Watched this years ago but I remember it being an alright movie...

Watched this years ago but I remember it being an alright movie...

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Star Date : 20230401

#movieoftheday is : Machete

Year: 2010

Rating : R

Length : 1h 45m

IMDb RATING : 6.6

YOUR RATING : 7

Type : Action, Crime, Thriller

Short Story : After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

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#movieoftheday is : Machete

Year: 2010...

"Tea with Mussolini (Italian: Un tè con Mussolini) is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.

 

"At the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, Tea with Mussolini won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maggie Smith). The film was also nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design but lost to Sleepy Hollow.

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"The film begins in 1935 in Florence, where a group of cultured expatriate English women – the "Scorpioni" – meet for tea every afternoon. Young Luca is the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman who's little interested in his son's upbringing; the boy's seamstress mother has recently died.

 

"Mary Wallace, the man's secretary, steps in to care for Luca, seeking support from her Scorpioni friends, including eccentric would-be artist Arabella. They teach Luca about life and the arts. Elsa Morganthal, a rich young American widow whom Scorpioni matron Lady Hester Random barely tolerates, sets up a financial trust for Luca when she hears his mother has died, as she was fond of her and still owes her money for her dressmaking services.

 

"One day when the ladies are taking afternoon tea, Italian Fascists disrupt them, reflecting the increasingly uncertain position of the expatriate community. Lady Hester, widow of Britain's former ambassador to Italy, retains an admiring faith in Benito Mussolini. She visits him, receiving his assurances of their safety, and proudly recounts her "tea with Mussolini". – more at #wikipedia

 

 

"Tea with Mussolini (Italian: Un tè con Mussolini) is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.

 

"At the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, Tea with Mussolini won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maggie Smith). The film was also nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design but lost to Sleepy Hollow.

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Watched this movie last night and I have to say it was pretty Good. It really showed how one can be traced and tracked in life through their i9nteraction online.. This was a good Watch!!!

Watched this movie last night and I have to say it was pretty Good. It really showed how one can be traced and tracked in life through their i9nteraction online.. This was a good Watch!!!

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#movieoftheday is : 💥Warcraft 💥

Year: 2016

Rating : PG-13

Length: 2h 3m

IMDb RATING : 6.7

YOUR RATING : 10 (Because I'm a fan :) )

Type : Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Short Story: As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.

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#movieoftheday is : 💥Warcraft 💥...

March 30, 2023… #movieoftheday is Toto Le Héros (1991)

“Toto the Hero (French: Toto le héros) is a 1991 Belgian film (co-produced with France and Germany) by Belgian film director and screenwriter Jaco Van Dormael. It won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film in 1992. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee,

“Ostensibly set in the near future, the film tells the life story of an elderly man named Thomas Van Hasebroeck (who has dubbed himself Toto, after a childhood fantasy), looking back on his ordinary, apparently uneventful life in a complex mosaic of flashbacks, interspersed with fantasies about how events might have turned out differently. It is not always possible to tell the difference between embellished or manufactured memories and fantasies, as Thomas is a very unreliable narrator, but some scenes (such as the narrative thread that features Toto as a secret agent) are definitely fantasized.

 

“Thomas firmly believes his life to have been "stolen" from him by Alfred Kant, born at the same time as Thomas, who Thomas believes was inadvertently switched with himself as a baby (characteristically, the film remains ambiguous as to whether this substitution ever actually happened, with Thomas' only substantiation being his apparent vivid memory of the day he was born). Thomas' jealousy of Alfred has overshadowed all his life, often with tragic consequences for his loved ones, and he is plotting revenge. Throughout most of the film, his intended revenge takes the shape of a plot to kill Alfred, but in the end Thomas finds a more creative and surprising way to "take back" his life.” - #wikipedia

March 30, 2023… #movieoftheday is Toto Le Héros (1991)

“Toto the Hero (French: Toto le héros) is a 1991 Belgian film (co-produced with France and Germany) by Belgian film director and screenwriter Jaco Van Dormael. It won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film in 1992. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee,

“Ostensibly set in the near future, the film tells the life story of an elderly man named Thomas Van Hasebroeck (who has...

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#movieoftheday is : The Butterfly Effect

Year: 2004

Rating : R

Length : 1h 53m

IMDb RATING : 7.6

YOUR RATING : 9

Type : Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Story: Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

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#movieoftheday is : The Butterfly Effect...

March 29, 2023... #movieoftheday is Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

“Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen [zh] of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong. The film was later adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the same title by the National Ballet of China, also directed by Zhang.

