Movie-log 2012
All the movies I've watched in 2012 in the order I've watched them.
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- DirectorLars von TrierStarsKirsten DunstCharlotte GainsbourgKiefer SutherlandTwo sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsEmma StoneAmanda BynesPenn BadgleyWhen Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.
- CreatorBill LawrenceStarsZach BraffDonald FaisonSarah ChalkeIn the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.Season 4
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsJake GyllenhaalAnne HathawayJudy GreerIn 1990s Pittsburgh, a medicine peddler starts a relationship with a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease.
- DirectorFabian WullenweberStarsSonja RichterAnders W. BerthelsenClaus Riis ØstergaardCecilie experiences a rape, but no traces are found. Her husband commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist she sees a frightening connection between her condition and a brutal murder dating more than 30 years back
- DirectorNicole KassellStarsKevin BaconKyra SedgwickYasiin BeyA child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
- DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsRyan GoslingKirsten DunstFrank LangellaDavid Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.
- DirectorBill JusticeWolfgang ReithermanStarsPaul FreesGloria WoodBilly StormProfessor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
- DirectorTorill KoveStarsMag RuffmanA personal interpretation of Norwegian history - starring a grandmother who during the Second World War loses her job ironing the King's shirts. Instead she gains access to the enemy's uniforms, and inspires her own brand of resistance fighters, the "Shirt Guerillas".
- DirectorCurt GedaSteven E. GordonBob RichardsonStarsJustin GrossGrey GriffinMichael MasseeTo confront an alien menace, General Fury assembles a team of superheroes lead by a recently resuscitated Captain America.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsJens AlbinusPeter GantzlerFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonAn IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
- DirectorBill JusticeWolfgang ReithermanClyde GeronimiStarsPage Cavanaugh TrioKevin CorcoranJohn DehnerThe true story behind various nursery rhymes is explored.
- DirectorJamie MitchellStarsJim CummingsPeter CullenJohn FiedlerWhen Christopher Robin writes a letter to Santa and forgets to add what Pooh wanted for Christmas, Pooh tries to get the letter back, and subsequently redeliver the letter to the North Pole.
- StarsJerome BeidlerJim CummingsMichael GoughIn "Franken Pooh", Piglet is trying to tell a not-so-scary story, but Tigger makes it scary. Dr. Von Piglet creates the Monster Franken Pooh, who rampages, looking for honey! In "Things That Go Piglet In The Night", Eeyore is trying to learn how to swing at night time, because he doesn't get a chance during the day. But Piglet thinks he's a monster when he hears him yowling and covers himself with a pillowcase to hide, but everyone else thinks he's a ghost and they go on a wild 'ghost' chase, trying to capture the 'ghost'. In "Pooh Moon", the gang go on a camping trip, and when Piglet and Pooh decide to guard the corn, they fall asleep and the fire pops the corn and they believe they have gotten popped to the moon. But Tigger, Rabbit and Gopher believe they've been grabbed by the Grab Me Gotcha.
- DirectorLes ClarkStarsBill LeeThe Mellowmen QuartetThurl RavenscroftThe life, career, and challenges of the legendary giant lumberjack.
- DirectorBill JusticeStarsJerome CourtlandJeanne BrunsJames MacDonaldNoah gets the word: build an ark in seven days. His sons cut the necessary trees in three days, and much furious sawing and hammering follows. But there's no rest, as they need to round up all the animals. Noah boards the animals, then his sons, their wives, and his wife (who packed a ferocious picnic). The rains and flood begin. The animals soon develop cabin fever and get restless, but Mrs. Noah has the answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage beast." His sons find instruments and begin playing; everyone dances. But Harry the hippo dances with everyone but his wife; Noah goes to her, and while she tells him not to mention Harry's name, Noah convinces her that Harry is thinking only of her. The rains end; Noah sends a dove out who brings back an olive branch. They land on Mount Ararat and disembark.
