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Night of the Hunter (1955)

Come what may, Night of the Hunter is a classic. Robert Mitchum's character portrayal defined a new category of the wicked, ambivalent villain. The boy, Billy Chapin, plays an important role in the movie, impelling the storyline and adding emotional depth and sincerity to the plot.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Noordzee, Texas (2011)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Nowhere To Run (1993)

Great movie here! A good and convincing performance by van Damme, who acts off the typical action-and-brainless-movie genre. It's Kieran Culkin who gives a tremendous emotional edge to the story due to his sincere and heart-wrenching performance. I like him. He's decent and genuine in here. Congrats to him, keep up the good work, Kieran!

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Oliver Twist (1997)

Ah, wonderful! Alex Trench is a perfect Oliver Twist, congrats to the casting officials. Elijah Wood and Richard Dreyfuss add tremendous quality to the movie, great! The story is a bit off the original artwork by Charles Dickens, but in this case, it works perfectly. It's a childrens' story, but I enjoyed it a lot, despite being 21.

ps: See my extensive review at BA Reviews.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Oliver Twist (2005)

Good movie. The visuals are great, living up to Dickens' contemporary perception of London. Barney Clark is doing well, but I somehow didn't feel as emotionally attached to him as I'd have expected. His character could have been made deeper and more vivid; he just seems too depressed and silent. Maybe this is done deliberately. The rest of the movie is just great, featuring a gloomy and dark atmosphere and a nice cast.

See my extensive review at BA Reviews #2.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Oliver! (1968)

Good one. Mark Lester is very appealing in this musical adaptation of Dickens' classic. His songs are awesome.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Omen (2006)

Just saw this movie and loved it! First class entertainment, very creepy, thrilling and suspense-packed to the very end. Not suited for people offended by highly religious themes.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Pay It Forward (2000)

This movie is great. Yeah, I mean, it has an outstanding cast (Caviezel, Haley, Spacey, Hunt) and a message. A real, pure, inspirational message. A message that makes you think. A message that shows you what is possible. A message that reveals how one idea, one individual concept can evolve into a string of events that eventually changes deadlocked conventions and opens our hearts to love and benevolence. Haley acts, as always, as genuine and as mature as we know it from him.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Pelle erobreren (1987)

Great performance by Pelle Hvenegaard. If it was just him, the story would be an all-time classic. The storyline itself though is a bit weird and sometimes bizarre. Pelle's performance makes the movie special though, he shines amidst the bleak northern countryside. His dreams and his aspirations are inspiring. He is a very handsome young lad, as far as I can judge.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Ransom (1996)

Great thriller. I particularly liked Gary Sinise's sly and cunning character. How he adjusted his plan to the changing circumstances by eventually shooting his own associates was simply shrewd. The conclusion did have a happy end though - as almost any movie of this genre seems obliged to have - but I was still thrilled by the setting, the revelations and the psychic duel between Gibson and Sinise. Brawley Nolte plays a minor role, but did a good job.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Ratcatcher (1999)

Ratcatcher utterly surprised me. Not because of the talking, which I hardly understood at all (I'm Austrian), but because of the surprising scarcity of dialogues. I doubt that there was a single situation where any of the protagonists talked for more than five seconds in a row. That's why the movie wasn't that difficult to grasp, as most of the plot was primarily carried by images and stunning shots of William Eadie's character. I guess that there were minutes where no-one actually said a word for a long time - which makes this movie maybe the movie with the least words spoken I've ever seen.

Concerning its plot - it's very much reminiscent of Kes. You get a first-hand insight into the bleak and dull existance those kids in Glasgow have to endure. James is suffering from thorough disillusion. The sequences when you actually see him smile - which are two or three maybe - are thus real highlights of the movie. He is the one who bears the emotional burden of the movie. I particularly liked the scene when he was lying on the sofa and his young sister places herself next to him. The other highlight was when he took the bus and found this solitary house and the grain field, where he experienced some kind of relief from his tough life. The ending was ambiguous. I suppose he actually did drown himself - and the last image show his dreams of his family moving away from their bleak existance towards a brighter future - a future he thinks is only possible without him. Just think of the young girl holding the mirror towards the sky - and then you see James' face. And you see him drown again right when the credits start.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Reach for Glory (1962)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Real Steel (2011)

What a beautiful performance by young Dakota. The Must Watch is for him, and he deserves it.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Return to Innocence (2001)

See my review at BA Reviews.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Romulus, My Father (2007)

I enjoyed this movie a great deal. Kodi's performance is at least worth 9 out of 10 stars. The cast is magnificent, Eric Bana is mature and rock solid as Romulus Gaita, a hard working man who (if I remember correctly) originally comes from Romania. He left Europe some time ago with his German wife Christina (Franka Potente) and settled in Australia with two Romanian brothers, obviously his best friends from back home, to establish a new life. Then things just go wrong, Christina has a thing for other men and eventually falls for one of the two brothers, Mitru, and moves in with him. She occasionally returns to see Rai (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Hora, the other brother, is the central figure for me, a character who is always there when Rai needs him. He takes care of him after Romulus has an accident, he introduces him to philosophy, he is a wise and loyal friend to Romulus and in the end, as it turns out, the only person who never lets Rai down. The main story is about the family falling completely apart. I won't go into details here, but it is real tragedy that ensues, and everything is seen through the boy's eyes. He is a natural charmer, a smart kid with one endearing smile and character. The father-son bond is the strongest theme in the movie, because it is central in almost every moment. There are heart-breaking moments, never too melodramatic to spoil the gritty realism of the story. You get a wonderful Australian countryside, a setting in the early 60s, and an almost classic family story about coming to terms with love, courage and the enduring promise of hope. I found all performances to be extremely honest and mature, and with Kodi's character guiding you through the various tragic events with heart-breaking innocence, boyish opportunism and with complete devotion to his mother and father, the story attains a fine level of quality and a huge emotional undertone, where depression and inspiration are never far apart.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

A Rumor of Angels (2002)

Trevor Morgan is a brilliant young actor. He is the protagonist and has lots of screen time. Very emotional melodrama with great themes and a fine cast.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Saint Ralph (2004)

Inspirational indeed. Fine movie.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Sandlot (1993)

A classic :)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Santa Clause (1994)

A wonderful movie, dealing with a different approach to a very famous and well-known background story. A must-watch for christmas! It has an awesome Tim Allen, great images and a very smart plot which is suited for kids as well as for adults. You just have to believe, that's all! Imaginative cinematic brilliance at its best.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Secondhand Lions (2003)

Great family movie with some coming of age rites of passage. I prefer the original ending (which is included on the DVD). It's much better than the actual ending which is shorter and just corny.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

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