Thursday, May 5, 2011

Movies I Have Seen - May 2011 (14 movies)

The Damned United. 2009, Starring Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, Maurice Roëves, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham, Brian McCardie, Peter McDonald, Giles Alderson, Mark Bazeley, Martin Compston, Joe Dempsie, Elizabeth Carling, Oliver Stokes, Ryan Day, Peter Quinn, Jimmy Reddington, Liam Thomas, Danny Tomlinson, Lesley Maylett, Chris Moore, John Savage, Mark Cameron, Tom Ramsbottom, Matthew Storton, Bill Bradshaw, Stuart Gray, Alex Harker, Craig Williams, Colin Harris, Stewart Robertson, Laurie Rea, Tomasz Kocinski, Mark Jameson, David Stevenson, Nathan Head, Chris Wilson, Ralph Ineson, David Roper, Frank Skillin, Dylan Van Hoof, Sydney Wade, Glenn Cunningham, Tony Gubba, Gillian Waugh, Sir Michael Parkinson, Philip Childs, Terence Harvey, Gordon Hall, John Craven, Isabella Eades-Jones, Paul Bown, Christopher Chilton and William Martyn Conboy. Movie Central, May 5, 2011, with Bethany Luther and popcorn (and May 9, 2011).

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. 2010, Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Wong, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Shota Saito, Keita Saito, Jason Schwartzman, Kjartan Hewitt, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Christine Watson, Chantelle Chung, Don McKellar, Emily Kassie, John Patrick Amedori, Erik Knudsen, Tennessee Thomas, Maurie W. Kaufmann, Abigail Chu, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas, Thomas Jane, Clifton Collins, Jr., Reuben Langdon, Bill Hader (narrator) and the author, Bryan Lee O'Malley, and his wife, Hope Larson, appear as Lee's Palace bar patrons. Movie Central, May 15, 2011.

Afterwards. 2008, Starring Romain Duris, John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly, Pascale Bussières, Sara Waisglass, Reece Daniel Thompson, Bruno Verdoni, Joan Gregson, Mark Camacho, Robin Wilcock, Edward Yankie, Carlo Mestroni, Glenda Braganza, Leni Parker, Henri Pardo, Sophi Knight, Morgan Costa Rouchy, Lois Dellar, Jason Cavalier, Brigitte Catillon, Simone-Elise Girard, Sara Bradeen, Marcel Jeannin, Randy Blair, James Arden, Ryann Trofimczuk, Holly O'Brien, Robert Robinson, Mireille Metellus, Sergey Prisellkov, Marianne Farley, Ivan Smith, Linda Smith and Charles-Olivier Pelletier. Movie Central, May 16, 2011.

GravyTrain. 2010, Starring Tim Doiron (writer), April Mullen (director), Jennifer Dale, Tim Meadows, Colin Mochrie, Kyle Schmid, Ryan Tilley, A. C. Peterson, Peter Keleghan, Chris Baker, Alan Frew, Mitchell Nye, Michael Rhoades, Melissa Lynn Dozois, Melanie Mullen, Katherine East, Peter Pasyk, Melissa Jane Shaw, Dave Nichols, Darrell Faria, Mickey Moon, Nabil Milne, Daryl Doiron, Ryan Chruchill, Stu Coakley, Catherine DeGiorgio, Elizabeth DeGiorgio, Michelle Picciariello, Patricia Giordano, Jennifer Pirosko, Antonio Leplane, Chris Irwin, Hank Handke, Bob Goodall, Sarah Kolasky, Kevin Davidson, Nathan Warriner and Marce Mazi. Movie Central, May 17, 2011.

Observe and Report. 2009, Starring Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña, Collette Wolfe, Anna Faris, Dan Bakkedahl, Jesse Plemons, John Yuan, Matthew Yuan, Celia Weston, Aziz Ansari, Randy Gambill, Patton Oswalt, Danny McBride, Alston Brown, Cody Midthunder, Debra-Jayne Brown, Alston Brown, Eddie Rouse, Lauren A. Miller, Rafael Herrera, Ben Best, William Sterchi, Robbie Hill, Marlon Cunningham, Milos Milicevic, Antonia DeNardo, Danielle Martin, David House, Fran Martone, Gail L. Harrington, Cody Tyler Weselis, Wyatt Tipton, Shane Habberstad, Dylan Hice, Lucy Hill, Parker Ewing, Ivan Kraljevic, Chase Fox, River Shields, Amy Baklini and Alexandria Morrow. Movie Central, May 17, 2011.

