Movies I Watched (August 2022)
A list of all the films I watched in August 2022.
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- DirectorJimmy LaroucheStarsMichel CôtéSasha MigliareseJoëlle MorinAfter spending years in jail for drug trafficking, Dino Tavarone found fame through his portrayal of the Mafia godfather on 'OMERTA.' Today, at 72 years old, he's undertaking what might possibly his final role.6/10
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsMichael DouglasTerrence MannMichael BlevinsHopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.1/10
- DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsPeter O'TooleKatharine HepburnAnthony Hopkins1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.9/10
#6 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.9/10
#4 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorShane BlackStarsRobert Downey Jr.Val KilmerMichelle MonaghanAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.7/10
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsBarbara BarrieBernie HamiltonRichard MulliganIn his wanderlust, Joe Cullen moves from the US to South America to work in a mining camp, he leaving behind his wife Julie and their infant daughter, Ellen Mary. After Joe stops writing and sending money, Julie, not expecting Joe ever to return to her in he being dissatisfied with married life, files for divorce, and moves with Ellen Mary to the town of Howard to start life anew working in the payroll department of Howard Factory. Among the people she meets and befriends in Howard is coworker Frank Richards, the friendship with him which slowly but eventually blossoms into romance. Despite some opposition from his parents, especially his father, Frank and Julie get married, Frank, in the process, becoming the only father that Ellen Mary has really ever known, a loving one at that. After Julie and Frank have a child of their own, William so named after his father, Joe, four years after his departure, returns solely wanting to reestablish a relationship of sorts with now adolescent Ellen Mary. After Joe sees Julie's new life, he changes his want from that relationship with Ellen Mary to suing for full custody. The sole issue, originally with William's Sr.'s objection to the marriage, and to Joe's want for full custody, is that Julie and Joe, and thus by association Ellen Mary, are white, while Frank is black.7/10
- DirectorChris WilliamsStarsKarl UrbanZaris-Angel HatorJared HarrisWhen a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.8/10
- DirectorRon HowardStarsViggo MortensenColin FarrellJoel EdgertonA rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.9/10
#3 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorNouchka van BrakelStarsMonique van de VenMaria SchneiderMarijke MerckensYoung mother of two Eva is send on holiday to France by her husband to relief her stress. There she meets lesbian Liliane who lives in a commune.7/10
- DirectorJennifer AlleynStarsJennifer AlleynPascale BussièresEsfir DyachkovIn the process of her ongoing film shoot in NYC a filmmaker finds herself questioning the origin of impulsion.5/10
- DirectorRon HowardStarsWoody CulletonMatt GatesJerry BrownThe community of Paradise, California, a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, attempts to rebuild after devastating wildfires in 2018.8/10
- DirectorStéphane LafleurStarsFrancis La HayeFanny MalletteMichel DaigleBenoit and Maryse: a brother and sister with seemingly normal lives. Everything is changed by a series of coincidences... and the arrival of a man claiming to come from the future.6/10
- DirectorAndré ForcierStarsÉric BruneauÉmilie DequenneAndréa FerréolAlbert Renaud, a young French Canadian dreams of becoming a movie star and take the train to Hollywood. His trip is filled with adventures.7/10
- DirectorRichard CiupkaStarsMarie-Chantal PerronPierre LebeauMichel Laperrière2/10
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsMarc-André GrondinMarilyn CastonguaySarianne CormierMichel Dumont is a delivery boy for a grocery store. Divorced and father of two young children, is accused and condemned for a Sexual aggression that he refuses to acknowledge.9/10
#5 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorRon HowardStarsCarlota AndrésInés AndrésJosé AndrésA chronicle of how Andrés and his nonprofit rebuilds nations in the wake of disaster, providing healthy food to those affected.6/10
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.10/10
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsSherrie HewsonJohn TurnerRosalind AyresA musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.6/10
- DirectorTristan DuboisStarsLévi DoréJonathan St-ArmandLili-Ann De FrancescoIt's the story of a teen and his struggles in the last year of high school.8/10
- DirectorGessica GeneusStarsNehemie BastienGaëlle Bien-AiméDjanaina FrancoisFreda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.8/10
#9 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorMichael GalinskySuki Hawley'Battle for Brooklyn' follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in an abandoned building located at the heart of the project site. Over the course of seven years, Daniel and his community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan.6/10
- DirectorNouchka van BrakelStarsRenée SoutendijkErik van 't WoutAdriaan OlreeTragic story of a wealthy woman whose sexual desires change her into a prostitute, working on the streets of Paris during the 1880s.10/10
#1 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorRichard PressStarsBill CunninghamAnna WintourMichael KorsA profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.9/10
#7 in "Top 10 Best of August 2022" - DirectorBarak GoodmanDaniel AnkerStarsFrances McDormandStanley TucciAndre BraugherThe history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.8/10
- DirectorAllan MillerStarsRoberta GuaspariArnold SteinhardtIsaac SternA dedicated music teacher in East Harlem instructs a gaggle of underprivileged children in the art of the violin. In the climax, they play Carnegie Hall with some of the world's foremost fiddlers.8/10