this is a good movie for you - if you are anyone else, avoid this bomb like the plague
	Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, The	2008	]]	Based upon a play by Tennessee Williams, this tale of a rich, spoiled young woman and the working man with whom she has a romance is a bit overdone
	Lost and Delirious	2001	]]	Dysfunctional girls at a girls' school - very depressing
	Lost Battalion, The	2001	]]]]]	Based upon fact - the story of a battalion surround by German soldiers in WWI that fought against impossible odds - engrossing
	Lost in Austen	2008	]]]	British mini-series about a modern girl who switches places with Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice - entertaining but nothing special
	Lost in Translation	2003	]	Droopy, bored rich people being droopy and bored - another on the critics loved and I hated
	Lost Language of Cranes, The	1992	]]]]]	Extraordinary acting and believable characters make this British television film about a married man who has hid his homosexuality finding the courage to change his life a wonderful viewing experience
	Lost Prince, The	2003	]]]]	Excellent BBC production about the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II who was hidden away from public view because he had epilepsy and other learning problems - a fascinating look at the royal families of Europe in the early 1900's
	Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The	2004	]	Tongue-in-cheek tribute to 50's space invasion flicks - the joke wore out after about ten minutes
	Lost Son, The	1999	]]]]	Disgraced French police detective is now working as a private investigator in London - he becomes involved in a case leading to pedophilia - great acting
	Love Actually	2003	]]]]	Group of stories about the trials and joys of love - great acting - interesting situations
	Love Affair, A: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story	1978	]]	Extremely insipid television movie telling of the marriage of Lou Gehrig - a waste of talent and a good story
	Love and Death on Long Island	1996	]]]	Interesting tale of a mild-mannered Englishman who becomes infatuated with an American male B-movie star
	Love and Other Disasters	2006	]]]	Young people in London looking for love - enjoyable romantic comedy
	Love and Other Drugs	2010	]]	Based upon the memoir of one of the first Viagra salesmen - unlikeable characters - especially the fat, sex-craved brother
	Love and Rage	1998	]]]	Based upon an actual event in 1896, the story of an Englishwoman who purchased an estate in Ireland and becomes involved with a much younger man - entertaining - good performances - helpful to know a little about Irish politics
	Love Comes Softly	2003	]]]	Pretty standard fare about a woman who loses her husband and marries a kind man in order to survive - enjoyable with interesting characters
	Love Divided, A	1999	]]]]]	Irish - true story of a couple in 1950's Ireland who were condemned by the Catholic Church because they would send their children to the church school - revealing insight into religious prejudice - superior acting - click to read full review
	Love for Rent	2005	]]]	Uneven but entertaining story of a woman who wants to stay in the country and agrees to become a surrogate mother
	Love Forbidden [Défense D'aimer]	2002	]]]	French - a very strange tale about a graduate student in Rome who falls in love with a selfish young man
	Love Guru, The	2008	]]	Silliness revolving around professional ice hockey - some good moments but overall just fair and not very humorous
	Love Happens	2009	]]	Insipid tale of a man recovering from the loss of his wife who falls in love again - a disappointment
	Love Hurts	2009	]]]]	Romantic comedy with charming characters about a man stuck in a rut who ignores his wife who leaves him - he is helped to recover by his teenage son - pleasant entertainment
	Love in a Cold Climate	2001	]]]]	British mini-series about the lives and loves of three aristocratic women during the time between the wars - high class soap opera that the British do so well - very entertaining
	Love in the Time of Cholera	2007	]]]]	Beautifully produced film about a man who seeks the love of a woman for over fifty years - both comic and touching - a treat
	Love Is All There Is	1996	]	Really lame modern day Romeo and Juliet with overblown characters and situations
	Love is the Devil	1998	]]]	A British painter, his brother, and his male lover - interesting characters and relationships