The Lovely Bones. 2009, Starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Rose McIver, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli, Christian Thomas Ashdale, Reece Ritchie, Charlie Saxton, Amanda Michalka, Jake Abel, Carolyn Dando, Nikki SooHoo, Annabel Grealish, Thomas McCarthy, Andrew James Allen, Stink Fisher, Evelyn Lennon, Stefania Owen, Marley McKay, Ashley Brimfield, John Jezior, Anna George, Kirit Kapadia, Richard Lambeth, William Zielinski, Glen Drake, Nick Baker, Dan Kern, Greg Wood, Freya Milner, Katie Jackson, Ruby Hudson, Tina Graham, Phoebe Gittins, Anna Dawson, Lili Bayliss, Bruce Phillips, Veronica Horn, Jack Hoffman, Seth F. Miller, David C. Roehm Sr., Lee Miller, Michael A. Salvato, Nakia Dillard, William Hummel, James Vassanelli, Scott Evans, Billy Jackson, Bob Burns, Kathy Burns, April Phillips, Grace Carden-Horton, Gabby Greig, Bravo (Holiday the Salmon family dog) and Stan The Wonder Pug (as himself). Movie Central, May 17, 2011.

W. 2008, Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn, Thandie Newton, Toby Jones, Bruce McGill, Ioan Gruffudd, Noah Wyle, Rob Corddry, Dennis Boutsikaris, Randall Newsome, Jason Ritter, Michael Gaston, Tom Kemp, Paul Rae, Stacy Keach, Jesse Bradford, Marley Shelton, Anne Pressly, Sayed Badreya, William Chan, Elena Kong, Teresa Cheung, Colin Hanks, Maria Chan, Bryan Massey, Wes Chatham, Jesse Bradford, Sean Stone, Ben Mayer, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Shea Lewis, Randal Reeder, Litt Martin, James Ron Parker, Keenan Harrison Brand, Bill Jenkins, Brent Sexton, Jonathan Breck, Jennifer Sipes, Jonna Juul-Hansen, David Born, John Buffalo Mailer, James Martin Kelly, William Lanier, Gregory Alan-Williams, Jon Davis, Andrew Sensenig, Gabriela Ostos, Lisa Fairchild, Paul T. Taylor, Halley Rachel, Dottie McWhiney, Ronan Summers, John Neisler, Charles Fathy, James A. Garrity, Randall Newsome, Jewel Williams, Oscar Contreras, Tom Kemp, Brad Sham and Ashley-Anne Parker. History Network, May 18, 2011.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. 2009, Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, Daniel Sunjata, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Noureen DeWulf, Anne Archer, Amanda Walsh, Camille Guaty, Rachel Boston, Robert Forster, Logan Miller, Christa B. Allen, Kasey Russell, Devin Brochu, Albert M. Chan, Christina Milian, Olga Maliouk, Timothy Alexson, Emily Foxler, Catherine Haena Kim, Noa Tishby, Rachelle Wood, Erin Wyatt, Stephanie Oum (Kako), Micah Sherman, Michael Anastasia, Paul Cassell, Dan Whelton, Scott Powers, Heather Wilde, Michael R. Pouliot, Chad Mountain, Samantha Rose Goober, Alyssa McCourt, Sam Byrne, Gina Gesamondo, Toni Saladna, Abigail Kuklis, Paula Merritt, Kortney Adams, Cindy Lentol, Kimberly Carvalho, Ashley Carvalho, Travis Clough, Jasmine Tang, Genevieve Glenn, Farah Casis, Lauren Tangard, Layla Hosseini, Quiana Grant, Taylar Eliza Bunts, Munjeet Geyer, Erin McParland, Allyssa Maurice, Alicia Barrett, Natalie Alain Loisou, Olga Maliouk, Tom Kemp, Stephen L. Russell, Tyler Christopher, Lexi Lawson, Artie Sgaraglio, J. Levine, Michael Hannigan, Robert Ellis, Mark Norby, Stream, Anastasia Barnes and Ellen Becker-Gray. Movie Central, May 17, 2011. (Jennifer Garner and Christa B. Allen again appear together for the first time since 13 Going on 30 in 2004 and again play the older and younger versions of the same character.)(Film is first pairing of Michael Douglas and Anne Archer since the 1987 hit thriller Fatal Attraction)
Soundtrack:
"Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past" - All Too Much
"Hush" - Gavin Rossdale
"Got A Lot Of Love For You Baby" - The Ralph Sall Experience
"Keep On Loving You" - REO Speedwagon
"You Can't Hurry Love" - The Ralph Sall Experience
"Ladies Night" - Kool & The Gang
"Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
"Yeah (Dream Of Me)" - All Too Much
"Holding Back The Years" - Simply Red
"Sleep" - All Too Much

