Movies you saw in August

Defiance (2008) WWII drama about the J-ewish Bielski Partisans who rescued person from extermination and fought against the Nazi  occupiers and their collaborators in the Naliboki Forest of German-occupied Poland which is now western Belarus. very well acted action film staring Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski and Liev Schreiber as his brother Zus. features Jamie Bell as younger brother Asael, the beautiful Alexa Davalos as Tuvia's lover and eventual wife Lilka and Ana Goldberg as Asael's eventual wife Lila. Allan Corduner is outstanding as Rabbi  Shimon Haretz and has many of the best lines in the movie. worth watching iF you are into mostly unknown "Great Patriotic War" history or just enjoy action with excellent acting. think it is yet another Holocaust themed movie everyone should see at least once. plays again on EPIX 2 Friday August 28th @ 3:20am, 12:35pm & 7:50pm pacific times. I rate it    of four

Christine (1983) psycho-horror thriller from the Steven King novel about a possessed red & white 1958 Plymouth Fury and the effect on it's once rather nerdy teenaged owner. a great "revenge on bullies" plot with an outstanding 1950's rock & roll sound track which itself makes the movie worth watching. director John Carpenter's use of the various songs as "leitmotifs" for Christine's actions is brilliant. probably the best character in the movie other than Keith Gordon as Arnie, Christine's owner and Christine herself, is Robert Prosky as Will Darnell the wrecking yard-repair shop owner. plays again on Encore-Suspense Monday August 24th @ 6:00pm & 10:00pm and Encore-East (HD) Thursday August 27th @ 9:10pm pacific. I rate it    of four. the Christine sound track play list is available on You Tube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDq-PBlc9A&list=PLJ3mgaOyNH5lELCtCARlQB-9Ow9J7nV4S

...Bielski Partisans who rescued J-ews from extermination...

WTF is the Covers.com HANG UP about the word J-ews or J-ewish? it is a fukking RELIGION and a RACE of PEOPLE?

watched a couple Johnny Depp movies the last couple nights

The Astronaut's Wife (1999) sci-fi psycho-suspense drama staring Johnny Depp as astronaut Commander Spencer Armacost and Charlize Theron as his wife Jillian. Joe Morton is excellent as NASA man Sherman Reese who suspects that Spencer Armacost and his space walk partner Captain Alex Streck may NOT be what they appear to be upon their return from their shuttle mission. OK movie with some decent "twists" in the plot and a WAY weird ending. plays again on Encore-Suspense Sunday August 30th @ 4:40am & 2:20pm pacific time. I rate it   of four

Blow (2001) crime drama biopic based on the life of "cocaine cowboy" smuggler George Jung played by Johnny Depp with Penelope Cruz as his shrew of a wife Mirtha and Ray Liotta as George's father Fred Jung.  Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens plays George's SoCal partner Derek Foreal while Jordi Molla plays Diego Delgado (based on the real life Carlos Lehder Rivas), who introduced George to coke smuggling using his existing marijuana connections and Cliff Curtis as Pablo Escobar. interesting real life story worth watching and Depp is outstanding as Jung. maybe his best "gangster" roll after Joe Pistone in Donnie Brasco (1997). plays again on Starz (HD) Tuesday August 25th @ 1:00pm & 4:00pm and  Encore-Classic Sunday August 30th @ 6:00pm I rate it    of four

The Giver (2014) futuristic drama about a "perfect" society which is really nothing more than a drugged up dictatorship where emotions are outlawed and no one but the selected "Receiver of Memory" has any knowledge of past history. started out rather slow and I almost dumped it BUT does pick up after the first about 20 minutes.  Jeff Bridges is interesting as The Giver who is transfering his knowledge of history to the new younger Receiver of Memory named Jonas played by Brenton Thwaites. the lovely Odeya Rush plays Jonas's love interest (although the actual emotion of "love" is outlawed) Fiona and Meryl Streep is The Chief Elder. an OK drama with some decent "twists" in the plot and runs a relatively short 95 minutes. plays almost nightly all next week on Showtime channels starting Wednesday August 26th thru Wednesday September 2nd. I rate it   of four

btw. started out watching the sports-crime drama Foxcatcher (2014) and after the first 15 minutes ended up just fast forwarding thru it. the whole damn movie is totally  and the ending just goes to prove how bent most rich kids from inherited wealth are. for me it was a complete waste of time

The Theory of Everything (2014) story of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, played by Eddie Redmayne, overcoming amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS aka "Lou Gehrig's disease) and his life with his wife Jane Wilde Hawking played by Felicity Jones. the movie got Osacar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay with  Redmayne winning best actor. found it to be an OK but rather "plodding" drama that I really don't think the average Covers action or comedy fan would particularly enjoy. I know I started "paging thru" early on. just too "arty-smarty" for my tastes. plays again on HBO channels almost nightly this next week starting Thursday August 27th and ending next Wednesday September 2nd. I rate it just of four

Re: Let It Ride (1989)plays again on Starz (HD) channels again Sunday August 30th @ 12:25am (right after midnight) and @ 11:40am (just before noon)

one of THE best scenes with Trotter and Cheeseburger >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5GVfNcivS8

The Equalizer (2014) "neo-noir" vigilante crime-action movie staring Denzel Washington with Chloe Grace Moretz. Marton Csokas plays a really wicked Russia mob "inforcer" villain. pretty much non-stop action after some Russian mobsters "fukk with the wrong guy" in Denzel's character McCall and he "John Wayne's" their azz. excellent fight scenes throughout. plays on Starz channels Saturday August 29th (all day), Sunday August 30th (all day) and Wednesday September 2nd (am & pm). I rate it    of four

Dracula Untold (2014) interesting combination of the Dracula ledgend and the true 15th Century historic character Vlad Draculea, Prince of Wallachia and Transylvania, aka Vlad the Impaler, who defended what is now modern day Romania from the invading Turks. I thought a more intersting plot compared to the usual "suck on your neck" vampire movie with excellent action and CGI. worth a look IF you like vampire or historic dramas. plays again on Cinemax channels all next week almost daily starting Saturday August 29th thru next Saturday September 5th. I rate it   of four