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De Witte van Sichem (1980)

Taking certain liberties with the source material, director Robbe De Hert still created a great film and a brilliant realisation of Ernest Claes' character of De Witte - and Eric Clerckx is a complete natural in the role, really bringing the character to life. Watch out for the (intentional) anachronisms, such as the karate kick and the sound of a passing jet plane during the battle recreation sequence, designed to suggest that the story could just as well be contemporary.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Wolfskinder (2013)

Sensitively acted, especially by Levin Liam. A beautiful film in every respect.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Wondrous Oblivion (2003)

Earnest, feelgood and ultimately inconsequential. Sam Smith is fine as the Jewish lad in this modestly entertaining drama set in 1960.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Wszystko bedzie dobrze (2007)

A fine coming-of-age movie. Adam Werstak is an astonishingly natural actor and his attractively wiry frame is perfect for the role he plays.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Y Adán y (1971)

Philosophical allegory - oh yes!

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Young Dracula (2006-2014)

The original two seasons were magnificent, brilliantly funny, witty and amusing, but the later seasons (after the 'hiatus') were not nearly as good, because the programme tried to become a 'serious' drama, and the humour suffered as a consequence. 9/10 for the first two seasons, 6/10 for the remainder of the series.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996)

Corey Carrier is incredibly engaging and personable as Young Indy (not to mention a nice looking lad!), a completely natural actor, in what must be his most memorable screen role. My favourite episode is the 'Greek' one, the unaired episode that became the second half of the 1996 TV movie "Travels with Father". [The screencaps that make up the Gallery have all been taken from this episode.] Young Indy visits the Mount Athos monastery (strangely, unless my memory is faulty, the name of the famous monastery is never mentioned on screen) and gets to meet Nikos Kazantzakis. The episode has some nice father-son moments as well - indeed, it is the only time when Indy's cold, stand-offish father ever really has an emotional connection with his son. The Corey Carrier episodes are undoubtedly my favourites. In later episodes, a slightly older Indy is played by Sean Patrick Flanery, who is a very handsome young man. To be honest, I found him rather less sympathetic as a character, because he always seems, frankly, slightly dim. He seems hellbent on killing and/or getting himself killed. After a brief stint fighting in the Mexican Revolution with Pancho Villa, he goes off to fight in the Great War because, as he keeps reiterating, the consequences of a German victory are "unthinkable" (why?). Having learned 'respect for life' from Albert Schweitzer, he expresses this by saying that he's now fighting in order to bring the war to an end (presumably this means that previously he was fighting in order to PROLONG the war); though he still thinks exclusively in terms of an Allied victory - cue more slaughter. Having said all that, the Sean Patrick Flanery episodes are still really excellent. Indeed, overall, this series succeeds in actually being BETTER than the Indiana Jones films with Harrison Ford - which is quite something.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Zamri, umri, voskresni! (1989)

I really love the mood of both this film, and its sequel "An Independent Life". Pavel Nazarov is just wonderful.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Zéro de conduite (1933)

I'm with Saga and Carl on this one. How anyone can not like this exuberant, anarchic masterpiece is beyond me.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Zlati uhori (1979)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

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