- DirectorSuzie TempletonAn animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
- DirectorJohn CanemakerStarsEli WallachJohn TurturroMary BringleThe Moon and the Son, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of father/son relationships as seen through Canemaker's own turbulent relationship with his father. Featuring the voices of noted actors Eli Wallach and John Turturro in the roles of father and son, The Moon and the Son combines memory, fact, conjecture, trial transcripts, audio recordings, home movies, photos, snapshots, and original animation to tell the story of an Italian immigrant's troubled life and the devastating consequences of his actions on his family.
- DirectorAnthony LucasStarsJoel EdgertonHelmut BakaitisTommy DysartSet in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.
- DirectorRichard WilliamsStarsAlastair SimMichael RedgraveMelvyn HayesAn old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
- CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.Season 5
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsRobert Downey Jr.Jude LawJared HarrisDetective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe.
- DirectorRay GoossensStarsRené ArrieuGeorges AtlasAlbert AugierProfessor Calculus invented a machine which breaks glass with sound waves. Some foreign countries (including a Totalitarian regime) are interested and send their spies. Tintin and Haddock must face perils to come and rescue the Professor.
- DirectorPeter KosminskyStarsMichelle PfeifferRenée ZellwegerRobin WrightA teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
- DirectorEddie LatesteStarsPhilippe OgouzClaude BertrandGeorges AtlasTintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.
- DirectorHenrik Ruben GenzStarsSara Hjort DitlevsenNicolas BroLotte Andersen'Excuse Me' is a love fable of the young beautiful but confused, Helene, who according to her domineering mother has come into the world as a 'technical hitch'. Helene's search for her unknown father leads her to a small ailing Copenhagen theater. Helped by her mother's dog, Helene has always stood in the shadow of, she succeeds to get close to the theater director and the rest of the hard-pressed personal gallery. It is a surprising journey where everything is turned upside down, and where Helene doesn't necessarily find what she wanted, but something else - and much bigger.
- DirectorJoshua MarstonStarsCatalina Sandino MorenoGuilied LopezOrlando TobónA pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.
- CreatorBrad FalchukRyan MurphyHalley FeifferStarsLady GagaKathy BatesAngela BassettAn anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.Season 1
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonThe Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
- DirectorMichael Patrick KingStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallKristin DavisWhile wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where Samantha's ex is filming a new movie.
- DirectorPatrick DoyonStarsChantal BarilNatalie Hamel-RoyJacques LavalléeOn a typically boring Sunday a small boy goes to church with his parents before being taken to a relative's house for a family lunch. Still bored he amuses himself by placing a coin on the adjacent railway track,an action which has unfortunate and bizarre results for a passing bear.
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyStarsAdam BlackwoodLuba GoyAnthony BekennCalgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsLeonardo DiCaprioArmie HammerNaomi WattsJ. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
- CreatorBill LawrenceStarsZach BraffDonald FaisonSarah ChalkeIn the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.Season 5
- DirectorChristopher SmithStarsFranka PotenteSean HarrisVas BlackwoodTrapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsScarlett JohanssonHugh JackmanJim DunkAn American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
- DirectorFatih AkinYvan AttalRandall BalsmeyerStarsShia LaBeoufNatalie PortmanBradley CooperEleven love stories set in one of the most loved and hated cities of the world, New York City.
- DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsMorgan FreemanThomas JaneJason LeeFriends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
- DirectorSteve AntinStarsCherChristina AguileraAlan CummingA small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJack NicholsonPierce BrosnanSarah Jessica ParkerEarth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
- DirectorMichael GornickStarsGeorge KennedyLois ChilesDomenick JohnThree macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
- DirectorChuck JonesHerbert KlynnGerry WooleryStarsMel BlancMichael Tilson ThomasBugs and Daffy perform and act out their own version of the classic "Carnival of the Animals."