Rasputin. 1996, Starring Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen, David Warner, John Wood, James Frain, Ian Hogg, Sheila Ruskin, Peter Jeffrey, Freddie Findlay, Julian Curry, László Áron, János Bata, István Bicskei, István Bubik, John Cater, László Csurka, Konstantin Frolov, Eugine Ganelin, Nikolett Gallusz, Nick Gillott, Kiril Gorov, János Gosztonyi, Barbara Horváth, István Hunyadkürthy, Zsófia Ivony, Viktor Khozianov, Tibor Kenderesi, Ferenc Dávid Kiss, Ági Kökényessy, András Komlós, Gábor Koncz, Patricia Kovács, Robert Lang, Aleksandr Lykov, Elena A. Malashevskaya, Zsuzsa Málnay, Irén Márkus, Michael Mehlmann, Ferenc Némethy, Anna Orosz, Fanni Petö, Alexander Polovtsev, Diana Quick, Adrienne Rajczi, Natasha Reshetnikova, László Sinkó, Anatoli Slivnikov, Miklós B. Székely, Péter Szokol, Tamás Tóth, John Turner, Béla Unger, András Várkonyi and Nándor Wampetich. HBO, May 17, 2011.

The Kids Are All Right. 2010, Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta, Eddie Hassell, Zosia Mamet, Kunal Sharma, Joaquín Garrido, Rebecca Lawrence, Lisa Eisner, Eric Eisner, Sasha Spielberg, James MacDonald, Margo Victor, Stuart Blumberg and Diego Calderón. Movie Central, May 22, 2011.

Letters to Juliet. 2010, Starring Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Gael García Bernal, Lydia Biondi, Daniel Baldock, Milena Vukotic, Luisa Ranieri, Marina Massironi, Ashley Lilley, Oliver Platt, Marcia DeBonis, Giordano Formenti, Paolo Arvedi, Dario Conti, Ivana Lotito, Luisa De Santis, Remo Remotti, Angelo Infanti, Giacomo Piperno, Fabio Testi, Sara Armentano, Benito Deotto, Marcello Catania, Silvana Bosi, Elio Veller, Sandro Dori, Adriano Guerri, Antonio Randazzo, Stefano Guerrini, Daniel Baldock, Robbie Neigeborn, Hilary Edson, Peter Arpesella and Naeem Uzimann. Movie Central, May 23, 2011. The song Love Story by Taylor Swift.

The Other Guys. 2010, Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton as Captain Gene Mauch, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans, Jr., Michael Delaney, Zach Woods, Lindsay Sloane, Rob Huebel, Natalie Zea, Brett Gelman, Bobby Cannavale, Andy Buckley, Adam McKay, Oliver Wood, Brooke Shields as Herself (Cameo), Rosie Perez as Herself (Cameo), Derek Jeter as Himself (Cameo), Tracy Morgan as Himself, Josef Sommer, Ice-T as Narrator, Anne Heche, Chris Gethard, Edward O'Dowd, Larnell Stovall, Jalil Jay Lynch, Roy T. Anderson, Andrew Secunda, Sara Chase, David Gideon, Josh Church, Alison Becker, Warren Kelley, Zoe Lister-Jones, Sean Heilig, Matthew J. McCarthy, Adam Phillips, Tess Kartel, Rob Mars, C.C. Taylor, Jake Quinn, Elizabeth Kaledin, Will Lyman, Peter R. Thewes, Robin Ng, Malachy McCourt, Barry Carl, Benjamin Magnuson, Thomas McDonnell III, Jimmy O'Donnell, Kevin Osborne, Pierce Turner, James Archie Worley, Shakiem Evans, Danielle Cell, Brianne Moncrief, Patrick Ferrell, James Mazzola, Patrick Crowley, Ben Schwartz, Tara Copeland, Eamon Speer, Patrick Reale, Zak Orth, Pete Antico, Viola Harris, Jamie Dugal, Chris Gethard, Michael Fawcett and Pilar Angelique. Movie Central, May 25, 2011.