Set in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a young woman who becomes one of the concubines of a wealthy man during the Warlord Era. It is noted for its opulent visuals and sumptuous use of colours. The film was shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province. Although the screenplay was approved by Chinese censors, the final version of the film was banned in China for a period.

 

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“The film is set in the 1920s Republican era. Nineteen-year-old Songlian (played by Gong Li), an educated woman whose father has recently died and left the family bankrupt, is forced by her stepmother to marry into the wealthy Chen family, becoming the fourth concubine or, as she is referred to, the Fourth Mistress (Sì Tàitai) of the household. Arriving at the palatial abode, she is at first treated like royalty, receiving sensuous foot massages and brightly lit red lanterns, as well as a visit from her husband, Master Chen (Ma Jingwu), the master of the house, whose face is never clearly shown.

"Songlian soon discovers, however, that not all the concubines in the household receive the same luxurious treatment. In fact, the master decides on a daily basis the concubine with whom he will spend the night; whomever he chooses gets her lanterns lit, receives the foot massage, gets her choice of menu items at mealtime, and gets the most attention and respect from the servants. Pitted in constant competition against each other, the three concubines are continually vying for their husband's attention and affections…” more at wikipedia

 

Full movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5vzo9ZMSY

March 29, 2023... #movieoftheday is Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

“Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen [zh] of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong. The film was later adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the same title by the National Ballet of China, also directed by Zhang.

Set in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a young woman who becomes one of the concubines of a wealthy man during the...

What is the name of this movie?

What is the name of this movie?

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Star Date  : 20230329

#movieoftheday is : Margin Call

Year: 2011

Rating : R

Length : 1h 47m

IMDb RATING : 7.1

YOUR RATING : 8

Type : Drama, Thriller

Story: Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

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#movieoftheday is : Margin Call

Year: 2011...

Being human

Being human

Watched this movie with my Mom the first time and have watched it so many times since then.

Watched this movie with my Mom the first time and have watched it so many times since then.

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#mobieoftheday : Raya and the Last Dragon

Year: 2021

Rating : PG

Length : 1h 47m

IMDb RATING : 7.3

YOUR RATING : 8

Type : Animation, Action, Adventure

Story: In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

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#mobieoftheday : Raya and the Last Dragon

Year: 2021

Rating : PG...

March 27, 2023... #movieoftheday is Europa Europa (1990).

Fact is stranger then fiction! This is the true story of  Solomon Perel, a German Jewish boy who escaped the Holocaust by joining the Hitler Youth. Perel appears briefly as "himself" in the film's finale.

Europa Europa won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1992.

March 27, 2023... #movieoftheday is Europa Europa (1990).

Fact is stranger then fiction! This is the true story of  Solomon Perel, a German Jewish boy who escaped the Holocaust by joining the Hitler Youth. Perel appears briefly as "himself" in the film's finale.

Europa Europa won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1992.

The will to survive!

The will to survive!

This is one of my favorites

This is one of my favorites

Today #movieoftheday is a old classic "The Game"

Year: 1997

Rating : R

Length : 2h 9m

IMDb RATING : 7.7

YOUR RATING : 9.5

Type: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Story: After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Today #movieoftheday is a old classic "The Game"

Year: 1997

Rating : R

Length : 2h 9m...

March 25, 2023... #movieoftheday is Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

This movie is my follow-up to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). It highlights the mismanagement of the First World War by those "born to rule" and the sea-change in attitude towards them by those who returned after witnessing appalling levels of loss of life in the trenches.

"Oh! What a Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticize the manner in which the eventual victory was won." - #wikipedia

"Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie SmithDirk BogardeJohn GielgudJohn MillsKenneth MoreLaurence OlivierJack HawkinsCorin RedgraveMichael RedgraveVanessa RedgraveRalph RichardsonIan HolmPaul ShelleyMalcolm McFeeJean-Pierre CasselNanette NewmanEdward FoxSusannah YorkJohn ClementsPhyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves.

The film is based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War!, originated by Charles Chilton as the radio play The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop in 1963.

The title is derived from the music hall song "Oh! It's a Lovely War", which is one of the major numbers in the film.

March 25, 2023... #movieoftheday is Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

This movie is my follow-up to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). It highlights the mismanagement of the First World War by those "born to rule" and the sea-change in attitude towards them by those who returned after witnessing appalling levels of loss of life in the trenches.

"Oh! What a Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs,W...

Today's #Movieoftheday is "Pacific Rim"

Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

Length: 2h 11m

IMDb RATING : 6.9

YOUR RATING : 8

Type : Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Story: As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

Today's #Movieoftheday is "Pacific Rim"

Year: 2013

Rating: PG-13

Length: 2h 11m...