Films & TV Works I watched in 2016
Mostly new to me works. All of them in different kinds of genres!
How I rate:
5 stars - **1/2
6 stars - ***
7 stars - ***1/2
8 stars - ****
9 stars - ****1/2
10 stars - *****
How I rate:
5 stars - **1/2
6 stars - ***
7 stars - ***1/2
8 stars - ****
9 stars - ****1/2
10 stars - *****
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- DirectorAlex PillaiStarsRafe SpallCara TheoboldRichie CampbellA TV-movie about Britain's real-life ghost hunter and skeptic Harry Price, who investigated tales of the paranormal and supernatural.Rating: 7/10 on Download
- DirectorGilles Paquet-BrennerStarsKristin Scott ThomasMélusine MayanceNiels ArestrupIn modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.Rating: 8/10 on DVD
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsHelen MirrenRyan ReynoldsDaniel BrühlMaria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.Rating: 7/10 on DVD
- DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsBlake LivelyMichiel HuismanHarrison FordA young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.Rating: 5/10 on DVD
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsCindy BusbyRyan PaeveyElizabeth McLaughlinIn this modern day spin on "Pride & Prejudice," Elizabeth Scott (Cindy Busby), is fishing for direction in her life and gets the opportunity to professionally show her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in a fancy New York dog show.Rating: 6/10 on Download
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsDaisy RidleyJohn BoyegaOscar IsaacAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.Rating: 8/10 at the Cinema
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsMélanie ThierryLambert WilsonGaspard UllielBased on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era.Rating: 7.5/10 on DVD
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonBill MurrayAn unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.Rating: 6/10 on DVD
- DirectorKay MellorStarsKerry FoxRay WinstoneBen DanielsYorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this creates she takes in car-dealer Dave. He's homeless as Kate's husband has moved in with his wife. This leaves the problem of how to get promptly pregnant. Surely not with increasingly interesting Dave. They can't even agree on a baby's name - he thinks Fanny is silly and she finds Elvis, well, inconceivable.Re-watched on Download, 7/10
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.Rating: 7/10 on DVD
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsYul BrynnerSteve McQueenCharles BronsonSeven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.Rating: 6/10 on DVD
- DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Rating: 8/10 at the Cinema
- DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.Rating: 8/10 on DVD
- DirectorAlan HorroxStarsGeraldine SomervilleJenny AgutterJonathan FirthTwo teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.Rating: 7/10 on Download
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori TakimotoJiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.Rating: 7/10 on DVD
- DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsMichael GambonRomola GaraiLindsay DuncanBritish Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.Rating: 6/10 on Download
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsJon Bon JoviAnna GalienaLambert WilsonA successful playwright falls in love with his new actress Hilary (Thandie Newton) and, in an attempt to leave his wife Elena (Anna Galiena) without incident, recruits a handsome Hollywood actor (Jon Bon Jovi) to seduce her.Rating: 5/10 on Download
- DirectorDave McKeanStarsStephanie LeonidasJason BarryRob BrydonIn a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.Rating: 7/10 on DVD
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeJonathan BaileyJulie DrayA comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.Rating: 6/10 (Series 1) on Download
- CreatorJeff FranklinStarsCandace Cameron BureJodie SweetinDashiell MessittIn a continuation of Full House (1987), D.J. Fuller is a mother of three young boys and is a recent widow. D.J.'s sister Stephanie, her best friend Kimmy and Kimmy's teenage daughter all move in to help raise her sons. The house is now a lot fuller.Rating: 6.5/10 (Season 1) on Netflix
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsAmber TamblynAlexis BledelAmerica FerreraFour best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.Re-watched on Netflix, 6.5/10
- DirectorBill CondonStarsIan McKellenLaura LinneyHiroyuki SanadaAn aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.Rating: 6.5/10 on DVD
- DirectorMark LevinStarsJosh HutchersonCharlotte Ray RosenbergBradley WhitfordA 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.Rating: 7/10 on Download
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.Rating: 7/10 (Series 1 to 2) on Netflix
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsGlen BerryLinda HenryScott NealJamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.Re-watched on DVD, 8/10