Must See Movies

Movie Title: Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)

Bob — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:34:47 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerene are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivallry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.

Movie Title: Cement (1999)

Bob — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:25:58 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Los Angeles vice detectives Bill Holt (‘Chris Penn (I)’ (qv)) and Nin (‘Jeffrey Wright (I)’ (qv)) have entered the gangster and drug scenes and have allied with drug kingpin Truman Rickhardt (‘Henry Czerny’ (qv)). As he tries to stop Holt, Nin narrates the events that led Holt to torture Truman’s brother Sean (‘Anthony DeSando’ (qv)) by chaining him inside an iron box that’s slowly filling with cement. Cops on the take, missing money, Holt’s tempting wife Lyndel (‘Sherilyn Fenn’ (qv)) and dead police officers are implicated in the events.

Movie Title: Otkradnati ochi (2005)

Bob — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:28:29 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: This is a story of strange, impossible, inexplicable love between a Muslim Turk woman and a non-Muslim Bulgarian man. Ivan (the Bulgarian) is a pure and romantic young fellow, who gets caught up in the so-called regeneration process (when ethnic Turks’ names were forcibly changed to Bulgarian ones). He is responsible for the official seals, which is required to issue the new identity documents after the forced name changes. The schoolteacher Ayten tries to steal the seals, thinking that this way she can slow down the ethnic genocide. Their unexpected and unusual meeting brings these two characters together and makes them fell close, forcing Ivan to take a fateful decision -he must either rename Ayten, or face the consequences if he does not. Later on fate bring them together once again. Ayten’s small child is killed during an action by the special forces. Ivan, who has been among the main participants of this action is paralyzed with shock. The security forces decide to erase his memory. Ayten is also put in isolation, in the same hospital. From death, which is the only choice left to each of them, comes the common past of Ayten and Ivan. They gradually overcome their animosity; accept their differences and draw towards each other. But will the people around them accept their choice? Happy ending are a rarity in the Balkans. Then Ayteh’s brother returns from Turkey…

Movie Title: Warlock (1959)

Bob — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:41:50 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as marshal. When Blaisdell appears, he is accompanied by his friend Tom Morgan, a club-footed gambler who is unusually protective of Blaisdell’s life and reputation. However, various townspeople, concerned by the illegality of Blaisdell’s position, induce Johnny Gannon, one of the thugs who has reformed, to accept the post of official sheriff in rivalry to Blaisdell; and a woman arrives in town accusing Blaisdell and Morgan of having murdered her fiance. The stage is set for a complex set of moral and personal conflicts.

Movie Title: Wool Cap, The (2004) (TV)

Bob — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:43:19 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: A Christmas story. Charlie Gigot is a mute super at a dingy New York apartment building; he always wears a wool cap. One winter, a woman leaves her daughter Lou with Gigot, promising to be back the next day. Mom flakes out, and Gigot – who’s down and out, probably with post-traumatic stress syndrome, has a drinking problem, and lives in a basement junk heap with a pet monkey – tries to find someone who will take Lou in. Winter gives way to spring; Gigot reluctantly becomes, in fits and starts, a parent. What if Lou’s mom doesn’t return; what are Charlie’s options? His past may hold an answer.

Movie Title: Trial of Donald Duck, The (1948)

Bob — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:44:58 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Donald is caught in the rain while eating his lunch. He ducks into a restaurant for a cup of coffee, but Chez Pierre is a very ritzy place, and by the time all is said and done, he’s facing a bill for $35.99, and he only got a drop of coffee, and he only has a nickel. Pierre takes him to court, where this story is told, and is ordered to pay $10 or wash dishes for ten days.

Movie Title: Marquise (1997)

Bob — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:20:39 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.

Movie Title: Rough Cut and Ready Dubbed (1982)

Bob — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:32:58 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: Documents the post-punk period between 1978 and 1981, featuring the looks, the poses, the rucks, the riots and the slaggings of bands and their fans. Includes footage of the Wasted Festival and some of the original bands 25 years on. Also has performances from exponents of Punk, Mod, Oi and Ska – all filmed in the same DIY ethic that spawned punk itself.

Movie Title: Lost in Space (1998)

Bob — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:41:35 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: With the Earth running short of natural energy resources the Jupiter mission to colonize and exploit Alpha Prime seems to be the only chance of survival. Professor John Robinson (‘William Hurt’ ) together with his wife Maureen (‘Mimi Rogers’ (qv)), his family and fighter pilot Don West (‘Matt LeBlanc’ (qv)) lead a desperate attempt to create a Hyper-Gate in orbit around the planet Alpha Prime to enable the rescue of Earth to begin. However, others have different reasons for reaching Alpha Prime and Dr. Smith (‘Gary Oldman’ (qv)) sabotages the Jupiter 2 but fails to get clear and becomes an unwelcome stowaway aboard the ship. To escape the gravitational pull of the sun the Hyper-Drive is fired and the Jupiter 2, after a trip through hyperspace, emerges into a completely unknown part of the galaxy. A search of the star charts reveals that they are completely lost in an uncharted sector of space but this is only the beginning of their problems…

Movie Title: Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) (TV)

Bob — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:29:59 +0000

Movie Plot Summary: A biography of actor Laurence Olivier, featuring clips from his performances and interviews with his co-workers.