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Back to the Movies!
Aug. 7th, 2019 11:44 amSome very different and out of the mainstream movies this month.
MOVIES WATCHED IN JULY
July 3 - The Stranger Within (1974)
An expectant mother begins acting strangely and doesn't know why. Gradually she starts to realize that her bizarre behavior is being controlled by her unborn baby.
Director: Lee Philips
Stars: Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff
I saw this movie years ago, like when it first aired. I was so happy to find that it’s as good as I remember it.
July 11 - The Novitiate (2017)
Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.
Director: Maggie Betts
Stars: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley
Strange, though interesting movie. But I thought the ending was fell flat.
July 13 - A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
Couldn’t get through this one. Too much of the character’s reactions border on stupid.
July 18 - Crooked House (2017)
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson
I’m not usually one for mysteries, but I recommend this one highly. Great cast, great movie.
July 19 - Paris Can Wait (2016)
The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
Director: Eleanor Coppola
Stars: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin
A so-so movie with an annoyingly coy ending.
July 20 - Wildlife (2018)
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Director: Paul Dano
Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan
Interesting story of a divorce seen through the eyes of the child. And while it sounds as if the father is to blame for their problems, I ended up not liking the mother.
July 24 - Loveless (2017)
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov
Heartbreaking story. I know it’s a movie, but I can well imagine that the situation is played out every day, in every country. These two people should never have had a child.
July 28 - The Painted Veil (2006)
A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Director: John Curran
Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones
Very well done adaption of Maughin’s novel. Norton is outstanding.
MOVIES WATCHED IN JULY
July 3 - The Stranger Within (1974)
An expectant mother begins acting strangely and doesn't know why. Gradually she starts to realize that her bizarre behavior is being controlled by her unborn baby.
Director: Lee Philips
Stars: Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff
I saw this movie years ago, like when it first aired. I was so happy to find that it’s as good as I remember it.
July 11 - The Novitiate (2017)
Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.
Director: Maggie Betts
Stars: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley
Strange, though interesting movie. But I thought the ending was fell flat.
July 13 - A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
Couldn’t get through this one. Too much of the character’s reactions border on stupid.
July 18 - Crooked House (2017)
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson
I’m not usually one for mysteries, but I recommend this one highly. Great cast, great movie.
July 19 - Paris Can Wait (2016)
The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
Director: Eleanor Coppola
Stars: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin
A so-so movie with an annoyingly coy ending.
July 20 - Wildlife (2018)
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Director: Paul Dano
Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan
Interesting story of a divorce seen through the eyes of the child. And while it sounds as if the father is to blame for their problems, I ended up not liking the mother.
July 24 - Loveless (2017)
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov
Heartbreaking story. I know it’s a movie, but I can well imagine that the situation is played out every day, in every country. These two people should never have had a child.
July 28 - The Painted Veil (2006)
A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Director: John Curran
Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones
Very well done adaption of Maughin’s novel. Norton is outstanding.