- DirectorHamilton LuskeStarsBill ThompsonThe Mellowmen QuartetScrooge McDuck teaches Huey, Dewey and Louie the basics about money & its history, economics and investing.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsEileen WalshDorothy DuffyNora-Jane NooneThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
- DirectorBruno BozzettoStarsMaurizio NichettiMaurizio MicheliMarialuisa GiovanniniAn enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has already done it, he decides to do his own version, using an orchestra comprising mostly old ladies and an animator he's kept locked in a dungeon. Several different classical pieces are animated, while the animator plots his escape.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsGary LewisVicki MassonLaurie VentryIn a squalid tenement building in Glasgow, two toughs lock a helpless young boy inside a broken fridge-freezer.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsPeter MullanBob CarrDavid McKayVincent has newly become a father, and when his neighbor makes an insulting remark about his daughter, Vincent goes mad, and fetches his hammer.
- DirectorNick MoranStarsNatascha McElhoneRupert FriendAugustus PrewAbout Kevin Lewis who grew up in poverty but survived to make a better life for himself and his family.
- DirectorEli RothStarsJay HernandezDerek RichardsonEythor GudjonssonThree backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
- DirectorEli RothStarsLauren GermanHeather MatarazzoBijou PhillipsThree American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel and discover the grim reality behind it.
- DirectorRobert IscoveStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Claire ForlaniBrendon Ryan BarrettA friendship is put to the ultimate test when two best friends wind up in bed together.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorRaymond LeblancStarsJacques CareuilGeorges AtlasJacques BalutinTintin and his friends visit Professor Calculus at his country laboratory, only to find him and a pair of local children threatened by criminals after the inventor's work.
- DirectorStephen J. AndersonDon HallStarsJim CummingsCraig FergusonJohn CleeseWhile searching for honey, Pooh and his friends embark on an adventure to find Eeyore's missing tail and rescue Christopher Robin from an unknown monster called The Backson.
- DirectorKevin DetersStevie WermersStarsBilly ConnollyKevin DetersA humorous animated poem of how a gentle displaced Scottish monster created Loch Ness.
- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.Season 4
- DirectorDarrell RooneyLynne SoutherlandStarsMing-Na WenBD WongMark MoseleyWhile preparing for their wedding, Shang and Mulan are suddenly sent off on a secret mission. Mushu starts to meddle, and a surprise attack by Mongolians doesn't help either.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsMichelle WilliamsEddie RedmayneKenneth BranaghColin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
- DirectorAna ClavellJames Glenn DudelsonStarsStephanie PetteeRoy AbramsohnSusan SchrammThis second sequel to Creepshow (1982) features five new tales of horror: "Alice", "The Radio", "Call Girl", "The Professor's Wife", and "Haunted Dog".
- DirectorRisa Bramon GarciaStarsBen AffleckCasey AffleckDave ChappelleA collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsPeter RobbinsPamelyn FerdinGlenn GilgerCharlie Brown makes his way to the national spelling bee finals.
- DirectorMartin Strange-HansenStarsMartin BuchCamilla BendixFarshad KholghiLars Hansen is in a job training program. He finds a potential job at a print shop, but his paperwork gets mixed up with an El Hassan. He is scheduled for a Danish class, since he's apparently an immigrant, but is unable to get the mixup fixed. When he learns that the new (and attractive) teacher, Ida, will have the class canceled and lose her job if El Hassan doesn't show up, he dyes his hair and puts on a false moustache to pose as El Hassan. He tries wooing her as Lars, but when she learns El Hassan might lose a job at the print shop to Lars, she won't have anything more to do with him. So instead, he befriends her as El Hassan. And that's just a few of the mixups.
- CreatorBill LawrenceStarsZach BraffDonald FaisonSarah ChalkeIn the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.Season 6
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsVictor NavoneStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonPeter SohnMater tells Lightning McQueen about his former job as a daredevil.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsVictor NavoneStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonPeter SohnMater tells Lightning McQueen about his previous job as a Fire Truck.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonGeorge CarlinMater is a professional wrestler who works his way up the ranks from amateur to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler, wrestling all kinds of characters along the way. When faced with his biggest opponent yet, Mater tags in his "tag team partner," Frightening McMean.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonGeorge CarlinMater tells the story of the time he found a UFO, named it Mator and, thanks to friendship, learned how to fly.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsVictor NavoneStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonPeter SohnMater tells Lightning McQueen about his former job as a famous bulldozer fighter in Spain.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonGeorge CarlinMater tells the story of how he became a successful rock star in a heavy metal band with his hit song "Dad Gum."
- DirectorRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonCarol Bach RitaMater tells the story of how he was a detective investigating a mystery.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsVictor NavoneStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonMichael WallisA routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, "Dragon" Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become "Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters".
- StarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonLindsey CollinsCruise into the crazy adventures of Tow Mater as you watch him be a fire truck, daredevil, import drifter, and even an astronaut.
- DirectorRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonCarol Bach RitaMater's mission on the moon: rescue the Impala XIII.
- DirectorChristian E. ChristiansenStarsMinka KellyLeighton MeesterCam GigandetWhen college freshman Sara arrives on campus for the first time, she befriends her roommate, Rebecca, unaware that the girl is becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
- DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepJim BroadbentRichard E. GrantAn elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
- DirectorHella JoofStarsMalou ReymannStephanie LeonJulie Grundtvig WesterFour dysfunctional teenage girls steal a car and elope from the institution where they live. They go on a road trip across Denmark, confronting ghosts of the past and settling old accounts as their dark secrets are revealed.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsLars KaalundBodil JørgensenAnn Eleonora JørgensenAn unknown, naked man has been seen walking about late night in a Danish provincial town. This is blown out of proportion with fear, accusations, strike etc., affecting the whole town.
- DirectorJohn LasseterBradford LewisStarsOwen WilsonLarry the Cable GuyMichael CaineStar race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
- DirectorRob GibbsStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonStacy KeachMater's decision to fly lands him accidentally at a big airshow.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackThe toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
- DirectorKieran MulroneyMichele MulroneyStarsJeff DanielsEmma StoneRyan ReynoldsA washed-up writer forms an unlikely friendship with a teenager from Long Island.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsEvgeniya SmolyaninovaAn elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
- DirectorRoger GouldStarsCraig T. NelsonSamuel L. JacksonRoger JacksonIn a spoof of "Clutch Cargo", Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and their rabbit pal Mr. Skipperdoo search for a bridge stolen by the dastardly Lady Lightbug.
- DirectorJohn DilworthStarsHoward HoffmanIn this pilot for Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999), Courage, the cowardly dog of an oblivious elderly couple that lives on a remote farm, must defend them from a malicious space chicken bent on conquest and its mutagenic eggs.
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.
- DirectorChris LandrethStarsJeffrey HirschfieldGina ClaytonHannah KravitzAn animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.
- DirectorAleksey KharitidiA young caterpillar yearns to fly like the butterflies and birds, but cannot launch himself high enough to do so - until a couple start playing badminton nearby.
- DirectorDavid StotenTim WattsStarsFrank GorshinIn a witty homage to Kirk Douglas's films, all three characters ARE Kirk Douglas at various stages of his career. The short action takes place in a news room. A young reporter looking for his big chance pleads with his editor to give him a breaking story.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitA plump and exuberant monk goes fishing, and a playful fish eludes him. First the monk uses a rod and reel, then a net; over and over, he ends up fish-less and wet. Sleepless, he tries luring the fish at night with a bank of candles. He tries a bow and arrow. The tireless and insouciant fish leads the monk through a viaduct, over irrigated steppes, across cisterns, down canals. Suddenly, the monk's chase and the fish's teasing flight become a spiritual journey.
- DirectorErica RussellStarsCindy CreekmoreTension rises when a second woman joins a dancing couple.
- StarsAl PacinoMeryl StreepEmma ThompsonSeveral disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.
- DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPaul HébertDonald SutherlandThe environmental history of the St. Lawrence River and the impact of human exploitation of it.
- CreatorHanna LundbladStig ThorsboeStarsMille LehfeldtDavid DencikLaus HøybyeLykke is a fresh girl who is determined to have a fine career. She works in public relations for a pharmaceutical company, where she tries to lift the company to the top by any means.Season 2
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
- DirectorOlivier MegatonStarsJason StathamRobert KnepperNatalya RudakovaFrank Martin is forced to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery.