Movies

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

“Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story” is another pick from a random pile. I’ve never heard anything about this film. And even the DVD cover wasn’t featuring anything remotely familiar.

Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Genres: Drama, Crime
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson, Brenda Bazinet, Wes Williams, Greg Ellwand, CCH Pounder, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins, Tom Barnett, Karl Campbell, Joseph Pierre, Vibert Cobham, David Fraser, Kahmaara Armatrading
IMDB raintg: 6.5
My rating: 1.0 [rate 1.0]

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Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black (1998) I’ve seen “Meet Joe Black” so long ago, that I decided to watch it again. I remember that I liked that film a lot and was wonderign if it was really that good.

Directed by: Martin Brest
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Drama
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller, Jahnni St. John, Richard Clarke, Marylouise Burke, Diane Kagan, June Squibb, Gene Canfield, Suzanne Hevner
IMDB raintg: 6.6
My rating: 9.0 [rate 9.0]

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Pursued

Pursued (2004) “Pursued” is another one of those movies that I knew little before renting it. In fact the only thing I knew was that Christian Slater was in it. Because he was on the cover of the DVD.

Directed by: Kristoffer Tabori
Genres: Action, Drama
Cast: Gil Bellows, Conchita Campbell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chelah Horsdal, Scott Hylands, Saul Rubinek, Christian Slater, Andrew Stevens, Sarah Strange, Ken Tremblett, Estella Warren
IMDB raintg: 5.6
My rating: 3.0 [rate 3.0]

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) I am still looking for a source of good movies. In the meantime I watch whatever I can get. “Four Weddings and a Funeral” for today.

Directed by: Mike Newell
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cast: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Bower, Charlotte Coleman, Andie MacDowell, Timothy Walker, Sara Crowe, Ronald Herdman, Elspet Gray, Philip Voss, Rupert Vansittart, Nicola Walker
IMDB raintg: 7.1
My rating: 6.5 [rate 6.5]

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Generating ultimate movie wishlist with Perl and IMDB

One of the things that will go into history with the year 2005 is the number of bad movies produced by Hollywood. IMDB says:

Hollywood is mired in its biggest box-office slump in over 20 years.

With all those bad movies around, finding something worth the time and effort becomes increasing difficult. Luckily, there are these two things that can make our lives easier – IMDB and Perl.

Combining the two all sorts of interesting things can be achieved. Particularly, an ultimate movie wishlist can be generated.

If you are here just for the script, than here is the movie_wishlist.pl. If you want just the result, than here is wishlist.html. Otherwise read on for the explanations on how it works and how you can make it better.

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