Month: September 2005

Standing upright

Standing upright

Once again I will allow myself the amazement about the speed with which Maxim is learning. It seemed that only about a week ago he was trying to make an attempt at standing and it was taking his complete concentration. All his muscles were working and he was breathing heavily after a mere twenty seconds of trying. Today though he looks like he was born standing. He can get himself up from a sitting position in under two seconds. He falls rarely. He turns around while standing. He uses only one hand to hold himself. He can stand on one foot while waving another in kicking things all around him. He can stand for 10-15 minutes at a time. Sometimes he even can sit down by himself. And than get up again. What can I say? I wish I could learn at least at one tenth of his speed.

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The Man

The Man (2005)I’m not even sure I picked “The Man” up because of Samuel Jackson starring in it. Most probably it was just a random choice.

Directed by: Les Mayfield
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie, Gigi Rice, Rachael Crawford, Philip Akin, Christopher Murray, Joel S. Keller, John Hemphill, Kathryn Greenwood, Carrie Cain-Sparks, George Ghali
IMDB raintg: 4.9
My rating: 2.0 [rate 2.0]
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Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty (2004)“Stage Beauty” was an item on my list of movies to see. But I can’t remember the reason it got there. Nor can I think of one.

Directed by: Richard Eyre
Genres: Drama
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Zoe Tapper, Richard Griffiths, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Edward Fox, Derek Hutchinson, Mark Letheren, Jack Kempton, Alice Eve, Fenella Woolgar, David Westhead
IMDB raintg: 7.3
My rating: 6.0 [rate 6.0]

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A Few Good Men

“A Few Good Men” is the film that I’ve seen many times, but never blogged about it. Therefor I could never remembered what it was about and had to refresh my memory with yet another watching.

Directed by: Rob Reiner
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, J.A. Preston, Matt Craven, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle
IMDB raintg: 7.5
My rating: 7.0 [rate 7.0]

This is one of those predictable Hollywood movies that nicely mixes together law and courtroom them with military and adds a personal drama. The film would have been lost on the shelves of history if it wasn’t for the exceptional cast.

Almost every face in the film is familiar. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, J.T.Walsh, Noah Wyle… the list goes on. Even Cuba Goodings Jr. appears in a short cameo. These are the people who delivered excellent performance and not only saved the film but made it very capturing. Yes, even Tom Cruise was good. And you don’t here me saying this that often.