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¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

1864 (2014)

I love this gorgeously rich depiction of part of Denmark's history, and the boys are just marvellous.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

300 mil do nieba (1989)

Nuanced, truthful and engaging.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

4000 Steps (2010)

A very beautiful short film.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)

The character I felt the greatest sympathy for was Roy (Jay Collins) - and everyone was unremittingly horrible to him throughout the entire movie! It was hard for me to feel much sympathy for the film's protagonist Billy (Andrew Patterson), though I quite liked Arch (George Mason). A very faithful adaptation of Graeme Aitken's novel. Definitely worth a view.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Die Abenteuer des Huck Finn (2012)

My Movie Rating:

4 / 10

The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2003)

Tomboy Ociee Nash goes to live with her aunt, en route solving the chief engineering problem of the Wright brothers and supplying President McKinley with one of his more fatuous slogans, all the while showing that anything boys can do girls can do better. Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. And Gypsy John Leon suddenly turns up out of nowhere at the end at exactly the right place to deal with the bad guy - how convenient! I did like Lucas Till as Harry Vanderbilt.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

It has a certain charm. The animatronic Pinnochio was quite impressive and likeable. (Like Cinefan below, I found him cuter than JTT!) The computer-animated cricket, however, is awful, and jars with the visuals of the rest of the film. Another letdown is when, at the end, Pinocchio wants his Papa to make him a girlfriend. Come on, you've got Lampwick (Corey Carrier); what more do you want? All in all, worth viewing at least once.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Still probably the best cinema version of Twain's novel ever made, though I wish Mickey Rentschler was Tom, rather than Tommy Kelly. Jackie Moran is excellent, and David Holt's Sid is gorgeous!

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Air Bud (1997)

Inoffensive, utterly predictable by-the-numbers feelgood movie. May be of interest to small children (ages 0-5).

My Movie Rating:

4 / 10

Akademia pana Kleksa (1984)

One of the finest productions for children to come from Poland. A total classic. Wonderful songs!

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

L'Albero degli zoccoli (1978)

An outstandingly beautiful, and truthful, film about man's best moral qualities. It is perhaps worth mentioning, however, that the peasant kindness that figures so prominently in this film did not extend to non-human species, and the (real-life) butchering of the pig whilst still alive was unbearably hideous. (N.B. Get the Arrow blu-ray [Region B locked] if possible. The Criterion release got the colour balance wrong - see review on 'dvdbeaver' site for more details.)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Amintiri Din Copilarie (2018)

Wonderful.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Les amitiés particulières (1964)

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

André Valente (2004)

A masterpiece. Great direction, naturalistic acting, and a culture in every way superior to Anglophone countries.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Angyali üdvözlet (1984)

A beautiful, captivating, gently melancholic philosophical masterpiece.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Archangel (1990)

The cinematic equivalent of conceptual art. It's all incredibly stylised and 'witty'. There are also some hilarious scenes (a man throttling another man with his own intestines!). This film can thus be entertaining, but only in a sort of intellectual way - one enjoys it in the same way one can enjoy a good joke. And this is the problem. Its intellectuality completely eclipses any possibility of aesthetic response, and thus it fails as a work of art. This film constantly foregrounds directorial technique in a way which obscures any 'themes' the film might otherwise have. It's as though with each scene the director is waving his arms in your face, saying 'Look at me! Aren't I CLEVER! Oh, the cleverness of me!' Having said that, I did like the scenes with the boy.

My Movie Rating:

4 / 10

Arthur's Trip to India (2005)

Arthur Duncan makes a charming guide to India in what turns out to be a very interesting and enlightening series. The family seem to spend much of their time suffering from explosive diarrhea. This seems to be a tradition of the Brits abroad. I wonder whether Indians visiting England customarily get diarrhea from English food... "All this steak and kidney pie is playing havoc with my innards!!" sort of thing...

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Ártún (2014)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Aventuras de Juliancito (1969)

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

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