	Love Letter, The	1998	]]]]]	Hallmark Hall of Fame story about communicating with woman of the past - great characters and mood
	Love Letter, The	1999	]]]	A letter makes the rounds in a New England town - watchable
	Love Me If You Dare [Jeux D'Enfants]	2003	]]]	French - two emotionally disturbed children start a dare game and continue it into adulthood with tragic results - this is a very strange film
	Love N' Dancing	2008	]]]	Fairly bland romance between a deaf dance teacher and a shy woman - good dancing though
	Love Ranch	2009	]]	Overlong story - based upon fact - about the owners of a brothel in Nevada
	Love Reinvented	2000	]]]	Anthology of love stories in the age of AIDS - fairly watchable
	Love Song for Bobby Long, A	2004	]	Depressing film revolving around an alcoholic former college professor and two young people under his influence
	Love the Hard Way	2001	]]	Slow tale of guy on the outside finding himself through the love of a woman
	Love! Valour! Compassion!	1997	]]]]	A year in the life of eight gay men - good acting - fairly well done
	Love, Murder and Deceit	1997	]]	Overblown soap opera about a woman who marries a rich man and falls for his son - boring
	Love, Wedding, Marriage	2011	]	A young marriage counselor tries to solve the problems in her parents' marriage - absurd characters and situations
	Lovely and Amazing	2002	]]]	A mother and her adult daughters - enjoyable chick flick
	Lovely Bones, The	2009	]	Extremely insipid Ghost in which all is so wonderful and glorious after having been brutally murdered by a serial killer - a total whiny mess of a film
	Loverboy	2004	]]]	Depressing tale of a woman who is insanely possessive of her young son - superior acting
	Lovers and Other Strangers	1970	]]]]	A look at the people attending a wedding - a bit dated but still interesting and humorous character studies
	Lover's Prayer (aka: All Forgotten)	1999	]]]	Young Russian aristocrat in the 1800's has an unrequited love of a flirty young woman who twists the fates of several suitors - a little too slow-moving to be really enjoyable
	Love's Enduring Promise	2004	]]]	Sequel to Love Comes Softly - easy-going tale of the next generation - enjoyable
	Love's Kitchen	2010	]]]	British light comedy/romance about a chef mourning the death of his wife who gets a new lease on life when he buys an old restaurant to fix up and meets a woman - nothing special but pleasant characters and story
	Love's Long Journey	2005	]]	This made for television movie is the third in a series about western settlers - each gets more and more saccharine - be prepared for an overdose
	Love's Unfolding Dream	2007	]]]	Another generation of the frontier family - this one in the granddaughter who wishes to become a doctor - nothing special but entertaining
	Loving Father, A [Aime Ton Pere]	2002	]]]	French - an encounter of a famous author with his estranged son - interesting characters but many motives are hard to understand
	Lucas Me Queria a Mi [Lucas Loved Me]	1997	]]]	Spanish - silly farce about a hunk who moves in with three gay guys and then ends up being murdered - way over the top but fairly funny and entertaining
	Lucia Lucia	2003	]]]	Mexican - confusing but interesting tale of a woman whose husband disappears and two neighbors who come to her help
	Lucky Number Slevin	2006	]]]]]	From an irritating start, this film based upon the premise of mistaken identity, turns into a wonderful twisty-turny suspense fun ride - beautifully acted and produced
	Lucky Ones, The	2008	]]]]	Effective comic drama about three vets returning from Iraq - click to read a full review
	Ludwig	1972	]]]]	Italian - long, lavishly produced film about the reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria - very entertaining
	Luminous Motion	1998	]	Young boy lives outlaw life with mother - finds normal place but hates it - really boring bad film
	Lust, Caution [Se, Jie]	2007	]]]]]	Chinese - superb, highly erotic thriller-romance that takes place in 1942 China when occupied by the Japanese - very good extra features on the DVD - click to read a full review
	Luster	2002	]	Muddled mess amongst the music industry - boring
	Luther	2003	]]]	Good acting and a beautifully done movie, but you really need to know quite a bit about Martin Luther and the reformation movement to be able to fully appreciate the film
	Luzhin Defence, The	2001	]]]	A sheltered chess master falls in love - interesting, unusual characters
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