She's Out of My League. 2010, Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, Krysten Ritter, T. J. Miller, Nate Torrence, Mike Vogel, Lindsay Sloane, Kim Shaw, Jasika Nicole, Debra Jo Rupp, Adam LeFevre, Kyle Bornheimer, Hayes MacArthur, Geoff Stults, Jessica St. Clair, Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan (Alice Eve's real life parents, play her fictional parents), Jeffery Jones,
Josiah Hoffman, Sidney Crosby as Himself, Jackie Evancho, Andrew Daly, Adam Tomei, Robin Shorr, Patrick Jordan, Tom Stoviak, Rick Applegate, Heather Morgan Leigh, Jason McCune, Yan Xi, Alex Cole, Joseph F. Eberle, Phil Spano, Jeff Adams, Mila Cermak, Mike Gaffney, Todd Gally, Jim Gricar, Rob Hofmann, Jason Lewis, Ed Nusser, Jory Rand, Matthew Richert, Tom Rieck, Joe Sager, Phil Nardozzi, Cristina Aloe, Tony Amen, Aaron Bernard, Harold 'Hank' Clark, Jonathan Eldell, Jackie Evancho, Minda Fisher, Josiah Hoffman, Jeffrey Jones, William Kania, Alexis Kupka as Herself, Eric Leach, Stephanie Macdougall, Lorelei Mahoney, Laurie Mann, Sean P. McCarthy, Leslie McGuier, Tiffany Sander McKenzie, Ian Michael, Jeremy Moon, Jillian O'Neil, Paul J. Rosenburg, David Santiago, Gaynelle W. Sloman, Robert Stull, James Viscusi, Blase Ward, James Werley and Mandy Wilson. Movie Central, May 25, 2011.

Robin Hood. 2010, Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Mark Lewis Jones, Mark Addy, William Hurt, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins as Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Richard and King John's mother (Vanessa Redgrave was originally cast for the part, but pulled out after the death of her daughter, actress Natasha Richardson), Max von Sydow, Jonathan Zaccaï, Matthew Macfadyen, Kevin Durand as Little John, Léa Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Alan Doyle as Allan A'Dayle, Douglas Hodge, Robert Pugh, Gerard McSorley, Velibor Topic, Ciaran Flynn, Simon McBurney, Denise Gough, John Nicholas, Thomas Arnold, Pip Carter, Bronson Webb, Denis Menochet, Jamie Beamish, John Atterbury, Luke Evans, Roy Holder, Mark David, Ruby Bentall, Ned Dennehy, Nicolas Simon, Lisa Millett, Stuart Martin, Jessica Raine, Steve Evets, Eric Rulliat, Abraham Belaga, Jack Downham, Richard Riddell, David Bertrand, Arthur Darvill, Giannina Facio, Hannah Barrie, Lee Battle, Nicky Bell, Andrea Ware, John O'Toole, Ralph Inneson, Zuriel De Peslouan, Jake Curran, Samuel Dupuy, Nick Lucas, Alan Charlesworth, Lothaire Gerard, Mat Laroche, Chris Jared, Joseph Hamilton and James Hamilton and James Burrows and Danny Clarke and Tom Blyth as Feral Children, Stephen Armourae, Barry Ashton, Jason Beeston, Andy Callaghan, Jamie Clark, Jason Collins, Nicholas Crum, James Currie, Ray Donn, Alison Faith, James Fiddy, Neil Findlater, Joe Golby, Kas Graham, Lloyd Handley, Lee Nicholas Harris, Peter Holyoake, Russell Honeywell, Jimi James, Michael Koltes, Lucy Lavey, Jean-Christophe Leger, Jo Marriott, João Costa Menezes, Robert Harrison O'Neil, Sarah Jane O'Neill, Michael St Omer, James Payton, Robert Roman Ratajczak, Geoff Searle, Mark Shrimpton, Jack Steele, Simon Steggall, Ryan Stuart, Umit Ulgen, Martin Walker and Christian Wolf-La'Moy. Movie Central, May 27, 30 and 31.